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1Public Law 107–71 (November 19, 2001). 

2See 49 U.S.C. 114(d). The TSA Assistant 

Secretary’s current authorities under ATSA have 

been delegated to him by the Secretary of Homeland 

Security. Section 403(2) of the Homeland Security 

Act (HAS) of 2002, Public Law 107–296, 116 Stat. 

2315 (2002), transferred all functions of TSA, 

including those of the Secretary of Transportation 

and the Under Secretary of Transportation of 

Security related to TSA, to the Secretary of 

Homeland Security. Pursuant to DHS Delegation 

Number 7060.2, the Secretary delegated to the 

Assistant Secretary (then referred to as the 

Administrator of TSA), subject to the Secretary’s 

guidance and control, the authority vested in the 

Secretary with respect to TSA, including that in 

section 403(2) of the HAS. 

3Public Law 110–53 (August 3, 2007). 

4 9/11 Act secs. 1407 (codified at 6 U.S.C. 

1136(a)), 1516 (codified at 6 U.S.C. 1166), and 1533 

(codified at 6 U.S.C. 1183). See also the Security 

and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 

(SAFE Port Act), Public Law 109–347 (Oct. 13, 

2006) (codified at 6 U.S.C. 911(a)). 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

Intent To Request Approval From OMB 

of One New Public Collection of 

Information: Exercise Information 

System 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-day Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA) invites public 

comment on a new Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below that we will submit to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval in compliance with 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). EXIS is a 

Web portal designed to serve 

stakeholders in the transportation 

industry in regard to security training 

exercises. It provides stakeholders with 

exercise information tailored to the 

transportation industry, best practices, 

and previous work for use in future 

exercises. It also allows stakeholders to 

design their own security exercises 

based on the unique needs of their 

specific transportation mode or method 

of operation. Utilizing and inputting 

information into EXIS is completely 

voluntary. 

DATES: Send your comments by March 

7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be e-mailed 

to TSAPRA@dhs.gov or delivered to the 

TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information 

Technology (OIT), TSA–11, 

Transportation Security Administration, 

601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 

20598–6011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanna Johnson at the above address, or 

by telephone (571) 227–3651. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 is 

available at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

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 

Purpose of Data Collection 

The Exercise Information System 

(EXIS) is an Internet-accessible 

knowledge-management system 

developed by TSA serving 

stakeholders—industry, port authorities, 

Federal agencies, and State and local 

governments—and integrating other 

security-related training and exercise 

components at the sensitive security 

information level. It gives stakeholders 

valuable exercise information tailored to 

the transportation industry, best 

practices, and previous work for use in 

future exercises. With EXIS, 

transportation industry stakeholders can 

choose scenarios and objectives based 

on their particular needs, such as their 

transportation modes, or their regulated 

areas of operation. 

EXIS is a data management system 

that provides end-to-end security 

exercise support, from the initial 

planning meeting, through exercise 

design, implementation, evaluation, and 

reporting. Working in a secure online 

environment, EXIS users can easily: 

• Customize exercise design— 

develop objectives, scenarios, Master 

Scenario Events List (MSEL) items, 

contingency injects, evaluation metrics, 

and other data sets. 

• Conduct robust analyses—sort 

evaluation data by exercise objectives, 

transportation modes, scenario types, or 

functional areas. 

• Create analytical reports—identify 

and sort lessons learned, corrective 

actions, and best practices from past 

exercises or from those of other 

jurisdictions. 

• Collaborate and share information— 

build relationships with partners. 

EXIS was developed by TSA as part 

of its broad responsibilities and 

authorities under the Aviation and 

Transportation Security Act (ATSA),1

and delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, for 

‘‘security in all modes of transportation 

* * * including security 

responsibilities * * * over modes of 

transportation that are exercised by the 

Department of Transportation.’’ 2 It is a 

component of TSA’s Intermodal 

Security Training Exercise Program 

(I–STEP), which works with surface 

transportation stakeholders in 

developing and conducting security 

exercises. The I–STEP also fulfills 

requirements of the Implementing 

Recommendations of the 9/11 

Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Act) 3

regarding the establishment of security 

training exercises for surface modes of 

transportation that can assess and 

improve the capabilities of these modes 

in preventing, preparing for, mitigating 

against, responding to, and recovering 

from acts of terrorism.4

EXIS helps users design an exercise 

through the use of a ‘‘wizard.’’ The 

wizard walks the user through a step-bystep process allowing them to build a 

profile for their exercise. EXIS provides 

users with suggested scenarios and 

Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) 

items based on the area of focus and 

objectives selected by the user. Users 

also have the ability to create custom 

MSEL items or modify a Generic EXIS 

Community Scenario. Exercise 

Administrators may suggest modified 

scenarios and custom MSEL items for 

the MSEL and scenario libraries. 

At the completion of the wizard, EXIS 

generates a collaborative workspace for 

exercise team members to work within. 

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and saved. Lessons learned, best 

management practices, and corrective 

actions are pre-populated into the 

workspace based on the scenario and 

objectives of the exercise determined 

during its creation. EXIS is adaptable to 

changing exercise, tracking, and 

reporting needs as they mature and can 

support the addition of future exercise 

elements. 

The program tags exercise objectives, 

scenarios, and findings, in order to 

automatically populate the database 

with lessons learned from past exercises 

conducted in similar environments. 

