[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 231 (Monday, December 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67944-67945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23365]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


New Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 
Pipeline Security Awareness (CD-1) Effectiveness Assessment

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the new Information Collection 
Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments, of the following collection of information 
on January 31, 2007, 72 FR 4526.

DATES: Send your comments by January 2, 2008. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to Nathan Lesser, Desk Officer, Department of Homeland 
Security/TSA, and sent via electronic mail to [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Johnson, Communications Branch, 
Business Management Office, Operational Process and Technology, TSA-11, 
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 
Arlington, VA 22202-4220; telephone (571) 227-3651; facsimile (571) 
227-3885.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    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 OMB 
review and approval 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 using appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.

Information Collection Requirement

    Title: Pipeline Security Awareness (CD-1) Effectiveness Assessment.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    OMB Control Number: Not yet assigned.
    Form(s): NA.
    Affected Public: Pipeline companies.
    Abstract: As prescribed by the President in Homeland Security 
Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7), the Department of Homeland Security 
(DHS) was tasked to protect our nation's critical infrastructure and 
key resources (CI/KR). Through the National Infrastructure Protection 
Plan (NIPP), DHS gives guidance and direction as to how the Nation will 
secure its infrastructure. Furthermore, HSPD-7 and the NIPP assigned 
the responsibility for infrastructure security in the transportation 
sector to TSA. To this effect, the NIPP further tasks each sector to 
build security partnerships, set security goals and to measure their

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effectiveness. To increase the security awareness levels across the 
pipeline industry, TSA plans to develop and distribute a Security 
Awareness Training compact disk (CD-1) to interested pipeline 
companies. In order to measure the effectiveness of CD-1 on raising 
pipeline company employee security awareness levels, TSA will solicit 
voluntary feedback from pipeline companies seeking to utilize the CD-1. 
TSA will use this information to: (1) Assess the effect of the CD-1 
project on raising the baseline level of security awareness within the 
pipeline industry, and (2) obtain, based on individual company input, 
an indication of CD-1 user participation and employee participation 
levels throughout the pipeline industry.
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 200 hours annually.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on November 27, 2007.
Fran Lozito,
Director, Business Management Office, Operational Process and 
Technology.
[FR Doc. E7-23365 Filed 11-30-07; 8:45 am]
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