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and HWY systems, throughout the U.S. 

The TSIs-S receive and document 

relevant information using a 

standardized checklist. In April 2020 

the Government Accountability Office, 

audit GA–20–404, recommended TSA 

update the BASE cybersecurity 

questions to ensure they reflect key 

practices. As a result, TSA revised the 

collection to reflect the five core 

functions of the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

cybersecurity framework. These core 

functions, and a majority of the 

subcategories, were combined with 

industry best practices into a set of 

additional questions focused on 

cybersecurity to identify vulnerabilities 

and provide support for strengthening 

the cybersecurity baseline for the 

surface transportation sector. In May 

2023, TSA formed a team of surface 

transportation subject matter experts to 

review the 222 questions on the PTPR 

BASE and 52 that were deemed no 

longer relevant or repetitive, were 

removed. 

Advance coordination and planning 

ensures the efficiency of the assessment 

process. The TSIs-S review and analyze 

the stakeholders’ security plan, if 

adopted, and determine if the mitigation 

measures included in the plan are being 

effectively implemented, while 

providing additional resources for 

further security enhancement. In 

addition to examining the security plan 

document, TSIs-S reviews one or more 

assets of the private and/or public 

owner/operator. 

During BASE site visits of PTPR and 

HWY entities, TSIs-S collect 

information and complete a BASE 

checklist from the review of each 

entity’s documents, plans, and 

procedures. They also interview 

appropriate entity personnel and 

conduct system observations prompted 

by questions raised during the 

document review and interview stages. 

TSA conducts the interviews to 

establish and clarify information on 

security measures implemented by the 

entity and to identify security gaps. The 

one-on-one interviews establish a 

relationship that fosters engagement on, 

and implementation of, effective and 

sustained security. 

Without this information, the ability 

for TSA to perform its security mission 

would be severely hindered. Absent this 

program, there would be no consistent 

data about these transportation security 

programs, nor a decentralized database 

TSA could use to benchmark the 

programs. While many PTPR and HWY 

entities have security and emergency 

response plans or protocols in place, the 

BASE provides a consistent approach to 

evaluate the extent to which security 

programs exist and the content of those 

programs. 

The participants in the BASE program 

receive the benefit of a no-cost, 

voluntary, risk-based assessment 

tailored to their operations and the size 

of their organization. These targeted 

assessments provide actionable options 

for consideration to strengthen an 

entities lowest-scoring items. 

Organizations that participate in the 

BASE may qualify to receive grant 

funding to address high-risk security 

areas and also receive additional 

guidance to strengthen their security. 

While TSA has not set a limit on the 

number of BASE program reviews to 

conduct, TSA estimates it will conduct 

approximately 70 PTPR BASE reviews 

and approximately 107 HWY BASE 

reviews on an annual basis. TSA does 

not intend to conduct more than one 

BASE review per public transportation 

passenger rail system in a single year. 

TSA estimates that the hour burden per 

PTPR entity to engage its security and/ 

or operating officials with inspectors in 

the interactive BASE program review 

process is approximately 9 hours. For 

HWY, TSA estimates approximately 1.8 

hours per HWY entity to engage its 

security and/or operating officials with 

inspectors in the interactive BASE 

program review process. Those who 

choose to also participate in the new 

cyber BASE will spend 7.8 hours each, 

and TSA expects there will be eight 

reviews conducted per year. The total 

annual hour burden for the PTPR BASE 

program review is 630 hours, for HWY 

BASE 192.6 hours, and for 

Cybersecurity BASE 62.4 hours, for a 

total annual burden of 885 hours. 

Dated: November 6, 2023. 

Nicole Raymond, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24858 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2023–0196; 

FXES11140400000–234–FF04EF4000] 

Receipt of Incidental Take Permit 

Application and Proposed Habitat 

Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink; 

Lake County, FL; Categorical 

Exclusion 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce receipt of 

an application from Enterprise Leasing 

Company of Orlando, LLC (Enterprise 

Car Rental and Sales Clermont, 

applicant) for an incidental take permit 

(ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. 

The applicant requests the ITP to take 

the federally listed sand skink (Neoseps 

reynoldsi) incidental to the construction 

of a commercial development in Lake 

County, Florida. We request public 

comment on the application, which 

includes the applicant’s proposed 

habitat conservation plan (HCP), and on 

the Service’s preliminary determination 

that the proposed permitting action may 

be eligible for a categorical exclusion 

pursuant to the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

regulations, the Department of the 

Interior’s (DOI) NEPA regulations, and 

the DOI Departmental Manual. To make 

this preliminary determination, we 

prepared a draft environmental action 

statement and low-effect screening form, 

both of which are also available for 

public review. We invite comment from 

the public and local, State, Tribal, and 

Federal agencies. 

