[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 61 (Monday, March 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17593-17594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06499]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. CISA-2020-0002]


Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection for Chemical-Terrorism Vulnerability Information 
(CVI)

AGENCY: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, DHS.

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments; extension of 
Information Collection Request: 1670-0015.

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SUMMARY: The Infrastructure Security Division (ISD) within the 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will submit the 
following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission proposes to renew 
the information collection for an additional three years and update the 
burden estimates.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until May 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by docket number through 
the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for sending comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
``CISA'' and docket number CISA-2020-0002. All comments received will 
be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided.
    Comments that include trade secrets, confidential commercial or 
financial information, Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information 
(CVI),\1\ Sensitive Security Information (SSI),\2\ or Protected 
Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) \3\ should not be submitted 
to the public docket. 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/CISA/Infrastructure 
Security Division, CFATS Program Manager at CISA, 245 Murray Lane SW, 
Mail Stop 0610, Arlington, VA 20528-0610. Comments must be identified 
by docket number CISA-2020-0002.
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    \1\ For more information about CVI see 6 CFR 27.400 and the CVI 
Procedural Manual at www.dhs.gov/publication/safeguarding-cvi-manual.
    \2\ For more information about SSI see 49 CFR part 1520 and the 
SSI Program web page at www.tsa.gov/for-industry/sensitive-security-information.
    \3\ For more information about PCII see 6 CFR part 29 and the 
PCII Program web page at www.dhs.gov/pcii-program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lona Saccomando, 703-235-5263, 
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[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CFATS Program identifies and regulates 
the security of high-risk chemical facilities using a risk-based 
approach. Congress initially authorized the CFATS Program under Section 
550 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2007, 
Public Law 109-295 (2006) and reauthorized it under the Protecting and 
Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014 \4\ or 
``CFATS Act of 2014'' (Pub. L. 113-254, 6 U.S.C. 621 et seq.). The 
Department implemented the CFATS Program through rulemaking and issued 
an Interim Final Rule (IFR) on April 9, 2007 and a final rule on 
November 20, 2007. See 72 FR 17688 and 72 FR 65396.
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    \4\ The CFATS Act of 2014 codified the CFATS program into the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002. See 6 U.S.C. 621 et seq., as amended 
by Public Law 116-2.
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    Pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 623, the CFATS regulations establish the 
requirements under 6 CFR 27.400 that covered persons must follow to 
safeguard certain documents and other information developed under the 
regulations from unauthorized disclosure. This information is 
identified as CVI and, by law, receives protection from public 
disclosure and misuse. This collection will be used to manage the CVI 
program in support of CFATS. The current information collection for the 
CVI program (IC 1670-0015) will expire on January 31, 2021.\5\
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    \5\ The current information collection for CVI (i.e., IC 1670-
0015) may be viewed at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201704-1670-002.
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    CISA proposes one revision from the previously approved collection. 
Specifically, to increase the loaded

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average hourly wage rate of respondents from $78.93 to $79.75 based on 
updated BLS wage and compensation data.
    This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8.

CISA's Methodology in Estimating the Burden for the Chemical-Terrorism 
Vulnerability Information Authorization

Number of Respondents

    The current information collection estimated that 20,000 
respondents submit a request to become a CVI Authorized User Number 
annually. The table below provides the number of respondents over the 
past three years (i.e., Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 through FY 2019).

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                                             FY 2017   FY 2018   FY 2019
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Number of Respondents.....................   19,392    16,504    13,667
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    Due to past fluctuations and uncertainty regarding the number of 
future respondents, CISA believes that 20,000 continues to be a 
reasonable estimate. Therefore, CISA proposes to retain the estimated 
the annual number of respondents.

Estimated Time per Respondent

    In the current information collection, the estimated time per 
respondent to prepare and submit a CVI Authorization is 0.50 hours (30 
minutes). CISA proposes to retain the estimated time per respondent.

Annual Burden Hours

    The annual burden hours for the CVI Authorization is [0.50 hours x 
20,000 respondents x 1 response per respondent], which equals 10,000 
hours.

Total Capital/Startup Burden Cost

    CISA provides access to CSAT free of charge and assumes that each 
respondent already has computer hardware and access to the internet for 
basic business needs. Therefore, there are no annualized capital or 
start-up costs incurred by chemical facilities of interest or high-risk 
chemical facilities for this information collection.

Total Recordkeeping Burden

    There are no recordkeeping burden costs incurred by chemical 
facilities of interest or high-risk chemical facilities for this 
information collection.

Total Annual Burden Cost

    CISA assumes that the majority of individuals who will complete 
this instrument are Site Security Officers (SSOs), although a smaller 
number of other individuals may also complete this instrument (e.g., 
Federal, State, and local government employees and contractors). For 
the purpose of this notice, CISA maintains this assumption. Therefore, 
to estimate the total annual burden, CISA multiplied the annual burden 
of 10,000 hours by the loaded average hourly wage rate of SSOs of 
$79.75 per hour.\6\ Therefore, the total annual burden cost for the CVI 
Authorization instrument is $797,474 [10,000 total annual burden hours 
x $79.75 per hour].
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    \6\ The wage used for an SSO equals that of Managers, All (11-
9199), with a load factor of 1.43508 to account for benefits in 
addition to wages https://www.bls.gov/oes/2018/may/oes119199.htm. 
The load factor is estimated by dividing total compensation by total 
wages and salaries for the Management, Professional and Related 
series ($60.79/$42.36), which can be found at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t04.htm.
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Analysis

    Agency: Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Agency, Infrastructure Security Division, Infrastructure 
Security Compliance Division.
    Title: CFATS Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information.
    OMB Number: 1670-0015.
    Instrument: Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information 
Authorization.
    Frequency: ``On occasion'' and ``Other''.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 20,000 respondents (rounded estimate).
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.50 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 10,000 annual burden hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
    Total Burden Cost: $797,474.

Richard S. Libby,
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security, 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2020-06499 Filed 3-27-20; 8:45 am]
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