[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 222 (Friday, November 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68795-68796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27966]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2012-0046]
Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Office Self-
Assessment Questionnaire
AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments; New Information
Collection Request: 1670--NEW.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Protection
and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of Infrastructure Protection
(IP), Infrastructure Information Collection Division (IICD), Protected
Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Program will submit the
following Information Collection Request to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until January 15,
2013. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and questions about this Information
Collection Request should be forwarded to DHS/NPPD/IP/IICD, 245 Murray
Lane, SW., Mail Stop 0602, Arlington,VA 20598-0602. Emailed requests
should go to Joseph Maltby, joseph.maltby@dhs.gov. Written comments
should reach the contact person listed no later than January 15, 2013.
Comments must be identified by ``DHS-2012-0046''and may be submitted by
one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Email: Include the docket number in the subject line of
the message.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this
action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress created the PCII Program under the
Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002 for DHS to encourage
voluntary information sharing by owners and operators of critical
infrastructure and protected systems. IICD administers the PCII
Program. The PCII Program is implemented by 6 CFR part 29, Procedures
for Handling Critical Infrastructure Information; Final Rule (the
Regulation), issued in 2006. PCII refers to critical infrastructure
information not customarily in the public domain and related to the
security of critical infrastructure or protected systems, which is
voluntarily submitted to DHS for homeland security purposes and
validated under the authority of the PCII Program Manager. The PCII
Program provides a statutory exemption from release of information
under the Freedom of Information Act and state and local sunshine laws,
and prohibits the use of the information in civil litigation.
The PCII Program is responsible for ensuring compliance with the
regulation's uniform procedures for the handling, use, dissemination,
and safeguarding of PCII. In this capacity, the PCII Program oversees a
community of stakeholders, including submitters of critical
infrastructure information, authorized users of PCII and accredited
Federal, state and local entities with homeland security duties. The
PCII Program is required by its authorizing regulation to assist the
PCII Officers in overseeing their own accredited PCII programs at the
state and local level. See 6 CFR 29.4(d). This questionnaire is
designed to gather information from PCII Officers that will be used by
the NPPD/IP PCII Program to assess state and local programs, their
compliance with PCII rules and requirements, and the specific needs of
their accredited programs. These assessments are designed to help the
DHS PCII Program and Officers to ensure that PCII is being properly
protected and to limit the potential for mishandling and improper
disclosures. OMB 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. 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 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.
Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and
Programs Directorate, Office of Infrastructure Protection,
Infrastructure Information Collection Division, Protected Critical
Infrastructure Information Program.
Title: Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Office
Self-Assessment Questionnaire.
OMB Number: 1670-NEW.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: PCII Officers.
Number of Respondents: 80 (estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour.
Total Burden Hours: 80 annual burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0 (This assessment will reside on
existing PCII information storage systems).
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $8,316.
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Dated: November 8, 2012.
Scott Libby,
Acting Chief Information Officer, National Protection and Programs
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2012-27966 Filed 11-15-12; 8:45 am]
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