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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Approval From OMB
of One Public Collection of
Information; Port Security Training
Exercise Program (PortSTEP)
Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), DHS.
ACTION: Notice to withdraw and
supersede previous notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice serves to
withdraw the previous Federal Register
notice on this subject, published May
25, 2005 (70 FR 30132), and supersedes
all information contained in that notice.
TSA is coordinating the collection of
information concerning surface
transportation modes within the
nation’s public and private port
terminals and facilities, in order to
develop a full understanding of critical
links and dependences to maritime
transportation modes within each port.
TSA invites public comment on the new
information collection requirements
abstracted below that will be submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for approval in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Send your comments by
February 21, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed
or delivered to Katrina Wawer,
Information Collection Specialist, Office
of Transportation Security Policy, TSA–
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Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 22202–4220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katrina Wawer at the above address or
by telephone (571) 227–1995 or
facsimile (571) 227–2594.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a valid OMB control
number. Therefore, in preparation for
submission to renew clearance of the
following information collection, TSA is
soliciting comments to—
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
information requirement is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Purpose of Data Collection
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) directed the
Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) to develop and implement a
security response training exercise
program that addresses security
measures across all transportation
modes. Unlike existing response
exercise programs, this security exercise
program will address the unique aspects
of prevention and the measures needed
to counter credible security threats preincident, in coordination with on-going
response efforts. TSA, in collaboration
with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), has
chosen the maritime transportation
modes as the prototype sector to
develop such a program. The USCG
holds lead responsibility for regulating
security in maritime transportation,
exercised substantially through the Area
Maritime Security Committees and
Plans. TSA supports USCG in this
mission, contributing particular
expertise in security across all
transportation modes. As part of this
effort, TSA and the USCG have
identified a need for information
regarding the type, amount, and
complexity of surface transportation
assets (for example: Rail, truck, etc.) and
infrastructure located within the
nation’s ports.
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The ports of the United States are
unique entities in that they form a nexus
between maritime and surface
transportation modes of the Nation’s
transportation network. TSA is focusing
efforts on the areas where surface
transportation modes intersect at the
Nation’s ports, while the Coast Guard is
focused on the waterside and maritime
transportation aspects of the ports. TSA
and USCG are interested in learning
more about the inter-dependence and
economic importance of these modal
assets as they come together in the port
environment. TSA was able to locate
several sources of data. However, most
available data did not include
information or assessments specific to
the surface transportation modes and
their inter-dependence with the
maritime transportation modes.
Although some information exists for
public port authorities, information is
not readily available for private
terminals. A Port Security Training
Exercise Program (PortSTEP) Internet
Web site is being developed as part of
this program. Data will be collected
from registered users as described
further below.
Description of Data Collection
TSA will conduct the information
collection via the Internet, using a webbased survey. The information
collection will target public and private
ports and terminals nationwide to
capture data concerning the
interdependency and importance of
linkages between the maritime and
surface transportation modes, in and
around the port environment. This is a
voluntary collection of information. Port
directors and managers may choose to
obtain input from relevant port
stakeholders in the area, including
USCG Area Maritime Security
Committees, State and local
transportation security managers,
emergency managers and emergency
responders, private port service
providers, and industry and labor
associations. However, this is not
required. TSA estimates the total
number of respondents for the PortSTEP
survey to be 360, and the estimated
annual reporting burden to be 150 hours
annually.
TSA and USCG PortSTEP Project
Officers may need to re-administer this
survey periodically after 2007 to refine
and refresh data collections. However,
this requirement is not certain.
PortSTEP Project Officers will provide
an Internet Web site for registered and
non-registered users to share data and
provide releasable information to the
public. Users include members of the
maritime community, such as Federal,
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State, and local agency representatives
and industry individuals. User
registrations will be required for access
to certain data shared and collected,
which may be sensitive in nature. Also,
users must submit personal information
so that TSA can verify an individual’s
identity and establish the access
accounts to the registered user’s site.
Use of Results
TSA will compile data from the
survey results and assign weights to
produce a score that TSA and USCG
PortSTEP Project Officers will use to
determine the appropriate level of TSA
involvement in the management,
conduct, and oversight of training
response exercises conducted with
surface transportation in the port area.
