81 FR 41981 - Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) Program

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 124 (June 28, 2016)

Page Range		41981-41981
FR Document		2016-15181

This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0062, abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an extension to the currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following collection of information on April 14, 2016, 81 FR 22093. The collection allows TSA to conduct transportation security-related assessments during site visits with surface transportation security and operating officials.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) Program

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request 
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0062, 
abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an extension to the 
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
expected burden. TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day 
comment period soliciting comments, of the following collection of 
information on April 14, 2016, 81 FR 22093. The collection allows TSA 
to conduct transportation security-related assessments during site 
visits with surface transportation security and operating officials.

DATES: Send your comments by July 28, 2016. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

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 Desk Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, 
Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA-11, Transportation Security 
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6011; 
telephone (571) 227-2062; email [email protected].

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 is available 
at http://www.reginfo.gov. 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.

Information Collection Requirement

    Title: Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) Program.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0062.
    Forms(s): Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) 
electronic checklist.
    Affected Public: Highway transportation asset owners and operators, 
intercity passenger rail and public transportation agencies, including 
mass transit bus, rail transit, commuter rail, and other, less common 
types of service (cable cars, inclined planes, funiculars, and 
automated guide way systems).
    Abstract: TSA's BASE program works with existing and new 
transportation owner/operators to identify their current security 
posture, to identify security gaps, and to implement countermeasures 
throughout the affected surface modes of transportation by asking 
established questions with major transportation asset owners and 
operators. Data and results collected through the BASE program will 
inform TSA's policy and program initiatives and allow TSA to provide 
focused resources and tools to enhance the overall security posture 
within the affected surface transportation community.
    Number of Respondents: 90.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 558 hours annually 
(Mass Transit/Passenger Rail--468 hours; Highway--90 hours).

    Dated: June 22, 2016.
Joanna Johnson,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
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Name of Committee: Center for Scientific DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND review and approval of the following
Review Special Emphasis Panel; Skeletal SECURITY information collection, TSA is soliciting
Muscle Physiology. comments to—
Date: July 26, 2016. Transportation Security Administration (1) Evaluate whether the proposed
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. information requirement is necessary for
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant Extension of Agency Information the proper performance of the functions
applications. Collection Activity Under OMB Review: of the agency, including whether the
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Baseline Assessment for Security information will have practical utility;
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 Enhancement (BASE) Program
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
(Virtual Meeting). agency’s estimate of the burden;
AGENCY: Transportation Security
Contact Person: Rajiv Kumar, Ph.D., Chief,
Administration, DHS. (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
MOSS IRG, Center for Scientific Review,
ACTION: 30-Day notice. clarity of the information to be
National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge
collected; and
Drive, Room 4216, MSC 7802, Bethesda, MD SUMMARY: This notice announces that
20892, 301–435–1212, kumarra@csr.nih.gov. (4) Minimize the burden of the
the Transportation Security collection of information on those who
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Administration (TSA) has forwarded the are to respond, including using
Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR15–287: Information Collection Request (ICR), appropriate automated, electronic,
Opportunities for Collaborative Research at Office of Management and Budget mechanical, or other technological
the NIH Clinical Center (U01). (OMB) control number 1652–0062, collection techniques or other forms of
Date: July 26, 2016. abstracted below to OMB for review and information technology.
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. approval of an extension to the
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant currently approved collection under the Information Collection Requirement
applications. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
Title: Baseline Assessment for
ICR describes the nature of the Security Enhancement (BASE) Program.
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 information collection and its expected
(Virtual Meeting). Type of Request: Extension of a
burden. TSA published a Federal
Contact Person: Seetha Bhagavan, Ph.D., currently approved collection.
Register notice, with a 60-day comment
Scientific Review Officer, Center for period soliciting comments, of the OMB Control Number: 1652–0062.
Scientific Review, National Institutes of following collection of information on Forms(s): Baseline Assessment for
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5194, April 14, 2016, 81 FR 22093. The Security Enhancement (BASE)
MSC 7846, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 237– collection allows TSA to conduct electronic checklist.
9838, bhagavas@csr.nih.gov.. transportation security-related Affected Public: Highway
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific assessments during site visits with transportation asset owners and
Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member surface transportation security and operators, intercity passenger rail and
Conflicts and Continuous Submission: operating officials. public transportation agencies,
Cardiovascular Function and Hypertension. DATES: Send your comments by July 28,
including mass transit bus, rail transit,
Date: July 27, 2016. 2016. A comment to OMB is most commuter rail, and other, less common
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. effective if OMB receives it within 30 types of service (cable cars, inclined
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant days of publication. planes, funiculars, and automated guide
applications. way systems).
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Abstract: TSA’s BASE program works
invited to submit written comments on
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 with existing and new transportation
the proposed information collection to
(Telephone Conference Call). owner/operators to identify their current
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Contact Person: Natalia Komissarova, security posture, to identify security
Affairs, OMB. Comments should be
Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for gaps, and to implement
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
addressed to Desk Officer, Department
countermeasures throughout the
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5207,
of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via
affected surface modes of transportation
MSC 7846, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–
electronic mail to oira_submission@
by asking established questions with
1206, komissar@mail.nih.gov. omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–6974.
major transportation asset owners and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance operators. Data and results collected
Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine;
Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, through the BASE program will inform
93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333,
Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA’s policy and program initiatives
93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, TSA–11, Transportation Security and allow TSA to provide focused
93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National Administration, 601 South 12th Street, resources and tools to enhance the
Institutes of Health, HHS) Arlington, VA 20598–6011; telephone overall security posture within the
(571) 227–2062; email TSAPRA@ affected surface transportation
Dated: June 22, 2016. tsa.dhs.gov. community.
David Clary,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Number of Respondents: 90.
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Comments Invited Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
Committee Policy.
estimated 558 hours annually (Mass
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[FR Doc. 2016–15161 Filed 6–27–16; 8:45 am]
Transit/Passenger Rail—468 hours;
BILLING CODE 4140–01–P Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 Highway—90 hours).
et seq.), an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to Dated: June 22, 2016.
respond to, a collection of information Joanna Johnson,
unless it displays a valid OMB control TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
number. The ICR documentation is of Information Technology.
available at http://www.reginfo.gov. [FR Doc. 2016–15181 Filed 6–27–16; 8:45 am]
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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		30-Day notice.
Dates		Send your comments by July 28, 2016. A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
Contact		Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA-11, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6011; telephone (571) 227-2062; email [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 41981

81 FR 41981 - Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) Program

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITYTransportation Security Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 124 (June 28, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration