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protection partnership events. By
understanding who is participating, the
SSA can identify portions of a sector
that are underrepresented, and the SSA
could then target that underrepresented
sector elements through outreach and
awareness initiatives.
Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland
Security, National Protection and
Programs Directorate, Office of
Infrastructure Protection, Sector
Outreach and Programs Division.
Title: Sector Outreach and Programs
Division Online Meeting Registration
Tool.
OMB Number: 1670.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Federal, state, local,
tribal, and territorial government
personnel; private sector members.
Number of Respondents: 1000
respondents (estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 3
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 50 annual
burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden:
$7200.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $8350.44.
Dated: April 28, 2014.
Scott Libby,
Chief Information Officer, National Protection
and Programs Directorate, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2014–0014]
President’s National Security
Telecommunications Advisory
Committee
National Protection and
Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice
of Partially Closed Federal Advisory
Committee Meeting.
AGENCY:
The President’s National
Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC) will meet on
Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in
Washington, DC. The meeting will be
partially closed to the public.
DATES: The NSTAC will meet in a
closed session on Wednesday, May 21,
2014, from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and
in an open session on Wednesday, May
21, 2014, from 12:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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The open session will be
held at the Eisenhower Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC and will
begin at 12:45 p.m. Seating is limited
and therefore will be provided on a firstcome,first-servebasis. Additionally, the
public portion of the meeting will be
streamed via webcast at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/live. For
information on facilities or services for
individuals with disabilities or to
request special assistance at the
meeting, contact nstac@dhs.gov as soon
as possible.
We are inviting public comment on
the issues the NSTAC will consider, as
listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below. Associated
briefing materials that will be discussed
at the meeting will be available at
www.dhs.gov/nstac for review as of May
5, 2014. Comments must be submitted
in writing no later than May 14, 2014.
Comments must be identified by docket
number DHS–2014–0014 and may be
submitted by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: NSTAC@dhs.gov. Include
the docket number in the subject line of
the message.
• Fax: 703–235–5962, Attn: Sandy
Benevides.
• Mail: Designated Federal Officer,
National Security Telecommunications
Advisory Committee, National
Protection and Programs Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security, 245
Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0615, Arlington
VA 20598–0615.
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.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received by the NSTAC, go to
https://www.regulations.gov, referencing
docket number DHS–2014–0014.
A public comment period will be held
during the open portion of the meeting
on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, from 3:15
p.m. to 3:45 p.m., and speakers are
requested to limit their comments to 3
minutes. Please note that the public
comment period may end before the
time indicated, following the last call
for comments. Contact Sandy Benevides
at 703–235–5408 or
Sandra.Benevides@dhs.gov to register as
a speaker by close of business on May
14, 2014. Speakers will be
accommodated in order of registration
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within the constraints of the time
allotted to public comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Helen Jackson, NSTAC Designated
Federal Officer, Department of
Homeland Security, telephone (703)
235–5321 or Helen.Jackson@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
this meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
(Pub. L. 92–463). The NSTAC advises
the President on matters related to
national security and emergency
preparedness (NS/EP)
telecommunications policy.
Agenda: The committee will meet in
open session to engage in an
international panel discussion
comprised of members from Canada, the
United Kingdom, and the United States
to discuss their country’s approaches to
infrastructure protection. Additionally,
members will receive feedback from the
Department of Homeland Security
regarding the progress of the
Government’s implementation of recent
NSTAC recommendations. The NSTAC
members will be briefed on the
committee’s progress regarding its
report on the Internet of Things. The
committee will examine the
cybersecurity implications of the
Internet of Things, within the context of
national security and emergency
preparedness. Finally, NSTAC members
will deliberate and vote on the NSTAC
Information Technology Mobilization
Scoping Report. The NSTAC will meet
in a closed session to hear a classified
briefing regarding cybersecurity threats
and to discuss future studies based on
Government’s security priorities and
perceived vulnerabilities.
Basis for Closure: In accordance with
5 U.S.C. 552b(c), Government in the
Sunshine Act, it has been determined
that two agenda items require closure as
the disclosure of the information would
not be in the public interest.
The first of these agenda items, the
classified briefing, will provide
members with context on nation state
capabilities and strategic threats. Such
threats target national communications
infrastructure and impact industry’s
long-term competitiveness and growth,
as well as the Government’s ability to
mitigate threats. Disclosure of these
threats would provide criminals who
wish to intrude into commercial and
Government networks with information
on potential vulnerabilities and
mitigation techniques, also weakening
existing cybersecurity defense tactics.
This briefing will be classified at the top
secret level, thereby exempting
disclosure of the content by statute.
Therefore, this portion of the meeting is
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required to be closed pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)(A).