TSA will also use the information
collected to group ports based on their
similarities, characteristics, and the
degree of surface transportation
exposure, in order to help focus the
design, conduct, and evaluation of
PortSTEP responses on the surface
transportation issues. Much can be
learned about the interactions and
coordination between the surface and
maritime transportation modes if the
series of response exercises in PortSTEP
are designed, conducted, and evaluated
with this in mind. TSA and USCG will
use the findings to refine and customize
future PortSTEP iterations to the needs
of the transportation mode being
exercised. TSA and USCG plan to share
and discuss this data with other
agencies within the Federal
Government.
Data collected from registered Web
site users will be retained to verify
account status and access permissions.
TSA will assign users an account to
determine access to certain information,
and group users for administrative
purposes. All data will be stored
securely.
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16, 2005.
Lisa S. Dean,
Privacy Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Receipt of an Application for an
Incidental Take Permit for Florida
Scrub-jays Resulting From the
Proposed Construction of a
Combination Single-Family Home
Subdivision and Commercial Facilities
in the City of Melbourne, Brevard
County, FL
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Riverside Development
Group, Inc. (Applicant) requests an
incidental take permit (ITP) for a
duration of two years, pursuant to
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (Act) as amended
(U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The Applicant
anticipates the loss of about 1.57 acres
of occupied Florida scrub-jay
(Aphelocoma coerulescens) (scrub-jay)
habitat in Section 8, Township 27
South, Range 37 East, in the City of
Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida.
Habitat loss would occur as a result of
vegetation clearing and the subsequent
construction of a 126 unit single-family
home subdivision and commercial
facilities on the 36-acre project site. The
loss of one scrub-jay family could occur
as a result of the Applicant’s proposed
project.
The Applicant’s Habitat Conservation
Plan (HCP) describes the mitigation and
minimization measures proposed to
address the effects of the project on the
Florida scrub-jay. These measures are
also outlined in the Service’s
Environmental Assessment (EA) and in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. The Service announces the
availability of the ITP application, HCP,
and EA. Copies of the application, HCP,
and EA may be obtained by making a
request to the Southeast Regional Office
(see ADDRESSES). Requests must be in
writing to be processed. This notice is
provided pursuant to section 10 of the
Act and National Environmental Policy
Act regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
DATES: Written comments on the ITP
application, EA, and HCP should be
sent to the Service’s Southeast Regional
Office (see ADDRESSES) and should be
received on or before February 21, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review
the application, EA, and HCP may
obtain a copy by writing the Service’s
Southeast Regional Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 1875 Century
Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia
30030 (Attn: Endangered Species
Permits). Please reference permit
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number TE102635–0 in such requests.
Documents will also be available for
public inspection by appointment
during normal business hours at either
the Southeast Regional Office or at the
Jacksonville Field Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 6620 Southpoint Drive
South, Suite 310, Jacksonville, Florida
32216–0912 (Attn: Field Supervisor).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David Dell, Regional HCP Coordinator,
Southeast Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES above), telephone: 404/679–
7313, facsimile: 404/679–7081; or Mr.
Michael Jennings, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, Jacksonville Field Office (see
ADDRESSES above), telephone: 904/232–
2580, ext. 113.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you
wish to comment, you may submit
comments by any one of several
methods. Please reference permit
number TE102635–0 in such comments.
You may mail comments to the
Service’s Southeast Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES). You may also comment via
the Internet to david_dell@fws.gov.
Please submit comments over the
Internet as an ASCII file, avoiding the
use of special characters and any form
of encryption. Please also include your
name and return address in your e-mail
message. If you do not receive a
confirmation from us that we have
received your e-mail message, contact
us directly at either telephone number
listed above (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT). Finally, you may
hand deliver comments to either Service
office listed above (see ADDRESSES).
Our practice is to make comments,
including names and home addresses of
respondents, available for public review
during regular business hours.
Individual respondents may request that
we withhold their home addresses from
the administrative record. We will
honor such requests to the extent
allowable by law. There may also be
other circumstances in which we would
withhold from the administrative record
a respondent’s identity, as allowable by
law. If you wish us to withhold your
name and address, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comments. We will not, however,
consider anonymous comments. We
will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
The Florida scrub-jay (scrub-jay) is
geographically isolated from other
species of scrub-jays found in Mexico
and the western United States. The
scrub-jay is found exclusively in
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Approval From OMB of One Public Collection of
Information; Port Security Training Exercise Program (PortSTEP)
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), DHS.
