Proposed Rule2022-27917
Enhancing Surface Cyber Risk Management
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Published
December 23, 2022
Effective
November 30, 2022
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentTransportation Security Administration
Abstract
On November 30, 2022, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking input regarding ways to strengthen cybersecurity and resiliency in the pipeline and rail (including freight, passenger, and transit rail) sectors. The ANPRM solicited comment on specific questions, which would assist TSA in better understanding how the pipeline and rail sectors implement cyber risk management in their operations, support TSA in achieving objectives related to the enhancement of pipeline and rail cybersecurity, and help TSA develop a comprehensive and forward-looking approach to cybersecurity requirements. Through this document, TSA is extending the comment period by 15 calendar days to provide additional time for the public to provide comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 246 (Friday, December 23, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 78911-78912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27917]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
49 CFR Chapter XII
[Docket No. TSA-2022-0001]
RIN 1652-AA74
Enhancing Surface Cyber Risk Management
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On November 30, 2022, the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking
(ANPRM) seeking input regarding ways to strengthen cybersecurity and
resiliency in the pipeline and rail (including freight, passenger, and
transit rail) sectors. The ANPRM solicited comment on specific
questions, which would assist TSA in better understanding how the
pipeline and rail sectors implement cyber risk management in their
operations, support TSA in achieving objectives related to the
enhancement of pipeline and rail cybersecurity, and help TSA develop a
comprehensive and forward-looking approach to cybersecurity
requirements. Through this document, TSA is extending the comment
period by 15 calendar days to provide additional time for the public to
provide comments.
DATES: The comment period for the ANPRM published at 87 FR 73527
(November 30, 2022) is extended by 15 calendar days, from January 17,
2023, to February 1, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the TSA docket number
to this rulemaking, to the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS), a
government-wide, electronic docket management system. To avoid
duplication, please use only one of the following methods:
<bullet> Electronic Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. The Department of
Transportation (DOT), which maintains and processes TSA's official
regulatory dockets, will scan the submission and post it to FDMS.
Comments must be postmarked by the date indicated above.
<bullet> Fax: (202) 493-2251.
See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for format and other
information about comment submissions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For program questions: Victor Parker,
Surface Division, Policy, Plans, and Engagement, TSA-28, Transportation
Security Administration, 6595 Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, VA
20598-6002; telephone (571) 227-1039; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d680b3a2a2bfb8b186b9babfb5af96a2a5b7f8b2bea5f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fdab98898994939aad9291949e84bd898e9cd399958ed39a928b">[email protected]</span></a>.
For legal questions: David Kasminoff (TSA, Senior Counsel, Regulations
and Security Standards) at telephone (571) 227-3583, or email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8fecddcdcc1c6cff8c7c4c1cbd1e8dcdbc986ccc0db86cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e487b6a6a7770794e7172777d675e6a6d7f307a766d30797168">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
TSA invites interested persons to participate in this ANPRM by
submitting written comments, including relevant data. We also invite
comments relating to the economic, environmental, energy, or federalism
impacts that might result from a rulemaking action. See ADDRESSES
section above for information on where to submit comments.
With each comment, please identify the docket number at the
beginning of your comments. You may submit comments and material
electronically, in person, by mail, or fax as provided under ADDRESSES,
but please submit your comments and material by only one means. If you
submit comments by mail or in person, submit them in an unbound format,
no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic
filing.
If you would like TSA to acknowledge receipt of comments submitted
by mail, include with your comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard
on which the docket number appears. TSA will
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stamp the date on the postcard and mail it to you.
All comments, except those that include confidential or sensitive
security information (SSI) \1\ will be posted to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, and will include any personal information you have
provided. Should you wish your personally identifiable information
redacted prior to filing in the docket, please clearly indicate this
request in your submission to TSA. TSA will consider all comments that
are in the docket on or before the closing date for comments and will
consider comments filed late to the extent practicable. The docket is
available for public inspection before and after the comment closing
date.
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\1\ ``Sensitive Security Information'' or ``SSI'' is information
obtained or developed in the conduct of security activities, the
disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of
privacy, reveal trade secrets or privileged or confidential
information, or be detrimental to the security of transportation.
The protection of SSI is governed by 49 CFR part 1520.
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Handling of Certain Sensitive Information Submitted in Public Comments
Do not submit comments that include trade secrets, confidential
commercial or financial information, SSI, or protected critical
infrastructure information to the public regulatory docket. Comments
containing this type of information should be submitted separately from
other comments, appropriately marked as containing such information,
and submitted by mail to the address listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section. TSA will take the following actions for all
submissions containing SSI:
<bullet> TSA will not place comments containing SSI in the public
docket and will handle them in accordance with applicable safeguards
and restrictions on access.
<bullet> TSA will hold documents containing SSI, confidential
business information, or trade secrets in a separate file to which the
public does not have access, and place a note in the public docket
explaining that commenters have submitted such documents.
<bullet> TSA may include a redacted version of the comment in the
public docket.
<bullet> TSA will treat requests to examine or copy information
that is not in the public docket as any other request under the Freedom
of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) Freedom of Information Act regulation found in 6 CFR
part 5.
Reviewing Comments in the Docket
Please be aware that anyone is able to search the electronic form
of all comments in any of our dockets by the name of the individual,
association, business entity, labor union, etc., who submitted the
comment. For more about privacy and the docket, review the Privacy and
Security Notice for the FDMS at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice">https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice</a>, as well as the System of Records Notice DOT/ALL 14--Federal
Docket Management System (73 FR 3316, January 17, 2008) and the System
of Records Notice DHS/ALL 044--eRulemaking (85 FR 14226, March 11,
2020).
You may review TSA's electronic public docket at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. In addition, DOT's Docket Management Facility
provides a physical facility, staff, equipment, and assistance to the
public. To obtain assistance or to review comments in TSA's public
docket, you may visit this facility between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays, or call (202) 366-9826. This
DOT facility is located in the West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140
at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Availability of Rulemaking Document
You can find an electronic copy of rulemaking documents relevant to
this action by searching the electronic FDMS web page at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or at <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov">https://www.federalregister.gov</a>.
In addition, copies are available by writing or calling the
individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Make sure to
identify the docket number of this ANPRM.
Extension of Comment Period
On November 30, 2022 (87 FR 73527), TSA published an ANPRM seeking
comment on ways to strengthen cybersecurity and resiliency in the
pipeline and rail (including freight, passenger, and transit rail)
sectors. The ANPRM provides a 45-day comment period that would have
closed on January 17, 2023. In a joint letter dated December 5, 2022,
the American Gas Association, Interstate Natural Gas Association,
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, American Public Gas
Association, American Petroleum Institute, Liquid Energy Pipeline
Association, Association of American Railroads, and American Short Line
and Regional Railroad Association requested an extension of the
deadline for submitting comments on the ANPRM. See Docket No. TSA-2022-
0001-0002. In response to the requests by prospective commenters for
additional time to adequately consider and respond to the ANPRM, TSA
has determined that an extension of the comment period until February
1, 2023 is appropriate.
Dated: December 19, 2022.
Austin Gould,
Acting Executive Assistant Administrator, Operations Support.
[FR Doc. 2022-27917 Filed 12-22-22; 8:45 am]
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