[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24435-24437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08341]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. CISA-2022-0018]


Request To Revise and Extend the Chemical Security Assessment 
Tool (CSAT) Information Collection Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, DHS.

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Infrastructure Security Division (ISD) within the 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

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(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 this ICR in the Federal Register on December 27, 2022, for a 
60-day comment period. No comments were received for this ICR during 
the 60-day public comment period. In this notice, CISA solicits public 
comment concerning this ICR for an additional 30 days.

DATES: Comments are due by May 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this ICR should be 
sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function.
    All submissions received must include the agency name ``CISA'' and 
docket number CISA-2022-0018.
    Comments that include protected information such as 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 
protected information should be appropriately marked and packaged in 
accordance with all applicable requirements and submission must be 
coordinated with the point of contact for this notice provided in FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
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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: Annie Hunziker Boyer, 703-603-5000, 
_____________________________________-
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CFATS Program identifies chemical 
facilities of interest and regulates the security of high-risk chemical 
facilities through a risk-based approach. The CFATS Program is 
authorized under the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from 
Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014 or ``CFATS Act of 2014.\4\
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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 116-135, Sec. 16007 (2020).
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    CISA collects the core regulatory data necessary to implement CFATS 
through the Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) covered under this 
collection. For more information about CFATS and CSAT, please visit 
www.dhs.gov/chemicalsecurity. This information collection (OMB Control 
No. 1670-0007) will expire on July 31, 2023.\5\
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    \5\ The currently approved version of this information 
collection (OMB Control No. 1670-0007) can be viewed at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201905-1670-001.
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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

    Title of Collection: Chemical Security Assessment Tool.
    OMB Control Number: 1670-0007.
    Instrument: Top-Screen.
    Frequency: ``On occasion'' and ``Other''.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 3,817 respondents (estimate).
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 2.04 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,785 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Cost: $703,829.
    Total Annual Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.

    Instrument: Security Vulnerability Assessment and Alternative 
Security Program submitted in lieu of a Security Vulnerability 
Assessment.
    Frequency: ``On occasion'' and ``Other''.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2,328 respondents (estimate).
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1.4136 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,291 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Cost: $297,530.
    Total Annual Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.

    Instrument: Site Security Plan and Alternative Security Program 
submitted in lieu of a Site Security Plan.
    Frequency: ``On occasion'' and ``Other''.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2,328 (estimate).
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 7.845 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 18,262 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Cost: $1,651,158.
    Total Annual Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Recordkeeping Burden: $556,040.

    Instrument: CFATS Help Desk.
    Frequency: ``On occasion'' and ``Other''.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 12,000 respondents (estimate).
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.1167 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,400 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Cost: $126,580.
    Total Annual Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.

    Instrument: User Registration.
    Frequency: ``On occasion'' and ``Other''.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000 respondents (estimate).
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 2.5 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,500 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Cost: $226,035.
    Total Annual Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.

    Instrument: Identification of Facilities and Assets at Risk.
    Frequency: ``On occasion'' and ``Other''.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2,252 respondents (estimate).
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.17 hours.

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    Total Annual Burden Hours: 375 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Cost: $33,931.
    Total Annual Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.

Robert Costello,
Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security, 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
[FR Doc. 2023-08341 Filed 4-19-23; 8:45 am]
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