82_FR_18540 82 FR 18466 - Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection for Chemical-Terrorism Vulnerability Information

82 FR 18466 - Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection for Chemical-Terrorism Vulnerability Information

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 74 (April 19, 2017)

Page Range18466-18468
FR Document2017-07927

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department), 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. DHS proposes to remove five of the six instruments previously approved to support the Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI) program under the Chemical Facility Anti-terrorism Standards (CFATS) regulations, 6 CFR 27.400. DHS also proposes to extend this collection with revisions to reduce the estimated burden for the remaining instrument in this collection.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2017-0015]


Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of a Currently 
Approved Information Collection for Chemical-Terrorism Vulnerability 
Information

AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for comments; Revision of Information 
Collection Request: 1670-0015.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department), 
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. DHS 
proposes to remove five of the six instruments previously approved to 
support the Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI) program 
under the Chemical Facility Anti-terrorism Standards (CFATS) 
regulations, 6 CFR 27.400. DHS also proposes to extend this collection 
with revisions to reduce the estimated burden for the remaining 
instrument in this collection.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until June 19, 
2017. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on the 
proposed revision to, and extension of, this approved information 
collection through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number DHS-2017-
0015. Except as provided below, 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,\1\ Sensitive Security Information (SSI),\2\ 
or Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) \3\ 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 
packaged in

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accordance with applicable requirements 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.
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    \1\ For more information about CVI see 6 CFR 27.400 and the CVI 
Procedural Manual at http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/chemsec_cvi_proceduresmanual.pdf.
    \2\ For more information about SSI see 49 CFR part 1520 and the 
SSI Program Web page at http://www.tsa.gov.
    \3\ For more information about PCII see 6 CFR part 29 and the 
PCII Program Web page at http://www.dhs.gov/protected-critical-infrastructure-information-pcii-program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions and requests for additional 
information may be directed to the CFATS Program Manager via email at 
_____________________________________-
cfats@dhs.gov or telephone at (866) 323-2957.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 550 of the Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act of 2007, Public Law 109-295 (2006), provided the 
Department 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. 
In December of 2014, the President signed into law the Protecting and 
Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014 (the 
CFATS Act of 2014), Public Law 113-254, which authorized the Chemical 
Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program in the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002, as amended, Public Law 107-296.\4\
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    \4\ Section 2 of the CFATS Act of 2014 adds a new Title XXI to 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002. Title XXI contains new sections 
numbered 2101 through 2109. Citations to the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 throughout this document reference those sections of Title 
XXI. In addition to being found in amended versions of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, those sections of Title XXI can also be found 
in sec. 2 of the CFATS Act of 2014, or in 6 U.S.C. 621-629.
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    The CFATS regulation (available at 6 CFR part 27) govern the 
security at covered chemical facilities that have been determined by 
the Department to be at high risk for terrorist attack. 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' Risk-Based 
Performance Standards.
    In 6 CFR 27.400, CFATS establishes the requirements that covered 
persons must follow to safeguard certain documents and other 
information developed under the regulations from unauthorized 
disclosure. This information is identified as ``Chemical-terrorism 
Vulnerability Information'' 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. The current 
information collection for the CVI program (IC 1670-0015) will expire 
on September 30, 2017.\5\
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    \5\ The current information collection for CVI may be found at 
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201303-1670-003.
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    The Department proposes the following revisions from the previously 
approved collection:
     Removal of the following instruments: (1) ``Determination 
of CVI''; (2) Determination of a ``Need to Know'' by a Public 
Official''; (3) ``Disclosure of CVI Information; (4) Notification of 
Emergency or Exigent Circumstances''; and (5) ``Tracking Log for CVI 
Received'' from this collection. As required by 5 CFR 1320.5, the 
Department reevaluated the continued need for each instrument in this 
collection. This evaluation resulted in a finding these instruments 
have historically been used rarely.
    The Department expects that in many instances when the Department 
may need or want to collect information regarding emergency and/or 
unauthorized disclosure of CVI, the collection would not be covered by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act because the information would be collected 
during the conduct of an investigation involving specific individuals 
or entities. See 44 U.S.C. 3518(c)(2) and 5 CFR 1320.4(a). The 
Department now encourages State and local officials to gain information 
regarding chemical facilities in their jurisdictions from the 
Department rather than from the facilities. Accordingly, these 
officials are now generally directed to IP Gateway. The information 
that must be collected routinely in order for such officials to gain 
access to IP Gateway has been authorized under OMB Control No. 1670-
0009.
     A reduction of the number of respondents for the CVI 
Authorization instrument from 30,000 to 20,000. This estimate is based 
on historical data and the anticipated impact of the Department's 
revision of its Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) and 
enhancement of its risk tiering methodology for the CFATS program. See 
81 FR 47001 (Jul. 20, 2016).

