[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 47 (Monday, March 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8738-8739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04291]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Pipeline System Operator Security Information

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request 
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0055, 
abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an extension of the 
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
expected burden. Specifically, the collection involves the submission 
of data concerning pipeline security incidents.

DATES: Send your comments by April 10, 2019. 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, OMB. Comments should be addressed to Desk Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer 
Information Technology (IT), TSA-11, Transportation Security 
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6011; 
telephone (571) 227-2062; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA published a Federal Register notice, 
with a 60-day comment solicitation period, of the following collection 
of information on October 29, 2018, 83 FR 54368.

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. The ICR documentation will be 
available at http://www.reginfo.gov upon its submission to OMB. 
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.
    Consistent with the requirements of Executive Order (E.O.) 13771, 
Reducing

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Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs, and E.O. 13777, Enforcing 
the Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also requesting comments on the 
extent to which this request for information could be modified to 
reduce the burden on respondents.

Information Collection Requirement

    Title: Pipeline System Operator Security Information.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0055.
    Forms(s): NA.
    Affected Public: Pipeline system operators.
    Abstract: In addition to TSA's broad responsibility and authority 
for ``security in all modes of transportation,'' see 49 U.S.C. 114(d), 
TSA is statutorily required to develop and transmit to pipeline 
operators security recommendations for natural gas and hazardous liquid 
pipelines and pipeline facilities. See sec. 1557 of the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Public Law 110-53 
(121 Stat. 266; August 3, 2007), codified at 6 U.S.C. 1207. Consistent 
with these requirements, TSA produced Pipeline Security Guidelines in 
December 2010, with an update published in March 2018. Among the 
recommendations, TSA encouraged pipeline operators to notify TSA of 
all--
    (1) Incidents that may indicate a deliberate attempt to disrupt 
pipeline operations; and
    (2) Activities that could be precursors to such an attempt.
    Number of Respondents: 32.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 16 hours annually.

    Dated: March 5, 2019.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2019-04291 Filed 3-8-19; 8:45 am]
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