Notice2026-08980
Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Critical Facility Information From the Top 100 Most Critical Pipeline Operators
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Published
May 6, 2026
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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 1652-0050, abstracted below, to OMB for a revision of the currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. TSA developed and implemented a plan to review the security plans and inspect critical pipeline systems to comply with a requirement in the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Act).
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24596-24597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08980]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: Critical Facility Information From the Top 100 Most Critical
Pipeline Operators
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 1652-0050,
abstracted below, to OMB for a revision of the currently approved
collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. TSA
developed and implemented a plan to review the security plans and
inspect critical pipeline systems to comply with a requirement in the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (9/11
Act).
DATES: Send your comments by June 5, 2026. 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, 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#f1a5a2b0a1a3b0b1858290df959982df969e87"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f9adaab8a9abb8b98d8a98d79d918ad79e968f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following
collection of information on August 4, 2025, 90 FR 36447. TSA did not
receive any comments on the notice.
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 made
available at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov">https://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: Critical Facility Information from the Top 100 Most Critical
Pipeline Operators.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652-0050.
Forms(s): Critical Facility Security Review.
Affected Public: 100 most critical pipeline operators, i.e.,
pipeline companies that own or operate pipeline systems or facilities
deemed critical for national or economic security by TSA.
Abstract: The 9/11 Act specifically tasked TSA to develop and
implement a plan for reviewing the pipeline security plans and
inspecting critical facilities of the 100 most critical pipeline
operators. See sec. 1557 of the 9/11 Act (Pub. L. 110-53; 121 Stat.
266, 475, Aug. 3, 2007; codified at 6 U.S.C. 1207(b)). TSA visits
critical pipeline facilities and collects site-specific information
from pipeline operators on facility security policies, procedures, and
physical security measures. TSA uses the information to determine
strengths and weaknesses at the nation's critical pipeline facilities,
areas to target for risk reduction strategies, pipeline industry
implementation of the TSA Pipeline Security Guidelines, and operator
implementation of recommendations made during TSA critical facility
visits.
The collection of information is being revised to remove mandatory
requirements associated with the TSA Pipeline Security Directive (SD)
2021-01 Series and specifically the completion of a cybersecurity
vulnerability assessment for pipeline owner/operators subject to the
SD. These pipeline owner/operators have satisfied the SD's requirements
and TSA expects that going forward, fewer than 10 owner/operators would
respond to the collection annually. The removal of the mandatory
requirements will reduce the time burden to the collection by 600
hours. In addition, TSA is revising the title of the collection from
``Critical Facility Information of the Top 100 Most Critical Pipeline''
to ``Critical Facility Information from the Top 100 Most Critical
Pipeline Operators'' to more accurately align with the statutory
requirements.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 80.
Estimated Annual Number of Burden Hours: 800 hours.
Dated: May 4, 2026.
Christina A. Walsh,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology, Transportation
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2026-08980 Filed 5-5-26; 8:45 am]
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