DATES: We must receive your written 

comments on or before December 13, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You 

may obtain copies of the documents 

online in Docket No. FWS–R4–ES– 

2023–0196 at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Submitting Comments: If you wish to 

submit comments on any of the 

documents, you may do so in writing by 

one of the following methods: 

• Online: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2023–0196. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R4– 

ES–2023–0196; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg 

Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Gawera, by U.S. mail (see ADDRESSES), 

by telephone at 904–731–3121, or via 

email at erin_gawera@fws.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), 


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announce receipt of an application from 

Enterprise Leasing Company of Orlando, 

LLC (Enterprise Car Rental and Sales 

Clermont, applicant) for an incidental 

take permit (ITP) under the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 

16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The applicant 

requests the ITP to take federally listed 

sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) (skink) 

incidental to the construction and 

operation of a commercial development 

in Lake County, Florida. We request 

public comment on the application, 

which includes the applicant’s habitat 

conservation plan (HCP), and on the 

Service’s preliminary determination that 

this proposed ITP qualifies as loweffect, and may qualify for a categorical 

exclusion pursuant to the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

regulations (40 CFR 1501.4), the 

Department of the Interior’s (DOI) NEPA 

regulations (43 CFR 46), and the DOI’s 

Departmental Manual (516 DM 

8.5(C)(2)). To make this preliminary 

determination, we prepared a draft 

environmental action statement and 

low-effect screening form, both of which 

are also available for public review. 

Proposed Project 

The applicant requests a 5-year ITP to 

take skinks via the conversion of 

approximately 0.182 acres (ac) of 

occupied nesting, foraging, and 

sheltering skink habitat incidental to the 

construction and operation of a 

commercial development on 6.50-ac on 

Lake County Parcels 

2922260602000001A0 and 

2922260602000001C0 in Section 29, 

Township 22 South, Range 26 East, Lake 

County, Florida. The applicant proposes 

to mitigate for take of the skinks by 

purchasing credits equivalent to 0.38 ac 

of skink-occupied habitat within the 

Lake Livingston Conservation Bank or 

another Service-approved conservation 

bank. The Service would require the 

applicant to purchase the credits prior 

to engaging in any construction phase of 

the project. 

Our Preliminary Determination 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that the applicant’s 

proposed project, including the 

construction of the buildings and 

associated infrastructure (e.g., electric, 

water, and sewer lines), would 

individually and cumulatively have a 

minor effect on the sand skink and the 

human environment. Therefore, we 

have preliminarily determined that the 

proposed ESA section 10(a)(1)(B) permit 

would be a low-effect ITP that 

individually or cumulatively would 

have a minor effect on the sand skink 

and may qualify for application of a 

categorical exclusion pursuant to the 

Council on Environmental Quality’s 

NEPA regulations, DOI’s NEPA 

regulations, and the DOI Departmental 

Manual. A low-effect incidental take 

permit is one that would result in (1) 

minor or nonsignificant effects on 

species covered in the HCP; (2) 

nonsignificant effects on the human 

environment; and (3) impacts that, 

when added together with the impacts 

of other past, present, and reasonably 

foreseeable actions, would not result in 

significant cumulative effects to the 

human environment. 

Next Steps 

The Service will evaluate the 

application and the comments to 

determine whether to issue the 

requested permit. We will also conduct 

an intra-Service consultation pursuant 

to section 7 of the ESA to evaluate the 

effects of the proposed take. After 

considering the preceding and other 

matters, we will determine whether the 

permit issuance criteria of section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA have been met. If 

met, the Service will issue ITP number 

PER 4062128 to Enterprise Leasing 

Company of Orlando, LLC (Enterprise 

Car Rental and Sales Clermont; 

applicant). 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be aware that your entire 

comment, including your personal 

identifying information, may be made 

available to the public. While you may 

request that we withhold your personal 

identifying information, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

Authority 

The Service provides this notice 

under section 10(c) of the Endangered 

Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

its implementing regulations (50 CFR 

17.32) and the National Environmental 

Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

its implementing regulations (40 CFR 

1500–1508 and 43 CFR 46). 

Robert L. Carey, 

Manager, Division of Environmental Review, 

Florida Ecological Services Field Office. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24895 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

[245D0102DM, DS6CS00000, 

DLSN00000.000000, DX.6CS25] 

Notice of Senior Executive Service 

Performance Review Board 

Appointments 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of appointments. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides the 

names of individuals appointed to serve 

on the Department of the Interior Senior 

Executive Service (SES) Performance 

Review Board. 

DATES: These appointments take effect 

upon publication in the Federal 

Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this notice, contact Mark Green, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary—Human Capital 

and Diversity/Chief Human Capital 

Officer, by email at Mark_Green@

ios.doi.gov, or by telephone at (202) 

208–3100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

individuals appointed to serve on the 

Department of the Interior SES 

Performance Review Board are as 

follows: 

ANDERSON, JIM 

BEARQUIVER, KEVIN 

BOATMAN, QUAN 

DEAM, SETH 

GALLAGHER, KEVIN 

HALL, KIM 

MCDOWALL, LENA 

RABY, JON 

RAUCH, PAUL 

SMILEY, KARLA 

STREATER, EDDIE 

TUCKER, KAPRICE 

Authority: Title 5, U.S. Code, 4314. 

Mark D. Green, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary—Human Capital 

and Diversity, Chief Human Capital Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24908 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4334–63–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLHQ430000.235L1109AF.

L12200000.PM0000; OMB Control No. 1004– 

0165] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Cave Management: Cave 

Nominations and Requests for 

Confidential Information 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 


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