The Department's Methodology in Estimating the Burden for the Chemical-
Terrorism Vulnerability Information Authorization Number of Respondents

    The current information collection estimated that 30,000 
respondents (rounded estimate) would submit a request for a CVI 
Authorization annually. Based on data collected between CY 2014-2016, 
13,115 respondents on average submitted information to obtain CVI 
Authorization on an annual basis. Historical data also indicates that 
the peak number of respondents for this instrument was 18,727 in 2008. 
However, the Department expects that annual usage in the next three 
years may increase from the CY 2014-2016 average based on new users who 
must become CVI authorized to submit Top-Screens following the 
Department's revision of CSAT and enhancement of its risk tiering 
methodology. See 81 FR 47001 (Jul. 20, 2016). For these reasons, the 
Department has revised the estimated number of respondents to 20,000.

Estimated Time per Respondent

    In the current information collection, the estimated time per 
respondent to prepare and submit a CVI Authorization is one hour. Based 
on data collected between Calendar Year (CY) 2014-2016 by the CSAT 
system measuring time spent by users to complete this instrument, the 
average response time is 0.50 hours (30 minutes). Based upon this data, 
the Department proposes to reduce the estimated time per respondent to 
prepare and submit this instrument to 0.50 hours (30 minutes).

Annual Burden Hours

    The annual burden hours for the CVI Authorization is [0.50 hours x 
20,000 respondents x 1 response per respondent], which equals 10,000 
hours.

Total Capital/Startup Burden Cost

    The Department provides access to CSAT free of charge and assumes 
that each respondent already has computer hardware and access to the 
internet for basic business needs. Therefore, there are no annualized 
capital or start-up costs incurred by chemical facilities of interest 
or high-risk chemical facilities for this information collection.

Total Recordkeeping Burden

    There are no recordkeeping burden costs incurred by chemical 
facilities of interest or high-risk chemical facilities for this 
information collection.

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Total Annual Burden Cost

    The Department assumes that the majority of individuals who will 
complete this instrument are Site Security Officers (SSOs), although a 
smaller number of other individuals may also complete this instrument 
(e.g., Federal, State, and local government employees and contractors). 
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 10,000 hours by the average 
hourly wage rate of SSOs of $67.72 per hour. Therefore, the total 
annual burden cost for the CVI Authorization instrument is $677,200 
[10,000 total annual burden hours x $67.72 per hour].

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'' and ``Other''.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 20,000 respondents (rounded estimate).
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.50 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 10,000 annual burden hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
    Total Burden Cost: $677,200.

