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Instrument: Request for Information to
Improve Program.
Frequency: ‘‘On occasion’’ and
‘‘Other’’.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 329
respondents (estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: One
hour.
Total Burden Hours: 122 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $10,500.
Dated: March 11, 2013.
Michael Butcher,
Acting Chief Information Officer, National
Protection and Programs Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2012–0057]
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism
Standards (CFATS) ChemicalTerrorism Vulnerability Information
(CVI)
National Protection and
Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 30-day notice and request for
comments; Extension of Information
Collection Request: 1670–0015.
AGENCY:
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), National Protection and
Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of
Infrastructure Protection (IP),
Infrastructure Security Compliance
Division (ISCD) will submit the
following Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35). The Department previously
published this ICR in the Federal
Register on December 17, 2012, for a 60day public comment period.1 In this
notice, NPPD is responding to one
relevant comment that was responsive
to different notice, also published in the
Federal Register on December 17, 2012
that solicited comments on a related
Information Collection Request.2 This
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SUMMARY:
1 See 77 FR 74685. The 60-day Federal Register
notice for IC 1670–0015 which solicited comments
for 60 days may be found at https://
federalregister.gov/a/2012-30316.
2 The comment was submitted under docket #
DHS–2012–0059 and provided comment not only
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notice is also soliciting comments
concerning the Information Collection
Request, Chemical Facility AntiTerrorism Standards (CFATS) Chemicalterrorism Vulnerability Information
(CVI) for an additional 30 days for
public comments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until April 17, 2013.
This process is conducted in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB. Comments should be
addressed to OMB Desk Officer,
Department of Homeland Security,
National Protection and Programs
Directorate. Comments must be
identified by docket number DHS–
2012–0057 and may be submitted by
one of the following methods:
Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov.
Æ Email:
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Include
the docket number in the subject line of
the message.
Æ Fax: (202) 395–5806.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the words ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security’’ and the docket
number for this action. Comments
received will be posted without
alteration at https://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided. Comments that include trade
secrets, confidential commercial or
financial information, CVI, Sensitive
Security Information (SSI), or Protected
Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII)
should not be submitted to the public
regulatory docket. Please submit such
comments separately from other
comments in response to this notice.
Comments containing trade secrets,
confidential commercial or financial
information, CVI, SSI, or PCII should be
appropriately marked and submitted by
mail to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB. Comments
should be addressed to OMB Desk
Officer, Department of Homeland
Security, National Protection and
Programs Directorate. Comments must
be identified by docket number DHS–
2012–0057.
OMB is particularly interested in
comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
on this information collection request (i.e., 1670–
0015), but also on ICR 1670–0007 and ICR 1670–
0014. The comment may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DHS2012-0059-0002.
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functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
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,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
CFATS Program Manager, DHS/NPPD/
IP/ISCD, CFATS@hq.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
550 of the Homeland Security
Appropriations Act of 2007, Public Law
109–295, provides DHS with the
authority to regulate the security of
high-risk chemical facilities. On April 9,
2007, the Department issued an Interim
Final Rule (IFR), implementing this
statutory mandate at 72 FR 17688.
Section 550 of the Homeland Security
Appropriations Act of 2007 requires a
risk-based approach to security.
CFATS is the Department’s
regulations under Section 550 governing
security at high-risk chemical facilities.
See 6 CFR part 27. CFATS represents a
national-level effort to minimize
terrorism risk to such facilities. Its
design and implementation balance
maintaining economic vitality with
securing facilities and their surrounding
communities. In collaboration with the
private sector and other stakeholders,
the Department designed the regulations
to take advantage of protective measures
already in place and to allow facilities
to employ a wide range of tailored
measures to satisfy the regulations’ RiskBased Performance Standards.
In 6 CFR 27.400, CFATS also
establishes the requirements that
covered persons must follow to
safeguard certain documents and other
information developed under the
regulations. This information is
identified as ‘‘Chemical-terrorism
Vulnerability Information’’ (CVI) and by
law receives protection from public
disclosure and misuse. The instruments
within this collection will be used to
manage the CVI program in support of
CFATS.
