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Based Performance Standards (RBPS). 

The instruments within this collection 

will be used to manage the CFATS 

program. 

OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

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, Office of 

Infrastructure Protection, Infrastructure 

Security Compliance Division. 

Title: Chemical Facility AntiTerrorism Standards. 

OMB Number: 1670–0014. 

Instrument: Request for 

Redetermination. 

Frequency: On occasion/Other. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 625 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 156.25 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $13,437. 

Instrument: Request for an Extension. 

Frequency: On occasion/Other. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 185 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 46.25 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $3,977. 

Instrument: Notification of a New Top 

Screen. 

Frequency: On occasion/Other. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 1250 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 468.75 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $40,312. 

Instrument: Request for a Technical 

Consultation. 

Frequency: On occasion/Other. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 185 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 69.37 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $5,966. 

Scott Libby, 

Acting Chief Information Officer, National 

Protection and Programs Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30314 Filed 12–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2012–0058] 

Chemical Security Assessment Tool 

(CSAT) 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; Revision of Information 

Collection Request: 1670–0007. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), National Protection and 

Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of 

Infrastructure Protection (IP), 

Infrastructure Security Compliance 

Division (ISCD), will submit the 

following Information Collection 

Request 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 February 15, 2013 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.8. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to DHS/NPPD/IP/ISCD Chemical 

Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards 

Program Manager, 245 Murray Lane 

SW., Mail Stop 0610, Arlington, VA 

20528–0610. Written comments should 

reach the contact person listed no later 

than February 15, 2013. Comments must 

be identified by ‘‘DHS–2012–0057’’and 

may be submitted by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

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. 

Special Instructions: Comments that 

include trade secrets, confidential 

commercial or financial information, 

Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability 

Information (CVI), Sensitive Security 

Information (SSI), or Protected Critical 

Infrastructure Information (PCII) should 

not be submitted to the public 

regulatory docket. Please submit such 

comments separately from other 

comments in response to this notice. 

Comments containing trade secrets, 

confidential commercial or financial 

information, CVI, SSI, or PCII should be 

appropriately marked and submitted by 

mail to the DHS/NPPD/IP/ISCD 

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 

Standards Program Manager at the 

Department of Homeland Security, 245 

Murray Lane SW., Mail Stop 0610, 

Arlington, VA 20528–0610. Comments 

must be identified by docket number 

DHS–2012–0058. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

550 of the Homeland Security 

Appropriations Act of 2007, Public Law 

109–295 (2006), provides DHS with the 

authority to regulate the security of 

high-risk chemical facilities. On April 9, 

2007, the Department issued an Interim 

Final Rule (IFR), implementing this 

statutory mandate at 72 FR 17688. 

Section 550 of the Homeland Security 

Appropriations Act of 2007 requires a 

risk-based approach to security. 

The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 

Standards (CFATS) are the Department’s 

regulations under Section 550 governing 

security at high-risk chemical facilities. 

See 6 CFR part 27. CFATS represents a 

national-level effort to minimize 

terrorism risk to such facilities. Its 

design and implementation balance 

maintaining economic vitality with 

securing facilities and their surrounding 


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1See Section 3 and Table 6 of the 2007 CFATS 

Regulatory Assessment, http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DHS2006-0073-0116. 

communities. The regulations were 

designed, in collaboration with the 

private sector and other stakeholders, to 

take advantage of protective measures 

already in place and to allow facilities 

to employ a wide range of tailored 

measures to satisfy the regulations’ RiskBased Performance Standards (RBPS). 

The Department collects the core 

regulatory data through the portions of 

the Chemical Security Assessment Tool 

(CSAT) covered under this collection. 

For more information about CFATS and 

CSAT, you may access www.dhs.gov/ 

chemicalsecurity. The current 

information collection for these portions 

of CSAT will expire on March 31, 2013. 

The Department’s Methodology in 

Estimating the Burden for the TopScreen 

Number of Respondents 

The current information collection 

estimated that 4,167 respondents would 

submit a Top-Screen annually. That 

estimate, which is taken from the 2007 

CFATS Regulatory Assessment,1 was 

derived by averaging the estimated 

number of respondents that would 

complete a Top-Screen in Calendar Year 

(CY) 2008–2010. In the 2007 CFATS 

Regulatory Assessment, the Department 

estimated that during CY 2013–2015, 

2,500 respondents would submit TopScreens annually. In actuality, between 

January 2009 and December 2011, 6,781 

Top-Screens were submitted by 6,041 

facilities (i.e., respondents). This 

resulted in the Department receiving, on 

average, 2,260 respondent submissions 

annually during CY 2009–2011. This 

information is displayed in Table 1 

below: 

