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National Protection and Programs
Directorate, Office of Infrastructure
Protection; Submission for Review
Chemical Security Assessment Tool
(CSAT) Information Collection 1670–
0007
National Protection and
Programs Directorate, Office of
Infrastructure Protection, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for
comments: Revision of an existing
information collection request 1670–
0007, DHS Forms 9010, 9002, 9007,
9012, and 9015.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security, Office of the Under Secretary
for National Protection and Programs
Directorate, Office of Infrastructure
Protection, Chemical Security
Compliance Division (CSCD) has
submitted the following information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register on November 23, 2007 at 72 FR
65757 allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. One comment was
received on this existing information
collection. The purpose of this notice is
to allow an additional 30 days for public
comments. The submission describes
the nature of the information collection,
the categories of respondents, the
estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort
and resources used by respondents to
respond) and cost, and includes the
actual data collection instruments DHS
will use.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until February 27,
2008. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management Budget,
Attention: Nathan Lesser, Desk Officer,
Department of Homeland Security/
NPPD and sent via electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of this ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation, may be
obtained by calling Nathan Lesser, Desk
Officer, Department of Homeland
Security, Washington, DC 20528; and
sent via electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–6974.

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Section
550 of the Department of Homeland
Security Appropriations Act of 2007,
Pub. L. 109–295 (Section 550), directed
the Department of Homeland Security to
promulgate and enforce regulations to
enhance the security of the nation’s high
risk chemical facilities. On April 9,
2007, the Department issued an Interim
Final Rule, implementing this statutory
mandate. (72 FR 17688). Section 550
requires a risk-based approach to
security. To facilitate this approach, the
Department is employing a risk
assessment methodology known as the
Chemical Security Assessment Tool
(CSAT). The CSAT is a series of public
web-based computer applications: Help
Desk, User Registration, Top-Screen,
Security Vulnerability Assessment, Site
Security Plan, and Chemical-terrorism
Vulnerability Information (CVI)
Authorization. All information collected
supports the Department’s effort to
reduce the risk of a successful terrorist
attack against chemical facilities. These
CSAT collections either directly or
indirectly support the identification of
high risk facilities, the determination of
the risk tiers of the facilities, the review
and approval of assessments and plans
for security measures at the facilities,
and/or the protection of Chemicalterrorism Vulnerability Information that
would, if disclosed, substantially assist
terrorists in planning and targeting the
facilities.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
which:
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, Office of the Under Secretary
for National Protection and Programs
Directorate, Office of Infrastructure

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Protection, Chemical Security
Compliance Division.
Title: Chemical Security Assessment
Tool (CSAT).
OMB Number: 1670–0007.
Help Desk—(DHS Form 9010)
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Chemical Sector
Facility owners and operators; general
public.
Number of Respondents: 20,800
phone calls & 1,300 emails annually.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 10
minutes per phone call & 15 min. per email.
Total Burden Hours: 3,467 hours for
calls & 325 hours for email = 3,792
annual hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $304,408 phone calls &
$28,538 emails = $332,946 total annual
cost.
User Registration—(DHS Form 9002)
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Chemical Sector
Facility owners and operators.
Number of Respondents: 16,667.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1
hour.
Total Burden Hours: 16,667.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $1,463,499.
Top-Screen—(DHS Form 9007)
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Chemical Sector
Facility owners and operators.
Number of Respondents: 16,667.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30
Hours.
Total Burden Hours: 505,314 Hours
Annually.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $44,371,535.
CVI User Training—(DHS Form 9012)
Frequency: Once.
Affected Public: Chemical Sector
Facility owners and operators.
Number of Respondents: 16,667.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 8,333 annually.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $731,750.
Security Vulnerability Assessment—
(DHS Form 9015) and Alternative
Security Program in Lieu of SVA
Frequency: On Occasion.

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Affected Public: Chemical Sector
Facility owners and operators.
Number of Respondents: 2,500
annually.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 153
hours.
Total Burden Hours: 382,269
annually.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $34,786,190 annually.
Site Security Plan (SSP) and
Alternative Security Program in lieu of
SSP
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Chemical Sector
Facility owners and operators.
Number of Respondents: 2,167.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 84
hours.
Total Burden Hours: 183,036.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $14,594,411.
Dated: January 22, 2008.
Charlie Church,
Chief Information Officer, National Protection
and Programs Directorate, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per
Capita Threshold for Recommending a
Cost Share Adjustment
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

FEMA gives notice that the
statewide per capita threshold for
recommending cost share adjustments
for major disasters declared on or after
January 1, 2008, through December 31,
2008, is $122.
DATES: This notice applies to major
disasters declared on or after January 1,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 44 CFR 206.47, the statewide per
capita threshold that is used to
recommend an increase of the Federal
cost share from seventy-five percent

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(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households in Presidential
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidential
Declared Disaster Assistance—Disaster
Housing Operations for Individuals and
Households; 97.050, Presidential Declared
Disaster Assistance to Individuals and
Households—Other Needs; 97.036, Disaster
Grants—Public Assistance (Presidentially
Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard
Mitigation Grant.)
R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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(75%) to not more than ninety percent
(90%) of the eligible cost of permanent
work under section 406 and emergency
work under section 403 and section 407
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act is
adjusted annually. The adjustment to
the threshold is based on the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers
published annually by the U.S.
Department of Labor. For disasters
declared on January 1, 2008, through
December 31, 2008, the qualifying
threshold is $122 per capita of State
population.
This adjustment in based on an
increase of 4.1 percent in the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers for
the 12-month period that ended
December 2007. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor released the information on
January 16, 2008.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2007–0007]

National Response Framework
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This document provides
notice of the availability of the final
National Response Framework (NRF)
which replaces the National Response
Plan (NRP) that was issued in February
2005 and finalizes the draft version of
the NRF which FEMA published for
public comment in September 2007.

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The NRF builds on the NRP and, using
the comprehensive framework of the
National Incident Management System
(NIMS), serves as a guide to how the
nation conducts all-hazards incident
management.
DATES: FEMA issued the NRF on
January 22, 2008. The NRF is effective
March 22, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The NRF is available online
in the NRF Resource Center located at
http://www.fema.gov/NRF. The draft
and final NRF, all related Federal
Register Notices, and all public
comments received during the comment
period are available at
www.regulations.gov under Docket ID
FEMA–2007–0007. You may also view a
hard copy of the NRF at the Office of
Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Room 835, 500 C
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Tracy Haynes, Acting National
Response Framework Branch Chief,
Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 999 E Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20463, 202–646–4218.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Response Framework (NRF) is
applicable to all Federal departments
and agencies that may be requested to
provide assistance or conduct
operations in the context of actual or
potential disasters and includes
mechanisms for the coordination and
implementation of a wide variety of
incident management and emergency
assistance activities including Federal
support to State, local, and tribal
authorities; interaction with privatesector organizations; and the
coordinated, direct exercise of Federal
authorities, when appropriate.
By adopting the term ‘‘framework’’
within the title, the NRF is now more in
keeping with its intended purpose,
specifically, simplifying the language,
presentation and content; clarifying its
national focus; articulating the five
principles of response doctrine; and
methodically describing the who, what
and how of emergency preparedness
and response. The NRF explains the
common discipline and structures that
have been exercised and matured at the
local, State, and national levels over
time. It captures key lessons learned
from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita,
particularly how the Federal
Government is organized to support
communities and States in catastrophic
incidents.
The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) received numerous
comments on the draft NRF, which
FEMA published for public comment in
September 2007. The final version

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