Response to Comment Submitted
During 60-Day Comment Period: The
Department received a comment
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suggesting that in the 60-day notice, the
Department incorrectly calculated the
burden estimates associated with the
instrument ‘‘Chemical-terrorism
Vulnerability Information Tracking
Log.’’ The commenter assumed that the
number of responses per respondent for
this instrument was one. In fact, the
Department estimated in the current
Information Collection, which expires
on March 31, 2013, that each
respondent will on average respond 12
times. This assumption was carried over
into the burden estimates used by the
Department in the 60-day notice but not
made explicit. The total annual burden
for this instrument is calculated as
follows [0.0833 hours (five minutes) ×
30,000 respondents × 12 responses per
respondent], which equals 29,988 hours.
The rounded estimate is 30,000 hours.
The Department did not revise the
burden estimates for this instrument.
Therefore, for this instrument and the
other instruments in this 30-day notice
the Department will continue to rely on
the analysis and resulting burden
estimates in the 60-day notice.
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Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland
Security, National Protection and
Programs Directorate, Office of
Infrastructure Protection, Infrastructure
Security Compliance Division.
Title: Chemical Facility AntiTerrorism Standards (CFATS) Chemicalterrorism Vulnerability Information
(CVI).
OMB Number: 1670–0015.
Instrument: Chemical-terrorism
Vulnerability Information
Authorization.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 30,000
respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: One
hour.
Total Burden Hours: 30,000 annual
burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $2,580,000.
Instrument: Determination of
Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability
Information (CVI).
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 300
respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25
hours.
Total Burden Hours: 75 annual
burden hours.
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $6,450.
Instrument: Determination of a ‘‘Need
to Know’’ by a Public Official.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 14,200
respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25
hours.
Total Burden Hours: 3,550 annual
burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $305,300.
Instrument: Disclosure of Chemicalterrorism Vulnerability Information
(CVI) Information.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 300
respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25
hours.
Total Burden Hours: 75 annual
burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $6,450.
Instrument: Notification of Emergency
or Exigent Circumstances.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 300
respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25
hours.
Total Burden Hours: 75 annual
burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $6,450.
Instrument: Tracking Log for
Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability
Information (CVI) Received.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 30,000
respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent:
0.0833 hours (5 minutes).
Total Burden Hours: 30,000 annual
burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
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Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $2,580,000.
Dated: March 11, 2013.
Michael Butcher,
Acting Chief Information Officer, National
Protection and Programs Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security.
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SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG–2012–0797]
National Maritime Security Advisory
Committee; Meeting
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee Meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Maritime
Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC)
will meet on April 2–3, 2013 in
Washington, DC to discuss various
issues relating to national maritime
security. This meeting will be open to
the public.
DATES: The Committee will meet on
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 from 9:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. and Wednesday, April 3,
2013 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. This
meeting may close early if all business
is finished. All written material and
requests to make oral presentations
should reach the Coast Guard on or
before March 29, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet in
the Oklahoma Room at the Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Seating is
very limited. Members of the public
wishing to attend should register with
Mr. Ryan Owens, Alternate Designated
Federal Official (ADFO) of NMSAC,
telephone 202–372–1108 or
ryan.f.owens@uscg.mil no later than
March 25, 2013. Additionally, this
meeting will be broadcasted via a web
enabled interactive online format and
teleconference line.
To participate via teleconference, dial
866–810–4853, the pass code to join is
9760138#. Additionally, if you would
like to participate in this meeting via the
online web format, please log onto
https://connect.hsin.gov/r11254182 and
follow the online instructions to register
for this meeting.
For information on facilities or
services for individuals with disabilities
or to request special assistance at the
meeting, contact the person listed in the
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2012-0057]
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Chemical-
Terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI)
AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 30-day notice and request for comments; Extension of
Information Collection Request: 1670-0015.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Protection
and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of Infrastructure Protection
(IP), Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) will submit
the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35). The Department previously published this ICR in the Federal
Register on December 17, 2012, for a 60-day public comment period.\1\
In this notice, NPPD is responding to one relevant comment that was
responsive to different notice, also published in the Federal Register
on December 17, 2012 that solicited comments on a related Information
Collection Request.\2\ This notice is also soliciting comments
concerning the Information Collection Request, Chemical Facility Anti-
Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability
Information (CVI) for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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\1\ See 77 FR 74685. The 60-day Federal Register notice for IC
1670-0015 which solicited comments for 60 days may be found at
https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-30316.