David Epperson,
Chief Information Officer, National Protection and Programs 
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
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                                                    Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.                           Place: Gaithersburg Marriott                        ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for
                                                    Agenda: To review and evaluate contract               Washingtonian Center, 9751 Washingtonian              comments; Revision of Information
                                                  proposals.                                              Boulevard, Gaithersburg, MD 20878.                    Collection Request: 1670–0015.
                                                    Place: National Cancer Institute Shady                  Contact Person: Michael B. Small, Ph.D.,
                                                  Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room                  Chief, Program and Review Extramural Staff            SUMMARY:   The Department of Homeland
                                                  7W530, Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone                   Training Office, Division of Extramural               Security (DHS or the Department),
                                                  Conference Call).                                       Activities, National Cancer Institute, NIH,
                                                    Contact Person: Shamala K. Srinivas,
                                                                                                                                                                National Protection and Programs
                                                                                                          9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 7W412,
                                                  Ph.D., Associate Director, Office of Referral,          Bethesda, MD 20892–9750, 240–276–6438,                Directorate (NPPD), Office of
                                                  Review, and Program Coordination, Division              smallm@mail.nih.gov.                                  Infrastructure Protection (IP),
                                                  of Extramural Activities, National Cancer                 Name of Committee: National Cancer                  Infrastructure Security Compliance
                                                  Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center Drive,              Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Cancer              Division (ISCD), will submit the
                                                  Room 7W530, Bethesda, MD 20892–9750,                    Drug Resistance 2.                                    following Information Collection
                                                  240–276–6442, ss537t@nih.gov.                             Date: June 27–28, 2017.                             Request to the Office of Management
                                                    Name of Committee: National Cancer                      Time: 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.                        and Budget (OMB) for review and
                                                  Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Cancer                  Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                clearance in accordance with the
                                                  Immunotherapy Trials Network.                           applications.                                         Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DHS
                                                    Date: May 18, 2017.                                     Place: Gaithersburg Marriott                        proposes to remove five of the six
                                                    Time: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.                          Washingtonian Center, 9751 Washingtonian
                                                    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                                                                        instruments previously approved to
                                                                                                          Boulevard, Gaithersburg, MD 20878.
                                                  applications.                                             Contact Person: Wlodek Lopaczynski, MD,             support the Chemical-terrorism
                                                    Place: National Cancer Institute Shady                Ph.D., Assistant Director, Office of the              Vulnerability Information (CVI) program
                                                  Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room                  Director, Division of Extramural Activities,          under the Chemical Facility Anti-
                                                  7W102, Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone                   National Cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical          terrorism Standards (CFATS)
                                                  Conference Call).                                       Center Drive, Room 7W514, Bethesda, MD                regulations, 6 CFR 27.400. DHS also
                                                    Contact Person: Shakeel Ahmad, Ph.D.,                 20892–9750, 240–276–6340, lopacw@                     proposes to extend this collection with
                                                  Scientific Review Officer, Research Programs            mail.nih.gov.                                         revisions to reduce the estimated
                                                  Review Branch, Division of Extramural                     Name of Committee: National Cancer                  burden for the remaining instrument in
                                                  Activities, National Cancer Institute, NIH,             Institute Initial Review Group; Subcommittee
                                                  9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 7W102,                                                                        this collection.
                                                                                                          I—Transition to Independence.
                                                  Bethesda, MD 20892–9750, 240–276–6349,                                                                        DATES: Comments are encouraged and
                                                                                                            Date: June 14–15, 2017.
                                                  ahmads@mail.nih.gov.                                      Time: 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.                        will be accepted until June 19, 2017.
                                                    Name of Committee: National Cancer                      Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                This process is conducted in accordance
                                                  Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Technical             applications.                                         with 5 CFR 1320.8.
                                                  Evaluation Panel #1.                                      Place: Crown Plaza National Airport, 1480           ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
                                                    Date: May 23, 2017.                                   Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.                   invited to submit comments on the
                                                    Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.                           Contact Person: Delia Tang, MD, Scientific
                                                    Agenda: To review and evaluate contract
                                                                                                                                                                proposed revision to, and extension of,
                                                                                                          Review Officer, Research Technology and
                                                  proposals.                                              Contract Review Branch, Division of
                                                                                                                                                                this approved information collection
                                                    Place: National Cancer Institute Shady                Extramural Activities, National Cancer                through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
                                                  Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room                  Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center Drive,            at http://www.regulations.gov. All
                                                  7W260, Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone                   Room 7W602, Bethesda, MD 20892–9750,                  submissions received must include the
                                                  Conference Call).                                       240–276–6456, tangd@mail.nih.gov.                     words ‘‘Department of Homeland
                                                    Contact Person: Nadeem Khan, Ph.D.,                   (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance             Security’’ and the docket number DHS–
                                                  Scientific Review Officer, Research                     Program Nos. 93.392, Cancer Construction;             2017–0015. Except as provided below,
                                                  Technology and Contract Review Branch,                  93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention                   comments received will be posted
                                                  Division of Extramural Activities, National             Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and
                                                  Cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center
                                                                                                                                                                without alteration at http://
                                                                                                          Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer                    www.regulations.gov, including any
                                                  Drive, Room 7W260, Bethesda, MD 20892–                  Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology
                                                  9750, 240–276–7684, nadeem.khan@nih.gov.                                                                      personal information provided.
                                                                                                          Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support;
                                                    Name of Committee: National Cancer                    93.398, Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399,
                                                                                                                                                                   Comments that include trade secrets,
                                                  Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Technical             Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health,        confidential commercial or financial
                                                  Evaluation Panel #2.                                    HHS)                                                  information, CVI,1 Sensitive Security
                                                    Date: May 24, 2017.                                                                                         Information (SSI),2 or Protected Critical
                                                                                                            Dated: April 13, 2017.
                                                    Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.                                                                               Infrastructure Information (PCII) 3
                                                    Agenda: To review and evaluate contract               Melanie J. Pantoja,                                   should not be submitted to the public
                                                  proposals.                                              Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory           regulatory docket. Please submit such
                                                    Place: National Cancer Institute Shady                Committee Policy.                                     comments separately from other
                                                  Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room                  [FR Doc. 2017–07842 Filed 4–18–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  7W260, Rockville, MD 20850 (Telephone
                                                                                                                                                                comments in response to this notice.
                                                  Conference Call).
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 4140–01–P                                Comments containing trade secrets,
                                                    Contact Person: Nadeem Khan, Ph.D.,                                                                         confidential commercial or financial
                                                  Scientific Review Officer, Research                                                                           information, CVI, SSI, or PCII should be
                                                  Technology and Contract Review Branch,                  DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND                                appropriately marked and packaged in
                                                  Division of Extramural Activities, National             SECURITY
                                                  Cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center                                                                      1 For more information about CVI see 6 CFR

