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OMB Control No: 1902-0233	ICR Reference No: 202205-1902-004
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 202109-1902-002
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-917
Title: FERC-917 (Electric Transmission Facilities) (proposed revisions in Docket No. RM21-17)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 11/07/2023
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/26/2022
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is filing comment and withholding approval at this time. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the proposed rulemaking and will include in the supporting statement of the next ICR--to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stage--a description of how the agency has responded to any public comments on the ICR, including comments on maximizing the practical utility of the collection and minimizing the burden.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2024	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2024
Responses	324	0	324
Time Burden (Hours)	152,129	0	152,129
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review the revisions to FERC-516F and FERC-917, as proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No. RM21-17-000. The proposed rule would require public utility transmission providers to comply with revised electric regional transmission planning and cost allocation requirements. Please note: (1) The NOPR identified FERC-516 as one of the information collections proposed to be revised, but that collection is currently pending approval at OMB. Because agencies are only allowed to seek one clearance for an information collection at a time, we are designating FERC-516F as a relevant collection for purposes of this supporting statement. The information collection previously designated as FERC-516F was subsequently added to FERC-516. (2) The information collection at OMB Control No. 1902-0233 includes both FERC-917 and FERC-918, but the information collection activities proposed in Docket No. RM21-17-000 do not include any activities in FERC-918.

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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1902-AF87	Proposed rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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: All of the PRA activities resulting from the reforms proposed in the NOPR would be program changes that the Commission has determined will assist in fulfilling its statutory obligations under FPA section 206. Some of the PRA activities in the NOPR would increase the total burden of FERC-917. At present, the estimated annual burdens for FERC-917 are not differentiated according to whether they are for Year One or for subsequent years. As shown in the supporting statement for the currently active FERC-917 information collection, the approved burdens for FERC-917 are 862 responses and 83,927 hours. The first-year burdens under the NOPR in Docket No. RM21-17 for FERC-917 would be 625 responses and 52,500 hours. For Year One, the resulting total burdens for FERC-917 would be: 625 responses plus 862 responses = 1,487 responses; and 83,927 hours plus 52,500 hours = 136,427 hours. The requested burdens for subsequent years proposed in the NOPR in Docket No. RM2-17 would be 625 responses per year and 21,875 hours per year. Thus, in subsequent years, the total burden for FERC-917 would be 625 response plus 862 responses = 1,487 responses per year; and 21,875 hours per year plus 52,500 hours per year = 105,802 hours per year.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,273,200

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? No

Agency Contact: Jean Sonneman 202 785-6577 jean_sonneman@blm.gov

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