\2\ The comment was submitted under docket DHS-2012-
0059 and provided comment not only on this information collection
request (i.e., 1670-0015), but also on ICR 1670-0007 and ICR 1670-
0014. The comment may be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DHS-2012-0059-0002.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until April 17,
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2013. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB. Comments should be addressed to OMB Desk
Officer, Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and
Programs Directorate. Comments must be identified by docket number DHS-
2012-0057 and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
[cir] Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
[cir] Email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Include the docket
number in the subject line of the message.
[cir] Fax: (202) 395-5806.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this
action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
Comments that include trade secrets, confidential commercial or
financial information, CVI, Sensitive Security Information (SSI), or
Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) should not be
submitted to the public regulatory docket. Please submit such comments
separately from other comments in response to this notice. Comments
containing trade secrets, confidential commercial or financial
information, CVI, SSI, or PCII should be appropriately marked and
submitted by mail to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB. Comments should be addressed to OMB Desk Officer, Department of
Homeland Security, National Protection and Programs Directorate.
Comments must be identified by docket number DHS-2012-0057.
OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information 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 of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
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, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CFATS Program Manager, DHS/NPPD/IP/
ISCD, CFATS@hq.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 550 of the Homeland Security
Appropriations Act of 2007, Public Law 109-295, provides DHS with the
authority to regulate the security of high-risk chemical facilities. On
April 9, 2007, the Department issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR),
implementing this statutory mandate at 72 FR 17688. Section 550 of the
Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2007 requires a risk-based
approach to security.
CFATS is the Department's regulations under Section 550 governing
security at high-risk chemical facilities. See 6 CFR part 27. CFATS
represents a national-level effort to minimize terrorism risk to such
facilities. Its design and implementation balance maintaining economic
vitality with securing facilities and their surrounding communities. In
collaboration with the private sector and other stakeholders, the
Department designed the regulations to take advantage of protective
measures already in place and to allow facilities to employ a wide
range of tailored measures to satisfy the regulations' Risk-Based
Performance Standards.
In 6 CFR 27.400, CFATS also establishes the requirements that
covered persons must follow to safeguard certain documents and other
information developed under the regulations. This information is
identified as ``Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information'' (CVI)
and by law receives protection from public disclosure and misuse. The
instruments within this collection will be used to manage the CVI
program in support of CFATS.
Response to Comment Submitted During 60-Day Comment Period: The
Department received a comment
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suggesting that in the 60-day notice, the Department incorrectly
calculated the burden estimates associated with the instrument
``Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information Tracking Log.'' The
commenter assumed that the number of responses per respondent for this
instrument was one. In fact, the Department estimated in the current
Information Collection, which expires on March 31, 2013, that each
respondent will on average respond 12 times. This assumption was
carried over into the burden estimates used by the Department in the
60-day notice but not made explicit. The total annual burden for this
instrument is calculated as follows [0.0833 hours (five minutes) x
30,000 respondents x 12 responses per respondent], which equals 29,988
hours. The rounded estimate is 30,000 hours. The Department did not
revise the burden estimates for this instrument.
Therefore, for this instrument and the other instruments in this
30-day notice the Department will continue to rely on the analysis and
resulting burden estimates in the 60-day notice.
Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and
Programs Directorate, Office of Infrastructure Protection,
Infrastructure Security Compliance Division.
Title: Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Chemical-
terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI).
OMB Number: 1670-0015.
Instrument: Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information
Authorization.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 30,000 respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: One hour.
Total Burden Hours: 30,000 annual burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $2,580,000.
Instrument: Determination of Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability
Information (CVI).
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 300 respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 75 annual burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $6,450.
Instrument: Determination of a ``Need to Know'' by a Public
Official.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 14,200 respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 3,550 annual burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $305,300.
Instrument: Disclosure of Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability
Information (CVI) Information.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 300 respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 75 annual burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $6,450.
Instrument: Notification of Emergency or Exigent Circumstances.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 300 respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 75 annual burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $6,450.
Instrument: Tracking Log for Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability
Information (CVI) Received.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 30,000 respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.0833 hours (5 minutes).
Total Burden Hours: 30,000 annual burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $2,580,000.
Dated: March 11, 2013.
Michael Butcher,
Acting Chief Information Officer, National Protection and Programs
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
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