[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 139 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43863-43864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15570]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2020-0002]
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection for Chemical-Terrorism Vulnerability Information
(CVI)
AGENCY: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments; extension of
Information Collection Request: 1670-0015.
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SUMMARY: The Infrastructure Security Division (ISD) within the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) 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. CISA previously published a notice
about this ICR, in the Federal Register on March 30, 2020, for a 60-day
comment period. 85 FR 17953.\1\ There were no comments received. In
this notice, CISA solicits additional public comment concerning this
ICR for 30-days in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8.
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\1\ The 60-day notice may be viewed at https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-06499.
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DATES: Comments are due by August 19, 2020.
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, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, and sent via electronic mail to
[email protected]. All submissions must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the OMB Control Number 1670-
0015.
Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available
to the public through relevant websites. For this reason, please do not
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. Please note
that responses to this public comment request containing any routine
notice about the confidentiality of the communication will be treated
as public comments that may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine notice.
Comments that include trade secrets, confidential commercial or
financial information, Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information
(CVI),\2\ Sensitive Security Information (SSI),\3\ or Protected
Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) \4\ should not be submitted
to the public docket. Comments containing trade secrets, confidential
commercial or financial information, CVI, SSI, or PCII should be
appropriately marked and packaged in accordance with applicable
requirements and submitted by mail to the DHS/CISA/Infrastructure
Security Division, CFATS Program Manager, 245 Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop
0610, Arlington, VA 20528-0610. The Department will forward all
comments received by the submission deadline to the OMB Desk Officer.
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\2\ For more information about CVI see 6 CFR 27.400 and the CVI
Procedural Manual at www.dhs.gov/publication/safeguarding-cvi-manual.
\3\ For more information about SSI see 49 CFR part 1520 and the
SSI Program web page at www.tsa.gov/for-industry/sensitive-security-information.
\4\ For more information about PCII see 6 CFR part 29 and the
PCII Program web page atwww.dhs.gov/pcii-program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lona Saccomando, 703-235-5263,
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[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CFATS Program identifies and regulates
the security of high-risk chemical facilities using a risk-based
approach. Congress initially authorized the CFATS Program under Section
550 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2007,
Public Law 109-295 (2006) and reauthorized it under the Protecting and
Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014 \5\ or
``CFATS Act of 2014''. The Department implemented the CFATS Program
through rulemaking and issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) on April 9,
2007 and a final rule on November 20, 2007. See 72 FR 17688 and 72 FR
65396.
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\5\ The Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from
Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014 (also known as the CFATS Act of 2014,
Public Law 113-254) codified the CFATS program into the Homeland
Security Act of 2002. See 6 U.S.C. 621 et seq., as amended by Public
Law 116-136, Sec. 16007 (2020).
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Pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 623, the CFATS regulations establish the
requirements under 6 CFR 27.400 that covered persons must follow to
safeguard certain documents and other information developed under the
regulations from unauthorized disclosure. This information is
identified as CVI and, by law, receives protection from public
disclosure and misuse. This collection will be used to manage the CVI
program in support of CFATS. The current information collection for the
CVI
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program (IC 1670-0015) will expire on January 31, 2021.\6\
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\6\ The current information collection for CVI (i.e., IC 1670-
0015) may be viewed at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201704-1670-002.
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Analysis
CISA continues to rely on the analysis and resulting burden
estimates provided in the 60-day notice for the Chemical-terrorism
Vulnerability Information Authorization instrument.
Public Participation
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).
Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Agency, Infrastructure Security Division, Infrastructure
Security Compliance Division.
Title: CFATS Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information.
OMB Number: 1670-0015.
Instrument: Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information
Authorization.
Frequency: ``On occasion'' and ``Other''.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 20,000 respondents (rounded estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.50 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 10,000 annual burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost: $797,474.
Richard S. Libby,
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security,
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2020-15570 Filed 7-17-20; 8:45 am]
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