The second agenda item, the
discussion of potential NSTAC study
topics, will address areas of critical
cybersecurity vulnerabilities and
priorities for Government. Government
officials will share data with NSTAC
members on initiatives, assessments,
and future security requirements. The
data to be shared includes specific
vulnerabilities within cyberspace that
affect the Nation’s communications and
information technology infrastructures
and proposed mitigation strategies.
Disclosure of this information to the
public would provide criminals with an
incentive to focus on these
vulnerabilities to increase attacks on our
cyber and communications networks.
Therefore, this portion of the meeting is
likely to significantly frustrate
implementation of proposed DHS
actions and is required to be closed
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).
Dated: April 25, 2014.
Helen Jackson,
Designated Federal Officer for the NSTAC.
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SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG–2013–0316]
Outer Continental Shelf Units—Fire
and Explosion Analyses
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of recommended interim
voluntary guidelines.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As part of its continuing
response to the explosion, fire and
sinking of the mobile offshore drilling
unit (MODU) DEEPWATER HORIZON
in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010,
the Coast Guard is providing
recommended interim voluntary
guidelines concerning fire and
explosion analyses for MODUs and
manned fixed and floating offshore
facilities engaged in activities on the
U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
DATES: The recommended voluntary
guidelines in this notice are effective
May 2, 2014.
Documents mentioned as being
available in the docket are part of docket
USCG–2013–0316 and are available for
inspection or copying at the Docket
Management Facility (M–30), U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
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Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. You may also
find this docket on the Internet by going
to https://www.regulations.gov, inserting
USCG–2013–0316 in the ‘‘Keyword’’
box, and then clicking ‘‘Search.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this notice, call
or email LCDR John H. Miller, U.S.
Coast Guard, Office of Design and
Engineering Standards, Lifesaving and
Fire Safety Division (CG–ENG–4),
telephone (202) 372–1372, email
John.H.Miller@uscg.mil.
Background
The ‘‘Report of Investigation into the
Circumstances Surrounding the
Explosion, Fire, Sinking and Loss of
Eleven Crew Members Aboard the
Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU)
DEEPWATER HORIZON in the Gulf of
Mexico, April 20–22, 2010,’’ (hereinafter
referred to as ‘‘Report’’), and related
Commandant’s Final Action Memo,
dated September 9, 2011, contain a
number of recommendations for OCS
safety improvements that are presently
being evaluated for further regulatory
action. (These documents may be found
in the docket for this action, as
indicated under ADDRESSES).
Recommendations 1D, 1E, 2B, 2C, 2E,
and 3A in the Report urged the Coast
Guard to evaluate the need for fire and
explosion risk analyses to ensure an
adequate level of protection is provided
for accommodation spaces, escape
paths, embarkation stations, and
structures housing vital safety
equipment from drill floor and
production area events. The Report
highlighted the following considerations
as areas not specifically addressed by
current regulations:
• Minimum values are needed for
explosion design loads for use in
calculating the required blast resistance
of structures;
• Explosion risk analysis of the
design and layout of each facility should
be performed to identify high risk
situations;
• H–60 rated fire boundaries between
the drilling area and adjacent
accommodation spaces and spaces
housing vital safety equipment may be
necessary dependent on the
arrangement of the facility;
• Uniform guidelines for performing
engineering evaluations to ensure
adequate protection of bulkheads and
decks separating hazardous areas from
adjacent structures and escape routes for
likely drill floor fire scenarios are
necessary;
• Performance-based fire risk analysis
should be used to supplement the
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prescriptive requirements in the MODU
Code; such analysis should use defined
heat flux loads to calculate necessary
levels of protection for structures,
equipment, and vital systems that could
be affected by fires on the drill floor;
• Maximum allowable radiant heat
exposure limits for personnel at the
muster stations and lifesaving appliance
launching stations in anticipated
evacuation scenarios should be
implemented.
To implement these
recommendations, a future Coast Guard
rulemaking will address fire and
explosion risk analyses for MODUs and
manned fixed and floating offshore
facilities engaged in OCS activities.
Comments will be invited in connection
with that rulemaking.
Currently, there is no requirement in
the current OCS regulations, in Title 33
of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), that requires a fire and explosion
analysis that would implement the
recommendations from the Report.
Furthermore, while Section 9 of the
2009 IMO MODU Code contains some
recommendations on the parameters of
fire and explosion risk analysis, we
believe that these recommendations are
not sufficiently specific to adequately
and consistently address these
recommendations from the Report on
their own.
We believe that the recommendations
from the 2009 IMO MODU Code are
insufficiently specific for several
reasons. Section 9.3.1 of the 2009
MODU Code provides, ‘‘In general,
accommodation spaces, service spaces
and control stations should not be
located adjacent to hazardous areas.
