[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 29759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12059]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2012-0061]


Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Personnel Surety 
Program

AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: Information collection request; extension of comment period.

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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) is extending 
the comment period for the CFATS Personnel Surety Program Notice and 
Request for Comments published on March 22, 2013, at 78 FR 17680, 
entitled ``Information Collection Request; Chemical Facility Anti-
Terrorism Standards Personnel Surety Program'' for 14 days.\1\ This 
extension of the comment period is designed to accommodate requests 
from the public for more time to review the Notice and Request for 
Comments.
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    \1\ The 60-day CFATS Personnel Surety Program Notice and Request 
for Comments may be viewed at https://federalregister.gov/a/2013-06184.

DATES: The comment period for the CFATS Personnel Surety Program Notice 
and Request for Comments published on March 22, 2013, at 78 FR 17680, 
is extended. Comments and related material must be submitted to the 
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docket by June 4, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on the 
proposed information collection through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
at http://www.regulations.gov. All submissions received must include 
the words ``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number 
DHS-2012-0061. Except as provided below, comments received will be 
posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided.
    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 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 packaged in accordance 
with applicable requirements and submitted by mail to the DHS/NPPD/IP/
ISCD CFATS Program Manager at the Department of Homeland Security, 245 
Murray Lane SW., Mail Stop 0610, Arlington, VA 20528-0610. Comments 
must be identified by docket number DHS-2012-0061.
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    \2\ For more information about CVI see 6 CFR 27.400 and the CVI 
Procedural Manual at http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/chemsec_cvi_proceduresmanual.pdf.
    \3\ For more information about SSI see 49 CFR Part 1520 and the 
SSI Program Web page at http://www.tsa.gov/ssi.
    \4\ For more information about PCII see 6 CFR Part 29 and the 
PCII Program Web page at http://www.dhs.gov/protected-critical-infrastructure-information-pcii-program.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 22, 2013, the Department published 
a notice entitled ``Information Collection Request; Chemical Facility 
Anti-Terrorism Standards Personnel Surety Program'' at 78 FR 17680. In 
the March 22, 2013 notice, the Department stated that it will submit a 
new Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35). The purpose of the March 22, 2013 notice was to solicit 
comments prior to the submission of the ICR to OMB. The March 22, 2013 
notice described the nature of the information collection, the 
categories of respondents, the estimated burden (in hours), and the 
estimated burden cost necessary to implement the Chemical Facility 
Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Personnel Surety Program pursuant to 6 
CFR 27.230(a)(12)(iv).
    The Department believes that the public would benefit from 
additional time to provide comments on the March 22, 2013 CFATS 
Personnel Surety Program Notice and Request for Comments. For that 
reason, the Department is extending the comment period for a period of 
14 days. Comments will now be accepted until June 4, 2013.

    Dated: May 15, 2013.
Scott Libby,
Deputy Chief Information Officer, National Protection and Programs 
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
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