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Information Collection Request

FERC-556A, (NOPR in RM21-2 and RM20-20) Certification of Qualifying Facility (QF) Status for a Small Power Production or Cogeneration Facility

ICR 202011-1902-005 · OMB 1902-0316 · Historical Inactive

Forms and Documents
DocumentTypeStatusAvailability
Form FERC Form No. 556 FERC Form No. 556 as modified by Final Rule in RM19-15 and AD16-16 Form and Instruction New Available
Form FERC-556(before ch FERC-556A Form and Instruction Removed Available
556A_NOPR_RM21-2__11-19-2020.docx Supporting Statement A Uploaded 2020-11-19 Available
form-556 for 556aICR.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2019-09-19 Available
16 USC 2602.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2019-04-04 Available
16 USC 824a3 (PURPA 1978).pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2019-04-04 Available
eCFR_18CFR292_131-80.docx Supplementary Document Uploaded 2019-04-04 Available
IC Document Collections
IC IDCollectionTypeStatusForm
244587 FERC Form No. 556 as modified by Final Rule in RM19-15 and AD16-16 Form and Instruction New
237770 FERC-556A Form and Instruction Removed
ICR Details
1902-0316 202011-1902-005
Historical Inactive 201904-1902-001
FERC FERC-556A
FERC-556A, (NOPR in RM21-2 and RM20-20) Certification of Qualifying Facility (QF) Status for a Small Power Production or Cogeneration Facility
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular
Comment filed on proposed rule 01/05/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 11/23/2020
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is filing comment and withholding approval at this time. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the proposed rulemaking and will include in the supporting statement of the next ICR—which is to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stage—a description of how the agency has responded to any public comments on the ICR, including comments on maximizing the practical utility of the collection and minimizing the burden.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
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FERC-556A is a temporary (placeholder) information collection number. It's being used for the change proposed in the NOPR in Docket Nos. RM21-2 and RM20-20 because another ICR for FERC-556 is pending OMB review and only one item per OMB Control No. can be pending review at a time. Note that the updated FERC-556 is included the other pending ICR and in the IC here. FERC Form 556 (and this temporary info. collection no. FERC-556A) is required to implement Sections 201 and 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). FERC is authorized, under those sections, to encourage cogeneration and small power production and to prescribe such rules as necessary in order to carry out the statutory directives. A primary statutory objective is efficient use of energy resources by cogeneration facilities, which make use of reject heat associated with commercial or industrial processes, and by small power production facilities, which use renewable resources and waste. PURPA, through establishment of various regulatory benefits, encourages the development of small power production facilities and cogeneration facilities that meet certain technical and corporate criteria. Facilities that meet these criteria are called Qualifying Facilities, or QFs. The Commission’s regulations in 18 CFR Part 292 specify: a) the certification procedures which must be followed by owners or operators of small power production and cogeneration facilities; b) the criteria which must be met; c) the information which must be submitted to FERC in order to obtain qualifying status; d) the PURPA benefits which are available to QFs to encourage small power production and cogeneration; and e) the requirements pertaining to PURPA implementation plans regarding the transaction obligations that electric utilities have with respect to QFs.
US Code: 16 USC 2602 Name of Law: PURPA
   US Code: 16 USC 796, 824a-3 Name of Law: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
  
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1902-AF74 Proposed rulemaking 85 FR 67699 10/26/2020
No
1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
FERC Form No. 556 as modified by Final Rule in RM19-15 and AD16-16 FERC Form No. 556 Certification of Qualifying Facility (QF) Status fpr Small Power Producer or Cogeneration Facility
FERC-556A FERC-556(before changes in NOPR in RM19-15) FERC-556
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
In this NOPR in Docket Nos. RM21-2 and RM20-20, the Commission proposes no changes to the FERC Form No. 556, but proposes revising its PURPA regulations to allow more entities to use the FERC Form No. 556. This is included in this ICR under FERC-556A (temp. interim collection no.) due to another ICR for FERC-556 pending OMB review. (Only one ICR per OMB Control No. may be pending at a time.) (The Form 556 from the Final Rule in RM19-15 and AD16-16 is pending OMB review and is included in the ICR for FERC-556 and in the IC here.)
$178,804
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Nishi Parekh 202 502-8325
  No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
11/23/2020