[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68329-68330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28096]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2012-0043]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for Review; 
Information Collection Extension Request for the Support Anti-Terrorism 
by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act Program

AGENCY: Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The DHS S&T is soliciting public comment on the following 
forms: (1) Registration as a Seller of an Anti-Terrorism Technology 
(DHS Form 10010); (2) Request for a Pre-Application Consultation (DHS 
Form 10009); (3) Notice of License of Qualified Anti-Terrorism 
Technology (DHS Form 10003); (4) Notice of Modification of Qualified 
Anti-Terrorism Technology (DHS Form 10002); (5) Application for 
Transfer of SAFETY Act Designation and Certification (DHS Form 10001); 
(6) Application for Renewal Of SAFETY Act Protections of a Qualified 
Anti-Terrorism Technology (DHS Form 10057); (7) Application for SAFETY 
Act Developmental Testing and Evaluation Designation (DHS Form 10006); 
(8) Application for SAFETY Act Designation (DHS Form 10008); (9) 
Application for SAFETY Act Certification (DHS Form 10007); (10) SAFETY 
Act Block Designation Application (DHS Form 10005); and (11) SAFETY Act 
Block Certification Application (DHS Form 10004).

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until January 4, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number DHS-
2012-0043, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Please follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Please include docket 
number DHS-2012-0043 in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Science and Technology Directorate, ATTN: SAFETY 
Act, 245 Murray Lane SW., Mail Stop 0202, Washington, DC 20528.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected] (202) 254-
5729 (Not a toll free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DHS S&T provides a secure Web site, 
accessible through www.SAFETYAct.gov, through which the public can 
learn about the SAFETY Act Program, submit applications for SAFETY Act 
protections, submit questions to the Office of SAFETY Act 
Implementation (OSAI), and provide feedback. The data collection forms 
have standardized the collection of information that is both necessary 
and essential for the DHS OSAI.
    The SAFETY Act Program provides critical incentives for the 
development and deployment of effective anti-terrorism technologies by 
creating systems of risk and litigation management. This program 
creates certain liability limitations for claims resulted from an act 
of terrorism and provides legal liability protections for providers of 
qualified anti-terrorism technologies. The DHS S&T currently has 
approval to collect information for the implementation of the SAFETY 
Act

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Program until March 31, 2016. With this notice, the DHS S&T seeks 
approval to renew this information collection for continued use after 
this date. The SAFETY Act Program requires the collection of this 
information in order to evaluate anti-terrorism technologies, based on 
the economic and technical criteria contained in the Regulations 
Implementing the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective 
Technologies Act (the Final Rule), for protection in accordance with 
the Act, and therefore encourage the development and deployment of 
innovative anti-terrorism products and services. The Support Anti-
Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act (6 U.S.C. 
441) was enacted as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public 
Law 107- 296 establishing this requirement. This notice and request for 
comments is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    The DHS S&T currently has approval to collect information utilizing 
the Registration of a Seller as an Anti-Terrorism Technology (DHS Form 
10010), Request for a Pre-Application Consultation (DHS Form 10009), 
Notice of License of Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (DHS Form 
10003), Notice of Modification of Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology 
(DHS Form 10002), Application for Transfer of SAFETY Act Designation 
and Certification (DHS Form 10001), Application for Renewal Of SAFETY 
Act Protections of a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (DHS Form 
10057), Application for SAFETY Act Developmental Testing and Evaluation 
Designation (DHS Form 10006), Application for SAFETY Act Designation 
(DHS Form 10008), Application for SAFETY Act Certification (DHS Form 
10007), SAFETY Act Block Designation Application (DHS Form 10005), 
SAFETY Act Block Certification Application (DHS Form 10004) until 31 
March 2016 with OMB approval number 1640-0001.
    The Department is committed to improving its information collection 
and urges all interested parties to suggest how these materials can 
further reduce burden while seeking necessary information under the 
Act.
    The DHS S&T 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) Suggest ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and
    (4) Suggest ways to 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.

Overview of Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: Existing information 
collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: SAFETY Act Program.
    (3) Agency Form Number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: DHS Science 
& Technology Directorate, DHS Forms 10001, 10002, 10003, 10004, 10005, 
10006, 10007, 10008, 10009, 10010, and 10057.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Business entities, Associations, and State, 
Local and Tribal Government entities. Applications are reviewed for 
benefits, technology/program evaluations, and regulatory compliance.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
    a. Estimate of the total number of respondents: 950.
    b. An estimate of the time for an average respondent to respond: 
18.2 burden hours.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 17,300 burden hours.

    Dated: October 8, 2015.
Rick Stevens,
Chief Information Officer for Science and Technology.
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