Infrastructure Protection Data Call

AGENCY:

National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.

ACTION:

60-day notice and request for comments; New Information Collection Request: 1670-NEW.

SUMMARY:

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP), 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 May 31, 2011. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1

ADDRESSES:

Written comments and questions about this Information Collection Request should be forwarded to DHS/NPPD/IP, 245 Murray Lane, SW., Mail Stop 0602, Arlington, VA 20598-0602. E-mailed requests should be sent to Cristiena Galeckas at cristiena.galeckas@dhs.gov. Written comments should reach the contact person listed no later than May 31, 2011. Comments must be identified by DHS-2011-0011 and may be submitted by one of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
• E-mail: cristiena.galeckas@dhs.gov. 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:

The Homeland Security Act of 2002 assigns DHS the responsibility to lead the national effort to identify, prioritize, and assess the nature and scope of threats to the United States and develop a comprehensive national plan for securing the Nation's critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR). At DHS, this responsibility is managed by IP within NPPD. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2006, IP engaged in the annual development of a list of CIKR assets and systems to improve IP's CIKR prioritization efforts; this list is called the Critical Infrastructure List. The Critical Infrastructure List includes assets and systems that, if destroyed, damaged or otherwise compromised, could result in significant consequences on a regional or national scale. This list provides a common basis for DHS and its security partners during the undertaking of CIKR protective planning efforts to keep our Nation safe.

Collection of this information is directed and supported by Public Law 110-53 “Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007,” August 3, 2007; and Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 7, “Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection,” December 17, 2003.

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, Infrastructure Protection.

Title: Infrastructure Protection Data Call.

OMB Number: 1670-NEW.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Federal, state, local, tribal or territorial government.

Number of Respondents: 138 respondents.

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 276 annual burden hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $80,000.

Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $34,430.