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1See 77 FR 74678. The 60-day Federal Register 

notice for Information Collection 1670–0007, which 

solicited comments for 60 days, may be found at 

https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-30313. 

2The comment was submitted under docket # 

DHS–2012–0059 and provided comment not only 

on this Information Collection Request (i.e., 1670– 

0007), but also on ICR 1670–0014 and ICR 1670– 

0015. The comment may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DHS2012-0059-0002. 

3The commenter requested that the Department 

correct a citation in DHS Form 9007 (version 1.3). 

The Department has made available on its Web site 

version 2.8 of DHS Form 9007 which contains the 

correct citation. 

Dated: March 11, 2013. 

Michael Butcher, 

Acting Chief Information Officer, National 

Protection and Programs Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2013–06097 Filed 3–15–13; 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: 30-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 (ICR) 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). The Department previously 

published this ICR in the Federal 

Register on December 17, 2012, for a 60- 

day public comment period.1 In this 

notice NPPD is (1) responding to one 

comment submitted in response to the 

60-day notice previously published for 

this ICR, (2) responding to an additional 

comment that was responsive to 

different notice, also published on 

December 17, 2012, that solicited 

comments on a related Information 

Collection Request,2 and (3) soliciting 

comments concerning the extension of 

Information Collection Request, 

Chemical Security Assessment Tool for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until April 17, 2013. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, OMB. Comments should be 

addressed to OMB Desk Officer, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate. Comments must be 

identified by the docket number DHS– 

2012–0058 and may be submitted by 

one of the following methods: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Æ Email: 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Include 

the docket number in the subject line of 

the message. 

Æ Fax: (202) 395–5806. 

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. 

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 Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB. Comments 

should be addressed to OMB Desk 

Officer, Department of Homeland 

Security, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate. Comments must 

be identified by docket number DHS– 

2012–0058. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

CFATS Program Manager, DHS/NPPD/ 

IP/ISCD, CFATS@hq.dhs.gov. 

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 

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. 

Response to Comments Submitted 

During the 60-Day Comment Period 

The Department received two 

comments in response to the Federal 

Register notices published on December 

17, 2012. One comment requested that 

the Department correct a citation in one 

of its user guides but did not comment 

on the Department’s Paperwork 

Reduction Act burden estimates. The 

Department has made available on its 

Web site (www.dhs.gov/ 

chemicalsecurity) updated materials 

that contain the correct citation.3


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The Department received a second 

responsive comment that was submitted 

in response to a separate but related 

notice, also published on December 17, 

2012, that solicited comments on a 

related Information Collection Request. 

See 77 FR 74677. As a result, the 

Department has made several revisions 

to its burden estimate for ICR 1670– 

0007 in this 30-day notice in response 

to the comment. These revisions are 

discussed in the sections below. The 

commenter also made two other 

recommendations that touch on several 

of the instruments in this ICR. First, the 

commenter recommended that the 

Department include on its forms 

examples of potential responses and 

pre-populate documents with data 

previously submitted to the Department 

by each chemical facility. Second, the 

commenter recommended that the 

Department make the instruments (e.g., 

Top-Screen, Security Vulnerability 

Assessment [SVA]/Alternative Security 

Program [ASP], and Site Security Plan 

[SSP]/ASP) available online for both 

data entry and final submission. 

Further, the commenter recommended 

that the instruments should be easy to 

navigate and allow facilities to revise 

and submit the instruments online in 

various document formats (e.g., Word, 

PDF, Visio). The commenter suggested 

that if the Department implemented 

these recommendations it would 

decrease the administrative time spent 

by both respondents and the 

Department while improving the 

content of the information submitted to 

the Department to better satisfy program 

requirements. The Department will 

consider these suggestions, and if 

incorporated in the future will evaluate 

whether or not the burden estimates in 

this information collection should be 

revised. 

The Department’s Methodology in 

Estimating the Burden for the TopScreen 

Number of Respondents 

This 30-day notice relies on the 

analysis and resulting burden estimate 

in the 60-day notice for this instrument 

which estimated the number of TopScreen respondents as 2500 

respondents. 

Estimated Time per Respondent 

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 Top-Screen 

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. Based upon the 

Department’s interactions with 

regulated chemical facilities, the 

Department assumed in the 60-day 

notice that for every hour a facility is 

logged into CSAT, it spends an average 

of two hours in preparation. This 

resulted in an estimated time per 

respondent to submit a Top-Screen of 

6.75 hours. 

The Department received a comment 

suggesting that the estimated time per 

response for this instrument should be 

25 hours rather than the 6.75 hours 

estimated by the Department in the 60- 

day notice. As a result of the comment, 

and its ongoing interactions with 

regulated chemical facilities, the 

Department has revised its estimated 

time per response for this instrument. 

The Department will assume in this 30- 

day notice that a respondent spends an 

average of four hours in preparation 

outside of CSAT for every hour logged 

into CSAT. This results in an estimated 

time per respondent to submit a TopScreen of 11.25 hours. 

To account for the anticipated 

resubmission by facilities, the 

Department will continue to estimate 

that 50 percent of the respondents will 

submit two Top-Screens. 

