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OMB Control No: 1902-0249	ICR Reference No: 201501-1902-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201201-1902-002
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-725F
Title: FERC-725F, [IC14-16 & RD14-13] Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/15/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/24/2015
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2018	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2015
Responses	420	0	420
Time Burden (Hours)	64,240	0	64,240
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,181	0	2,181

Abstract: Reliability Standard NUC-001-2 [which is being superseded by NUC-001-3 [NUC-001 Version 3]] requires nuclear plant generator operators and entities that provide generation, transmission and distribution services relating to off-site power (entities defined as "transmission entities") to enter into interface agreements with nuclear plant generator operators that will govern certain communication, training, operational and planning elements for use in addressing generation and transmission system limits and nuclear licensing requirements. The Commission understands that most entities subject to this Reliability Standard already have such agreements in place. The responsible entities are also required to retain evidence that they executed such an agreement and incorporated its terms into systems planning and operations. Further, each nuclear plant generator operator and transmission entity must self-certify its compliance to the compliance monitor once every three years. The NUC-001 Reliability Standard requires the Nuclear Plant Generator Operators and Transmission Entities to which they interconnect to execute and implement interface agreements for coordinating operations to meet nuclear licensing requirements. These agreements must include NPIRs that incorporate NPIRs into their operating analyses of the BES and operate the Transmission system to comply with the NPIRs. The lack of these agreements or compliance to these agreements can bring about lack of coordination of operations between a nuclear plant and its transmission entities. This lack of communication between entities can lead to an unanticipated separation from the Bulk Power System (BPS) placing the BPS at risk and defeating the goal of the Commission as mandated by Title XII, Subtitle A, of EPACT 2005. Reliability Standard NUC-001 does not require responsible entities to file information with the Commission. Nor, with the exception of a three year self-certification of compliance, does the Reliability Standard require responsible entities to file information with the ERO or Regional Entities. However, the Reliability Standard does require responsible entities to develop and maintain certain information for a specified period of time, subject to inspection by the ERO or Regional Entities. The NUC-001-3 Reliability Standard is a revised, subsequent version of the NUC-001-2 Reliability Standard. The purpose of NUC-001-3 is to clarify changes to update the standard for current use of terminology implemented in other areas of the Reliability Standards, to update the violation risk factors, and to update the violation severity levels as applicable to these standards. The changes resulting from NUC-001-3 do not affect either reporting or record-keeping compliance issues in the standard and, thus, has no effect on associated burden.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 109 - 58 1211 Name of Law: Energy Policy Act of 2005
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:
	79 FR 61068	10/09/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 6067	02/11/2015
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-725F, Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination (NUC-001-3)

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	420	420
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	64,240	64,240
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,181	2,181

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,092

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: Enakpodia Agbedia 202 502-6750 enakpodia.agbedia@ferc.gov

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