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1Sensitive Security Information (SSI) is 

information which, if publicly released, would be 

detrimental to transportation security, and is 

defined at 49 U.S.C. 114(r) and 49 CFR part 1520. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

Intent To Request Revision From OMB 

of One Public Collection of 

Information: Exercise Information 

System 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA) invites public 

comment on one currently approved 

Information Collection Request (ICR), 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number 1652–0057, 

abstracted below that we will submit to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for a revision in compliance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 

The ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

burden for the TSA Exercise 

Information System (EXIS). EXIS is a 

web portal designed to serve 

stakeholders in the transportation 

industry in regard to security training 

exercises. EXIS provides stakeholders 

with transportation security exercise 

scenarios and objectives, best practices 

and lessons learned, and a repository of 

the user’s own historical exercise data 

for use in future exercises. It also allows 

stakeholders to design and evaluate 

their own security exercises based on 

the unique needs of their specific 

transportation mode or method of 

operation. Utilizing and inputting 

information into EXIS is completely 

voluntary. 

DATES: Send your comments by October 

23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed 

to TSAPRA@dhs.gov or delivered to the 

TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information 

Technology (OIT), TSA–11, 

Transportation Security Administration, 

601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 

20598–6011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina A. Walsh at the above address, 

or by telephone 571–227–2062. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a valid OMB control 

number. The ICR documentation will be 

made available at http://

www.reginfo.gov upon its submission to 

OMB. Therefore, in preparation for 

OMB review and approval of the 

following information collection, TSA is 

soliciting comments to— 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information requirement 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; 

(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 using 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Consistent with the requirements of 

Executive Orders (EO) 13771, Reducing 

Regulation and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs, and 13777, Enforcing the 

Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also 

requesting comments on the extent to 

which this request for information could 

be modified to reduce the burden on 

respondents. 

Information Collection Requirement 

OMB Control Number 1652–0057; 

Exercise Information System. The 

Exercise Information System (EXIS) is 

an internet-accessible knowledgemanagement system developed by TSA 

to serve its relevant stakeholders (such 

as members of the transportation 

industry, port authorities, Federal 

agencies, and State and local 

governments). EXIS integrates securityrelated training and exercise 

components constituting Sensitive 

Security Information.1 It gives 

stakeholders valuable security exercise 

scenarios and objectives, best practices 

and lessons learned, and a repository of 

the users’ own historical exercise data 

for use in future exercises. 

Transportation industry stakeholders 

can choose scenarios and objectives 

based on their vulnerabilities, mode of 

transportation, and the size of their 

operation. 

TSA will collect five types of 

information through EXIS. The 

collection is voluntary. While EXIS 

users are not required to provide all 

information requested, if users choose to 

withhold information, they may not 

receive the benefits of EXIS associated 

with that information collection. 

1. User registration information. 

Because EXIS includes SSI information, 

TSA must collect information upon 

registration to ensure only those 

members of the transportation 

community with a relevant interest in 

conducting security training exercises, 

and with an appropriate level of need to 

access security training information, are 

provided access to EXIS. 

In this revision, TSA is modifying the 

type of user registration information 

collected. TSA previously collected the 

User’s name, Professional Contact 

Information, Agency/Company, Job 

Title, Supervisor’s Name, and 

Employment Verification Contact 

Information. In the revised collection, 

TSA will collect: The User’s Name, 

Agency/Organization Name and Type, 

Job Title, Supervisor or other Sponsor’s 

Name, Professional Phone Number, 

Professional Email Address, 

Employment Verification Contact Name, 

Employment Verification Contact 

Information, and the Reason for Needing 

an EXIS account. In addition, the 

following optional registration 

information can be added by the user: 

Professional (business), Country, City, 

State, Zip Code, Mobile Phone Number, 

Alternate Email, and Preferred 

Transportation Sector. 

2. Desired nature and scope of the 

exercise. TSA collects this information 

to generate an EXIS training exercise 

appropriate for the particular user. 

Users are asked to submit their desired 

transportation mode, exercise 

properties, objectives, scenario events, 

and participating agencies/attendees. 

3. Corrective actions/lessons learned/ 

best practices. TSA collects this 

information to document and share the 

users’ ideas and methods for improving 

transportation security with other 

transportation stakeholders in the wider 

EXIS user base. The TSA Intermodal 

Security Training and Exercise Program 

(I–STEP) office may send lessons 

learned and best practices to subject 

matter experts within TSA for review. 

Once the information is reviewed, any 

company or user identifying 

information is removed and the content 

is published to the site for all users to 

access. 

4. Evaluation feedback. TSA collects 

this information for the purpose of 

evaluating the usefulness of EXIS in 

facilitating security training exercises 

for the users. TSA can then modify EXIS 

to better suit its users’ needs. 