The Department will also continue to 

estimate that it will collect 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 

As a result of the revised estimated 

time per respondent the annual burden 

hours for the Top-Screen is [11.25 hours 

× 2,500 respondents × 1.5 responses per 

respondent], which equals 42,187.50 

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 42,499.5 hours 

[42,187.5 hours + 312 hours]. The 

rounded estimate is 42,500 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 

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 42,499.5 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 the wage rate of 

Site Security Officers from $80.00 per 

hour to $86.00 per hour. Therefore, the 

total annual burden cost for the TopScreen is $3,654,957 [42,499.5 total 

annual burden hours × $86 per hour]. 

The rounded estimate is $3,655,000. 


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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 

This 30-day notice relies on the 

analysis and resulting burden estimate 

in the 60-day notice for this instrument, 

which estimated the number of SVA/ 

ASP respondents as 740 respondents. 

Estimated Time per Respondent 

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 SVA/ASP 

application. The Department 

determined that 98 percent of users who 

submitted SVAs were logged into the 

SVA/ASP application for no more than 

13 hours. Based upon the Department’s 

interactions with regulated chemical 

facilities, the Department assumed in 

the 60-day notice that for every hour a 

facility is logged into CSAT, it spends 

an average of two hours in preparation. 

This resulted in an estimated time per 

respondent to submit an SVA/ASP of 39 

hours. 

The Department received a comment 

suggesting that the estimated time per 

response for this instrument should be 

60 hours rather than the 39 hours 

estimated by the Department in the 60- 

day notice. As a result of the comment, 

and its ongoing interactions with 

regulated chemical facilities, the 

Department has revised its estimated 

time per response for this instrument. 

The Department will assume in this 30- 

day notice that a respondent spends an 

average of four hours in preparation 

outside of CSAT for every hour logged 

into CSAT. This results in an estimated 

time per respondent to submit a TopScreen of 65 hours. 

To account for the anticipated 

resubmission by facilities, the 

Department will continue to estimate 

that 50 percent of the respondents will 

submit an additional SVA/ASP. 

The Department will also continue to 

estimate that it will collect 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 the 

SVA/ASP is 72,150 hours [740 

respondents × 65 hours × 1.5 response 

per respondent]. 

The annual burden estimate to obtain 

supporting documentation is 92.5 hours 

[0.25 hours × 370 respondents x one 

response per respondent]. 

Therefore, the Department estimates 

that the total annual burden in hours for 

the SVA/ASP is 72,242.5 hours [72,150 

hours + 92.5 hours]. The rounded 

estimate is 72,200 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 SVA/ASPs. For the purpose 

of this notice, the Department maintains 

this assumption. 

The total annual burden cost for the 

SVA/ASP is $6,212,855 [72,242.5 total 

annual burden hours × $86 (average 

hourly wage rate for Site Security 

Officers)]. The rounded estimate is 

$6,212,900. 

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 

This 30-day notice relies on the 

analysis and resulting burden estimate 

in the 60-day notice for this instrument 

which estimated the number of SSP/ 

ASP respondents is 486 respondents. 

Estimated Time per Respondent 

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 SSP/ASP 

application. The Department 

determined that 98 percent of users who 

submitted SSPs were logged into the 

SSP/ASP application for no more than 

45 hours. Based upon the Department’s 

interactions with regulated chemical 

facilities, the Department assumed in 

the 60-day notice that for every hour a 

facility is logged into CSAT, it spends 

an average of 4.5 hours in preparation. 

This resulted in an estimated time per 

respondent to submit an SSP/ASP as 

200 hours. 

The Department received a comment 

suggesting that the estimated time per 

response for this instrument should be 

225 hours rather than the 200 hours 

estimated by the Department in the 60- 

day notice. As a result of the comment, 

and its ongoing interactions with 

regulated chemical facilities, the 

Department has revised its estimated 

time per response for this instrument. 

The Department will assume in this 30- 

day notice that a respondent spends an 

average of four hours in preparation 

outside of CSAT for every hour logged 

into CSAT. This results in an estimated 

time per respondent to submit an SSP/ 

ASP as 225 hours. 

To account for anticipated 

resubmissions by facilities, the 

Department will continue to estimate 

that 50 percent of the respondents will 

submit an additional SSP/ASP. 

The Department will also continue to 

estimate that it will collect 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. 


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4 In the 60-day notice the Department estimated 

the total burden hours to submit an SSP/ASP to be 

148,860.75 hours but then incorrectly used a 

different value when estimating the total annual 

cost. In this notice the total burden hours to submit 

an SSP/ASP was revised to be 164,100 hours. The 

revised total burden hours value of 164,100 is then 

subsequently used when estimating the total annual 

cost in this 30-day notice. 

Annual Burden Hours 

The annual burden hours for SSP/ 

ASP submission is 164,025 hours [225 

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 164,085.75 

hours [164,025 hours + 60.75 hours]. 

The rounded estimate is 164,100 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 Department received a comment 

that correctly identified a calculation 

error in the 60-day notice. Specifically, 

although the Department estimated the 

average annual cost for paper-based 

recordkeeping to be $336 (which is the 

correct estimate), in later calculations, 

the value of $366 was used. 