TABLE 1—TOP-SCREEN SUBMISSION AVERAGES

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total Average 

annual 

Estimated number of Top-Screen respondents in the information collection that expires on 03/31/13 ...................... 7,500 2,500 2,500 12,500 4,167 

Total Number of Actual Top-Screens ........................... 2,704 2,445 1,632 6,781 2,260 

As the historical annual average of 

2,260 submissions is close to the 

average annual number of respondents 

estimated in the 2007 CFATS 

Regulatory Evaluation for CY 2013–2015 

(i.e., 2,500), the Department will use the 

2007 CFATS Regulatory Evaluation to 

estimate the number of respondents for 

the purposes of this notice. 

Estimated Time per Respondent 

In the current information collection, 

the estimated time per respondent to 

prepare and submit a Top-Screen is 30.3 

hours. This estimate assumed that the 

majority of the burden associated with 

the Top-Screen was outside of DHS’s 

ability to quantitatively measure. 

However, by using the data collected 

between January 2009 and December 

2011, the Department was able to 

measure the duration a user, on behalf 

of a facility, was logged into the TopScreen application. The Department 

determined that 98 percent of users who 

submitted Top-Screens were logged into 

the Top-Screen application for no more 

than 2.25 hours. While facilities likely 

spent additional time preparing for the 

completion of the Top-Screen when not 

logged into the Top-Screen application, 

based upon the Department’s experience 

and routine interactions with regulated 

chemical facilities, the Department does 

not believe that a facility spent 15 hours 

prepping to submit a Top-Screen for 

every hour spent actually using the TopScreen application. Thus, the 

Department no longer believes that 30.3 

hours of effort is a reasonable burden 

estimate. 

Rather, based upon the Department’s 

interactions with regulated chemical 

facilities, the Department believes that 

for every hour a facility is logged into 

CSAT, it spends an average of two hours 

in preparation. Therefore, for the 

purposes of this notice, the 

Department’s estimated time per 

respondent to submit a Top-Screen is 

6.75 hours. To account for the 

anticipated resubmission by facilities, 

the Department further estimates that 50 

percent of the respondents will submit 

two Top-Screens. 

The Department also collects 

supporting documentation from 

approximately half of the respondents. 

Based upon the Department’s day-to-day 

informal discussions with regulated 

chemical facilities, the Department 

believes that a reasonable burden for the 

gathering and provision of supporting 

documentation is 0.25 hours. 

Annual Burden Hours 

The annual burden hours for the TopScreen is [6.75 hours × 2,500 

respondents × 1.5 responses per 

respondent], which equals 25,312.50 

hours. The annual burden hours to 

submit supporting documentation is 312 

hours [0.25 hours × 1,250 respondents × 

one response per respondent]. 

Therefore, the Department estimates 

that the total annual burden hours for 

the Top-Screen is 25,624.5 hours 

[25,312.5 hours + 312 hours]. The 

rounded estimate is 25,600 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup) 

The Department provides access to 

CSAT free of charge, and the 

Department assumes that each 

respondent already has access to the 

Internet for basic business needs. 

Therefore, for the purposes of this 

notice, the Department estimates that 

there are no capital/startup costs. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden 

A chemical facility that has submitted 

a Top-Screen may or may not be 

determined by the Department to 

present a high level of security risk. 

Only covered facilities that present a 

high level of security risk are required 

to keep records mandated by CFATS. 

For chemical facilities that ultimately 

are determined not to present a high 

level of security risk, the Department 

estimates any CFATS recordkeeping 

burden to be de minimis. 

For chemical facilities that are 

determined to present a high level of 

security risk, the Top-Screen 

recordkeeping burden is accounted for 

within the recordkeeping burden 

estimate for the ‘‘Site Security Plan 

(SSP) and Alternative Security Program 

(ASP) submitted in lieu of the Site 

Security Plan,’’ discussed later in this 

notice. The recordkeeping burden 

estimate for the ‘‘Site Security Plan 

(SSP) and Alternative Security Program 

(ASP) submitted in lieu of the Site 

Security Plan’’ accounts for all records 

high-risk chemical facilities are required 

to maintain under CFATS because the 


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Department assumes that high-risk 

chemical facilities maintain their TopScreen records and any other required 

records in the same manners, formats, 

and locations as they maintain their 

SSP/ASP records. 

Total Annual Burden Cost (Operating/ 

Maintaining) 

The 2007 CFATS Regulatory 

Evaluation assumes that Site Security 

Officers are responsible for submitting 

Top-Screens. For the purpose of this 

notice, the Department maintains this 

assumption. 

