Notice2021-22332
Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Pipeline Operator Security Information
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Published
October 14, 2021
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentTransportation Security Administration
Abstract
This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0055, abstracted below, to OMB for review and approval of an extension of the currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. Specifically, the collection involves the submission of data concerning pipeline security incidents.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 196 (Thursday, October 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57198-57199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22332]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: Pipeline Operator Security Information
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0055,
abstracted below, to OMB for review and approval of an extension of the
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
expected burden. Specifically, the collection involves the submission
of data concerning pipeline security incidents.
DATES: Send your comments by November 15, 2021. A comment to OMB is
most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' and by using the find function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer,
Information Technology (IT), TSA-11, Transportation Security
Administration, 6595 Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, VA 20598-
6011; telephone (571) 227-2062; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#34606775646675744047551a505c471a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ca9e998b9a988b8abeb9abe4aea2b9e4ada5bc">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment solicitation period, of the following collection
of information on June 30, 2021, 86 FR 34777.
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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">http://www.reginfo.gov</a> 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.
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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. Consistent
with these requirements, TSA produced Pipeline Security Guidelines in
December 2010, and April 2011, with updates published in March 2018 and
April 2021. Among the recommendations, TSA encourages pipeline
operators to notify TSA 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.
In addition, on May 26, 2021, OMB approved TSA's request for an
emergency revision of this information collection based on TSA's
issuance of a Security Directive (SD) with requirements for TSA-
specified critical pipeline owner/operators of hazardous liquid and
natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas facilities to report
cybersecurity incidents or potential cybersecurity incidents on their
information and operational technology systems to the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within 12 hours of identification
of a cybersecurity incident using the CISA Reporting System. The SD
also requires critical pipeline owner/operators to appoint
cybersecurity coordinators, who must be available to TSA and CISA 24/7
to coordinate cybersecurity practices and address any incidents that
arise, and to provide contact information for the coordinators to
TSA.\1\
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\1\ The additional requirement in the SD to conduct a
cybersecurity assessment is covered under a separate OMB control
number 1652-0050 Critical Facility Information of the Top 100 Most
Critical Pipelines.
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Number of Respondents: 100.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 4,033 hours
annually.\2\
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\2\ TSA has updated the burden to the collection since the
publication of the 60-day notice, which reported the annual burden
hours as 4,066 hours.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2021-22332 Filed 10-13-21; 8:45 am]
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