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Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Pipeline Operator Security Information
This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
TSA published a
Federal Register
notice, with a 60-day comment solicitation period, of the following collection of information on November 15, 2024, 86 FR 90305. TSA did not receive any comments on the notice.
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 available at
https://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.
Information Collection Requirement
Title:
Pipeline Operator Security Information.
Type of Request:
Extension of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number:
1652-0055.
Forms(s):
CISA []
Reporting System form.
Affected Public:
Pipeline system operators.
Abstract:
In addition to TSA's broad responsibility and authority for “security in all modes of transportation” under 49 U.S.C. 114(d), TSA is statutorily required to develop and transmit to pipeline operators security recommendations for natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines and pipeline facilities.
See
sec. 1557 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Public Law 110-53 (121 Stat. 266; August 3, 2007), codified at 6 U.S.C. 1207.
Voluntary Collection.
Consistent with these requirements, TSA produced Pipeline Security Guidelines in December 2010, and April 2011, with an update published in April 2021. As the lead federal agency for pipeline security and consistent with its statutory authorities, TSA requests to be notified of all (1) incidents that may indicate a deliberate attempt to disrupt pipeline operations; and (2) activities that could be precursors to such an attempt.
Mandatory collection.
In May 2021 in response to a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline Company, TSA issued a security directive series with requirements for owner/operators of hazardous liquid and natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas facilities that TSA designated as critical. The security directive series included two mandatory information collections, reporting pipeline security incidents, and providing contact information for the cybersecurity coordinator(s) and alternate(s).
Estimated Annual Respondents:
100.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
726.[]
Dated: May 28, 2025.
Christina A. Walsh,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology, Transportation Security Administration.