[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 139 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43863-43864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15570]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-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: 30-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. CISA previously published a notice 
about this ICR, in the Federal Register on March 30, 2020, for a 60-day 
comment period. 85 FR 17953.\1\ There were no comments received. In 
this notice, CISA solicits additional public comment concerning this 
ICR for 30-days in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8.
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    \1\ The 60-day notice may be viewed at https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2020-06499.

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DATES: Comments are due by August 19, 2020.

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 OMB Desk 
Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected]. All submissions must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the OMB Control Number 1670-
0015.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available 
to the public through relevant websites. For this reason, please do not 
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as 
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. Please note 
that responses to this public comment request containing any routine 
notice about the confidentiality of the communication will be treated 
as public comments that may be made available to the public 
notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine notice.
    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 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, 245 Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 
0610, Arlington, VA 20528-0610. The Department will forward all 
comments received by the submission deadline to the OMB Desk Officer.
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    \2\ For more information about CVI see 6 CFR 27.400 and the CVI 
Procedural Manual at www.dhs.gov/publication/safeguarding-cvi-manual.
    \3\ 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.
    \4\ For more information about PCII see 6 CFR part 29 and the 
PCII Program web page atwww.dhs.gov/pcii-program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lona Saccomando, 703-235-5263, 
_____________________________________-
[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 \5\ or 
``CFATS Act of 2014''. 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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    \5\ The Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from 
Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014 (also known as the CFATS Act of 2014, 
Public Law 113-254) codified the CFATS program into the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002. See 6 U.S.C. 621 et seq., as amended by Public 
Law 116-136, Sec. 16007 (2020).
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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

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program (IC 1670-0015) will expire on January 31, 2021.\6\
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    \6\ 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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Analysis

    CISA continues to rely on the analysis and resulting burden 
estimates provided in the 60-day notice for the Chemical-terrorism 
Vulnerability Information Authorization instrument.

Public Participation

    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, 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. 2020-15570 Filed 7-17-20; 8:45 am]
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