[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49475-49476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20975]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RM02-4-001, PL02-1-001]


Critical Energy Infrastructure Information; Notice of Filing 
Instructions

August 8, 2003.
    On July 23, 2003, the Commission issued Order No. 630-A which 
required that persons filing information that warrants special 
treatment as Non-Internet Public, Critical Energy Infrastructure 
Information (CEII) or Privileged must separate the information into 
clearly marked volumes. Pursuant to the Order, the Secretary is 
providing instructions for the filing of documents that contain Non-
Internet, CEII, or Privileged material. The filing instructions are 
attached to this Notice and will be posted on the Commission's Web 
site.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.

Office of the Secretary

[Docket Nos. RM02-4-001 and PL02-1-001; Order No. 630-A]

Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII); Filing Instructions 
for Non-Internet Public, CEII, or Privileged Material

Revised August 8, 2003.
    On July 23, 2003, the Commission issued Order No. 630-A, a Final 
Rule on Rehearing of Order No. 630. The order requires that persons 
filing information that warrants special treatment as Non-Internet 
Public, CEII, or Privileged must separate the information into clearly 
marked volumes. The order also directs the Secretary of the Commission 
to provide instructions for submitting information in these categories. 
This document sets forth those instructions.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Records Information System (FERRIS) 
is the Commission's online document management system for all documents 
filed with or issued by the Commission, except those under a Protective 
Order. The Commission incorporates into FERRIS descriptive information 
about each document, and provides either full or limited access to the 
document depending on whether the document contains Non-Internet 
Public, CEII, or Privileged material.
    Persons filing information that warrants special treatment as Non-
Internet Public, CEII, or Privileged must organize the information as 
follows:
    1. Separate Public, Non-Internet Public, CEII, and Privileged 
material into clearly-marked binders or separate sections.
    2. Insert a page in the Public volume/section at each place where 
Non-Internet Public, CEII, or Privileged material has been removed. The 
page must identify the volume or section containing the removed 
material.
    3. The first page of each volume or section (cover sheet) must 
include information sufficient to identify the filer, title of the 
submission, volume number (e.g., Vol. 1 of 4) and a description of the 
material contained therein. Stamp or clearly mark all pages that are 
Non-Internet Public or CEII with the applicable designation (refer to 
the attached table). The cover sheet for each volume or section also 
must be stamped or marked accordingly.
    4. Submit the following number of copies of each volume or separate 
section:
    a. Public: Original + Required number of copies.
    b. Non-Internet Public: Original + Required number of copies.
    c. CEII: Original + two copies.
    d. Privileged: Original only. Refer to the applicable Commission 
regulation for the required number of copies.
    5. Do not submit documents containing Non-Internet Public, CEII, or

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Privileged information through the Commission's electronic filing 
system. Documents with non-public or limited access should be filed on 
paper. The Commission is drafting alternatives for filing these 
documents on CD ROM in the near future.
    The attached table provides information on each of the categories.
    For information on filing instructions, please contact Brooks 
Carter, Assistant Secretary for Information Resources, at 202-502-8145 
or [email protected].
    For more information on the final rule, please contact Carol 
Johnson, Attorney Advisor, at 202-502-8521 or [email protected].

                         Critical Energy Infrastructure Related Document Classes at FERC
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  Document and Information Type             Marking                   Treatment                  Access
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PUBLIC...........................  None or `Public..........  Maintained in Public      Public has unrestricted
                                                               Reference Room and on     access in the Public
                                                               FERRIS..                  Commission's Public
                                                                                         Reference Rom and on
                                                                                         FERRIS.
NON-INTERNET PUBLIC (NIP)--        ''Non-Internet Public''..  Maintained in Public      Public may access
 Location information that does                                Reference Room; indexed   through the
 not qualify for protection as                                 item in FERRIS, but no    Commission's Public
 CEII, e.g., (1) USGS 7.5-minutes                              Internet access to        Reference Room.
 topographic maps showing the                                  image.                   Note: absent a waiver
 location of pipelines, dams, or                                                         from the Commission,
 other aboveground facilities;                                                           natural gas pipelines
 (2) alignment sheets showing the                                                        and public utilities
 location of pipeline and above-                                                         are still required to
 ground facilities, right-of-way                                                         comply with the
 dimensions, and extra work                                                              Commission regulations
 areas; (3) drawings showing site                                                        that may require that
 or project boundaries,                                                                  NIP information be
 footprints, building locations                                                          available in county
 and reservoir extent; and (4)                                                           public reading rooms or
 general location maps.                                                                  from companies upon
                                                                                         request, as
                                                                                         appropriate.
CEII (NONPUBLIC)--Information      ``Contains Critical        Not available in Public   Public may file a CEII
 about proposed or existing         Energy Infrastructure      Reference Room; indexed   request under 18 C.F.R.
 critical infrastructure that:      Information--Do Not        item in FERRIS, but no    Sec.   388.113 or aFOIA
 (1) is exempt from disclosure      Release''.                 public access to image.   request under 18 C.F.R.
 under FOIA, (2) relates to the                                                          Sec.   388.108.
 production, generation,                                                                Note: absent a waiver
 transportation, transmission or                                                         from the Commission,
 distribution of energy, (3)                                                             natural gas pipelines
 could be useful to a person                                                             and public utilities
 planning an attack on the                                                               are still required to
 infrastructure, and (4) does not                                                        comply with the
 simply give the location of the                                                         Commission regulations
 critical infrastructure. Does                                                           that may require that
 not include NIP regulations                                                             CEII be available in
 detailed above.                                                                         county public reading
                                                                                         rooms or from companies
                                                                                         upon request, as
                                                                                         appropriate.
PRIVILEGED (OTHER NONPUBLIC) This  ``Contains Privileged      Not available in Public   Public may file FOIA
 is usually confidential business   Information--Do Not        Reference Room; indexed   request under 18 C.F.R.
 information or cultural resource   Release''.                 in item FERRIS, but no    Sec.   388.108.
 reports submitted under 18                                    public access to image..
 C.F.R. Sec.   388.112.
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[FR Doc. 03-20975 Filed 8-15-03; 8:45 am]
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