[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 243 (Thursday, December 17, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 81798-81799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27797]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 385

[Docket No. RM19-18-000; Order No. 862]


Formal Requirements for Filings in Proceedings Before the 
Commission

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is announcing the 
effective date for changes to the Commission's regulations that provide 
the address for hand-delivered filings and submissions to the 
Commission.

DATES: The final rule published at 84 FR 46440 on September 4, 2019, 
and delayed at 84 FR 55498 on October 17, 2019, is effective December 
17, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Cook, Office of the 
Secretary, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8102, 
[email protected].
    Mark Hershfield, Office of the General Counsel, 888 First Street 
NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8597, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 27, 2019, the Commission issued a 
final rule in Docket No. RM19-18-000 requiring that deliveries of 
filings and submissions, other than by the United States Postal 
Service, be sent to an off-site facility \1\ for security screening and 
processing.\2\ The final rule, which was published in the Federal 
Register on September 4, 2019, provided that the new regulation would 
take effect 60 days after the date of publication of the final rule in 
the Federal Register.\3\ On October 11, 2019, the Secretary issued a 
document, stating that the effective date for the final rule was 
postponed indefinitely to ensure that the public and the Commission 
make an effective transition to utilizing the off-site facility.\4\ A 
Notice of Effective Date was issued on June 23, 2020 annoucing the 
regulation would take effect on July 1, 2020.\5\ This document serves 
to make

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the regulatory change effective in the CFR.
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    \1\ Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, c/o Health and Human 
Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    \2\ Formal Requirements for Filings in Proceedings Before the 
Commission, 168 FERC ] 61,120 (2019) (Final Rule).
    \3\ 84 FR 46440.
    \4\ 84 FR 55498.
    \5\ 85 FR 38884.

    Issued: December 14, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-27797 Filed 12-16-20; 8:45 am]
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