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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 23 / Friday, February 5, 2021 / Proposed Rules
for protection on a case by case basis.81
We request comments on the specific and limited types of information that would be appropriate for applicants to shield from public disclosure, and any other specific modifications or additions to the Commissions generally applicable filing regulations that may be appropriate for the incentives filings proposed in this NOPR.
V. Information Collection Statement 76. The information collection requirements contained in this NOPR
are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget OMB under section 3507d of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.82 OMBs regulations require approval of certain information collection requirements imposed by agency rules.83 Upon approval of a collection of information, OMB will assign an OMB control number and expiration date.
Respondents subject to the filing requirements of this rule will not be penalized for failing to respond to these collections of information unless the collections of information display a valid OMB control number.
77. This NOPR will establish the Commissions regulations and policy with respect to the mechanics and implementation of the Commissions cybersecurity incentives policy and will require an annual report from the recipients of cybersecurity incentives in order to demonstrate compliance with the Commissions cybersecurity incentives regulations and policy.

78. Interested persons may obtain information on the reporting requirements by contacting Ellen Brown, Office of the Executive Director, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426 via email DataClearance@
ferc.gov or telephone 202 5028663.
79. The Commission solicits comments on the Commissions need for this information, whether the information will have practical utility, the accuracy of the burden estimates, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected or retained, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondents burden, including the use of automated information techniques.
80. Please send comments concerning the collection of information and the associated burden estimates to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503
Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Due to security concerns, comments should be sent electronically to the following email address: oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Comments submitted to OMB should refer to OMB Control Nos.
81. Please submit a copy of your comments on the information collections to the Commission via the eFiling link on the Commissions website at http www.ferc.gov. If you are not able to file comments electronically, please send a copy of your comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Comments on the information collection that are sent to FERC should refer to RM213000.
82. Title: Report of Cybersecurity Incentives Investment Activity.
83. Action: Proposed revision of collections of information in accordance with RM21XX000.
84. OMB Control Nos.: 19020248
FERC725B.
85. Respondents for this Rulemaking:
Public Utilities that seek incentivebased rate treatment for cybersecurity projects.
86. Frequency of Information Collection: Annually beginning with the calendar year the Commission grants incentive-based rate treatment.
87. Necessity of Information: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
88. Internal Review: The Commission has reviewed the changes and has determined that such changes are necessary. These requirements conform to the Commissions need for efficient information collection, communication, and management within the energy industry. The Commission has specific, objective support for the burden estimates associated with the information collection requirements.
89. The NERC Compliance Registry, as of October 02, 2020, identifies approximately 319 Transmission Owners in the U.S. that are subject to this proposed rulemaking.
90. The Commission estimates that the NOPR would affect the burden 84
and cost 85 as follows:

PROPOSED CHANGES IN NOPR IN DOCKET NO. RM213000
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Area of modification
Number of respondents
Annual estimated number of responses per respondent
Annual estimated number of responses column B
column C

Average burden hours and cost per response
Total estimated burden hours and total estimated cost column D column E

Report of Cybersecurity Incentives Investment Activity Additional filers of Report of Cybersecurity Incentives Investment Activity Annually and Ongoing.
Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards for FERC725B unchanged.

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80 hours; $6,640

1,600 hours; $132,800.

223,875

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223,875

9.13 hours; $757.44

2,043,026 hours; $169,571,158.

223,895

2,044,626 hours; $169,703,958.

91. For the purposes of estimating burden in this NOPR, in the table above, we conservatively estimate annual 81 An applicant or any other person may object to disclosure generally or to a particular requester, and in such cases the non-public document will not be provided to the requester until ordered by the Commission or a decisional authority. 18 CFR
388.112b2iv, 388.113g4.
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numbers of the different possible cybersecurity incentive requests as similar to the historical high 83 5

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is the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. For further explanation of what is included in the information collection burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3.
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experienced for incentives Orders issued under Section 219. For example, to date, the Commission has received 85 Commission staff estimates that respondents hourly wages including benefits are comparable to those of FERC employees. Therefore, the hourly cost used in this analysis is $83.00 $172,329 per year.

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