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protection partnership events. By 

understanding who is participating, the 

SSA can identify portions of a sector 

that are underrepresented, and the SSA 

could then target that underrepresented 

sector elements through outreach and 

awareness initiatives. 

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, Office of 

Infrastructure Protection, Sector 

Outreach and Programs Division. 

Title: Sector Outreach and Programs 

Division Online Meeting Registration 

Tool. 

OMB Number: 1670. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Federal, state, local, 

tribal, and territorial government 

personnel; private sector members. 

Number of Respondents: 1000 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 3 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 50 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: 

$7200.00. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $8350.44. 

Dated: April 28, 2014. 

Scott Libby, 

Chief Information Officer, National Protection 

and Programs Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10078 Filed 5–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2014–0014] 

President’s National Security 

Telecommunications Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice 

of Partially Closed Federal Advisory 

Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The President’s National 

Security Telecommunications Advisory 

Committee (NSTAC) will meet on 

Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in 

Washington, DC. The meeting will be 

partially closed to the public. 

DATES: The NSTAC will meet in a 

closed session on Wednesday, May 21, 

2014, from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and 

in an open session on Wednesday, May 

21, 2014, from 12:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The open session will be 

held at the Eisenhower Executive Office 

Building, Washington, DC and will 

begin at 12:45 p.m. Seating is limited 

and therefore will be provided on a firstcome,first-servebasis. Additionally, the 

public portion of the meeting will be 

streamed via webcast at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/live. For 

information on facilities or services for 

individuals with disabilities or to 

request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact nstac@dhs.gov as soon 

as possible. 

We are inviting public comment on 

the issues the NSTAC will consider, as 

listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. Associated 

briefing materials that will be discussed 

at the meeting will be available at 

www.dhs.gov/nstac for review as of May 

5, 2014. Comments must be submitted 

in writing no later than May 14, 2014. 

Comments must be identified by docket 

number DHS–2014–0014 and may be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: NSTAC@dhs.gov. Include 

the docket number in the subject line of 

the message. 

• Fax: 703–235–5962, Attn: Sandy 

Benevides. 

• Mail: Designated Federal Officer, 

National Security Telecommunications 

Advisory Committee, National 

Protection and Programs Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security, 245 

Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0615, Arlington 

VA 20598–0615. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and the docket 

number for this action. Comments 

received will be posted without 

alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received by the NSTAC, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, referencing 

docket number DHS–2014–0014. 

A public comment period will be held 

during the open portion of the meeting 

on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, from 3:15 

p.m. to 3:45 p.m., and speakers are 

requested to limit their comments to 3 

minutes. Please note that the public 

comment period may end before the 

time indicated, following the last call 

for comments. Contact Sandy Benevides 

at 703–235–5408 or 

Sandra.Benevides@dhs.gov to register as 

a speaker by close of business on May 

14, 2014. Speakers will be 

accommodated in order of registration 

within the constraints of the time 

allotted to public comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Helen Jackson, NSTAC Designated 

Federal Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security, telephone (703) 

235–5321 or Helen.Jackson@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

(Pub. L. 92–463). The NSTAC advises 

the President on matters related to 

national security and emergency 

preparedness (NS/EP) 

telecommunications policy. 

Agenda: The committee will meet in 

open session to engage in an 

international panel discussion 

comprised of members from Canada, the 

United Kingdom, and the United States 

to discuss their country’s approaches to 

infrastructure protection. Additionally, 

members will receive feedback from the 

Department of Homeland Security 

regarding the progress of the 

Government’s implementation of recent 

NSTAC recommendations. The NSTAC 

members will be briefed on the 

committee’s progress regarding its 

report on the Internet of Things. The 

committee will examine the 

cybersecurity implications of the 

Internet of Things, within the context of 

national security and emergency 

preparedness. Finally, NSTAC members 

will deliberate and vote on the NSTAC 

Information Technology Mobilization 

Scoping Report. The NSTAC will meet 

in a closed session to hear a classified 

briefing regarding cybersecurity threats 

and to discuss future studies based on 

Government’s security priorities and 

perceived vulnerabilities. 

Basis for Closure: In accordance with 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c), Government in the 

Sunshine Act, it has been determined 

that two agenda items require closure as 

the disclosure of the information would 

not be in the public interest. 

The first of these agenda items, the 

classified briefing, will provide 

members with context on nation state 

capabilities and strategic threats. Such 

threats target national communications 

infrastructure and impact industry’s 

long-term competitiveness and growth, 

as well as the Government’s ability to 

mitigate threats. Disclosure of these 

threats would provide criminals who 

wish to intrude into commercial and 

Government networks with information 

on potential vulnerabilities and 

mitigation techniques, also weakening 

existing cybersecurity defense tactics. 

This briefing will be classified at the top 

secret level, thereby exempting 

disclosure of the content by statute. 

Therefore, this portion of the meeting is 

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required to be closed pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)(A). 

The second agenda item, the 

discussion of potential NSTAC study 

topics, will address areas of critical 

cybersecurity vulnerabilities and 

priorities for Government. Government 

officials will share data with NSTAC 

members on initiatives, assessments, 

and future security requirements. The 

data to be shared includes specific 

vulnerabilities within cyberspace that 

affect the Nation’s communications and 

information technology infrastructures 

and proposed mitigation strategies. 

Disclosure of this information to the 

public would provide criminals with an 

incentive to focus on these 

vulnerabilities to increase attacks on our 

cyber and communications networks. 