Users cannot only call up their own past 

experiences, but identify lessons 

learned by other organizations in the 

industry. Recognizing the extent to 

which surface modes include thousands 

of geographically dispersed owner/ 

operators, such a Web-based capability 

is invaluable for connecting and sharing 

information. 

By linking ‘‘exercise communities,’’ 

users can also tackle cross-jurisdictional 

issues, such as interoperability. Users 

are able to focus on the underlying 

issues of transportation security and 

preparedness, and avoid repeating 

costly mistakes. Finally, users can also 

provide feedback on the usefulness of 

EXIS itself so that TSA may improve 

this system to better suit the 

stakeholders’ future security needs. 

TSA intends EXIS to be used 

primarily by individuals with security 

responsibilities, such as heads of 

security, for public and private owner/ 

operators in the surface transportation 

community, including mass transit 

systems, freight/rail operators, highway/ 

trucking companies, school bus 

operators, and pipeline systems. These 

individuals, and other stakeholders, can 

voluntarily contact TSA to request 

access to EXIS; TSA does not require 

participation in EXIS. Those seeking 

access or desiring more information 

about I–STEP products and services can 

contact a TSA modal representative or 

send their request by e-mail to 

ISTEP@dhs.gov. 

Description of Data Collection 

TSA will collect five types of 

information through EXIS. The 

collection is voluntary. EXIS users are 

not required to provide all information 

requested—however, if users choose to 

withhold information, they will not 

receive the benefits of EXIS associated 

with that information collection. 

1. User registration information. TSA 

will collect this information to ensure 

only those members of the 

transportation community with a 

relevant interest in conducting security 

training exercises and with an 

appropriate level of need to access 

security training information can be 

allowed onto EXIS. Such registration 

information will include the user’s 

name, professional contact information, 

agency/company, job title, employer, 

and employment verification contact 

information. 

2. Desired nature and scope of the 

exercise. TSA will collect this 

information to generate an EXIS training 

exercise appropriate for the particular 

user. Users are asked to submit their 

desired transportation mode, exercise 

properties, objectives, scenario events, 

other participating agencies, and preexercise data (to assess the user’s state 

of readiness for transportation security 

incidents prior to the exercise). 

3. Corrective actions/lessons learned/ 

best practices. TSA collects this 

information to document and share the 

users’ ideas and methods for improving 

transportation security with other 

transportation stakeholders. 

4. Evaluation feedback. TSA collects 

this information for the purpose of 

evaluating the usefulness of EXIS in 

facilitating security training exercises 

for the users. TSA can then modify EXIS 

to better suit its users’ needs. 

5. After-Action Reports. TSA collects 

reports that summarize information 

from items (2) and (3) mentioned above 

in order to create formal After-Action 

Reports. This includes reports on the 

exercise overview, goals and objectives, 

scenario event synopsis, analysis of 

critical issues, exercise design 

characteristics, conclusions, and the 

executive summary. 

Use of Results 

TSA will use this information to 

assess and improve the capabilities of 

all surface transportation modes to 

prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, 

respond to, and recover from 

transportation security incidents. A 

failure to collect this information will 

limit TSA’s ability to effectively test 

security countermeasures, security 

plans, and the ability of a modal 

operator to respond to and quickly 

recover after a transportation security 

incident. Insufficient awareness, 

prevention, response, and recovery to a 

transportation security incident will 

result in increased vulnerability of the 

U.S. transportation network and a 

reduced ability of DHS to assess system 

readiness. 

Based on industry population 

estimates and growth rates, and interest 

generated amongst the surface 

transportation modes prior to EXIS’ 

release to the public, TSA estimates that 

there will be approximately 380,000 

users within the first three years of the 

system’s use. TSA estimates users will 

spend approximately 8 hours per EXIS 

user inputting the information described 

above. TSA estimates that an EXIS user 

will conduct one security training 

exercise per year. Given this 

information, the total annual hour 

burden for this information collection 

for all respondents within the first three 

years of EXIS’ release is estimated to be 

approximately 3,000,000. There are no 

fees to use EXIS. The total annual cost 

burden to respondents is $0.00. 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia on January 3, 

2011. 

Joanna Johnson, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office 

of Information Technology. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–MB–2010–N242; 91400–5110– 

0000–7B; 91400–9410–0000–7B] 

Multistate Conservation Grant 

Program; Priority List for Conservation 

Projects 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list 

and approval of the projects. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the 

FY 2011 priority list of wildlife and 

sport fish conservation projects from the 

Association of Fish and Wildlife 

Agencies (AFWA). As required by the 

Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 

Programs Improvement Act of 2000, 

AFWA submits a list of projects to us 

each year to consider for funding under 

the Multistate Conservation Grant 

program. We have reviewed the list and 

will award the grants from the list. 

ADDRESSES: John C. Stremple, Multistate 

Conservation Grants Program 

Coordinator, Division of Federal 

Assistance, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mail 

Stop MBSP–4020, Arlington, VA 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

C. Stremple, (703) 358–2156 (phone) or 

John_Stremple@fws.gov (e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 

Programs Improvement Act of 2000 

(Improvement Act, Pub. L. 106–408) 

amended the Pittman-Robertson 

Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 

et seq.) and the Dingell-Johnson Sport 

Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et 

seq.) and established the Multistate 


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