[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 145 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 41465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16424]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD20-11-000]


Extension of Non-Statutory Deadlines; Supplemental Notice Waiving 
Regulations

    On May 8, 2020, in response to emergency conditions caused by Novel 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), the Secretary waived through September 
1, 2020, the Commission's regulations that require that filings with 
the Commission be notarized or supported by sworn declarations.\1\ On 
January 22, 2021, the Secretary extended this waiver through July 30, 
2021.\2\
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    \1\ See, e.g., 18 CFR 45.7 (2020) (requiring application for 
authority to hold interlocking positions to be verified under oath).
    \2\ Supplemental Notice Waiving Regulations, Extension of Non-
Statutory Deadlines, Docket No. AD20-11-000 (Jan. 22, 2021) (January 
2021 Notice).
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    The National Emergency continues.\3\ However, companies and 
individuals are returning to their workplaces or are determining how to 
permit a safe return to their workplaces in the coming months. 
Therefore, there is good cause to extend through and including January 
1, 2022, waiver of the Commission's regulations that require that 
filings with the Commission be notarized or supported by sworn 
declarations as provided in the January 2021 Notice.\4\
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    \3\ A Letter on the Continuation of the National Emergency 
Concerning the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Feb. 
24, 2021), https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/24/a-letter-on-the-continuation-of-the-national-emergency-concerning-the-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pandemic/.
    \4\ The Commission concurrently is issuing an order in Docket 
No. EL20-37-000 granting blanket waiver of requirements to hold 
meetings in person and/or to provide or obtain notarized documents 
in open access transmission tariffs and other Commission-
jurisdictional agreements through and including January 1, 2022.

     Dated: July 26, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-16424 Filed 7-30-21; 8:45 am]
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