[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73607-73608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30640]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE), 
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB Review and Comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability has 
submitted the form OE-417 ``Electric Emergency Incident and Disturbance 
Report'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and a 
three-year extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995. The OE-417 is used to report electric emergency incidents 
and disturbances to the DOE. The Form OE- 417 reports will enable the 
DOE to monitor electric emergency incidents and disturbances in the 
United States (including all 50 States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Territories) so that the 
Government may help prevent the physical or virtual disruption of the 
operation of any critical infrastructure.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
December 29, 2011. If you anticipate that you will be submitting 
comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time 
allowed by this notice, please advise the OMB Desk Officer of your 
intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk Officer 
may be telephoned at (202) 395-4650.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to the:
    DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
1012, 735 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-4650.

    And to:
    Brian Copeland, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability (Attn: Comments on OE-417 Electric Emergency Incident and 
Disturbance Report), OE-30, Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Washington, DC 20585, [email protected], (202) 586-
1178.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Brian Copeland.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. 1901-0288; (2) Information Collection Request 
Title: Electric Emergency Incident and Disturbance Report; (3) Type of 
Review: Revision and three-year extension; (4) Purpose: Form OE-417 
collects information on electric emergency incidents and disturbances 
for DOE's use in fulfilling its overall national security and other 
energy management responsibilities. The information will also be used 
by DOE for analytical purposes. All electric utilities, including those 
that operate Control Area Operator functions and Reliability Authority 
functions, will be required to supply information when an incident or 
disturbance meets a reporting threshold. Since the pre-survey 
consultation notice was published, Federal Register notice 76 FR 35867, 
in line 11, the boxes entitled ``Physical'' and ``Cyber'' have been 
changed to ``Physical Attack'' and ``Cyber Event.''; (5) Annual 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.276; (6) Annual Estimated Number of 
Total Responses: 300; (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 
7,227; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0.

    Statutory Authority:  Section 13 of the Federal Energy 
Administration Act of 1974, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772.



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    Issued in Washington, DC.
Patricia A. Hoffman,
Assistant Secretary of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2011-30640 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 am]
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