The Department received a comment 

that suggested that the Department did 

not properly acknowledge in its 

estimates that the data collection 

process requires cooperation and input 

from a variety of individuals with wage 

rates greater than adjusted wage rate of 

clerical staff (i.e., $43) estimated in the 

ECI published by the BLS. The 

Department agrees with the commenter. 

In fact in the 60-day notice when 

estimating the total annual cost for the 

Top-Screen, SVA/ASP, and the SSP/ 

ASP instruments the Department used 

the adjusted wage rate for Site Security 

Officers (i.e., $86) estimated in the ECI 

published by the BLS. In the 60-day 

notice, the wage rate for clerical staff 

was used solely to estimate 

recordkeeping costs. The Department 

believes this is reasonable and as a 

result did not revise its wage rates. 

Therefore, the Department has revised 

its estimate of the annual recordkeeping 

burden to be $1,191,405.70 [($336 + 

$2,064) × (0.95 × 486 SSP/ASP 

respondents) + [($333 + $3,096) × (0.05 

× 486 SSP/ASP respondents)]. The 

rounded estimate is $1,191,400. 

Total Annual Burden Cost (Operating/ 

Maintaining) 

The Department received a comment 

that correctly identified a second 

calculation error in the 60-day notice.4

Specifically, the comment pointed out 

that although the Department estimated 

the estimated time per respondent, a 

different value was used in later 

calculations to estimate the total annual 

burden cost. The Department has 

corrected the error in this notice. 

Therefore, the revised total annual 

burden cost for the SSP/ASP is 

$15,302,780.20 [164,085.75 hours 

multiplied by $86 (average hourly wage 

rate for Site Security Officers) + 

$1,191,405.70 (total annual 

recordkeeping burden)]. The rounded 

estimate is $15,302,800. 

The Department’s Methodology in 

Estimating the Burden for the Helpdesk 

This 30-day notice relies on the 

analysis and resulting burden estimates 

in the 60-day notice for this instrument. 

The Department’s Methodology in 

Estimating the Burden for the User 

Registration 

This 30-day notice relies on the 

analysis and resulting burden estimates 

in the 60-day notice for this instrument. 

The Department’s Methodology in 

Estimating the Burden for the Request 

for Information To Improve Program 

This 30-day notice relies on the 

analysis and resulting burden estimates 

in the 60-day notice for this instrument. 

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, Office of 

Infrastructure Protection, Infrastructure 

Security Compliance Division. 

Title: Chemical Security Assessment 

Tool (CSAT). 

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: 

11.25 hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 42,500 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $3,655,000. 

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: 65 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 472,200 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $6,212,900. 

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: 225 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 164,100 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: 

$1,191,400. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $15,302,800. 

Instrument: Chemical Facility AntiTerrorism Standards (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: Chemical Security 

Assessment Tool (CSAT) User 

Registration. 

Frequency: ‘‘On occasion’’ and 

‘‘Other’’. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 625 

respondents (estimate). 

Estimated Time per Respondent: Two 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,250 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $107,500. 


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1See 77 FR 74685. The 60-day Federal Register 

notice for IC 1670–0015 which solicited comments 

for 60 days may be found at https:// 

federalregister.gov/a/2012-30316. 

2The comment was submitted under docket # 

DHS–2012–0059 and provided comment not only 

on this information collection request (i.e., 1670– 

0015), but also on ICR 1670–0007 and ICR 1670– 

0014. The comment may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DHS2012-0059-0002. 

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: One 

hour. 

Total Burden Hours: 122 hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $10,500. 

Dated: March 11, 2013. 

Michael Butcher, 

Acting Chief Information Officer, National 

Protection and Programs Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2013–06095 Filed 3–15–13; 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: 30-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 (ICR) 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). The Department previously 

published this ICR in the Federal 

Register on December 17, 2012, for a 60- 

day public comment period.1 In this 

notice, NPPD is responding to one 

relevant comment that was responsive 

to different notice, also published in the 

Federal Register on December 17, 2012 

that solicited comments on a related 

Information Collection Request.2 This 

notice is also soliciting comments 

concerning the Information Collection 

Request, Chemical Facility AntiTerrorism Standards (CFATS) Chemicalterrorism Vulnerability Information 

(CVI) for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until April 17, 2013. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, OMB. Comments should be 

addressed to OMB Desk Officer, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate. Comments must be 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2012–0057 and may be submitted by 

one of the following methods: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Æ Email: 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Include 

the docket number in the subject line of 

the message. 

Æ Fax: (202) 395–5806. 

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. Comments that include trade 

secrets, confidential commercial or 

financial 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 Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB. Comments 

should be addressed to OMB Desk 

Officer, Department of Homeland 

Security, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate. Comments must 

be identified by docket number DHS– 

2012–0057. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

CFATS Program Manager, DHS/NPPD/ 

IP/ISCD, CFATS@hq.dhs.gov. 

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. 

Response to Comment Submitted 

During 60-Day Comment Period: The 

Department received a comment 


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