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2E.O. 13636 can be found at: http://www.gpo.gov/ 

fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-02-19/pdf/2013-03915.pdf. 

and operators and state, local, tribal, 

and territorial entities to enhance the 

security and resilience of critical 

infrastructure. 

President Obama also signed 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13636 2 on 

February 12, 2013, entitled Improving 

Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. By 

issuing the E.O. and PPD together, the 

Administration is taking an integrated 

approach to strengthening the security 

and resilience of critical infrastructure 

against all hazards, through an updated 

and overarching national framework 

that acknowledges the increased role of 

cybersecurity in securing physical 

assets. 

PPD–21 sets forth several actions that 

the Secretary of Homeland Security 

shall take to implement the directive. 

One of these actions is to develop a 

National Critical Infrastructure Security 

and Resilience R&D Plan. This is to be 

done within two years of the date of the 

directive, or by February 12, 2015, with 

the Secretary of Homeland Security 

working in coordination with the Office 

of Science and Technology Policy 

(OSTP), the Sector-Specific Agencies 

(SSAs), Department of Commerce 

(DOC), and other Federal departments 

and agencies. The plan is to take into 

account the evolving threat landscape, 

annual metrics, and other relevant 

information to identify priorities and 

guide R&D requirements and 

investments. The plan shall be issued 

every 4 years after its initial delivery 

with interim updates as needed. The 

plan will provide input to align Federal 

and Federally-funded R&D activities 

seeking to strengthen the security and 

resilience of the Nation’s critical 

infrastructure. 

The R&D Plan is being written 

through a collaborative process 

involving a full range of critical 

infrastructure partners and other 

stakeholders. This notice extends an 

invitation to the broader public to 

provide comments on the specific 

questions posed to inform the 

identification of national CISR R&D 

priorities. These comments and inputs 

will help to ensure the NCISR R&D Plan 

is relevant and useful, guiding R&D that 

will strengthen the security and 

resilience of the Nation’s critical 

infrastructure. 

IV. Specific Questions 

Answers to the following specific 

questions are desired: 

1. What do you view as the most 

significant cross-sector R&D themes? 

How might this view change looking 

forward to 2020 and beyond? 

2. PPD–21 states, ‘‘Critical 

infrastructure must be secure and able 

to withstand and rapidly recover from 

all hazards.’’ Given this desired 

outcome, what factors should be 

considered in prioritizing national R&D 

activities? 

3. What role can partnerships play in 

facilitating R&D within the themes 

identified in question #1? Is public 

sector engagement essential to 

advancing any of these themes? 

Dated: November 10, 2014. 

Jalal Mapar, 

Director, Resilient Systems Division, Science 

and Technology Directorate. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–9F–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

[1651–0117] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Free Trade Agreements 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for 

comments; extension of an existing 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) of the Department of 

Homeland Security will be submitting 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act: Free Trade Agreements. 

CBP is proposing that this information 

collection be extended with a change to 

the burden hours, but no changes to the 

information collected. This document is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before January 16, 2015 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of International Trade, 

90 K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20229–1177. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Tracey Denning, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Regulations and Rulings, Office of 

International Trade, 90 K Street NE., 

10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229– 

1177, at 202–325–0265. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 

44 U.S.C. 3507). The comments should 

address: (a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimates of the burden of the collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology; and (e) the annual cost 

burden to respondents or record keepers 

from the collection of information (total 

capital/startup costs and operations and 

maintenance costs). The comments that 

are submitted will be summarized and 

included in the CBP request for OMB 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. In this 

document, CBP is soliciting comments 

concerning the following information 

collection: 

Title: Free Trade agreements. 

OMB Number: 1651–0117. 

Form Number: None. 

Abstract: Free trade agreements are 

established to reduce and eliminate 

trade barriers, strengthen and develop 

economic relations, and to lay the 

foundation for further cooperation to 

expand and enhance benefits of the 

agreement. These agreements establish 

free trade by reduced-duty treatment on 

imported goods. 

The U.S. has entered into the 

following Free Trade Agreements: 

United States-Chile Free Trade 

Agreement (US–CFTA) (Pub. L. 108–77); 

the Republic of Singapore (Pub. L. 108– 

78, 117 Stat. 948,19 U.S.C. 3805 note); 

Australia (Pub. L. 108–286); Morocco 

(Pub. L. 108–302); Jordan (Pub. L. 107– 

43); Bahrain (Pub. L. 109–169); Oman 

(Pub. L. 107–210); Peru (Pub. L. 110– 

138, 121 Stat. 1455); Korea (Pub. L. 112– 

41); Colombia (Pub. L. 112–42, 125 Stat. 

