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30 April 2008
Related: Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council:
http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/committees/editorial_0843.shtm
[Federal Register: April 30, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 84)]
[Notices]
[Page 23476-23478]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2008-0038]
Designation of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan
Critical Manufacturing Sector
AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) has designated Critical Manufacturing as an additional
critical infrastructure sector under the National Infrastructure
Protection Plan (NIPP) and, as part of a comprehensive national review
process, solicits public comment on the actions necessary to
incorporate this sector into the NIPP framework.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before May 10, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by docket number DHS-2008-0038
and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: Nipp@dhs.gov. Include the docket number in the
subject line of the message.
Facsimile: 703-235-3057.
Mail: R. James Caverly, NPPD/IP/POD; Mail Stop 8530,
Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, SW., Washington, DC
20528-8530.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. James Caverly, Director,
Partnership and Outreach Division, Office of Infrastructure Protection,
National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland
Security, Washington, DC 20528, 703-235-3634 or NIPP@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
DHS invites interested persons to participate in the issues
presented in this notice by submitting written data, views, or
arguments. Comments that will provide the most assistance to DHS in
developing these procedures will reference specific aspects of this
notice, explain the reason for any recommended changes necessary to
implement the Critical Manufacturing Sector, and include data,
information, or authority that supports such recommended change. DHS
invites comment on the proposed amendments to the National
Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), the organization of the
Government Coordinating Council
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(GCC), and designation of a Federal agency Sector Specific Agency
(SSA).
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this action. All comments received will be posted
without change to http:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided. You may submit your comments and material by one
of the methods specified in the ADDRESSES section. Please submit your
comments and material by only one means to avoid the adjudication of
duplicate submissions. If you submit comments by mail, your submission
should be an unbound document and no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches to
enable copying and electronic document management. If you want DHS to
acknowledge receipt of comments by mail, include with your comments a
self-addressed, stamped postcard that includes the docket number for
this action. We will date your postcard and return it to you via
regular mail.
Docket: Background documents and comments received can be viewed at
http://www.regulations.gov.
II. Background
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7) identifies 17
sectors of critical infrastructure and key resources vital to the
United States. The President designated these sectors as critical
infrastructure and key resources based on the potential national impact
of a terrorist attack on infrastructure functions, resources, and
systems within these sectors. HSPD-7 identifies characteristics of
Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) and establishes the
policy to identify CIKR and protect them against terrorist acts that
could:
1. Cause catastrophic health effects or mass casualties,
2. Impair Federal departments and agencies' abilities to perform
essential missions or to ensure the public's health and safety,
3. Undermine State and local government capacities to maintain
order and to deliver minimum essential public services,
4. Damage the private sectors' capability to ensure the orderly
functioning of the economy and delivery of essential services,
5. Have a negative effect on the economy through the cascading
disruption of other critical infrastructure and key resources, or
6. Undermine the public's morale and confidence in our national
economic and political institutions.
DHS announced the establishment of the Critical Infrastructure
Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC) by notice published in the Federal
Register on March 24, 2006. See 71 FR 14930. CIPAC facilitates
interaction between government officials and representatives of the
community of owners and/or operators for each of the CIKR sectors
defined by HSPD-7 and identified in the NIPP. The NIPP is the National
policy framework that provides a coordinated approach to CIKR
protection roles and responsibilities for federal, state, local,
tribal, and private sector security partners. The NIPP sets national
priorities, goals, and requirements for effective distribution of
funding and resources that will help ensure that our government,
economy, and public services continue in the event of a terrorist
attack or other disaster.
III. Creation of the Critical Manufacturing Sector
In addition to outlining CIKR characteristics and identifying 17
CIKR sectors, HSPD-7 also directs DHS to ``evaluate the need for and
coordinate the coverage of additional critical infrastructure and key
resources categories over time, as appropriate.'' This authority is
further provided in section 201(d)(5) of the Homeland Security Act [6
U.S.C 121(d)(5)], which directs the Secretary of Homeland Security ``to
develop a comprehensive national plan for securing the key resources
and critical infrastructure of the United States.'' Consistent with
this authority and based on an evaluation of CIKR protection summarized
below, on March 3, 2008 DHS designated Critical Manufacturing as an
additional sector under the NIPP.
