[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 23, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 21859-21860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8615]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 40

[Docket No. RM08-3-000]


Mandatory Reliability Standard for Nuclear Plant Interface 
Coordination; Notice of Extension of Time

April 16, 2008.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On March 20, 2008, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking proposing to approve the Nuclear Plant Interface 
Coordination Reliability Standard developed by the North American 
Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). The date for filing comments 
on the proposed rule is being extended at the request of the Edison 
Electric Institute and the Nuclear Energy Institute.

DATES: Comments are due May 13, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit comments, identified by Docket 
No. RM08-3-000, by any of the following methods:
     eFiling: Comments may be filed electronically via the 
eFiling link on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov. 
Documents created electronically using word processing software should 
be filed in the native application or print-to-PDF format and not in a 
scanned format. This will enhance document retrieval for both the 
Commission and the public. The Commission accepts most standard word 
processing formats and commenters may attach additional files with 
supporting information in certain other file formats. Attachments that 
exist only in paper form may be scanned. Commenters filing 
electronically should not make a paper filing. Service of rulemaking 
comments is not required.
     Mail/Hand Delivery: Commenters that are not able to file 
electronically must mail or hand deliver an original and 14 copies of 
their comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of 
the Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and 
additional information on the rulemaking process, see the Comment 
Procedures section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard M. Wartchow (Legal 
Information), Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-
8744. Christy Walsh (Legal Information), Office of the General Counsel, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6523. Robert Snow (Technical 
Information), Office of Electric Reliability, Division of Reliability 
Standards, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6716.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 15, 2008, the Edison Electric 
Institute (EEI) and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) filed a joint 
motion for an extension of the date for filing comments on the 
Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued March 20, 2008, in 
the above-referenced proceeding. Mandatory Reliability Standard for 
Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination, 122 FERC ] 61,254 (March 20, 
2008) (NOPR). In support of this request, the motion states that EEI 
and NEI members, who will be required to comply with the Reliability 
Standard proposed in the Commission's NOPR, represent a broad spectrum 
of the nation's shareholder-owned electric companies, international 
affiliates and all levels of the commercial nuclear energy industry. 
EEI and NEI state that because of the complex nature of the issues 
addressed in the NOPR and the importance of submitting a well-developed 
response, additional time is needed to file comments on the 
Commission's proposed rulemaking.
    Upon consideration, notice is hereby given that an extension of 
time for filing comments on the Commission's NOPR

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is granted to and including May 13, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-8615 Filed 4-22-08; 8:45 am]
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