                                                  Drive, Room 7W260, Bethesda, MD 20892–                  [Docket No. DHS–2017–0015]                            27.400 and the CVI Procedural Manual at http://
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                                                  9750, 240–276–7684, nadeem.khan@nih.gov.                                                                      www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/chemsec_cvi_
                                                                                                          Notice of Request for Revision to and                 proceduresmanual.pdf.
                                                    Name of Committee: National Cancer                                                                            2 For more information about SSI see 49 CFR part
                                                  Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Cancer                Extension of a Currently Approved
                                                                                                                                                                1520 and the SSI Program Web page at http://
                                                  Drug Resistance 1.                                      Information Collection for Chemical-                  www.tsa.gov.
                                                    Date: June 27–28, 2017.                               Terrorism Vulnerability Information                     3 For more information about PCII see 6 CFR part
                                                    Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.                                                                                29 and the PCII Program Web page at http://
                                                    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                  AGENCY:National Protection and                        www.dhs.gov/protected-critical-infrastructure-
                                                  applications.                                           Programs Directorate, DHS.                            information-pcii-program.



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                                                  accordance with applicable                              and, by law, receives protection from                 The Department’s Methodology in
                                                  requirements and submitted by mail to                   public disclosure and misuse. The                     Estimating the Burden for the
                                                  the DHS/NPPD/IP/ISCD CFATS                              instruments within this collection will               Chemical-Terrorism Vulnerability
                                                  Program Manager at the Department of                    be used to manage the CVI program in                  Information Authorization Number of
                                                  Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane                      support of CFATS. The current                         Respondents
                                                  SW., Mail Stop 0610, Arlington, VA                      information collection for the CVI
                                                  20528–0610.                                                                                                      The current information collection
                                                                                                          program (IC 1670–0015) will expire on
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                              estimated that 30,000 respondents
                                                                                                          September 30, 2017.5
                                                  Questions and requests for additional                                                                         (rounded estimate) would submit a
                                                                                                             The Department proposes the                        request for a CVI Authorization
                                                  information may be directed to the
                                                  CFATS Program Manager via email at                      following revisions from the previously               annually. Based on data collected
                                                  cfats@dhs.gov or telephone at (866)                     approved collection:                                  between CY 2014–2016, 13,115
                                                  323–2957.                                                  • Removal of the following                         respondents on average submitted
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section                      instruments: (1) ‘‘Determination of                   information to obtain CVI Authorization
                                                  550 of the Homeland Security                            CVI’’; (2) Determination of a ‘‘Need to               on an annual basis. Historical data also
                                                  Appropriations Act of 2007, Public Law                  Know’’ by a Public Official’’; (3)                    indicates that the peak number of
                                                  109–295 (2006), provided the                            ‘‘Disclosure of CVI Information; (4)                  respondents for this instrument was
                                                  Department with the authority to                        Notification of Emergency or Exigent                  18,727 in 2008. However, the
                                                  regulate the security of high-risk                      Circumstances’’; and (5) ‘‘Tracking Log               Department expects that annual usage in
                                                  chemical facilities. On April 9, 2007, the              for CVI Received’’ from this collection.              the next three years may increase from
                                                  Department issued an Interim Final                      As required by 5 CFR 1320.5, the                      the CY 2014–2016 average based on new
                                                  Rule (IFR), implementing this statutory                 Department reevaluated the continued                  users who must become CVI authorized
                                                  mandate at 72 FR 17688. In December                                                                           to submit Top-Screens following the
                                                                                                          need for each instrument in this
                                                  of 2014, the President signed into law                                                                        Department’s revision of CSAT and
                                                                                                          collection. This evaluation resulted in a
                                                  the Protecting and Securing Chemical                                                                          enhancement of its risk tiering
                                                                                                          finding these instruments have
                                                  Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of                                                                      methodology. See 81 FR 47001 (Jul. 20,
                                                                                                          historically been used rarely.                        2016). For these reasons, the
                                                  2014 (the CFATS Act of 2014), Public
                                                  Law 113–254, which authorized the                          The Department expects that in many                Department has revised the estimated