Today's manufacturing environment is integrated into complex,
interdependent supply chains. Failure in any part of a supply chain can
ripple through manufacturing systems, causing cascading economic
impacts. Supply chains have been optimized for productivity and
efficiency as opposed to redundancy, making them sensitive to
disruption. Manufacturers rely heavily on information and
communications systems, the interruption of which could degrade,
damage, or shut down supply chain operations. Also, domestic
manufacturers are increasingly reliant upon foreign sources of supply,
energy, and on transcontinental transportation systems.
The composition of the Critical Manufacturing Sector attempts to
address the sensitivity of individual manufacturing systems and the
role of the manufacturing industry in cross-sector operations. The
Critical Manufacturing Sector is comprised of the manufacturing
industry systems and operations whose failure or disruption could cause
one or more of the following:
1. A large number of fatalities,
2. Significant first year national economic impact,
3. Mass evacuations with prolonged absences of six or more months,
or
4. A loss of governance or mission execution that disrupts multiple
regions or critical infrastructure sectors for more than one week
resulting in loss of necessary services to the public.
Because of the importance of the manufacturing industry in sustaining
cross-sector interdependencies, the Critical Manufacturing Sector also
includes systems and operations that, if attacked or disrupted, would
cause major interruptions to the essential functions of one or more
other CIKR sectors and result in national-level impacts.
Using all of the criteria above, DHS conducted a study of the
manufacturing sector and identified four broad manufacturing industries
which together meet the DHS definition of a CIKR sector and which will
serve as the core of the new Critical Manufacturing sector. These
industries, in part or in whole, are not adequately represented by the
17 existing CIKR sectors. The following industry systems now form the
Critical Manufacturing Sector:
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Manufacturing industry Element
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1. Primary Metal Manufacturing Iron and Steel Mills and Ferro
Alloy Manufacturing.
Alumina and Aluminum Production
and Processing.
Nonferrous Metal (except
Aluminum) Production and Processing.
2. Machinery Manufacturing.... Engine, Turbine, and Power
Transmission Equipment Manufacturing.
3. Electrical Equipment, Electrical Equipment
Appliance, and Component Manufacturing.
Manufacturing.
4. Transportation Equipment Motor Vehicle Manufacturing.
Manufacturing.
Aerospace Product and Parts
Manufacturing.
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Railroad Rolling Stock
Manufacturing.
Other Transportation Equipment
Manufacturing.
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IV. Incorporation of the Critical Manufacturing Sector Into the NIPP
Framework
The NIPP framework includes a SCC within all of the sectors
containing private sector CIKR owners and/or operators. The SCC
includes CIKR owners and/or operators and private industry trade
associations representative of CIKR owners and/or operators. By policy,
SCCs are self-created and self-led entities, and DHS encourages public
engagement in the development of the Critical Manufacturing SCC. Each
of the sectors also has a GCC whose membership includes a lead Federal
agency that is defined as the SSA, and all of the relevant Federal,
State, local, Tribal, and Territorial government agencies (or their
representative trade associations) whose mission interests also involve
the scope of the NIPP activities for that particular sector. As
directed and authorized by section 4.1.1 of the NIPP (National-Level
Coordination), the Assistant Secretary, Office of Infrastructure
Protection will assume interim leadership in supporting the development
of an SCC and coordinating the development of a GCC, and identify an
SSA to meet the requirements of HSPD-7 and the NIPP.
At the conclusion of the above process, the Secretary will identify
the GCC government agency membership and designate a Federal agency as
the SSA. The SSA, SCC, and GCC will thereafter comprise the Critical
Manufacturing Sector and continue to organize and coordinate in order
to accommodate the intent of the NIPP and full integration into the
CIKR Sector Partnership.
As the NIPP is the primary mechanism for coordinating the coverage
of CIKR sectors and their constituent systems and assets, DHS will
revise its contents to include the Critical Manufacturing CIKR sector.
As part of a comprehensive national review, DHS seeks comments on
changes to the NIPP to reflect the addition of the Critical
Manufacturing sector. These changes will include adding the Critical
Manufacturing sector and its SSA to those sections of the NIPP where
sectors and their SSAs are listed, referenced, or described. DHS will
also amend the last sentence of the definition of ``Sector'' in the
Glossary to read, ``The NIPP addresses the 17 CIKR sectors enumerated
in HSPD-7 and any additional sectors created by the Secretary of
Homeland Security pursuant to HSPD-7.''
For purposes of review, the NIPP can be found at http://
www.dhs.gov/nipp.
Robert B. Stephan,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Infrastructure Protection, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E8-9412 Filed 4-29-08; 8:45 am]
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