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OMB Control No: 1902-0270	ICR Reference No: 202305-1902-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202101-1902-004
Agency/Subagency: FERC	Agency Tracking No: FERC-725S
Title: FERC-725S, Mandatory Reliability Standards: Emergency Preparedness and Operations (EOP) Reliability Standards (Docket No. RD23-1-000)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 09/28/2023
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/19/2023
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	09/30/2026	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2024
Responses	2,039	0	473
Time Burden (Hours)	153,956	0	91,782
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and approve modifications to the FERC-725S (Mandatory Reliability Standards: Emergency Preparedness and Operations (EOP) Reliability Standards) under OMB Control No. 1902-0270 for a three-year period. The FERC-725S collection was modified in Docket No. RD23-1-000 (Order Approving Extreme Cold Weather Reliability Standards EOP-011-3 and EOP-012-1 and Directing Modification of Reliability Standard EOP-012-1). EOP-011-1 is the most recently replaced standard with version EOP-011-2 going into effect on April 1, 2023. After the Commission approved EOP-011-2, NERC revised that standard and submitted a revised version, EOP-011-3 and new EOP-012-1 to further update the Emergency Preparedness and Operations Standards. The updates in RD23-1-000 are from NERC’s petition’s submitted Standards (EOP-011-3 and EOP-012-1) that were approved by the Commission February 16, 2023, with their effective dates starting in 2024.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 824o Name of Law: The Energy Policy Act of 2005

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:
	88 FR 14994	03/03/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 31502	05/17/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	2,039	473	1,566
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	153,956	91,782	62,174
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The table details Reliability Standards EOP-010-1, EOP-011-1, EOP-004-4, EOP-005-3, EOP-006-3, and EOP-008-2 in FERC-725S (OMB Control No. 1902-0270). The burden being added for FERC-725S reflects an increase in total burden hours due to the modifications in RD23-1-000. In project RD23-1-000, NERC petitioned the Commission for approval of revisions to currently effective EOP-011-2 to be modified to a Reliability Standard EOP-011-3. This modification will replace the currently reported EOP-011-1. Further, NERC proposed a new Reliability Standard EOP-012-1 that has seven Requirements, five of which are new and two of which are to be moved from the currently effective Reliability Standard EOP-011-2 (Requirements R7 and R8). On February 16, 2023, the Commission approved NERC’s proposal to update the Reliability Standards in this way. However, in the previous ROCIS entry, only the EOP-011-1 was reported, thus requirements R7 and R8 which were in EOP-011-2 were never added to ROCIS. This causes a significant increase in the manhour burden when adding EOP-012-1 to the FERC 725S collection. Previously reported in EOP-011-1 there was only 12 responses which were the Balancing Authorities. However, EOP-012-1 includes Generator Owners (GO) and Generator Operators (GOP) which increase the number of respondents and burden hours. The total effect of both of these changes are: • An increase of responses by 1,566 • An increase in burden hours by 62,174 (rounded) hours. Note: The table reflects rounding that occurs in ROCIS.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $7,694

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: David O'Conner 202 502-6695

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