Therefore, to estimate the total annual 

burden, the Department multiplied the 

annual burden of 25,624.5 hours by the 

wage rate of Site Security Officers and 

adjusted for the actual and estimated 

Employment Cost Index (ECI) published 

by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

For the purpose of this notice, the 

Department adjusted wage rate of Site 

Security Officers from $80.00 per hour 

to $86.00 per hour. Therefore, the total 

annual burden cost for the Top-Screen 

is $2,203,707 [25,624.5 total annual 

burden hours × $86 per hour]. The 

rounded estimate is $2,203,700. 

The Department’s Methodology in 

Estimating the Burden for the Security 

Vulnerability Assessment (SVA) & 

Alternative Security Program (ASP) 

Submitted in Lieu of the Security 

Vulnerability Assessment 

Number of Respondents 

The current information collection 

estimated that 825 respondents would 

complete an SVA/ASP annually in CY 

2008–2010. The number of respondents 

was derived by a two-step process. The 

first step estimated the expected number 

of SVAs/ASPs by multiplying the 

estimated number of Top-Screens in 

each CY by the percentage of TopScreens that resulted in a determination 

by the Department that an SVA or ASP 

in lieu of an SVA must be submitted by 

a facility. When the current information 

collection was approved in March of 

2010, that rate was 19.8 percent. The 

estimated number of SVAs or ASPs in 

lieu of SVAs must be submitted by 

facilities was then averaged. See the 

table below for estimated totals. 

TABLE 2—SVA/ASP SUBMISSION ESTIMATES BASED ON TOP-SCREEN SUBMISSIONS

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total Average 

annual 

Estimated number of Top-Screen Respondents in information collection that expires on 03/31/13 ........................... 7,500 2,500 2,500 12,500 4,167 

Estimated number of SVA/ASP Respondents in information collection that expires on 03/31/13 ........................... 1,485 495 495 2,475 825 

In actuality, 2,834 respondents 

submitted ASV/ASPs to the Department 

for the first time between January 2009 

and December 2011. 

TABLE 3—SVA/ASP SUBMISSION TOTALS, INCLUDING NEW SVA/ASP SUBMISSIONS

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total 

Estimated number of SVA/ASP Respondents for information collection that 

expires on 03/31/13 ..................................................................................... 1,485 495 495 2,475 

Actual Number of New SVAs Submitted ......................................................... 2,287 315 232 2,834 

Based upon a comparison of the 

actual results and the Department’s 

estimates, the Department is satisfied 

that the methodology to estimate the 

number of respondents is reasonable. 

Therefore, for the purpose of this notice, 

the Department duplicated that analysis. 

Historical data from the Department 

in CY 2009–2011 revealed that the 

percentage of Top-Screens that 

subsequently resulted in a 

determination that an SVA or ASP in 

lieu of an SVA must be submitted by a 

facility was 29.6 percent. The estimated 

number of SVAs or ASPs in lieu of 

SVAs that must be submitted by 

facilities was determined by CY and 

then averaged. Therefore, for the 

purposes of this notice, the number of 

SVA/ASP respondents is 740 [2500 TopScreen Respondents × 0.296. See table 

below. 

TABLE 4—TOP-SCREEN AND SVA/ASP RESPONDENT ESTIMATES

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total Average 

annual 

Estimated number of Top-Screen Respondents in this notice .................................................................................... 2,500 2,500 2,500 7,500 2,500 

Current Estimated number of SVA/ASP Respondents in 

this notice ......................................................................... 740 740 740 2,220 740 

Estimated Time per Respondent 

The current information collection 

estimated the time per respondent for 

preparing and submitting an SVA/ASP 

to be 250 hours. Previously, when 

making that estimate, the Department 

assumed that the majority of the burden 

associated with the SVAs/ASPs is 

outside the ability of the Department to 

quantitatively measure. However, in CY 

2009–2011, the Department was able to 

measure the duration a user, on behalf 

of a facility, was logged into the SVA/ 

ASP application. Based upon actual 

historical data, the Department 


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determined that 98 percent of users who 

submitted SVAs were logged into the 

SVA/ASP application for no more than 

13 hours. 

While facilities likely spent additional 

time preparing to complete the SVA/ 

ASP while not logged into the SVA/ASP 

application, based upon the 

Department’s experience and routine 

interactions with regulated chemical 

facilities, the Department does not 

believe that a facility spent 20 hours 

prepping to submit an SVA/ASP for 

every hour spent actually using the 

SVA/ASP application. Thus, the 

Department no longer believes that 250 

hours of effort is a reasonable burden 

estimate. 

