[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59887-59888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18729]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection; Proposed New Survey

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of 
Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: DOE requests a three-year extension, with changes, to Form 
DOE-417 Electric Emergency Incident and Disturbance Report, OMB Control 
Number 1901-0288, as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. Form DOE-417 collects information for DOE to monitor electric 
emergency incidents and disturbances in the United States (including 
all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin 
Islands, and the U.S. Territories). The information collected allows 
DOE to conduct post-incident reviews examining significant 
interruptions of electric power or threats to the national electric 
system.

DATES: DOE must receive all comments on this proposed information 
collection no later than October 30, 2023. If you anticipate any 
difficulties in submitting your comments by the deadline, contact the 
person listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice as soon as 
possible.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to DOE-417 Recertification, C/O 
Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 
SW, Washington, DC 20585, or by email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, 
[email protected], (202) 586-2892. The forms and 
instructions are available online at: https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx. You can view DOE-417 Electric Emergency Incident and 
Disturbance Report online at https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx.

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 Request: Renewal with changes.
    (4) Purpose: DOE uses Form DOE-417 Emergency Incident and 
Disturbance Report to monitor electric emergency incidents and 
disturbances in the United States (including all 50 States, the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the 
U.S. Territories) and to investigate significant interruptions of 
electric power or threats to the electric system reliability. Form DOE-
417 also enables DOE to meet the Department's national security 
responsibilities as the coordinating agency for Emergency Support 
Function (ESF) #12--Energy, under the National Response Framework, and 
the Sector-Specific Agency for the energy sector, pursuant to 
Presidential Policy Directive 21--Critical Infrastructure Security and 
Resilience, Presidential Policy Directive 41--United States Cyber 
Incident Coordination, and the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation 
(FAST) Act, Public Law 114-94. The information may also be shared with 
other non-regulatory federal agencies assisting in emergency response 
and recovery operations or investigating the causes of an incident or 
disturbance to the national electric system. Public summaries are 
published on Form DOE-417 web page at https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx on a monthly basis to keep the public informed.
    (4a) Proposed Changes to Information Collection: Proposed changes 
to Form DOE-417 continue to ensure future alignment with the North 
American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) CIP-008-6 Reliability 
Standard, as well as the NERC EOP-004-6 Reliability Standard, and 
potential future changes. The continued alignment between Form OE-417 
and NERC reporting requirements helps minimize confusion among industry 
stakeholders about where and how to file reports and enable industry 
stakeholders to train personnel to report using a single form. 
Additional changes to Form DOE-417 clarify reporting criteria and 
updates types of entities that are required to submit certain criteria. 
A summary of these and other changes to Form DOE-417 is provided below:
     Minor edit to alert criteria 2 to add ``as defined in the 
NERC Glossary of Terms''
     Under ``Criteria for Filing'' section, added alert 
criteria 27, ``Uncontrolled loss of a total of 500 MW of more from 
inverter-based resource(s) for greater than 30 minutes at a common 
point of interconnection to the bulk electric system.''
     Under ``Cause'' in the ``Type of Emergency'' section, 
added the following subcategories to physical attack:
[cir] Ballistic
[cir] Arson
[cir] Explosive device
[cir] Other
     Under ``Cause'' in the ``Type of Emergency'' section, 
added the following subcategories to suspicious activity:
[cir] Aircraft or Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)
[cir] Trespassing or non-destructive intrusion
[cir] Surveillance
[cir] Vandalism
[cir] Other
     Under ``Cause'' in the ``Type of Emergency'', combined 
``Cyber event information technology'' and ``Cyber Event (operational 
technology)'' and added the following subcategories:
[cir] Information Technology
[cir] Operational Technology
     Updated Instructions: Replaced ``Office of Electricity'' 
with ``Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency 
Response.
     Updated Instructions: Replaced ``Assistant Secretary'' 
with ``Director.''
     Update Instructions: Appendix A. Replace ``What is 
Excluded'' text for generating entities with ``For entities who have 
300 MW or more of generation there are no exclusions allowed. All items 
need to be addressed.''
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,749.
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 400.
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 4,175.
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$364,728.

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    Comments are invited on whether or not: (a) The proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of agency 
functions, including whether the information will have a practical 
utility; (b) DOE's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used, is accurate; (c) DOE can improve the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information it will collect; and (d) DOE can minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, such as 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 764(b); 764(a); and 790a and 
42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act 
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601, Pub. L. 93-275.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on August 24, 2023.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods & Research, U. S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-18729 Filed 8-29-23; 8:45 am]
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