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CDC Director on infectious disease
issues; (2) assists the CDC Director in
formulating and communicating
strategic initiatives and policies; (3)
informs the CDC Director about key
infectious disease issues; (4) represents
the CDC Director externally on
infectious disease issues; (5) provides
strategic leadership to CDC’s infectious
disease national centers; (6) develops
overall strategic directions, sets
priorities, and promotes science,
policies, and programs related to
infectious diseases; (7) ensures that
agency-wide decisions on resource
allocation are aligned with infectious
disease priorities; (8) works with
infectious disease national centers,
other CDC centers and offices, and
public health partners to develop and
implement infectious disease goals and
objectives; (9) identifies infectious
disease issues of public health
importance and launches strategic
initiatives to address them, including
developing shared goals and monitoring
progress and accomplishments; (10)
recruits and supports an efficient,
effective, and vibrant work force, and
fosters a safe and healthy work
environment; (11) enhances
cooperation, collaboration, and
partnerships across multiple sectors,
domestically and globally; (12) ensures
integrity, transparency, and excellence
in public health science and practice;
(13) conducts ongoing evaluation and
adjustment of infectious disease
activities to ensure optimal effectiveness
and efficiency; (14) promotes an
environment that increases synergies
and efficiencies and reduces duplication
within CDC’s infectious disease
programs; and (15) provides direction
and leadership for external and internal
program reviews of the infectious
disease national centers’ initiatives,
performance, and achievements.
Influenza Coordination Unit (CVA4).
The mission of the Influenza
Coordination Unit (ICU) is to
synchronize all aspects of CDC’s
pandemic influenza preparedness and
response from strategy through
implementation and evaluation. In
carrying out its mission, the ICU: (1)
Serves as the principal advisor to the
CDC Director and Deputy Director for
Infectious Diseases on pandemic
influenza preparedness and response
activities, assisting the Director and
Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases
in formulating and communicating
strategic pandemic initiatives and
policies; (2) provides strategic
leadership for CDC in the areas of
pandemic preparedness and response,
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promoting science, policies, and
programs related to pandemic influenza;
(3) strategically manages a $150+
million budget and allocates funds
across the agency to ensure appropriate
resources for high priority areas; and (4)
conducts ongoing evaluation and
adjustment of pandemic preparedness
and response activities, in coordination
with the National Response Framework
and other emergency preparedness
guidance, to ensure optimal public
health effectiveness and efficient use of
human and fiscal resources.
Dated: February 23, 2010.
William P. Nichols,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2009–0018]

Extension of Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
Certified Cargo Screening Program
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice announces that
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Information Collection Request (ICR),
OMB control number 1652–0053,
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
renewal in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. TSA
published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments, of the following collection of
information on November 16, 2009, 74
FR 58967. TSA has received no
comments. The collections include: (1)
Applications from entities that wish to
become Certified Cargo Screening
Facilities (CCSF) or operate as a TSAapproved validation firm; (2) personal
information to allow TSA to conduct
security threat assessments on key
individuals employed by the CCSFs and
validation firms; (3) implementation of
a standard security program or
submission of a proposed modified
security program; (4) information on the
amount of cargo screened; (5)
recordkeeping requirements for CCSFs
and validation firms; and (6) submission
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seeking the renewal of the ICR for the
continuation of the program in order to
secure passenger aircraft carrying cargo
by the deadlines set out in the
Implementing Recommendations of the
9/11 Commission Act of 2007.
DATES: Send your comments by April 5,
2010. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30
days of publication.
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 and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to Desk Officer, Department of
Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via
electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanna Johnson,, TSA Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) Officer, Office of
Information Technology (OIT), TSA–11,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
20598–6011; telephone (571) 227–3651;
e-mail [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 is
available at http://www.reginfo.gov.
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.
Information Collection Requirement
Title: Certified Cargo Screening
Program.
Type of Request: Renewal of one
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652–0053.

