[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17934-17935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7597]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2011-0011]


Infrastructure Protection Data Call

AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments; New Information 
Collection Request: 1670-NEW.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Protection 
and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of Infrastructure Protection 
(IP), will submit the following Information Collection Request 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).

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until May 31, 2011. 
This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1

ADDRESSES: Written comments and questions about this Information 
Collection Request should be forwarded to DHS/NPPD/IP, 245 Murray Lane, 
SW., Mail Stop 0602, Arlington, VA 20598-0602. E-mailed requests should 
be sent to Cristiena Galeckas at [email protected]. Written 
comments should reach the contact person listed no later than May 31, 
2011. Comments must be identified by DHS-2011-0011 and may be submitted 
by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include the docket 
number in the subject line of the message.
    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 http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Homeland Security Act of 2002 assigns 
DHS the responsibility to lead the national effort to identify, 
prioritize, and assess the nature and scope of threats to the United 
States and develop a comprehensive national plan for securing the 
Nation's critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR). At DHS, this 
responsibility is managed by IP within NPPD. Beginning in Fiscal Year 
2006, IP engaged in the annual development of a list of CIKR assets and 
systems to improve IP's CIKR prioritization efforts; this list is 
called the Critical Infrastructure List. The Critical Infrastructure 
List includes assets and systems that, if destroyed, damaged or 
otherwise compromised, could result in significant consequences on a 
regional or national scale. This list provides a common basis for DHS 
and its security partners during the undertaking of CIKR protective 
planning efforts to keep our Nation safe.
    Collection of this information is directed and supported by Public 
Law 110-53 ``Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
2007,'' August 3, 2007; and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 
(HSPD) 7, ``Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and 
Protection,'' December 17, 2003.
    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, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, Infrastructure Protection.
    Title: Infrastructure Protection Data Call.
    OMB Number: 1670-NEW.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Federal, state, local, tribal or territorial 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 138 respondents.

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    Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 276 annual burden hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $80,000.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $34,430.

    Dated: March 22, 2011.
David Epperson,
Chief Information Officer, National Protection and Programs 
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
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