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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 23 / Friday, February 5, 2021 / Proposed Rules approximately 110 incentive requests since Order No. 679 was issued in 2006, and has issued an average of 8
incentives Orders per year, with a single year high of 21 incentive Orders issued.
This estimate is consistent with our expectation that the cybersecurity incentives are likely to attract significant interest from the industry.
We seek comment on the estimates in the table above regarding the number of incentive requests.
VI. Environmental Analysis 92. The Commission is required to prepare an Environmental Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement for any action that may have a significant adverse effect on the human environment.86 We conclude that neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required for this proposed rule under 380.4a15 of the Commissions regulations, which provides a categorical exemption for approval of actions under FPA sections 205 and 206
relating to the filing of schedules containing all rates and charges for the transmission or sale of electric energy subject to the Commissions jurisdiction, plus the classification, practices, contracts, and regulations that affect rates, charges, classification, and services.87

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VII. Regulatory Flexibility Act 93. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 88 generally requires a description and analysis of proposed and final rules that will have significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The Small Business Administration SBA sets the threshold for what constitutes a small business.
Under SBAs size standards,89
Transmission owners all fall under the category of Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control NAICS code 221121, with a size threshold of 500
employees including the entity and its associates.90
94. We estimate that 319 transmission owners are reported in the NERC
registry. Using the list of Transmission Owners from the NERC Registry dated October 2, 2020, we estimate that approximately 6% of those entities may file for incentives.
86 Regulations Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897 Dec. 17, 1987, FERC Stats. & Regs.
Preambles 19861990 30,783 1987 cross referenced at 41 FERC 61,284.
87 18 CFR 380.4a15.
88 5 U.S.C. 601612.
89 13 CFR 121.201
90 The threshold for the number of employees indicates the maximum allowed for a concern and its affiliates to be considered small.

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95. We estimate additional annual costs associated with the NOPR as shown in the table above of:
$6,640 per filer for 20 new filers.
These costs are only incurred on a voluntary basis.
96. Therefore, the estimated additional annual cost per entity ranges from $0 to $132,800. According to SBA
guidance, the determination of significance of impact should be seen as relative to the size of the business, the size of the competitors business, the number of filers received annually 20, and the impact this regulation has on larger competitors. 91 We do not consider the estimated cost to be a significant economic impact. As a result, we certify that the proposals in this NOPR will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
VIII. Comment Procedures 97. The Commission invites interested persons to submit comments on the matters and issues proposed in this notice to be adopted, including any related matters or alternative proposals that commenters may wish to discuss.
Comments are due April 6, 2021. Also, reply comments are due May 6, 2021.
Comments must refer to Docket No.
RM203000, and must include the commenters name, the organization they represent, if applicable, and their address in their comments.
98. The Commission encourages comments to be filed electronically via the eFiling link on the Commissions website at http www.ferc.gov. The Commission accepts most standard word processing formats. Documents created electronically using word processing software should be filed in native applications or print-to-PDF
format and not in a scanned format.
Commenters filing electronically do not need to make a paper filing.
99. Commenters that are not able to file comments electronically may mail or hand-deliver an original of their comments. Mailed comments should be addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand-delivered comments should be delivered to:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. All comments will be placed in the Commissions public files and may be viewed, printed, or downloaded remotely as described in 91 U.S. Small Business Administration, A Guide for Government Agencies How to Comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, at 18 May 2012, https
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the Document Availability section below. Commenters on this proposal are not required to serve copies of their comments on other commenters.
IX. Document Availability 100. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the internet through the Commissions Home Page http
www.ferc.gov. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commissions Public Reference Room due to the Presidents March 13, 2020 proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease COVID19.
101. From the Commissions Home Page on the internet, this information is available on eLibrary. The full text of this document is available on eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing, printing, and/or downloading.
To access this document in eLibrary, type the docket number excluding the last three digits of this document in the docket number field.
102. User assistance is available for eLibrary and the Commissions website during normal business hours from the Commissions Online Support at 202
5026652 toll free at 18662083676
or email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or the Public Reference Room at 202
5028371, TTY 202 5028659. Email the Public Reference Room at public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.
List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 35
Electric power rates, Electric utilities, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
By direction of the Commission.
Chairman Danly and Commissioner Glick are concurring with a joint separate statement attached.
Commissioner Clements is not participating.
Issued: December 17, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.

In consideration of the foregoing, the Commission is proposing to amend part 35, chapter I, title 18, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows.
PART 35FILING OF RATE
SCHEDULES AND TARIFFS
1. The authority citation for part 35
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 791a825r, 2601
2645; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 71017352.

2. Section 35.48 is added to read as follows:

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