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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Environmental 

Health Sciences; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the 

National Advisory Environmental 

Health Sciences Council. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public as indicated below, with 

attendance limited to space available. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Advisory 

Environmental Health Sciences Council. 

Date: May 13–14, 2014. 

Open: May 13, 2014, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: Discussion of program policies 

and issues. 

Place: Nat. Inst. of Environmental Health 

Sciences, Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium, 

111 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27709. 

Closed: May 14, 2014, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 

a.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Nat. Inst. of Environmental Health 

Sciences, Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium, 

111 T. W. Alexander Drive, Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27709. 

Contact Person: Gwen W. Collman, Ph.D., 

Interim Director, Division of Extramural 

Research & Training, National Institutes of 

Health, Nat. Inst. of Environmental Health 

Sciences, 615 Davis Dr., KEY615/3112, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, (919) 541– 

4980, collman@niehs.nih.gov. 

Any interested person may file written 

comments with the committee by forwarding 

the statement to the Contact Person listed on 

this notice. The statement should include the 

name, address, telephone number and when 

applicable, the business or professional 

affiliation of the interested person. 

Information is also available on the 

Institute’s Council home page: 

www.niehs.nih.gov/about/boards/naehsc/

index.cfm, where an agenda and any 

additional information for the meeting will 

be posted when available. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.115, Biometry and Risk 

Estimation—Health Risks from 

Environmental Exposures; 93.142, NIEHS 

Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety 

Training; 93.143, NIEHS Superfund 

Hazardous Substances—Basic Research and 

Education; 93.894, Resources and Manpower 

Development in the Environmental Health 

Sciences; 93.113, Biological Response to 

Environmental Health Hazards; 93.114, 

Applied Toxicological Research and Testing, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS). 

Dated: April 11, 2014. 

Carolyn A. Baum, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Allergy and 

Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special 

Emphasis Panel; NIAID SBIR Phase II 

Clinical Trial Implementation Cooperative 

Agreement (U44) and Clinical Trial Planning 

Grants (R34). 

Date: May 12, 2014. 

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6700B 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817, 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Quirijn Vos, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer Scientific Review 

Program, Division of Extramural, Activities 

DHHS/NIH/NIAID, 6700B Rockledge Drive, 

MSC, 7616 Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–451– 

2666, qvos@niaid.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology, 

and Transplantation Research; 93.856, 

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 

Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS). 

Dated: April 11, 2014. 

David Clary, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2014–0015] 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate; Notice of Completion of 

Notification of Cyber-Dependent 

Infrastructure and Process for 

Requesting Reconsideration of 

Determinations of Cyber Criticality 

(Authority: E.O. 13636, 78 FR 11737) 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: Public notice of completion of 

notification and process for requesting 

reconsideration to owners and operators 

of cyber-dependent infrastructure. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Homeland 

Security has been directed to identify 

critical infrastructure where a 

cybersecurity incident could reasonably 

result in catastrophic regional or 

national effects on public health or 

safety, economic security, or national 

security. In addition to identifying such 

infrastructure, the Secretary has also 

been directed to confidentially notify 

owners and operators of critical 

infrastructure identified and establish a 

mechanism through which entities can 

request reconsideration of that 

identification, whether inclusion or 

exclusion from this list. This notice 

informs owners and operators of critical 

infrastructure that the confidential 

notification process is complete and 

describes the process for requesting 

reconsideration. 

DATES: The agency must receive the 

reconsideration package before May 15, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit reconsideration 

requests and unclassified written 

reconsideration materials to CDII@

HQ.DHS.GOV. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for formatting instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Office of Cyber and Infrastructure 

Analysis, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, United States 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528, or via email at 

cdii@hq.dhs.govmailto:carlos.kizzee@

dhs.gov. 

Responsible DHS Official: Under 

Secretary, National Protection and 


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Programs Directorate, United States 

Department of Homeland Security. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: In section 9 of Executive 

Order (E.O.) 13636 the President directs 

the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

identify critical infrastructure where a 

cybersecurity incident could reasonably 

result in catastrophic regional or 

national effects on public health or 

safety, economic security, or national 

security.’’ E.O. 13636, 78 FR 11737 (Feb. 

12, 2013). Once that list of infrastructure 

is transmitted to the President in 

accordance with sec. 9, the Secretary is 

further directed to confidentially notify 

each entity that it has been identified 

and, ‘‘establish a process through which 

owners and operators of critical 

infrastructure may submit relevant 

information and request reconsideration 

of identifications under [this section].’’ 

Id at § 9(c). 

The United States Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS), in 

accordance with the consultative 

process required under E.O. 13636, 

developed a functions-based approach 

to identify critical infrastructure where 

‘‘a cybersecurity incident could 

reasonably result in catastrophic 

regional or national effects.’’ DHS 

consulted with sector stakeholders 

throughout the identification process 

including, Sector-Specific Agencies, 

Sector Coordinating Councils, 

Government Coordinating Councils, 

independent regulatory agencies, 

subject-matter experts, and critical 

infrastructure owners and operators. 