                                                  Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism                        instances when the Department may                     number of respondents to 20,000.
                                                  Standards program in the Homeland                       need or want to collect information
                                                                                                          regarding emergency and/or                            Estimated Time per Respondent
                                                  Security Act of 2002, as amended,
                                                  Public Law 107–296.4                                    unauthorized disclosure of CVI, the                      In the current information collection,
                                                    The CFATS regulation (available at 6                  collection would not be covered by the                the estimated time per respondent to
                                                  CFR part 27) govern the security at                     Paperwork Reduction Act because the                   prepare and submit a CVI Authorization
                                                  covered chemical facilities that have                   information would be collected during                 is one hour. Based on data collected
                                                  been determined by the Department to                    the conduct of an investigation                       between Calendar Year (CY) 2014–2016
                                                  be at high risk for terrorist attack. See 6             involving specific individuals or                     by the CSAT system measuring time
                                                  CFR part 27. CFATS represents a                         entities. See 44 U.S.C. 3518(c)(2) and 5              spent by users to complete this
                                                  national-level effort to minimize                       CFR 1320.4(a). The Department now                     instrument, the average response time is
                                                  terrorism risk to such facilities. Its                  encourages State and local officials to               0.50 hours (30 minutes). Based upon
                                                  design and implementation balance                       gain information regarding chemical                   this data, the Department proposes to
                                                  maintaining economic vitality with                      facilities in their jurisdictions from the            reduce the estimated time per
                                                  securing facilities and their surrounding               Department rather than from the                       respondent to prepare and submit this
                                                  communities. The regulations were                       facilities. Accordingly, these officials              instrument to 0.50 hours (30 minutes).
                                                  designed, in collaboration with the                     are now generally directed to IP
                                                  private sector and other stakeholders, to                                                                     Annual Burden Hours
                                                                                                          Gateway. The information that must be
                                                  take advantage of protective measures
                                                                                                          collected routinely in order for such                   The annual burden hours for the CVI
                                                  already in place and to allow facilities
                                                                                                          officials to gain access to IP Gateway has            Authorization is [0.50 hours × 20,000
                                                  to employ a wide range of tailored
                                                                                                          been authorized under OMB Control No.                 respondents × 1 response per
                                                  measures to satisfy the regulations’ Risk-
                                                                                                          1670–0009.                                            respondent], which equals 10,000 hours.
                                                  Based Performance Standards.
                                                    In 6 CFR 27.400, CFATS establishes                       • A reduction of the number of                     Total Capital/Startup Burden Cost
                                                  the requirements that covered persons                   respondents for the CVI Authorization
                                                  must follow to safeguard certain                        instrument from 30,000 to 20,000. This                  The Department provides access to
                                                  documents and other information                         estimate is based on historical data and              CSAT free of charge and assumes that
                                                  developed under the regulations from                    the anticipated impact of the                         each respondent already has computer
                                                  unauthorized disclosure. This                           Department’s revision of its Chemical                 hardware and access to the internet for
                                                  information is identified as ‘‘Chemical-                Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) and                   basic business needs. Therefore, there
                                                  terrorism Vulnerability Information’’                   enhancement of its risk tiering                       are no annualized capital or start-up
                                                                                                                                                                costs incurred by chemical facilities of
                                                                                                          methodology for the CFATS program.
                                                    4 Section 2 of the CFATS Act of 2014 adds a new                                                             interest or high-risk chemical facilities
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                                                                                                          See 81 FR 47001 (Jul. 20, 2016).
                                                  Title XXI to the Homeland Security Act of 2002.                                                               for this information collection.
                                                  Title XXI contains new sections numbered 2101
                                                  through 2109. Citations to the Homeland Security                                                              Total Recordkeeping Burden
                                                  Act of 2002 throughout this document reference
                                                  those sections of Title XXI. In addition to being                                                               There are no recordkeeping burden
                                                  found in amended versions of the Homeland
                                                  Security Act of 2002, those sections of Title XXI can     5 Thecurrent information collection for CVI may     costs incurred by chemical facilities of
                                                  also be found in sec. 2 of the CFATS Act of 2014,       be found at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/        interest or high-risk chemical facilities
                                                  or in 6 U.S.C. 621–629.                                 PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201303-1670-003.                   for this information collection.


