[Federal Register: December 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 246)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
New Emergency Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: Critical Facility Information of the Top 100 Most Critical
Pipelines
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of emergency clearance request.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the new Information Collection
Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for emergency processing and approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The ICR describes the nature of information collection
and its expected burden. This collection provides TSA critical facility
and annual product through-put information from owners/operators of the
nation's largest pipelines, and is necessitated by the requirements set
forth in the
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Implementing the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007.
DATES: Send your comments by January 25, 2008. 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, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be
addressed to Nathan Lesser, Desk Officer, Department of Homeland
Security/TSA, and sent via electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395-6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Johnson, Communications Branch,
Business Management Office, Operational Process and Technology, TSA-32,
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 22202-4220; telephone (571) 227-3651; facsimile (703)
603-0822.
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: Critical Facility Information of the Top 100 Most Critical
Pipelines.
Type of Request: Emergency processing request of new collection.
OMB Control Number: Not yet assigned.
Forms(s): None.
Affected Public: Owners and operators of the top 125 pipeline
systems in terms of reported annual through-put.
Abstract: Sec. 1557(b) of the Implementing Recommendations of the
9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-53, 121 Stat. 266, 475, 08/03/
2007) (9/11 Act), specifically tasks TSA to develop and implement a
plan for inspecting critical facilities at the 100 most critical
pipeline systems. TSA is requesting emergency processing of this
request to meet the 9/11 Act established timelines. To meet the 9/11
Act's requirement, TSA will request a report of annual product through-
put and a listing of critical facilities from the top 125 pipeline
systems in terms of annual through-put, as reported in pipeline trade
journals and other sources. System through-put is a figure already
determined and frequently used by pipeline companies for various
business financial and operations performance purposes. Further,
pipeline companies were required to determine critical facilities in
accordance with guidance set forth in the ``Pipeline Security Circular
September 4, 2002'' (2002 Guidelines) issued by the U.S. Department of
Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration
(PHMSA), formerly the Office of Pipeline Safety.
TSA determines pipeline system criticality based on the amount of
hazardous liquid or natural gas product transported through a pipeline
in one year (i.e., annual through-put). TSA will request the
information from the top 125 pipeline systems in terms of annual
through-put, and out of these, TSA will make a determination of the top
100 most critical pipeline systems. The request for information will be
transmitted by TSA via e-mail to the 125 respondents. TSA will ask the
respondents to provide the information to TSA via e-mail. To the extent
the information transmitted is Sensitive Security Information, TSA will
safeguard the information in accordance with 49 CFR parts 15 and 1520.
TSA will use the information to develop and implement a plan for
inspecting critical facilities at the 100 most critical pipeline
systems.
The information on both critical facilities and system through-put
are already produced and in use or retained by pipeline owners/
operators, the burden lies only in compiling, reviewing and
transmitting the information to TSA. TSA estimates that system owners
and operators would spend a maximum of four hours per system to
collect, review and submit the information to TSA. Thus, TSA estimates
the total annual hour burden to the public would be (125 owner/
operators) x (4 hours per owner/operator) = 500 total hours per year.
Number of Respondents: 125.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 500 hours annually.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on November 18, 2007.
Fran Lozito,
Director, Business Management Office, Operational Process and
Technology.
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