### 74685 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 242 / Monday, December 17, 2012 / Notices

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) Chemical**  **Terrorism 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 tailoredmeasures 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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Total Burden Hours: 3,550 annual burden hours. Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.

Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0. Total Burden Cost (operating/ maintaining): $305,300.

Instrument: Disclosure of CVI Information.

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: Notification of Emergency or Exigent Circumstances.

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: Tracking Log for CVI Received.

Frequency: On occasion. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 30,000 respondents (rounded estimate).

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.0833 hours (5 minutes).

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.

Dated: December 11, 2012. Scott Libby, Acting Chief Information Officer, National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2012–30316 Filed 12–14–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND**  **SECURITY**

**Coast Guard**

**[USCG–2012–1047]**

**Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget** 

**AGENCY :**  Coast Guard, DHS.

**ACTION :**  Sixty-day notice requesting
comments.

**SUMMARY :**  In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an extension of its approval for the following collection of information: 1625–0089, National Recreational Boating Survey. Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public. Before submitting this ICR to OIRA, the Coast Guard is inviting comments as described below.

**DATES :**  Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before February 15, 2013.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may submit comments identified by Coast Guard docket number [USCG–2012–1047] to the Docket Management Facility (DMF) at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). To avoid duplicate submissions, please use only one of the following

means:

(1) Online: http:// www.regulations.gov

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(2) Mail: DMF (M–30), DOT, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001.

(3) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202–366–9329.

(4) Fax: 202–493–2251. To ensure your comments are received in a timely manner, mark the fax, to attention Desk Officer for the Coast Guard.

The DMF maintains the public docket for this Notice. Comments and material received from the public, as well as documents mentioned in this Notice as being available in the docket, will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection or copying at room W12–140 on the West Building Ground Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also find the docket on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.

A copy of the ICR is available through the docket on the Internet at http:// www.regulations.gov. Additionally, copies are available from: COMMANDANT (CG–611), ATTN PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT MANAGER, US COAST GUARD, 2100 2ND ST SW. STOP 7101, WASHINGTON, DC 20593–7101.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Ms. Kenlinishia Tyler, Office of Information Management, telephone 202–475–3652, or fax 202–475–3929, for questions on these documents. Contact Ms. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, 202–366–9826, for questions on the docket.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Public Participation and Request for Comments

This Notice relies on the authority of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. An ICR is an application to OIRA seeking the approval, extension, or renewal of a Coast Guard collection of information (Collection). The ICR contains information describing the Collection’s purpose, the Collection’s likely burden on the affected public, an explanation of the necessity of the Collection, and other important information describing the Collection. There is one ICR for each Collection.

The Coast Guard invites comments on whether this ICR should be granted based on the Collection being necessary for the proper performance of Departmental functions. In particular, the Coast Guard would appreciate comments addressing: (1) The practical utility of the Collection; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden of the Collection; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of information subject to the Collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the Collection on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. In response to your comments, we may revise this ICR or decide not to seek an extension of approval for the Collection. We will consider all comments and material received during the comment period.

We encourage you to respond to this request by submitting comments and related materials. Comments must contain the OMB Control Number of the ICR and the docket number of this request, [USCG–2012–1047], and must be received by February 15, 2013. We will post all comments received, without change, to http:// www.regulations.gov. They will include any personal information you provide. We have an agreement with DOT to use