# Formal Requirements for Filings in Proceedings Before the Commission
**AGENCY:**
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
**ACTION:**
Final rule; announcement of effective date.
**SUMMARY:**
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is announcing the effective date for changes to the Commission's regulations that provide the address for hand-delivered filings and submissions to the Commission.
**DATES:**
The final rule published at 84 FR 46440 on September 4, 2019, and delayed at 84 FR 55498 on October 17, 2019, is effective December 17, 2020.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Christopher Cook, Office of the Secretary, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8102, *[email protected].*
Mark Hershfield, Office of the General Counsel, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8597, *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On August 27, 2019, the Commission issued a final rule in Docket No. RM19-18-000 requiring that deliveries of filings and submissions, other than by the United States Postal Service, be sent to an off-site facility [^1] for security screening and processing. [^2] The final rule, which was published in the *Federal Register* on September 4, 2019, provided that the new regulation would take effect 60 days after the date of publication of the final rule in the *Federal Register* . [^3] On October 11, 2019, the Secretary issued a document, stating that the effective date for the final rule was postponed indefinitely to ensure that the public and the Commission make an effective transition to utilizing the off-site facility. [^4] A Notice of Effective Date was issued on June 23, 2020 annoucing the regulation would take effect on July 1, 2020. [^5] This document serves to make the regulatory change effective in the CFR.
[^1] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, c/o Health and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
[^2]*Formal Requirements for Filings in Proceedings Before the Commission,* 168 FERC ¶ 61,120 (2019) (Final Rule).
[^3] 84 FR 46440.
[^4] 84 FR 55498.
[^5] 85 FR 38884.
Issued: December 14, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.