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16 April 2008
[Federal Register: April 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 74)]
[Notices]
[Page 20700-20701]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Approval From OMB of One New Public Collection
of Information: Critical Facility Information of the Top 100 Most
Critical Pipelines
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites
public comment on a new Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for approval in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected
burden. This collection provides TSA critical facility and annual
product through-put information from owners or operators of the
nation's largest pipelines, and is necessitated by the requirements set
forth in the Implementing the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission
Act of 2007.
DATES: Send your comments by June 16, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or delivered to Joanna Johnson,
Communications Branch, Business Management Office, Operational Process
and Technology, TSA-32, Transportation Security Administration, 601
South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Johnson at the above address,
or by telephone (571) 227-3651 or 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
Purpose of Data Collection
Section 1557(b) of the Implementing the Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007, specifically tasks TSA to develop and implement
a plan for inspecting certain critical facilities of the 100 most
critical pipeline systems. See Pub. L. 110-53, 121 Stat. 266 at 475
(Aug. 3, 2007). The predominant criterion used to determine the nations
top 100 pipeline systems in terms of criticality is the quantity of
hazardous liquid or natural gas product that is transported through a
pipeline in one year (annual through-put). Using annual through-put
data from Federal and commercially available data as a preliminary
determinant, TSA has selected the nation's top 125 pipeline systems
from which annual through-put and critical facility information will be
requested. TSA is requesting annual product through-put information
from these top 125 pipeline systems in order to ensure that selection
of the top 100 pipeline systems for inspection reflects the most recent
throughput data and is as complete and accurate as possible.
Description of Data Collection
TSA is requesting information from the owners/operators of 125
systems. Within each of the system owner/operator companies, both the
annual through-put and critical facility information has already been
determined and is readily available to employees within the respective
companies. System through-put is a figure already determined and
frequently used by pipeline companies for various business, financial,
and operations performance purposes. Per guidance set forth in the
``Pipeline Security Circular September 4, 2002'' (2002 Guidelines)
issued by the U.S.
[[Page 20701]]
Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety
Administration (PHMSA), formerly the Office of Pipeline Safety,
pipeline companies had to determine critical facilities in accordance
with guidance provided in that circular by December 31, 2003.
Therefore, very little additional burden will be incurred by the
pipeline companies in determining or producing this information.
Consequently, the burden to pipeline owners/operators from to which
information is requested lies only in compiling, reviewing, and
transmitting the currently existing information to TSA. The time
estimate breakdown is as follows: TSA will request the information from
the nation's top 125 pipeline systems. TSA estimates that system owners
and operators would spend a maximum of four hours per system to
collect, review, and submit the information via email to TSA. Thus, TSA
estimates the total annual burden to the public would be (125 owners or
operators) x (4 hours per owner or operator) = 500 total hours per
year.
Use and Handling of Results
TSA will use annual product through-put values as a significant
factor in determining the most critical systems. The lists of a
system's critical facilities and amplifying information are determined
by the individual pipeline system owners or operators for their
respective systems through their own site assessment process, and will
be used by TSA to develop a plan for TSA to inspect the top 100 sites
as required in section in 1557(b) of the Implementing Recommendation
for the 911 Commission Act of 2007.
Both the request for information sent by TSA and the responses from
subject pipeline system owners or operators will be conducted via
electronic mail. To the extent that the information provided by owners
or operators is Sensitive Security Information (SSI), it will be
protected in accordance with procedures meeting the transmission,
handling and storage requirements of SSI set forth in 49 CFR parts 15
and 1520.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on April 9, 2008.
Fran Lozito,
Director, Business Management Office, Operational Process and
Technology.
[FR Doc. E8-8096 Filed 4-15-08; 8:45 am]
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