However, where this is not practicable,
an engineering evaluation should be
performed to ensure that the level of fire
protection and blast resistance of the
bulkheads and decks separating these
spaces from the hazardous areas are
adequate for the likely hazard.’’ This
requirement is not specific enough to
consistently ensure the protection of
safety-critical spaces and elements
aboard MODUs and manned fixed and
floating offshore facilities engaged in
OCS activities, and needs to be
supported by guidance to better define
what the ‘‘engineering evaluation’’
should include and what performance
criteria should be met to ensure
‘‘adequate protection’’ is provided.
Safety-critical spaces and elements
refers to any accommodation or work
area, equipment, system, device, or
material, the failure, destruction, or
release of which could directly or
indirectly endanger the survivability of
the facility and the personnel onboard.
These safety-critical spaces and
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2014-0014]
President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Partially Closed Federal
Advisory Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC) will meet on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Washington,
DC. The meeting will be partially closed to the public.
DATES: The NSTAC will meet in a closed session on Wednesday, May 21,
2014, from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and in an open session on Wednesday,
May 21, 2014, from 12:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The open session will be held at the Eisenhower Executive
Office Building, Washington, DC and will begin at 12:45 p.m. Seating is
limited and therefore will be provided on a first-come,first-
servebasis. Additionally, the public portion of the meeting will be
streamed via webcast at https://www.whitehouse.gov/live. For information
on facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to
request special assistance at the meeting, contact nstac@dhs.gov as
soon as possible.
We are inviting public comment on the issues the NSTAC will
consider, as listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
Associated briefing materials that will be discussed at the meeting
will be available at www.dhs.gov/nstac for review as of May 5, 2014.
Comments must be submitted in writing no later than May 14, 2014.
Comments must be identified by docket number DHS-2014-0014 and may be
submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: NSTAC@dhs.gov. Include the docket number in the
subject line of the message.
Fax: 703-235-5962, Attn: Sandy Benevides.
Mail: Designated Federal Officer, National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee, National Protection and Programs
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, Mail
Stop 0615, Arlington VA 20598-0615.
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.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received by the NSTAC, go to https://www.regulations.gov,
referencing docket number DHS-2014-0014.
A public comment period will be held during the open portion of the
meeting on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, from 3:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., and
speakers are requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes. Please
note that the public comment period may end before the time indicated,
following the last call for comments. Contact Sandy Benevides at 703-
235-5408 or Sandra.Benevides@dhs.gov to register as a speaker by close
of business on May 14, 2014. Speakers will be accommodated in order of
registration within the constraints of the time allotted to public
comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Jackson, NSTAC Designated
Federal Officer, Department of Homeland Security, telephone (703) 235-
5321 or Helen.Jackson@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). The
NSTAC advises the President on matters related to national security and
emergency preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunications policy.
Agenda: The committee will meet in open session to engage in an
international panel discussion comprised of members from Canada, the
United Kingdom, and the United States to discuss their country's
approaches to infrastructure protection. Additionally, members will
receive feedback from the Department of Homeland Security regarding the
progress of the Government's implementation of recent NSTAC
recommendations. The NSTAC members will be briefed on the committee's
progress regarding its report on the Internet of Things. The committee
will examine the cybersecurity implications of the Internet of Things,
within the context of national security and emergency preparedness.
Finally, NSTAC members will deliberate and vote on the NSTAC
Information Technology Mobilization Scoping Report. The NSTAC will meet
in a closed session to hear a classified briefing regarding
cybersecurity threats and to discuss future studies based on
Government's security priorities and perceived vulnerabilities.
Basis for Closure: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), Government
in the Sunshine Act, it has been determined that two agenda items
require closure as the disclosure of the information would not be in
the public interest.
The first of these agenda items, the classified briefing, will
provide members with context on nation state capabilities and strategic
threats. Such threats target national communications infrastructure and
impact industry's long-term competitiveness and growth, as well as the
Government's ability to mitigate threats. Disclosure of these threats
would provide criminals who wish to intrude into commercial and
Government networks with information on potential vulnerabilities and
mitigation techniques, also weakening existing cybersecurity defense
tactics. This briefing will be classified at the top secret level,
thereby exempting disclosure of the content by statute. Therefore, this
portion of the meeting is
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required to be closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)(A).
The second agenda item, the discussion of potential NSTAC study
topics, will address areas of critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities
and priorities for Government. Government officials will share data
with NSTAC members on initiatives, assessments, and future security
requirements. The data to be shared includes specific vulnerabilities
within cyberspace that affect the Nation's communications and
information technology infrastructures and proposed mitigation
strategies. Disclosure of this information to the public would provide
criminals with an incentive to focus on these vulnerabilities to
increase attacks on our cyber and communications networks. Therefore,
this portion of the meeting is likely to significantly frustrate
implementation of proposed DHS actions and is required to be closed
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).
Dated: April 25, 2014.
Helen Jackson,
Designated Federal Officer for the NSTAC.
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