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                                                  Total Annual Burden Cost                                Commission has determined to reset the                   On August 26, 2016, Respondents
                                                    The Department assumes that the                       time for the beginning of the oral                    filed a motion to terminate U.S. Steel’s
                                                  majority of individuals who will                        argument, see 82 FR 16417–8 (Apr. 4,                  antitrust claim under 19 CFR 210.21. On
                                                  complete this instrument are Site                       2017), to 10 a.m. on April 20, 2017.                  November 14, 2016, the administrative
                                                  Security Officers (SSOs), although a                                                                          law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) issued an initial
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  smaller number of other individuals                                                                           determination (‘‘ID’’) (Order No. 38),
                                                                                                          Houda Morad, Office of the General                    granting Respondents’ motion to
                                                  may also complete this instrument (e.g.,                Counsel, U.S. International Trade
                                                  Federal, State, and local government                                                                          terminate Complainant’s antitrust claim
                                                                                                          Commission, 500 E Street SW.,                         under 19 CFR 210.21 and, in the
                                                  employees and contractors). For the                     Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
                                                  purpose of this notice, the Department                                                                        alternative, under 19 CFR 210.18.
                                                                                                          708–4716. Copies of non-confidential                     On December 19, 2016, the
                                                  maintains this assumption. Therefore, to                documents filed in connection with this
                                                  estimate the total annual burden, the                                                                         Commission issued a Notice
                                                                                                          investigation are or will be available for            determining to review the ID (Order No.
                                                  Department multiplied the annual                        inspection during official business
                                                  burden of 10,000 hours by the average                                                                         38). See 81 FR 94416–7 (Dec. 23, 2016).
                                                                                                          hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the                 In the December 19, 2016, Notice, the
                                                  hourly wage rate of SSOs of $67.72 per
                                                                                                          Office of the Secretary, U.S.                         Commission requested written
                                                  hour. Therefore, the total annual burden
                                                                                                          International Trade Commission, 500 E                 submissions from ‘‘[t]he parties to the
                                                  cost for the CVI Authorization
                                                                                                          Street SW., Washington, DC 20436,                     investigation, including the Office of
                                                  instrument is $677,200 [10,000 total
                                                                                                          telephone (202) 205–2000. General
                                                  annual burden hours × $67.72 per hour].                                                                       Unfair Import Investigations, and
                                                                                                          information concerning the Commission                 interested government agencies,’’ and
                                                  Analysis                                                may also be obtained by accessing its                 set a date of March 14, 2017, for
                                                     Agency: Department of Homeland                       Internet server at https://www.usitc.gov.             possible oral argument. Id.
                                                  Security, National Protection and                       The public record for this investigation                 On March 3, 2017, the Commission
                                                  Programs Directorate, Office of                         may be viewed on the Commission’s                     issued another notice seeking further
                                                  Infrastructure Protection, Infrastructure               electronic docket (EDIS) at https://                  written submissions from the public and
                                                  Security Compliance Division.                           edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired                      rescheduling the date and time for the
                                                     Title: CFATS Chemical-terrorism                      persons are advised that information on               oral argument to April 20, 2017 at 9:30
                                                  Vulnerability Information.                              this matter can be obtained by                        a.m. See 82 FR 13133–4 (Mar. 9, 2017).
                                                     OMB Number: 1670–0015.                               contacting the Commission’s TDD                          On March 30, 2017, the Commission
                                                     Instrument: Chemical-terrorism                       terminal on (202) 205–1810.                           issued another notice setting the
                                                  Vulnerability Information                                                                                     procedure for the oral argument. See 82
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:       The
                                                  Authorization.                                                                                                FR 16417–8 (Apr. 4, 2017).
                                                                                                          Commission instituted Investigation No.
                                                     Frequency: ‘‘On occasion’’ and                                                                                The Commission has determined to
                                                                                                          337–TA–1002 on June 2, 2016, based on
                                                  ‘‘Other’’.                                                                                                    reset the time for the beginning of the
