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activities conducted by DHS NPPD. 

More specifically, the information will 

be used to address facility assessments, 

response planning, and risk mitigation 

execution and related CIKR protection 

and incident management activities. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

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, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate. 

Title: Assessment Questionnaire— 

Voluntary Chemical Assessment Tool 

(VCAT). 

DHS Form: Not Applicable. 

OMB Number: 1670—NEW. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 8 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 400 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0.00. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $0.00. 

Thomas Chase Garwood, III, 

Chief Information Officer, National Protection 

and Programs Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–22056 Filed 9–11–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate; Infrastructure Protection 

Data Call Survey 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for 

comments; new information collection 

request: 1670–NEW. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, has submitted 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 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 

35). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until November 13, 

2009. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to NPPD/IP/IICD, Attn.: Mary MathenyRushdan, mary.mathenyrushdan@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) is the lead coordinator in the 

national effort to identify and prioritize 

the country’s critical infrastructure and 

key resources (CIKR). At DHS, this 

responsibility is managed by the Office 

of Infrastructure Protection (IP) in the 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate (NPPD). In FY2006, IP 

engaged in the annual development of a 

list of CIKR assets and systems to 

improve IP’s CIKR prioritization efforts; 

this list is called the Critical 

Infrastructure List. The Critical 

Infrastructure List includes assets and 

systems that, if destroyed, damaged or 

otherwise compromised, could result in 

significant consequences on a regional 

or national scale. 

The IP Data Call is administered out 

of the Infrastructure Information 

Collection Division (IICD) in the Office 

of Infrastructure Protection (IP). The IP 

Data Call provides opportunities for 

States and territories to collaborate with 

DHS and its Federal partners in CIKR 

protection. DHS, State and territorial 

Homeland Security Advisors (HSA), 

Sector Specific Agencies (SSA), and 

territories build their CIKR data using 

the IP Data Call application. To ensure 

that HSAs, SSAs and territories are able 

to achieve this mission, IP requests 

opinions and information in a survey 

from IP Data Call participants regarding 

the IP Data Call process and the Webbased application used to collect the 

CIKR data. The survey data collected is 

for internal IICD and IP use only. 

IICD and IP will use the results of the 

IP Data Call Survey to determine levels 

of customer satisfaction with the IP Data 

Call process and the IP Data Call 

application and prioritize future 

improvements. The results will also 

allow IP to appropriate funds costeffectively based on user need, and 

improve the process and application. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

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, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate. 

Title: IP Data Call Survey. 

Form: Not Applicable. 

OMB Number: 1670—NEW. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 138. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 276. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $25,513. 

Thomas Chase Garwood, III, 

Chief Information Officer, National Protection 

and Programs Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–22052 Filed 9–11–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate; User Account Creation— 

Risk Self Assessment Tool (R–SAT) 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for 

comments; new information collection 

request, 1670–NEW. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, National Protection and 


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