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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 10, 2021 / Rules and Regulations Enforcement will use the data for general industry oversight.
Internal Review: We have reviewed the requirements pertaining to business practices of interstate natural gas pipelines and have determined that the revisions are necessary to establish a more efficient and integrated pipeline grid. These requirements conform to the Commissions plan for efficient information collection, communication, and management within the natural gas pipeline industries. We determined, through our internal review, that there is specific, objective support for the burden estimates associated with the information requirements.
44. Interested persons may obtain information on the reporting requirements by contacting the following: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426 Attention: Ellen Brown, Office of the Executive Director, email: DataClearance@ferc.gov, telephone: 202 5028663, fax: 202
2730873.
45. Comments concerning the collection of informations and the associated burden estimates, should be sent to the contact listed above and to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 20503
Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, telephone: 202 3950710; fax: 202
3954718.
VI. Environmental Analysis 46. 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.40 The actions that we take here fall within categorical exclusions in the Commissions regulations for rules that are clarifying, corrective, or procedural, for information gathering, analysis, and dissemination, and for rules regarding sales, exchange, and transportation of natural gas that require no construction of facilities.41
Therefore, an environmental review is unnecessary and has not been prepared as part of this Final Rule.

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VII. Regulatory Flexibility Act 47. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 RFA 42 generally requires a description and analysis of final rules 40 Reguls. Implementing the Natl Envtl Poly Act, Ord. No. 486, 52 FR 47897 Dec. 17, 1987, FERC
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cross-referenced at 41 FERC 61,284.
41 See 18 CFR 380.4a2ii, 380.4a5, and 380.4a27 2020.
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that will have significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The Commission is not required to make such analysis if proposed regulations would not have such an effect.
48. As we stated in the WGQ Version 3.2 NOPR, approximately 178 interstate natural gas pipelines, both large and small, are potential respondents subject to the requirements adopted by this rule. Most of the natural gas pipelines regulated by the Commission do not fall within the RFAs definition of a small entity,43 which is currently defined for natural gas pipelines as a company that, in combination with its affiliates, has total annual receipts of $30 million or less.44 For the year 2019, only 11
companies not affiliated with larger companies had annual revenues in combination with its affiliates of $30
million or less and therefore could be considered a small entity under the RFA. This represents about six percent of the total universe of potential respondents that may have a significant burden imposed on them. We estimate that the one-time implementation cost of the proposals in this Final Rule is $1,977,580 or $11,110 per entity, regardless of entity size.45 We do not consider the estimated $11,110 impact per entity to be significant. Moreover, these requirements are designed to benefit all customers, including small businesses that must comply with them.
Further, as noted above, adoption of consensus standards helps ensure the reasonableness of the standards by requiring that the standards draw support from a broad spectrum of industry participants representing all segments of the industry. Because of that representation and the fact that industry conducts business under these standards, the Commissions regulations should reflect those standards that have the widest possible support.
49. Accordingly, pursuant to section 605b of the RFA,46 the regulations being promulgated herein should not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
43 See 5 U.S.C. 6013 citing section 3 of the Small Business Act SBA, 15 U.S.C. 623. Section 3 of the SBA defines a small business concern as a business which is independently owned and operated, and which is not dominant in its field of operation 2019.
44 13 CFR 121.201 Subsector 486Pipeline Transportation; North American Industry Classification System code 486210; Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas 2020. Annual Receipts are total income plus cost of goods sold.
45 This number is derived by dividing the total cost figure by the number of respondents.
$1,977,580/178 = $11,110.
46 5 U.S.C. 605b.

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VIII. Document Availability 50. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal Register, we provide all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the internet through the Commissions Home Page https www.ferc.gov/. At this time, we have suspended access to the Commissions Public Reference Room due to the Presidents March 13, 2020 proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning COVID19.
51. 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.
52. 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.
IX. Effective Date and Congressional Notification 53. These regulations are effective October 12, 2021. We have determined with the concurrence of the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB that this rule is not a major rule as defined in section 351 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. This Final Rule is being submitted to the Senate, House, and Government Accountability Office.
List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 284
Incorporation by reference, Natural gas, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
By direction of the Commission.
Issued: July 15, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary.

In consideration of the foregoing, we amend part 284, chapter I, title 18, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:
PART 284CERTAIN SALES AND
TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS
UNDER THE NATURAL GAS POLICY
ACT OF 1978 AND RELATED
AUTHORITIES
1. The authority citation for part 284
continues to read as follows:

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