[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60130-60131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24199]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2012-0043]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for Review;
Information Collection Extension Request for the Support Anti-Terrorism
by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act Program
AGENCY: Science and Technology Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is soliciting public
comment on the following forms: (1) Registration as a Seller of an
Anti-Terrorism Technology (DHS Form 10010); (2) Request for a Pre-
Application Consultation (DHS Form 10009); (3) Notice of License of
Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (DHS Form 10003); (4) Notice of
Modification of Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (DHS Form 10002);
(5) Application for Transfer of SAFETY Act Designation and
Certification (DHS Form 10001); (6) Application for Renewal Of SAFETY
Act Protections of a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (DHS Form
10057); (7) Application for SAFETY Act Developmental Testing and
Evaluation Designation (DHS Form 10006); (8) Application for SAFETY Act
Designation (DHS Form 10008); (9) Application for SAFETY Act
Certification (DHS Form 10007); (10) SAFETY Act Block Designation
Application (DHS Form 10005); and (11) SAFETY Act Block Certification
Application (DHS Form 10004).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until December 3,
2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number DHS-
2012-0043, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Please follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected]. Please include docket
number DHS-2012-0043 in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Science and Technology Directorate, ATTN: SAFETY
Act, 245 Murray Lane SW., Mail Stop 0202, Washington, DC 20528.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected] (202) 254-
5604 (Not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DHS S&T provides a secure Web site,
accessible through www.SAFETYAct.gov, through which the public can
learn about the program, submit applications for SAFETY Act
protections, submit questions to the Office of SAFETY Act
Implementation (OSAI), and provide feedback. The data collection forms
have standardized the collection of information that is both necessary
and essential for the DHS OSAI.
The SAFETY Act program promotes the development and use of anti-
terrorism technologies that will enhance the protection of the nation
and provides risk management and litigation management protections for
sellers of Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT) and others in the
supply and distribution chain. The Department of Homeland Security
Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) currently has approval to
collect information for the implementation of the SAFETY Act program
until March 31, 2013. With this notice, DHS S&T seeks approval to renew
this information collection for continued use after this date. The
SAFETY Act program requires the collection of this information in order
to evaluate and qualify Anti-Terrorism Technologies, based on the
economic and technical criteria contained in the Regulations
Implementing the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective
Technologies Act (the Final Rule), for protection in accordance with
the Act, and therefore encourage the development and deployment of new
and innovative anti-terrorism products and services. The Support Anti-
Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act (6 U.S.C.
.441) was enacted as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public
Law 107-296 establishing this requirement. This notice and request for
comments is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L.
104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
DHS S&T currently has approval to collect information utilizing the
Registration of a Seller as an Anti-Terrorism Technology (DHS Form
10010), Request for a Pre-Application Consultation (DHS Form 10009),
Notice of License of Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (DHS Form
10003), Notice of Modification of Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology
(DHS Form 10002), Application for Transfer of SAFETY Act Designation
and Certification (DHS Form 10001), Application for Renewal Of SAFETY
Act Protections of a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (DHS Form
10057), Application for SAFETY Act Developmental Testing and Evaluation
Designation (DHS Form 10006), Application for SAFETY Act Designation
(DHS Form 10008), Application for SAFETY Act Certification (DHS Form
10007), SAFETY Act Block Designation Application (DHS Form 10005),
SAFETY Act Block Certification Application (DHS Form 10004) until 31
March 2013 with OMB approval number 1640-0001.
The Department is committed to improving its information collection
and urges all interested parties to
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suggest how these materials can further reduce burden while seeking
necessary information under the Act.
DHS is particularly interested in comments that:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information 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 of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Suggest ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
(4) Suggest ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submissions of responses.
Overview of Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: Existing information
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: SAFETY Act Program.
(3) Agency Form Number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: DHS Science
& Technology Directorate, DHS Forms 10001, 10002, 10003, 10004, 10005,
10006, 10007, 10008, 10009, 10010, and 10057.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Business entities, Associations, and State,
Local and Tribal Government entities. Applications are reviewed for
benefits, technology/program evaluations, and regulatory compliance.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
a. Estimate of the total number of respondents: 950.
b. An estimate of the time for an average respondent to respond:
18.2 burden hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 17,300 burden hours.
Dated: September 17, 2012.
Rick Stevens,
Chief Information Officer for Science and Technology.
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