Emergency justification letter

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
November 8, 2021
Sharon Block
Acting Administrator
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, D.C. 20503
Dear Dr. Block,
Pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures established at 5 C.F.R. Part
1320, Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public, I request that Part 2 of proposed FERC
Form No. 1000, OMB Control No. 1902-NEW, be processed as an Emergency Clearance
Request in accordance with 5 C.F.R. 1320.13, Emergency Processing.
I have determined that this information must be collected prior to the time periods established
under Part 1320 of the regulations and that this information is essential to implement agencies'
health and safety measures regarding the federal employee medical exemption to the vaccination
requirement included within recent Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Guidance for COVID19 Mandatory Vaccinations. Government agencies have an urgent need to request medical
exemption information with input from medical providers from federal employees. Applying
regular Paperwork Reduction Act clearance procedures is likely to cause harm because of the
threat of COVID-19 exposure and transmission (5 C.F.R 1320.13(c)).
Therefore, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) requests a 180day emergency clearance to establish FERC Form No. 1000, Part 2, allowing individuals to
request medical exemption with medical provider input from COVID-19 Mandatory
Vaccinations. During the 180-day emergency approval, the Commission will work to establish a
regular clearance submission of this information collection request under the Paperwork
Reduction Act procedures. As this request for approval concerns an urgent safety need, the
Commission is also seeking OMB's approval to waive the need for the Federal Register Notices
otherwise required by 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(l)(iv) and 1320.8(d)(l) prior to publication and
implementation of this disclosure.
We would appreciate if you could provide an approval/disapproval determination of this request
to collect information under an emergency clearance by close of business on November 12, 2021.
Sincerely,

Anton C. Porter
Executive Director