ACTION: Notice to withdraw and supersede previous notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This notice serves to withdraw the previous Federal Register
notice on this subject, published May 25, 2005 (70 FR 30132), and
supersedes all information contained in that notice. TSA is
coordinating the collection of information concerning surface
transportation modes within the nation's public and private port
terminals and facilities, in order to develop a full understanding of
critical links and dependences to maritime transportation modes within
each port. TSA invites public comment on the new information collection
requirements abstracted below that will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Send your comments by February 21, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or delivered to Katrina Wawer,
Information Collection Specialist, Office of Transportation Security
Policy, TSA-9, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th
Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katrina Wawer at the above address or
by telephone (571) 227-1995 or facsimile (571) 227-2594.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. Therefore,
in preparation for submission to renew clearance of the following
information collection, TSA is soliciting comments to--
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed information requirement is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Purpose of Data Collection
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) directed the
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop and implement a
security response training exercise program that addresses security
measures across all transportation modes. Unlike existing response
exercise programs, this security exercise program will address the
unique aspects of prevention and the measures needed to counter
credible security threats pre-incident, in coordination with on-going
response efforts. TSA, in collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard
(USCG), has chosen the maritime transportation modes as the prototype
sector to develop such a program. The USCG holds lead responsibility
for regulating security in maritime transportation, exercised
substantially through the Area Maritime Security Committees and Plans.
TSA supports USCG in this mission, contributing particular expertise in
security across all transportation modes. As part of this effort, TSA
and the USCG have identified a need for information regarding the type,
amount, and complexity of surface transportation assets (for example:
Rail, truck, etc.) and infrastructure located within the nation's
ports.
The ports of the United States are unique entities in that they
form a nexus between maritime and surface transportation modes of the
Nation's transportation network. TSA is focusing efforts on the areas
where surface transportation modes intersect at the Nation's ports,
while the Coast Guard is focused on the waterside and maritime
transportation aspects of the ports. TSA and USCG are interested in
learning more about the inter-dependence and economic importance of
these modal assets as they come together in the port environment. TSA
was able to locate several sources of data. However, most available
data did not include information or assessments specific to the surface
transportation modes and their inter-dependence with the maritime
transportation modes. Although some information exists for public port
authorities, information is not readily available for private
terminals. A Port Security Training Exercise Program (PortSTEP)
Internet Web site is being developed as part of this program. Data will
be collected from registered users as described further below.
Description of Data Collection
TSA will conduct the information collection via the Internet, using
a web-based survey. The information collection will target public and
private ports and terminals nationwide to capture data concerning the
interdependency and importance of linkages between the maritime and
surface transportation modes, in and around the port environment. This
is a voluntary collection of information. Port directors and managers
may choose to obtain input from relevant port stakeholders in the area,
including USCG Area Maritime Security Committees, State and local
transportation security managers, emergency managers and emergency
responders, private port service providers, and industry and labor
associations. However, this is not required. TSA estimates the total
number of respondents for the PortSTEP survey to be 360, and the
estimated annual reporting burden to be 150 hours annually.
TSA and USCG PortSTEP Project Officers may need to re-administer
this survey periodically after 2007 to refine and refresh data
collections. However, this requirement is not certain. PortSTEP Project
Officers will provide an Internet Web site for registered and non-
registered users to share data and provide releasable information to
the public. Users include members of the maritime community, such as
Federal,
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State, and local agency representatives and industry individuals. User
registrations will be required for access to certain data shared and
collected, which may be sensitive in nature. Also, users must submit
personal information so that TSA can verify an individual's identity
and establish the access accounts to the registered user's site.
Use of Results
TSA will compile data from the survey results and assign weights to
produce a score that TSA and USCG PortSTEP Project Officers will use to
determine the appropriate level of TSA involvement in the management,
conduct, and oversight of training response exercises conducted with
surface transportation in the port area. TSA will also use the
information collected to group ports based on their similarities,
characteristics, and the degree of surface transportation exposure, in
order to help focus the design, conduct, and evaluation of PortSTEP
responses on the surface transportation issues. Much can be learned
about the interactions and coordination between the surface and
maritime transportation modes if the series of response exercises in
PortSTEP are designed, conducted, and evaluated with this in mind. TSA
and USCG will use the findings to refine and customize future PortSTEP
iterations to the needs of the transportation mode being exercised. TSA
and USCG plan to share and discuss this data with other agencies within
the Federal Government.
Data collected from registered Web site users will be retained to
verify account status and access permissions. TSA will assign users an
account to determine access to certain information, and group users for
administrative purposes. All data will be stored securely.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on December 16, 2005.
Lisa S. Dean,
Privacy Officer.
[FR Doc. E5-7684 Filed 12-21-05; 8:45 am]
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