Rather, based upon the Department’s 

interactions with regulated chemical 

facilities, we believe that for every hour 

a facility is logged into CSAT, it spends 

an average of two hours in preparation. 

Therefore, for the purpose of this notice, 

the Department’s estimated time per 

respondent to submit an SVA/ASP is 39 

hours. The rounded estimate is 40 

hours. 

To account for the anticipated 

resubmission by facilities, DHS 

estimates that 50 percent of the 

respondents will submit an additional 

SVA/ASP. 

The Department also collects 

supporting documentation from 

approximately half of the respondents. 

Based upon the Department’s day-to-day 

informal discussions with regulated 

chemical facilities, the Department 

believes that a reasonable burden for 

gathering and provision of supporting 

documentation is 0.25 hours per facility. 

Annual Burden Hours 

The annual burden hours for an SVA/ 

ASP is 43,290 hours [740 respondents × 

39 hours × 1.5 response per respondent]. 

The annual burden estimate to obtain 

supporting documentation is 92.5 hours 

[0.25 hours × 370 respondents × 1 

response per respondent]. 

Therefore, the Department estimates 

that the total annual burden in hours for 

the SVA/ASP is 43,382.5 hours [43,290 

hours + 92.5 hours]. The rounded 

estimate is 43,400 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup) 

The Department provides access to 

CSAT free of charge, and the 

Department assumes that each 

respondent already has access to the 

Internet for basic business needs. 

Therefore, for the purposes of this 

notice, the Department estimates that 

there are no capital/startup costs. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden 

A chemical facility that has submitted 

an SVA/ASP may or may not be 

determined by the Department to 

present a high level of security risk. 

Only covered facilities that present a 

high level of security risk have a 

recordkeeping requirement. 

For chemical facilities that ultimately 

are determined not to present a high 

level of security risk, the Department 

estimates any CFATS recordkeeping 

burden to be de minimis. 

For chemical facilities that are 

determined to present a high level of 

security risk, the SVA recordkeeping 

burden is accounted for within the 

recordkeeping burden estimate for the 

‘‘Site Security Plan (SSP) and 

Alternative Security Program (ASP) 

submitted in lieu of the Site Security 

Plan,’’ discussed later in this notice. The 

recordkeeping burden estimate for the 

‘‘Site Security Plan (SSP) and 

Alternative Security Program (ASP) 

submitted in lieu of the Site Security 

Plan’’ accounts for all records high-risk 

chemical facilities are required to 

maintain under CFATS because the 

Department assumes that high-risk 

chemical facilities maintain their TopScreen records and any other required 

records in the same manners, formats, 

and locations as they maintain their 

SSP/ASP records. 

Total Annual Burden Cost (Operating/ 

Maintaining) 

The 2007 CFATS Regulatory 

Evaluation assumes that Site Security 

Officers will be responsible for 

submitting Top-Screens. For the 

purpose of this notice, the Department 

maintains this assumption. 

The total annual burden cost for the 

SVA/ASP is $3,730,852 [43,382 total 

annual burden hours × $86 (average 

hourly wage rate for Site Security 

Officers)]. The rounded estimate is 

$3,730,900. 

The Department’s Methodology in 

Estimating the Burden for Site Security 

Plan (SSP) and Alternative Security 

Program (ASP) Submitted in Lieu of the 

Site Security Plan 

Number of Respondents 

The current information collection 

estimated that 825 respondents would 

complete an SSP/ASP annually in CY 

2008–2010. At the time the current 

information collection was approved in 

March of 2010, the Department did not 

have adequate actual data from which to 

estimate the number of respondents. 

Thus, for simplicity, the Department 

opted to use the same estimated number 

of respondents for the SVA/ASP as the 

estimated number used for the SSP/ 

ASP. 

Between January 2009 and December 

2011, 4,199 respondents submitted an 

SSP/ASP. 

TABLE 5—SSP/ASP SUBMISSION ESTIMATES, INCLUDING NEW SSP/ASP SUBMISSIONS

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total 

Estimated number of SSP/ASP Respondents in the information collection 

that expires on 03/31/13 .............................................................................. 1,485 495 495 2,475 

Actual Number of New SSPs/ASPs Submitted ............................................... 907 3,056 236 4,199 

In CY 2009–2011, 2,321 facilities were 

required to complete an SSP/ASP from 

the 3,528 facilities that submitted an 

SVA/ASP. Therefore, the percentage of 

SVA/ASPs that resulted in a 

determination by the Department that 

an SSP or ASP in lieu of an SSP must 

be submitted by a facility was 65.7 

percent. Therefore, for the purposes of 

this notice, the number of SSP/ASP 

respondents is 486 [740 SVA/ASP 

respondents × 0.657]. See table below. 