DHS developed, reviewed, and 

discussed with private sector entities 

and trade associations criteria for 

evaluating when a cybersecurity 

incident involving critical infrastructure 

could reasonably result in catastrophic 

regional or national effects on public 

health or safety, economic security, or 

national security. ‘‘Catastrophic’’ was 

determined to be a higher level of 

impact than the ‘‘debilitating’’ standard 

found in the statutory definition of 

critical infrastructure. The higher 

threshold ensures that only 

infrastructure where a cybersecurity 

incident could cause the greatest impact 

is identified. The criteria for 

determining inclusion of the critical 

infrastructure were designed to assess 

whether a cybersecurity incident could 

reasonably result in incapacitation of 

the infrastructure or function and 

whether this incapacitation could cause 

catastrophic regional or national 

impacts on: Public Health or Safety, 

Economic Security or National Security. 

Identifying cyber-dependent critical 

infrastructure supports both critical 

infrastructure needs and national 

security objectives by (1) providing the 

Federal government with the ability to 

more effectively disseminate specific 

and targeted cybersecurity threat 

information to identified cyberdependent critical infrastructure owners 

and operators; (2) supporting the 

prioritization, as appropriate, of 

government resources and programs 

available to identified cyber-dependent 

critical infrastructure; and (3) improving 

government’s understanding of the 

systems or assets whose incapacity or 

disruption would have catastrophic 

consequences in furtherance of 

government planning, protection, 

mitigation and response efforts to be 

provided in partnership with impacted 

state, local, territorial, tribal and private 

sector entities in the event of a cyber 

incident. 

The Secretary presented the initial list 

of identified infrastructure to the 

President, through the Assistant to 

President for Homeland Security and 

Counterterrorism on July 19, 2013. In 

accordance with E.O. 13636, this list 

will be reviewed and updated annually. 

DHS has completed the process of 

notifying owners and operators of 

critical infrastructure that were 

included on the July 19, 2013 initial list. 

If critical infrastructure owners and 

operators have not been contacted by 

DHS in connection with their status on 

the initial list, then such infrastructure 

has not been included on the initial list. 

Such infrastructure may be included in 

subsequent updates based on the 

outcome of reconsideration requests, 

annual reviews, or amendments to the 

list. 

The opportunity for reconsideration 

of initial identifications by DHS is 

available to all critical infrastructure 

owners and operators, whether or not 

their infrastructure has been identified 

as cyber-dependent by DHS, in 

accordance with this notice. The 

opportunity for reconsideration will be 

provided annually. 

The Secretary has delegated to the 

Under Secretary for National Protection 

and Programs the authority to address 

reconsideration requests and to make 

determinations in connection in 

subsequent updates. 

Definitions 

‘‘Critical infrastructure’’ means 

systems and assets, whether physical or 

virtual, so vital to the United States that 

the incapacity or destruction of such 

systems and assets would have a 

debilitating impact on security, national 

economic security, national public 

health or safety, or any combination of 

those matters. 

‘‘Cyber dependent’’ means critical 

infrastructure that utilizes computers, 

electronic communications systems, 

electronic communications services, 

wire communication, and/or electronic 

communication, including information 

contained therein, in order function or 

be maintained. 

‘‘Cyber incident’’ means an event or 

series of events that impairs the 

confidentiality, integrity, or availability 

of electronic information, information 

systems, services, or networks. 

‘‘Reconsideration official’’ means the 

Under Secretary for National Protection 

and Programs, or her or his designee, 

who will consider requests for 

reconsideration in accordance with the 

process set forth in this notice. 

Impact of Being Identified Under Sec. 9 

The primary purpose of identifying 

critical infrastructure under sec. 9 of 

E.O. 13636 is to better understand 

national and regional cyber 

dependencies and consequences across 

critical infrastructure, inform planning 

and program development for federal 

critical infrastructure security and 

resilience programs, and enable 

improved cyber risk management by the 

identified critical infrastructure owners 

and operators. Owners and operators of 

identified cyber-dependent critical 

infrastructure have the opportunity to 

request expedited processing through 

the DHS Private Sector Clearance 

Program, which may provide access to 

classified government cybersecurity 

threat information as appropriate. 

Cyber-dependent critical infrastructure 

may also be prioritized for routine and 

incident-driven cyber technical 

assistance activities offered by DHS and 

other agencies. Additionally, owners 

and operators of identified cyberdependent critical infrastructure are 

encouraged to participate in the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) cybersecurity 

framework for critical infrastructure 

(‘‘NIST framework’’). As Federal 

government resources and programs 

develop and improve to enhance the 

security and resilience of critical 

infrastructure against cybersecurity 

threats, cyber-dependent critical 

infrastructure will be a continued 

priority. 

Reconsideration Process 

Submitting a Reconsideration Request 

Reconsideration of identifications 

under sec. 9 of E.O. 13636 will be based 

on an evaluation of new information 

provided to DHS by the requesting 

entity. An entity must initiate the 

reconsideration process in writing. 