462); Panama (Pub. L. 112–43); and 

Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El 

Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and 

Nicaragua (CAFTA–DR) (Pub. L. 109– 

53, 119 Stat. 462). 

These free trade agreements involve 

collection of data elements such as 

information about the importer and 

exporter of the goods, a description of 

the goods, tariff classification number, 


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and the preference criterion in the Rules 

of Origin. Respondents can obtain 

information on how to make claims 

under these Free Trade Agreements by 

going to http://www.cbp.gov/trade/freetrade-agreements. 

Current Actions: CBP has reevaluated 

the time necessary to prepare and 

submit information related to these free 

trade agreements. Prior to this 

submission, CBP estimated a time per 

response of 12 minutes, or 0.2 hours. 

Based on our recent evaluation, CBP 

believes that 2 hours per response is a 

more accurate estimate. This update has 

increased the estimated burden hours 

for this ICR from 71,720 annual hours to 

717,200 annual hours. 

In addition to reevaluating the burden 

hours associated with this ICR, CBP has 

also added the Dominican RepublicCentral American-United States Free 

Trade Agreement (CAFTA–DR) to this 

ICR because it has the same information 

collection requirements as the other 

FTA’s. Previously, CAFTA–DR was 

reported under OMB Control Number 

1651–0125. Combining collection 1651– 

0125 with this ICR adds 4,800 annual 

burden hours to this submission. 

There is no new information required 

or substantive changes related to Free 

Trade Agreements. 

Type of Review: Extension (with 

change). 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

359,400. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 361,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 722,000. 

Dated: November 10, 2014. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27080 Filed 11–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

[1651–0055] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Harbor Maintenance Fee 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; extension of an existing 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) of the Department of 

Homeland Security will be submitting 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act: Harbor Maintenance 

Fee. CBP is proposing that this 

information collection be extended with 

no change to the burden hours or to the 

information collected. This document is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before January 16, 2015 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of International Trade, 

90 K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20229–1177. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Tracey Denning, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Regulations and Rulings, Office of 

International Trade, 90 K Street NE., 

10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229– 

1177, at 202–325–0265. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 

44 U.S.C. 3507). The comments should 

address: (a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimates of the burden of the collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology; and (e) the annual cost 

burden to respondents or record keepers 

from the collection of information (total 

capital/startup costs and operations and 

maintenance costs). The comments that 

are submitted will be summarized and 

included in the CBP request for OMB 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. In this 

document, CBP is soliciting comments 

concerning the following information 

collection: 

Title: Harbor Maintenance Fee. 

OMB Number: 1651–0055. 

Form Number: Forms 349 and 350. 

Abstract: The Harbor Maintenance 

Fee (HMF) and Trust Fund is used for 

the operation and maintenance of 

certain U.S. channels and harbors by the 

Army Corps of Engineers. U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) is required 

to collect the HMF from importers, 

domestic shippers, and passenger vessel 

operators using federal navigation 

projects. Commercial cargo loaded on or 

unloaded from a commercial vessel is 

subject to a port use fee of 0.125 percent 

of its value if the loading or unloading 

occurs at a port that has been designated 

by the Army Corps of Engineers. The 

HMF also applies to the total ticket 

value of embarking and disembarking 

passengers and on cargo admissions into 

a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ). 

CBP Form 349, Harbor Maintenance 

Fee Quarterly Summary Report, and 

CBP Form 350, Harbor Maintenance Fee 

Amended Quarterly Summary Report 

are completed by domestic shippers, 

foreign trade zone applicants, and 

passenger vessel operators and 

submitted with payment to CBP. CBP 

proposes to amend Form 349 to add the 

respondent’s email address and fax 

number. 

CBP uses the information collected on 

CBP Forms 349 and 350 to verify that 

the fee collected is timely and 

accurately submitted. These forms are 

authorized by the Water Resources 

Development Act of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

4461, et seq.) and provided for by 19 

CFR 24.24, which also includes the list 

of designated ports. CBP Forms 349 and 

350 are accessible at http://

www.cbp.gov/newsroom/publications/

forms or they may be completed and 

filed electronically at www.pay.gov. 

Current Actions: CBP proposes to 

extend the expiration date of this 

information collection with no change 

to the burden hours or to Forms 349 and 

350. 

Type of Review: Extension (without 

change). 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

CBP Form 349 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

560. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 2,240. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,120. 

CBP Form 350 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

15. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 60. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 30. 


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