TABLE 6—SVA/ASP RESPONDENT AND SSP/ASP RESPONDENT ESTIMATES

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total Average 

annual 

Estimated number of SVA/ASP Respondents in this notice 740 740 740 2,220 740 

Estimated number of SSP/ASP Respondents in this notice 486 486 486 1,458 486 


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Estimated Time per Respondent 

The current information collection 

estimated the estimated time per 

respondent for preparing and submitting 

a SSP/ASP to be 200 hours. Previously, 

when making that estimate, the 

Department assumed that the majority 

of the burden associated with the SSPs/ 

ASPs is outside of CSAT’s ability to 

quantitatively measure. However, in CY 

2009–2011, the Department was able to 

measure the duration a user was logged 

into the SVA/ASP application on behalf 

of a facility. The Department 

determined that 98 percent of users who 

submitted the evaluated SSPs were 

logged into the system for no more than 

45 hours. 

Facilities likely spent additional time 

preparing to complete the SSP/ASP 

while not logged into the SSP/ASP 

application, based upon the 

Department’s experience and routine 

interactions with regulated chemical 

facilities, the Department believes that 

200 hours of effort is a reasonable 

burden estimate (i.e., that the facility 

spends 4.5 hours outside of CSAT for 

every hour it spends logged into CSAT). 

Therefore, for the purpose of this notice, 

the Department will maintain the 

estimated time per respondent estimate 

of 200 hours. To account for the 

anticipated resubmission by facilities, 

DHS estimates that 50 percent of the 

respondents will submit an additional 

SSP/ASP. 

The Department also collects 

supporting documentation from 

approximately half of the respondents. 

Based upon the Department’s day-to-day 

informal discussions with regulated 

chemical facilities, the Department 

believes that a reasonable burden for the 

gathering and provision of supporting 

documentation is 0.25 hours per facility. 

Annual Burden Hours 

The annual burden hours for SSP/ 

ASP submission is 145,800 hours [200 

hours × 486 SSP/ASP respondents × 1.5 

response per respondent]. 

The annual burden hours for 

obtaining supporting documentation is 

60.75 hours [0.25 hours × (0.5 × 486 

SSP/ASP respondents) × (one response 

per respondent)]. 

Therefore, the Department estimates 

that the total annual burden hours for 

SSP/ASP submission is 145,860.75 

hours [145,800 hours + 60.75 hours]. 

The rounded estimate is 145,900 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup) 

The Department provides access to 

CSAT free of charge, and the 

Department assumes each respondent 

already has access to the Internet for 

basic business needs. Therefore, for the 

purposes of this notice, the Department 

estimates that there are no capital/ 

startup costs. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden 

The recordkeeping burden estimate 

for the ‘‘Site Security Plan (SSP) and 

Alternative Security Program (ASP) 

submitted in lieu of the Site Security 

Plan’’ accounts for the recordkeeping 

burden high-risk chemical facilities are 

required to maintain under CFATS, 

including SSP and ASP records because 

the Department assumes that high-risk 

chemical facilities maintain their 

records and any other required records 

in the same manners, formats, and 

locations as they maintain their SSP/ 

ASP records. Therefore, the Department 

believes it is reasonable to estimate the 

recordkeeping burden for all CFATS 

covered facilities under the 

recordkeeping burden for the ‘‘Site 

Security Plan (SSP) and Alternative 

Security Program (ASP) submitted in 

lieu of the Site Security Plan.’’ 

Records maintained under CFATS, 

including SSP/ASP records and other 

records listed at 6 CFR 27.255, may be 

kept in electronic or paper formats as 

long as they are reasonably protected. 

For the purpose of this notice, the 

Department assumes that all covered 

facilities will purchase a locked filing 

cabinet to maintain records at a cost of 

$350 each. In addition, covered facilities 

that use paper records will also incur 

the cost of additional paper and printer 

ink/toner. The Department assumes an 

additional box of paper ($50) and 

additional printer ink/toner supplies 

($200). Thus, the physical cost related to 

record keeping for each SSP/ASP 

respondent is $600 (i.e., $350 for the 

filing cabinet plus $250 for paper and 

toner) for the first year and $250 per 

year for the second and third year. Thus, 

the annual average cost for physical cost 

related to paper-based recordkeeping is 

$336 per SSP/ASP. 

