59788 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 185 / Wednesday, September 23, 2020 / Notices do not include confidential or a. Which requirements of the CIP an original of their comments to: proprietary information, CEII, or other Reliability Standards, including Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, sensitive or classified information in complementary requirements across the CIP Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Reliability Standards, require entities to take your responses. actions that detect and mitigate the risks Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Q1. To what extent is the equipment associated with the use of equipment and 24. All comments will be placed in (including components) and services services provided by Covered Companies? the Commission’s public files and may provided by Covered Companies used in the b. What modifications to the CIP Standards be viewed, printed, or downloaded operation of the bulk electric system? would minimize risks associated with remotely as described in the Document a. What methods could be used to ascertain equipment and services provided by the Availability section below. Commenters the extent to which equipment and services Covered Companies? on this proposal are not required to provided by Covered Companies is used in Q4. Describe any strategies, in addition to serve copies of their comments on other the operation of the bulk electric system? compliance with the CIP Reliability b. Describe any potential complications to Standards, entities have implemented or plan commenters. system operations that may result from to implement to mitigate the risks associated IV. Document Availability implementing such methods (e.g., need to with use of equipment and services provided shut down certain activities to perform by Covered Companies. 25. In addition to publishing the full testing). Q5. What other methods could the text of this document in the Federal Q2. Describe the risks to bulk electric Commission employ outside the CIP Register, the Commission provides all system reliability and security posed by the Reliability Standards, whether through interested persons an opportunity to use of equipment and services provided by regulatory action or through voluntary view and/or print the contents of this Covered Companies? collaboration with industry and government, a. Describe the range of potential security to further address the risks to bulk electric document via the internet through the impacts to bulk electric system reliability system reliability and security posed by the Commission’s Home Page (http:// that could occur if a responsible entity uses use of equipment and services provided by www.ferc.gov) and in the Commission’s the equipment and services provided by the Covered Companies? For example, raising Public Reference Room during normal Covered Companies within its real-time awareness about the risks identified in business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. operations infrastructure and the equipment response to the previous questions, eastern time) at 888 First Street NE, was compromised. identifying potential solutions, and assisting Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. b. If equipment and services provided by with mitigating actions (including the Covered Companies is installed in a facilitating information sharing)? 26. From the Commission’s Home responsible entity’s real-time operations a. Describe how your organization is Page on the internet, this information is infrastructure, what controls are in place to informed of the risks to bulk electric system available on eLibrary. The full text of prevent or detect compromise? What controls reliability and security posed by the use of this document is available on eLibrary are in place to mitigate the potential effects equipment and services provided by Covered in PDF and Microsoft Word format for of compromise? Companies and what could be done to viewing, printing, and/or downloading. c. Describe the range of potential security improve this process. To access this document in eLibrary, impacts to bulk electric system reliability b. What actions has your organization type the docket number excluding the from a compromise of a responsible entity’s taken to address these risks and what systems related to non-real time bulk electric impediments exist to do so (i.e., such as last three digits of this document in the system operations (e.g., operations planning) procurement process requirements)? docket number field. resulting from the use of equipment and c. What challenges does your organization 27. User assistance is available for services provided by Covered Companies. face when identifying, containing or eLibrary and the Commission’s web site d. If equipment and services provided by removing equipment that presents supply during normal business hours from the Covered Companies is installed in a non-real chain threats from Covered Companies? Commission’s Online Support at (202) time environment (e.g. operations planning), III. Comment Procedures 502–6652 (toll free at 1–866–208–3676) what controls are in place to prevent or or email at [email protected], detect compromise? What controls are in 21. The Commission invites interested or the Public Reference Room at (202) place to mitigate the potential effects of persons to submit comments on the 502–8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email compromise? matters and issues proposed in this the Public Reference Room at e. Describe the potential range of security notice, including any related matters or [email protected]. impacts to bulk electric system reliability alternative proposals that commenters from a compromise of responsible entity’s By direction of the Commission. systems related to non-bulk electric system may wish to discuss. Comments are due communications and operations (e.g., November 23, 2020, and Reply Issued: September 17, 2020. business networks and systems not directly Comments are due December 22, 2020. Kimberly D. Bose, related to bulk electric system operations) Comments must refer to Docket No. Secretary. resulting from the use of equipment and RM20–19–000, and must include the [FR Doc. 2020–20987 Filed 9–22–20; 8:45 am] services provided by Covered Companies. commenter’s name, the organization BILLING CODE 6717–01–P f. If equipment and services provided by they represent, if applicable, and their Covered Companies is installed in a non-bulk address. electric system communications and 22. The Commission encourages operations environment (e.g., business networks and systems not directly related to comments to be filed electronically via ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION bulk electric system operations), what the eFiling link on the Commission’s AGENCY controls are in place to prevent or detect web site at http://www.ferc.gov. The compromise? What controls are in place to Commission accepts most standard [FRL–10013–52–Region 3] mitigate the potential effects of compromise? word-processing formats. Documents What controls are in place to prevent created electronically using word- compromise of business network or systems Clean Water Act: Maryland–City of processing software should be filed in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County from migrating and impacting bulk electric native applications or print-to-PDF system operations? Vessel Sewage No-Discharge Zone for Q3. Discuss the effectiveness of the current format and not in a scanned format. Thirteen Waters—Tentative Affirmative CIP Reliability Standards in mitigating the Commenters filing electronically do not Determination risks posed by equipment and services need to make a paper filing. provided by Covered Companies used in the 23. Commenters that are not able to AGENCY: Environmental Protection operation of the bulk electric system. file comments electronically must send Agency (EPA). VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:02 Sep 22, 2020 Jkt 250001 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23SEN1.SGM 23SEN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 185 / Wednesday, September 23, 2020 / Notices 59789 ACTION: Notice of tentative affirmative dnr.maryland.gov/boating/Documents/ Fishing Creek). While these waterbodies determination. AANDZApplication.pdf. constitute nearly all of the county’s DATES: Comments must be received in waters, a few water bodies have been SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an writing to EPA on or before October 23, excluded. The exclusions include two application for a no-discharge zone has 2020. inter-jurisdictional rivers that border the been received from the Secretary of county (the Patapsco River and Patuxent Natural Resources and Secretary of the ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to River), as well as Curtis Creek, which Environment on behalf of the State of Matthew A. Konfirst, U.S. creates additional inter-jurisdictional Maryland requesting a determination by Environmental Protection Agency— complications for no-discharge zone the Regional Administrator, U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region, 1650 Arch Street, management and is also the most Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 3WD31, Philadelphia, PA heavily industrialized creek in the (EPA), Region 3, that adequate facilities 19103–2029, or emailed to county with limited recreational boating for the safe and sanitary removal and [email protected]. Only written activity. Maryland’s proposed NDZ for treatment of sewage from all vessels are comments will be considered. the 13 water bodies if approved would reasonably available for thirteen waters FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: total 27,379 acres, which would add to located in