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OMB Control No: 1902-0258	ICR Reference No: 201112-1902-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-725I
Title: FERC-725I, (Order in RD11-8) Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Northeast Power Coordinating Council
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/29/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/01/2012
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years with the following terms of clearance. It is requested that FERC update the collection associated with FERC-725 to account for the additional burden imposed by FERC-725I on NERC and on regional entities, which are the entities that take care of day to day compliance issues.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2015	36 Months From Approved
Responses	1,994	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	10,525	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	750,000	0	0

Abstract: The proposed information collection in Docket No. RD11-8-000 relates to FERC-approved Reliability Standard, PRC-002-NPCC-01 Disturbance Monitoring. This regional Reliability Standard requires transmission owners and generator owners to provide recording capability necessary to monitor the response of the Bulk-Power System to system disturbances, including scheduled and unscheduled outages; requires each reliability coordinator to establish requirements for its area's dynamic disturbance recording needs; and establishes disturbance data reporting requirements. The information collection requirements in this Reliability Standard will be under a new FERC collection, FERC-725I.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824o Name of Law: Federal Power Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 66057	10/25/2011
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 3752	01/25/2012
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
FERC-725I

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,994	1,994
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	10,525	10,525
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	750,000	750,000

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This Order results in an estimated annual 10,525 hour program increase in burden. The annual burden hour cost associated with this increase is estimated to be $327,360 (record retention cost plus reporting cost, or $284,760 + $42,600 = $327,360). The annual estimated capital cost is $750,000. These hours and costs are explained in items 12 and 13 of the supporting statement. Reliability Standard PRC-002-NPCC-01 is intended to fill a reliability gap by ensuring that adequate disturbance data is available to facilitate bulk electric system event analyses and thereby improve system reliability by promoting improved system design and operations.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,575

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Kevin Ryan 202 502-6840 kevin.ryan@ferc.gov

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