TABLE 7—SSP/ASP PAPER-BASED RECORDKEEPING COSTS

Locked filing 

cabinet cost 

Paper and ink/ 

toner cost Year 1 cost Year 2 cost Year 3 cost Average annual cost 

SSP/ASP .................................................. $350 $250 $600 $250 $250 $336 

The Department assumes that clerical 

staff will spend 48 hours per year (four 

hours per month) maintaining records, 

such as filing, binding, etc. The 2007 

CFATS Regulatory Evaluation estimated 

the wage rate of clerical staff by 

leveraging the ECI published by the 

BLS. Specifically, for the purpose of this 

notice the Department adjusted the 

wage rate of clerical staff from $40 per 

hour to $43 per hour. Thus, the 

Department estimates the labor related 

to paper-based recordkeeping burden is 

$2,064 per SSP/ASP [48 hours × $43]. 

Alternatively, although it is not 

required, businesses may keep their 

records electronically. Under this 

scenario, DHS assumes that a small 

number of respondents (i.e., 5 percent) 

will purchase a computer loaded with 

basic spreadsheet software. For the 

purpose of this notice, the Department 

assumes that 5 percent of covered 

facilities will purchase a computer and 

printer to maintain records at a total 

cost of $1,000. Thus, the annual average 

cost for physical costs related to 

electronic-based recordkeeping is $333 

per SSP/ASP. 

The Department assumes that there 

will be a larger time commitment for 

updating records and inputting data into 

a spreadsheet. Hence, DHS estimates six 

hours per month to maintain electronic 

records. Thus, the Department estimates 

the labor related to electronic-based 

recordkeeping burden is $3,096 [72 

hours × $43 (average hourly wage rate 

for clerical staff)]. 

Therefore, for the purposes of this 

notice, the Department estimates that 

the annual recordkeeping burden is 

$1,205,256 [($366 + $2,064) × (0.95 × 

486 SSP/ASP respondents) + [($333 + 

$3,096) × (0.05 × 486 SSP/ASP 

respondents)]. The rounded estimate is 

$1,205,300. 

Total Annual Burden Cost (Operating/ 

Maintaining) 

The total annual burden cost for the 

SSP/ASP is $9,674,171 [98,475.75 hours 

multiplied by $86 (average hourly wage 

rate for Site Security Officers) + 

$1,205,256 (total annual recordkeeping 

burden)]. The rounded estimate is 

$9,675,200. 


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2 1,866 respondents created CSAT facility profiles 

for 2,243 facilities and created 3,274 CSAT user 

roles. A single user may register more than one user 

and more than one chemical facility at a time. 

The Department’s Methodology in 

Estimating the Burden for the Helpdesk 

Number of Respondents 

The Department evaluated the 

historical data to determine if the 

current information collection estimate 

of 25,000 respondents continued to be 

an appropriate estimate for Helpdesk. In 

CY 2009–2011, the Helpdesk accepted 

27,135 calls and 10,858 emails. 

TABLE 8—HELPDESK RESPONDENT TOTALS

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total Average 

annual 

Estimated number of Respondents in the IC that expires 

on 03/31/13 ...................................................................... 25,000 25,000 25,000 75,000 25,000 

Actual number of Respondents (phone calls and emails) .. 14,167 15,002 8,814 37,983 12,661 

The average annual number of 

respondents for this time period was 

12,661 respondents (calls and emails). 

Therefore, for the purpose of this notice, 

the Department has reduced the 

estimated number of respondents from 

25,000 to 15,000, based on actual 

historical data. 

Estimated Time per Respondent 

The Department evaluated the 

historical data to determine if the 

estimated time per respondent of 0.25 

hours (15 minutes) continued to be an 

appropriate estimate. In CY 2009–2011, 

the actual average Helpdesk call 

averaged less than nine minutes. 

TABLE 9—HELPDESK CALL TIME AVERAGES

CY 2009 CY 2010 CY 2011 

Actual Average Call Time (minutes) ............................................................................................ 8:18 8:47 8:29 

The Department does not have any 

information about the average amount of 

time it took respondents to type and 

send the 10,858 emails between January 

2009 and December 2011. 

Therefore, for the purpose of this 

notice, the Department has reduced the 

estimated time per respondent from 0.25 

hours (i.e., 15 minutes) to 0.17 hours 

(i.e., 10 minutes). 

Annual Burden Hours 

The annual burden hours for the 

Helpdesk will be 2,550 hours [0.17 

hours × 15,000 respondents]. 

Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup) 

Contacting the CFATS Helpdesk is 

free, and the Department assumes that 

each respondent already has a phone 

and/or access to the Internet for basic 

business needs. Therefore, for the 

purposes of this notice, the Department 

estimates that there are no capital/ 

startup costs. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden 

There is no recordkeeping burden 

when contacting the CSAT Helpdesk. 

