[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 104 (Monday, June 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23353-23354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09943]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: Pipeline 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
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ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected
burden. Specifically, the collection involves the submission of data
concerning pipeline security incidents, and the cybersecurity
coordinator(s) and alternate(s) contact information.
DATES: Send your comments by July 2, 2025. 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 https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' and 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 solicitation period, of the following collection
of information on November 15, 2024, 86 FR 90305. TSA did not receive
any comments on the notice.
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 https://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: Pipeline Operator Security Information.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652-0055.
Forms(s): CISA \1\ Reporting System form.
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\1\ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
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Affected Public: Pipeline system operators.
Abstract: In addition to TSA's broad responsibility and authority
for ``security in all modes of transportation'' under 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.
Voluntary Collection. Consistent with these requirements, TSA
produced Pipeline Security Guidelines in December 2010, and April 2011,
with an update published in April 2021. As the lead federal agency for
pipeline security and consistent with its statutory authorities, TSA
requests to be notified 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.
Mandatory collection. In May 2021 in response to a ransomware
attack on the Colonial Pipeline Company, TSA issued a security
directive series with requirements for owner/operators of hazardous
liquid and natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas facilities
that TSA designated as critical. The security directive series included
two mandatory information collections, reporting pipeline security
incidents, and providing contact information for the cybersecurity
coordinator(s) and alternate(s).
Estimated Annual Respondents: 100.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 726.\2\
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\2\ Since the publication of 60-day notice, TSA adjusted the
estimated annual burden from 4,109 hours to 726 hours as a result of
the decrease in time to submit incidents to CISA.
Dated: May 28, 2025.
Christina A. Walsh,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology, Transportation
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-09943 Filed 5-30-25; 8:45 am]
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