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However, the entity also may request a 

meeting with a DHS official (in person 

or by phone) to discuss the additional 

information they will provide in 

support of their reconsideration request 

or to seek additional information about 

the basis for identifications. DHS will 

consider meeting requests on a case by 

case basis and identify an appropriate 

official to participate in such meetings 

on behalf of the reconsideration official. 

Owners and operators of critical 

infrastructure entities or their 

authorized agents may initiate a 

reconsideration request by sending an 

email to CDII@HQ.DHS.GOV including: 

1. The entity for reconsideration; 

2. the name, title, telephone number 

and email address of a designated point 

of contact, whether an employee or nonemployee agent, for the owner or 

operator of that entity to whom all 

communications related to the 

reconsideration process will be directed; 

and 

3. if desired, a request for a meeting 

with DHS representatives. 

DHS will confirm the submission of 

each reconsideration request with an 

email to the submitting entity and will 

provide a reconsideration request 

number within three days of receipt. 

Where the requesting entity has 

requested a telephonic or in-person 

meeting, a representative of DHS will 

contact the entity at the email address 

provided in the initial request to 

schedule a meeting or inform the entity 

that the requested meeting is not 

available. 

Submission of Reconsideration 

Materials 

Following DHS confirmation of the 

request, entities may submit 

reconsideration materials as part of an 

in-person or telephone meeting or in 

writing. Entities who submit written 

documentation in lieu of a meeting or 

who choose to provide additional 

documentation following a meeting 

should submit the information via email 

(with exceptions noted below) in the 

form of a single attachment. All pages 

submitted to DHS should be doublespaced 12 point Times New Roman text 

or visual material, with 1’’ margins and 

page numbers. Supporting 

documentation should be organized and 

labeled. Entities should include the 

DHS-provided reconsideration request 

number on each page of the submission. 

Documentation used to justify a 

change in status for an entity with 

respect to identified cyber-dependent 

critical infrastructure may constitute 

protected critical infrastructure 

information (PCII) if it satisfies, and is 

submitted in accordance with, 

applicable requirements. The PCII 

program is an information-protection 

program that enhances voluntary 

information sharing between 

infrastructure owners and operators and 

the government. In order to ensure 

handling under the provisions of the 

PCII program, owner operators must 

submit information consistent with the 

Critical Infrastructure Information Act 

(6 U.S.C. 131 et seq), the PCII final rule 

(6 CFR part 29), and the PCII Program 

Manual. Additional information 

regarding the PCII program may be 

found at http://www.dhs.gov/pcii. 

Classified information must not be 

transmitted to mailto:cdii@hq.dhs.gov; 

however, a request for guidance on 

alternate submission guidance may be 

sent, without any classified information, 

to cdii@hq.dhs.gov. DHS may in its sole 

discretion grant a reasonable extension 

to the reconsideration submission for 

the purpose of accommodating a request 

to submit classified information. 

Reconsideration Request Review 

A preliminary review by DHS 

following a meeting or submission of 

the reconsideration materials will 

evaluate whether any additional 

information is needed to make a 

decision on the reconsideration request. 

DHS will contact the submitter within 

30 days of the meeting or submission to 

request additional information, if 

needed, or to confirm that the 

reconsideration package is complete. If 

additional information is requested, the 

submitter will have up to 60 days from 

the date of DHS’s request to provide 

such information, and DHS will have 

another 30 days from the additional 

submission to deem the package 

complete. Following receipt and review 

of a complete reconsideration package, 

DHS will provide requesting entities 

with a written response including the 

basis for its determination. 

If a complete reconsideration package 

is not received by DHS before May 15, 

2014, any information provided by a 

submitter may be considered in 

connection with the next annual update 

rather than as a request for 

reconsideration of this year’s 

determination. 

In considering requests for 

reconsideration, DHS may consult with 

sector specific agencies and other 

appropriate federal entities. Information 

submitted to DHS, including 

appropriately submitted PCII, will be 

protected in accordance with applicable 

requirements and used only for 

permitted purposes. 

Entities may contact cdii@hq.dhs.gov 

at any time to request a status update 

during the reconsideration request 

review process. After a determination 

has been made in connection with the 

request, subsequent reconsideration 

requests will not be accepted until the 

next annual review. 

Dated: April 11, 2014. 

Suzanne Spaulding, 

Under Secretary, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket Number USCG–2009–0139; OMB 

Control Number: 1625–0043] 

Information Collection Request to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Sixty-day notice requesting 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Coast Guard plans to submit an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting a 

revision to the following collection of 

information: 1625–0043, Ports and 

Waterways Safety Act—Title 33, 

Subchapter P. The Coast Guard invites 

comments as described below. 

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast 

Guard on or before June 16, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Coast Guard docket 

number [USCG–2009–0139] to the 

Docket Management Facility (DMF) at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT). To avoid duplicate submissions, 

please use only one of the following 

means: 

(1) Online: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Mail: DMF (M–30), DOT, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

(3) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

(4) Fax: 202–493–2251. To ensure 

your comments are received in a timely 

manner, mark the fax, to attention Desk 

Officer for the Coast Guard. 

The DMF maintains the public docket 

for this Notice. Comments and material 

received from the public, as well as 


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