Total Annual Burden Cost (Operating/ 

Maintaining) 

The total burden for the Helpdesk is 

$219,300 [2,550 annual burden hours × 

$86 (average hourly rate for Site 

Security Officers)]. 

The Department’s Methodology in 

Estimating the Burden for the User 

Registration 

Number of Respondents 

The current information collection 

estimated 4,167 respondents would 

complete the user registration process 

annually. That estimate assumed there 

would be at least one respondent for 

each Top-Screen submission. In 

actuality, between January 2009 and 

December 2011, 1,866 individuals (i.e. 

respondents) completed the online User 

Registration application.2 This 

represents an average annual number of 

622 respondents. 

Therefore, based upon actual 

historical data the Department will 

revise its assumption and assume that 

the number of respondents for User 

Registration will be one-fourth of the 

number of respondents for the TopScreen. Hence, for the purpose of this 

notice, the Department estimates that 

the number of respondents is 625. 

Estimated Time per Respondent 

In the current information collection, 

the estimated time per respondent is 

one hour. Previously, the Department 

assumed that one hour was an adequate 

amount of time for the respondent to (1) 

complete the online CSAT User 

Registration process, and subsequently 

(2) collect and submit the necessary 

signatures on the user access agreement. 

In CY 2009–2011, the Department was 

able to measure the duration a user, on 

behalf of a facility, was logged into the 

CSAT User Registration application. 

The Department determined that 98 

percent of all individuals completed the 

online CSAT User Registration 

application within 52 minutes. 

Each CSAT user role for each facility 

required a user access agreement, and a 

signature was collected for each user 

role for each facility (e.g., a single 

person who will be a submitter for two 

facilities will sign two agreements 

twice, or a single person who fulfills 

more than one role for a facility such as 

an Authorizer and Submitter will sign 

one agreement twice). This resulted in 

19,810 signatures. The Department 

estimates that collection and submission 

for each signature averaged five 

minutes, resulting in an actual burden 

to collect signatures of 53 minutes 

[(19.810 signatures × 5 minutes)/1,866 

(Number of Actual Respondents)]. 

Therefore, based on actual historical 

data, the Department has adjusted the 

estimated time per respondent from one 

hour to two hours. 

Annual Burden Hours 

The annual burden estimate for User 

Registration is 1,250 hours [2 hours × 

625 respondents]. 


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Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup) 

The Department assumes that each 

respondent already has a fax capability 

and access to the Internet for basic 

business needs. Therefore, for the 

purposes of this notice, the Department 

estimates that there no capital/startup 

costs. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden 

There is no recordkeeping burden for 

submitting a User Registration 

application. 

Total Annual Burden Cost (Operating/ 

Maintaining) 

The total burden for User Registration 

is $107,500 [1,250 annual burden hours 

× $86 (average hourly rate for Site 

Security Officers)]. 

The Department’s Methodology in 

Estimating the Burden for the Request 

for Information To Improve Program 

This is a new instrument in this 

collection. This instrument will allow 

the Department to request input on an 

occasional basis about specific 

documents (e.g., CSAT User Manuals) 

that will improve the program or its 

operations. 

Number of Respondents 

Based on historical data available in 

CSAT, the Department estimates that 

the number of respondents will be equal 

to 25 percent of the number of SSP/ASP. 

Therefore, the number of respondents is 

122 [0.25 × 486 (SSP/ASP respondents)]. 

Estimated Time per Respondent 

The Department estimates that the 

average time to review and provide 

comments on a specific document is one 

hour. 

Annual Burden Hours 

The annual burden estimate is 122 

hours [one hour × 122 respondents × 

one response per respondent]. 

Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup) 

The Department assumes that each 

respondent already has an email 

capability and access to the Internet for 

basic business needs. Therefore, for the 

purposes of this notice, the Department 

estimates that there are no capital/ 

startup costs. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden 

There is no recordkeeping burden 

when responding to a request for 

information to improve the CFATS 

program. 

Total Annual Burden Cost (Operating/ 

Maintaining) 

The total annual burden cost is 

$10,492 [122 total annual burden hours 

× $86 (average hourly wage rate for Site 

Security Officers)]. The rounded 

estimate is $10,500. OMB is particularly 

interested in comments that: 

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, Office of 

Infrastructure Protection, Infrastructure 

Security Compliance Division. 

Title: Chemical Security Assessment 

Tool. 

OMB Number: 1670–0007. 

Instrument: CSAT Top-Screen. 

Frequency: ‘‘On occasion’’ and 

‘‘Other’’. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 2,500 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 6.75 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 25,600 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $2,203,700. 

Instrument: Security Vulnerability 

Assessment and Alternative Security 

Program submitted in lieu of the 

Security Vulnerability Assessment. 