5. After-Action Reports (AARs). The 

EXIS automatically summarizes 

information from items (2) and (3) 

mentioned above in order to create 

formal AARs for users. These AARs 

include an exercise overview, goals and 

objectives, scenario event synopsis, 

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design characteristics, conclusions, and 

the executive summary. The AAR is the 

output of the exercise process. 

Stakeholders use the report to identify 

strengths or areas in which they can 

assign resources to mitigate risk and 

enhance the security posture within 

their organization. 

Based on industry population 

estimates and growth rates, and interest 

generated amongst the transportation 

modes during the years following EXIS’ 

release to the public, TSA estimates that 

there will be approximately 7,885 

primary and secondary access users in 

Year 1, 9,447 users in Year 2, and 

11,320 users in Year 3, for an average 

annual respondents estimate of 9,551. 

TSA estimates a proportion of primary 

access users and secondary users will 

spend approximately 3.5 hours per EXIS 

user inputting the information described 

above. TSA estimates secondary users 

will also spend approximately 0.25 

hours completing a survey. Given this 

information, the total annual hourly 

burden for EXIS’s collection of 

information is 4,820 hours. 

Dated: August 16, 2017. 

Christina A. Walsh, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office 

of Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17654 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2017–N082; 

FXES11130200000–178–FF02ENEH00] 

U.S. Endangered Species; Recovery 

Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

for a permit to conduct activities 

intended to recover and enhance the 

survival of endangered species. With 

some exceptions, the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), 

prohibits certain activities that may 

impact endangered species unless a 

Federal permit allows such activity. The 

ESA also requires that we invite public 

comment before issuing these permits. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by 

September 21, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Request documents or 

submit comments to Susan Jacobsen, 

Chief, Division of Classification and 

Restoration, by U.S. mail at Division of 

Classification and Recovery, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306, 

Albuquerque, NM 87103. Please specify 

the permit you are interested in by 

number (e.g., Permit No. TE–123456). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of 

Classification and Restoration, by U.S. 

mail at P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, 

NM 87103; or by telephone at 505–248– 

6641. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite 

the public to comment on the following 

applications for a permit to conduct 

activities intended to recover and 

enhance the survival of endangered 

species. With some exceptions, the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA), 

prohibits certain activities that may 

impact endangered species, unless a 

Federal permit allows such activity. The 

ESA also requires that we invite public 

comment before issuing these permits. 

Background 

The ESA prohibits certain activities 

with endangered and threatened species 

unless authorized by a Federal permit. 

The ESA and our implementing 

regulations in part 17 of title 50 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

provide for the issuance of such permits 

and require that we invite public 

comment before issuing permits for 

activities involving endangered species. 

A recovery permit issued by us under 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA 

authorizes the permittee to conduct 

activities with endangered or threatened 

species for scientific purposes that 

promote recovery or for enhancement of 

propagation or survival of the species. 

Our regulations implementing section 

10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found 

at 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife 

species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened 

wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for 

endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 

17.72 for threatened plant species. 

In accordance with section 10(c) of 

the ESA; Executive Order 13576, 

‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and 

Accountable Government’’; and the 

President’s Memorandum for the Heads 

of Executive Departments and Agencies 

of January 21, 2009, ‘‘Transparency and 

Open Government’’ (74 FR 4685; 

January 26, 2009), all of which call on 

Federal agencies to promote openness 

and transparency in Government by 

disclosing information to the public, we 

invite public comment on these permit 

applications before final action is taken. 

Applications Available for Review and 

Comment 

We invite local, State, Tribal, and 

Federal agencies and the public to 

comment on the following applications. 

Please refer to the permit number for the 

application when submitting comments. 

Documents and other information 

submitted with these applications are 

available for review by any party who 

submits a written request to the Program 

Manager for Restoration and 

Endangered Species Classification at the 

address listed in the ADDRESSES section. 

Requests must be submitted within 30 

days of the date of publication of this 

notice. Release of documents is subject 

to the requirements of the Privacy Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 

Permit Applications 

Proposed activities in the following 

permit requests are for the recovery and 

enhancement of survival of the species. 

Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action 

TE–22964C ....... Memphis Zoo, 

Memphis, Tennessee.

Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) ..... Tennessee ............ Captive propagation and genetic 

research.

Harm and harass New. 

TE–25105C ....... Heidi Kloeppel 

Trathnigg, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Southwestern willow flycatcher 

(Empidonax traillii extimus).

Arizona ................. Presence/absence 

surveys.

Harass .................. New. 

TE–829761 ........ Bureau of Land 

Management, 

Las Cruces, 

New Mexico.

Gila chub (Gila intermedia) ................. New Mexico .......... Presence/absence 

surveys.

Capture and harass.Amend. 

TE–216075 ........ Martin R. Heaney, 

Rosenberg, 

Texas.

Pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta) and 

winged mapleleaf (Quadrula 

fragosa).

Arkansas .............. Presence/absence 

surveys.

Capture and harass.Amend. 


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