Therefore, this portion of the meeting is 

likely to significantly frustrate 

implementation of proposed DHS 

actions and is required to be closed 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B). 

Dated: April 25, 2014. 

Helen Jackson, 

Designated Federal Officer for the NSTAC. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10024 Filed 5–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2013–0316] 

Outer Continental Shelf Units—Fire 

and Explosion Analyses 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of recommended interim 

voluntary guidelines. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing 

response to the explosion, fire and 

sinking of the mobile offshore drilling 

unit (MODU) DEEPWATER HORIZON 

in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, 

the Coast Guard is providing 

recommended interim voluntary 

guidelines concerning fire and 

explosion analyses for MODUs and 

manned fixed and floating offshore 

facilities engaged in activities on the 

U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). 

DATES: The recommended voluntary 

guidelines in this notice are effective 

May 2, 2014. 

Documents mentioned as being 

available in the docket are part of docket 

USCG–2013–0316 and are available for 

inspection or copying at the Docket 

Management Facility (M–30), U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. You may also 

find this docket on the Internet by going 

to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting 

USCG–2013–0316 in the ‘‘Keyword’’ 

box, and then clicking ‘‘Search.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice, call 

or email LCDR John H. Miller, U.S. 

Coast Guard, Office of Design and 

Engineering Standards, Lifesaving and 

Fire Safety Division (CG–ENG–4), 

telephone (202) 372–1372, email 

John.H.Miller@uscg.mil. 

Background 

The ‘‘Report of Investigation into the 

Circumstances Surrounding the 

Explosion, Fire, Sinking and Loss of 

Eleven Crew Members Aboard the 

Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) 

DEEPWATER HORIZON in the Gulf of 

Mexico, April 20–22, 2010,’’ (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘Report’’), and related 

Commandant’s Final Action Memo, 

dated September 9, 2011, contain a 

number of recommendations for OCS 

safety improvements that are presently 

being evaluated for further regulatory 

action. (These documents may be found 

in the docket for this action, as 

indicated under ADDRESSES). 

Recommendations 1D, 1E, 2B, 2C, 2E, 

and 3A in the Report urged the Coast 

Guard to evaluate the need for fire and 

explosion risk analyses to ensure an 

adequate level of protection is provided 

for accommodation spaces, escape 

paths, embarkation stations, and 

structures housing vital safety 

equipment from drill floor and 

production area events. The Report 

highlighted the following considerations 

as areas not specifically addressed by 

current regulations: 

• Minimum values are needed for 

explosion design loads for use in 

calculating the required blast resistance 

of structures; 

• Explosion risk analysis of the 

design and layout of each facility should 

be performed to identify high risk 

situations; 

• H–60 rated fire boundaries between 

the drilling area and adjacent 

accommodation spaces and spaces 

housing vital safety equipment may be 

necessary dependent on the 

arrangement of the facility; 

• Uniform guidelines for performing 

engineering evaluations to ensure 

adequate protection of bulkheads and 

decks separating hazardous areas from 

adjacent structures and escape routes for 

likely drill floor fire scenarios are 

necessary; 

• Performance-based fire risk analysis 

should be used to supplement the 

prescriptive requirements in the MODU 

Code; such analysis should use defined 

heat flux loads to calculate necessary 

levels of protection for structures, 

equipment, and vital systems that could 

be affected by fires on the drill floor; 

• Maximum allowable radiant heat 

exposure limits for personnel at the 

muster stations and lifesaving appliance 

launching stations in anticipated 

evacuation scenarios should be 

implemented. 

To implement these 

recommendations, a future Coast Guard 

rulemaking will address fire and 

explosion risk analyses for MODUs and 

manned fixed and floating offshore 

facilities engaged in OCS activities. 

Comments will be invited in connection 

with that rulemaking. 

Currently, there is no requirement in 

the current OCS regulations, in Title 33 

of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), that requires a fire and explosion 

analysis that would implement the 

recommendations from the Report. 

Furthermore, while Section 9 of the 

2009 IMO MODU Code contains some 

recommendations on the parameters of 

fire and explosion risk analysis, we 

believe that these recommendations are 

not sufficiently specific to adequately 

and consistently address these 

recommendations from the Report on 

their own. 

We believe that the recommendations 

from the 2009 IMO MODU Code are 

insufficiently specific for several 

reasons. Section 9.3.1 of the 2009 

MODU Code provides, ‘‘In general, 

accommodation spaces, service spaces 

and control stations should not be 

located adjacent to hazardous areas. 

However, where this is not practicable, 

an engineering evaluation should be 

performed to ensure that the level of fire 

protection and blast resistance of the 

bulkheads and decks separating these 

spaces from the hazardous areas are 

adequate for the likely hazard.’’ This 

requirement is not specific enough to 

consistently ensure the protection of 

safety-critical spaces and elements 

aboard MODUs and manned fixed and 

floating offshore facilities engaged in 

OCS activities, and needs to be 

supported by guidance to better define 

what the ‘‘engineering evaluation’’ 

should include and what performance 

criteria should be met to ensure 

‘‘adequate protection’’ is provided. 

Safety-critical spaces and elements 

refers to any accommodation or work 

area, equipment, system, device, or 

material, the failure, destruction, or 

release of which could directly or 

indirectly endanger the survivability of 

the facility and the personnel onboard. 

These safety-critical spaces and 

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