Frequency: ‘‘On occasion’’ and 

‘‘Other’’. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 740 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 40 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 43,400 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $3,730,900. 

Instrument: Site Security Plan and 

Alternative Security Program submitted 

in lieu of the Site Security Plan. 

Frequency: ‘‘On occasion’’ and 

‘‘Other’’. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 486 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 200 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 145,900 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: 

$1,205,300. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $9,675,200. 

Instrument: CFATS Helpdesk. 

Frequency: ‘‘On occasion’’ and 

‘‘Other’’. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 15,000 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.17 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,250 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $219,300. 

Instrument: CSAT User Registration. 

Frequency: ‘‘On occasion’’ and 

‘‘Other’’. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 625 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,250 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $107,500. 

Instrument: Request for Information to 

Improve Program. 

Frequency: ‘‘On occasion’’ and 

‘‘Other’’. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 329 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

hour. 

Total Burden Hours: 122 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $10,500. 


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Dated: December 11, 2012. 

Scott Libby, 

Acting Chief Information Officer, National 

Protection and Programs Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30313 Filed 12–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2012–0057] 

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 

Standards (CFATS) ChemicalTerrorism Vulnerability Information 

(CVI) 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; Extension of Information 

Collection Request: 1670–0015. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), National Protection and 

Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of 

Infrastructure Protection (IP), 

Infrastructure Security Compliance 

Division (ISCD) will submit the 

following Information Collection 

Request 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 February 15, 

2013. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to DHS/NPPD/IP/ISCD CFATS Program 

Manager, 245 Murray Lane SW., Mail 

Stop 0610, Arlington, VA 20528–0610. 

Written comments should reach the 

contact person listed no later than 

February 15, 2013. Comments must be 

identified by ‘‘DHS–2012–0057’’and 

may be submitted by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

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. 

Special Instructions: Comments that 

include trade secrets, confidential 

commercial or financial information, 

Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability 

Information (CVI), Sensitive Security 

Information (SSI), or Protected Critical 

Infrastructure Information (PCII) should 

not be submitted to the public 

regulatory docket. Please submit such 

comments separately from other 

comments in response to this notice. 

Comments containing trade secrets, 

confidential commercial or financial 

information, CVI, SSI, or PCII should be 

appropriately marked and submitted by 

mail to the DHS/NPPD/IP/ISCD CFATS 

Program Manager at the Department of 

Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane 

SW., Mail Stop 0610, Arlington, VA 

20528–0610. Comments must be 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2012–0057. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

550 of the Homeland Security 

Appropriations Act of 2007, Public Law 

109–295, provides DHS with the 

authority to regulate the security of 

high-risk chemical facilities. On April 9, 

2007, the Department issued an Interim 

Final Rule (IFR), implementing this 

statutory mandate at 72 FR 17688. 

Section 550 of the Homeland Security 

Appropriations Act of 2007 requires a 

risk-based approach to security. 

CFATS is the Department’s 

regulations under Section 550 governing 

security at high-risk chemical facilities. 

See 6 CFR Part 27. CFATS represents a 

national-level effort to minimize 

terrorism risk to such facilities. Its 

design and implementation balance 

maintaining economic vitality with 

securing facilities and their surrounding 

communities. In collaboration with the 

private sector and other stakeholders, 

the Department designed the regulations 

to take advantage of protective measures 

already in place and to allow facilities 

to employ a wide range of tailored 

measures to satisfy the regulations’ RiskBased Performance Standards. 

In 6 CFR 27.400, CFATS also 

establishes the requirements that 

covered persons must follow to 

safeguard certain documents and other 

information developed under the 

regulations. This information is 

identified as ‘‘Chemical-terrorism 

Vulnerability Information’’ (CVI) and by 

law receives protection from public 

disclosure and misuse. The instruments 

within this collection will be used to 

manage the CVI program in support of 

CFATS. 

Solicitation of Comments 

OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

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, Office of 

Infrastructure Protection, Infrastructure 

Security Compliance Division. 

Title: CFATS Chemical-terrorism 

Vulnerability Information. 

OMB Number: 1670–0015. 

Instrument: Chemical-terrorism 

Vulnerability Information 

Authorization. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 30,000 

respondents (rounded estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

hour. 

Total Burden Hours: 30,000 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $2,580,000. 

Instrument: Determination of CVI. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 300 

respondents (rounded estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 

hour. 

Total Burden Hours: 75 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $6,450. 

Instrument: Determination of a ‘‘Need 

to Know’’ by a Public Official. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 14,200 

respondents (rounded estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 

hour. 


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