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Form(s): The forms used for this
collection of information include the
CCSF Facility Profile Application (TSA
Form 419B), CCSF Principal Attestation
(TSA Form 419D), Security Profile (TSA
Form 419E), Security Threat Assessment
Application (TSA Form 419F), TSA
Approved Validation Firms Application
(TSA Form 419G), Aviation Security
Known Shipper Verification (TSA Form
419H), CCSF Indirect Air Carrier
Reporting Template, CCSF Shipper
Reporting Template, and the CCSF
Independent Cargo Screening Facility
Reporting Template.
Affected Public: The collections of
information that make up this ICR
involve entities other than aircraft
operators located off-airport and
includes facilties upstream in the air
cargo supply chain, such as shippers,
manufacturers, warehousing entities,
distributors, third party logistics
companies and Indirect Air Carriers
located in the United States.
Abstract: TSA is seeking the approval
from OMB for the collections of
information contained in the ICR.
Congress identified specific
requirements for TSA in the area of air
cargo security in the Aviation and
Transportation Security Act (ATSA),
Public Law 107–71: (1) To provide for
screening of all property, including U.S.
mail, cargo, carry-on and checked
baggage, and other articles, that will be
carried aboard a passenger aircraft; and
(2) to establish a system to screen,
inspect, report, or otherwise ensure the
security of all cargo that is to be
transported on passenger aircraft as
soon as practicable. In the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007, Public Law
110–53, Congress requires that 50
percent of cargo transported on
passenger aircraft is screened by
February 2009, and 100 percent of such
cargo is screened by August 2010.
TSA must proceed with the ICR for
this program in order to meet the
Congressional mandates, and current
and new regulations (49 CFR 1522,
1542.209, 1544.205, 1546.205, 1548, and
1549) that enable them to accept, screen,
and transport air cargo. The
uninterrupted collection of this
information will allow TSA to continue
to ensure implementation of these vital
security measures for the protection of
the traveling public.
TSA will certify qualified facilities as
CCSFs. Companies seeking to become
CCSFs are required to submit an
application to TSA at least 90 days
before the intended date of operation.
TSA will allow the regulated entity to
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to certification, the CCSF must also
submit to an assessment by a TSAapproved validator. The regulated
entities must also collect personal
information and submit such
information to TSA so that TSA may
conduct security threat assessments
(STA) for individuals with unescorted
access to cargo, and who have
responsibility for screening cargo under
49 CFR parts 1544, 1546, or 1548. CCSF
facilities must provide information on
the amount of cargo screened and other
cargo screening metrics at an approved
facility. CCSFs must also maintain
screening, training, and other securityrelated records of compliance. A firm
interested in operating as a TSAapproved validation firm must also
apply for TSA approval. Validation
firms will need to provide the following
information: (1) Applications from
entities seeking to become TSAapproved validation firms; (2) personal
information so individuals performing,
assisting or supervising validation
assessments, and security coordinators
can undergo STAs; (3) implementation
of a standard security program provided
by TSA or submission of a proposed
modified security program; (4)
recordkeeping requirements, including
that validation firms maintain
assessment reports; and (5) submission
of validation reports conducted by
validators.
Number of Respondents: 5,663.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 718,481 hours.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on February
26, 2010.
Joanna Johnson,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010–4441 Filed 3–3–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2009–0001]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, OMB No.
1660–NEW; FEMA Preparedness
Grants: Emergency Management
Performance Grant (EMPG)
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and
request for comments; new information;
OMB No. 1660–NEW; FEMA Form—
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) has
submitted the information collection
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget for review and
clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. 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
the actual data collection instruments
FEMA will use.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the Desk Officer
for the Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and sent via
electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Office of
Records Management, 1800 South Bell
Street, Arlington, VA 20598–3005,
facsimile number (202) 646–3347, or
e-mail address [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information
Title: FEMA Preparedness Grants:
Emergency Management Performance
Grant (EMPG). The title has changed
since publication of the 60-Day Federal
Register Notice at 74 FR 59237, Nov. 17,
2009.
Type of information collection: New
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–NEW.
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA
Form—None.
Abstract: The Emergency
Management Performance Grants
(EMPG) assist State and local
governments in enhancing and
sustaining all-hazards emergency
management capabilities. The EMPG
Work Plan narrative must demonstrate
how proposed projects address gaps,
deficiencies, and capabilities in current
programs and the ability to provide
enhancements consistent with the
purpose of the program and guidance
provided by FEMA. FEMA uses the
information to provide details,
timelines, and milestones on proposed
projects.

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