[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 169 (Friday, September 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 49557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19021]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Exercise Information System

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 1652-0057, 
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 for the TSA Exercise Information System (EXIS[supreg]). 
EXIS[supreg] is a web portal designed to serve stakeholders in the 
transportation industry in regard to security training exercises. 
EXIS[supreg] provides stakeholders with transportation security 
exercise scenarios and objectives, best practices and lessons learned, 
and a repository of the user's own historical exercise data for use in 
future exercises. It also allows stakeholders to design and evaluate 
their own security exercises based on the unique needs of their 
specific transportation mode or method of operation. The use of, and 
submission of information into, EXIS[supreg] is completely voluntary.

DATES: Send your comments by October 4, 2021. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the find function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, 
Information Technology (IT), TSA-11, Transportation Security 
Administration, 6595 Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, VA 20598-
6011; telephone (571) 227-2062; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments, of the following collection of information 
on May 3, 2021, 86 FR 23419.

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.

Information Collection Requirement

    Title: EXIS[supreg].
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0057.
    Forms(s): NA.
    Affected Public: Transportation System Sector.
    Abstract: EXIS[supreg] is a voluntary, online tool developed by TSA 
to support the mission of a program developed and implemented by TSA to 
fulfill requirements of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 concerning security exercises.\1\ These 
statutory programs led to the development of the Intermodal Security 
Training Exercise Program (I-STEP) for the Transportation Systems 
Sector (TSS). Within the I-STEP program, EXIS[supreg] is an interactive 
resource for the TSS.
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    \1\ See Public Law 110-53 (121 Stat. 255; Aug 3., 2007) at secs. 
1407 (public transportation, codified at 6 U.S.C. 1136(a)), 1516 
(railroads, codified at 6 U.S.C. 1166), and 1533 (over-the-road 
buses, codified at 6 U.S.C. 1183).
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    Number of Respondents: 14,700.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 7,091 hours annually.

Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2021-19021 Filed 9-2-21; 8:45 am]
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