[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13061-13062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03515]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Extension

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: DOE submitted an information collection request for extension 
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information 
collection requests a three-year extension of Form DOE-417 Electric 
Emergency Incident and Disturbance Report, OMB Control Number 1901-
0288. The collection will enable 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: Comments on this information collection must be received no 
later than March 22, 2024. Written comments and recommendations for the 
proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of 
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find 
this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 
30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you need additional information, 
contact Matthew Tarduogno, U.S. Department of Energy, telephone (202) 
586-2892, or by email at [email protected]. The forms and 
instructions are available

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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: Three-year extension 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 of Form 
DOE-417 submissions are published on the DOE-417 web page (https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/oe417.aspx) on a regular basis to keep the public 
informed.
    (4a) Changes to Information Collection: DOE proposes to make 
changes to Form DOE-417 to 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 DOE-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 updated 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 or 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 ``[email protected]'' with 
``[email protected].''
     Updated Instructions: Replaced ``Assistant Secretary'' 
with ``Director''
     Updated Instructions: Appendix A. Replace ``What is 
Excluded'' text for generating entities with ``Entities who have 300 MW 
or more of generation detected to one or more end-use customers (e.g. 
retail or industrial customers), except for commercial power reactors 
regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and subject to the 
physical and cybersecurity event notification requirements of 10 CFR 
part 73. All items need to be addressed.''
     On Line F., Date/Time Incident Began.: Added Atlantic and 
Chamorro time zones
     On Line G., Date/Time Incident Ended: Added Atlantic and 
Chamorro time zones
    (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,174;
    (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses: 400;
    (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours: 5,025;
    (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 
$438,984. DOE estimates that respondents will have no additional costs 
associated with the surveys other than the burden hours and the 
maintenance of the information during the normal course of business.
    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 February 15, 2024.
Samson A. Adeshiyan,
Director, Office of Statistical Methods & Research, U. S. Energy 
Information Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-03515 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
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