                                                     Affected Public: Business or other for-              a complaint filed by Complainant
                                                                                                          United States Steel Corporation of                    oral argument to 10 a.m. on April 20,
                                                  profit.                                                                                                       2017.
                                                     Number of Respondents: 20,000                        Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (‘‘U.S. Steel’’),
                                                                                                          alleging a violation of Section 337 of the               The authority for the Commission’s
                                                  respondents (rounded estimate).
                                                     Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.50                  Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19                    determination is contained in section
                                                  hours.                                                  U.S.C. 1337. See 81 FR 35381–2 (June 2,               337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
                                                     Total Burden Hours: 10,000 annual                    2016). The complaint alleges violations               amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in part
                                                  burden hours.                                           of Section 337 based upon the                         210 of the Commission’s Rules of
                                                     Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):                 importation, the sale for importation, or             Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part
                                                  $0.                                                     the sale after importation into the                   210).
                                                     Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.                      United States of certain carbon and                     By order of the Commission.
                                                     Total Burden Cost: $677,200.                         alloy steel products by reason of: (1) A                Issued: April 12, 2017.
                                                  David Epperson,                                         conspiracy to fix prices and control                  Lisa R. Barton,
                                                                                                          output and export volumes, the threat or              Secretary to the Commission.
                                                  Chief Information Officer, National Protection
                                                  and Programs Directorate, Department of                 effect of which is to restrain or
                                                                                                                                                                [FR Doc. 2017–07758 Filed 4–18–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  Homeland Security.                                      monopolize trade and commerce in the
                                                                                                                                                                BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–07927 Filed 4–18–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          United States; (2) misappropriation and
                                                  BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P
                                                                                                          use of trade secrets, the threat or effect
                                                                                                          of which is to destroy or substantially
                                                                                                          injure an industry in the United States;              DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                                                                                          and (3) false designation of origin or
                                                  INTERNATIONAL TRADE                                                                                           Antitrust Division
                                                                                                          manufacturer, the threat or effect of
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                                                                          which is to destroy or substantially                  United States V. Danone S.A. and the
                                                  [Investigation No. 337–TA–1002]                         injure an industry in the United States.              Whitewave Foods Company; Proposed
                                                                                                          Id. The notice of investigation identified            Final Judgment and Competitive
                                                  Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel                          forty (40) respondents that are Chinese
                                                  Products; Commission Determination                                                                            Impact Statement
                                                                                                          steel manufacturers or distributors, as
                                                  To Reset the Time for the Beginning of                  well as some of their Hong Kong and                     Notice is hereby given pursuant to the
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                                                  the April 20, 2017, Oral Argument                       United States affiliates. Id. In addition             Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act,
                                                  AGENCY: U.S. International Trade                        to the private parties, the Commission                15 U.S.C. 16(b)–(h), that a proposed
                                                  Commission.                                             assigned an Investigative Attorney from               Final Judgment, Stipulation and
                                                  ACTION: Notice.
                                                                                                          the Commission’s Office of Unfair                     Competitive Impact Statement have
                                                                                                          Import Investigations (OUII), who                     been filed with the United States
                                                  SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given that                  functions as an independent litigant or               District Court for the District of
                                                  the U.S. International Trade                            party in the investigation. Id.                       Columbia in United States of America v.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
Action60-Day Notice and request for comments; Revision of Information Collection Request: 1670-0015.
DatesComments are encouraged and will be accepted until June 19, 2017. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8.
ContactQuestions and requests for additional information may be directed to the CFATS Program Manager via email at
FR Citation82 FR 18466 

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