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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; or
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Technical Resource for Incident
Prevention (TRIPwire) is OBP’s online,
collaborative, information-sharing
network for bomb squad, law
enforcement, and other emergency
services personnel to learn about
current terrorist improvised explosive
device (IED) tactics, techniques, and
procedures, including design and
emplacement considerations. TRIPwire
was established as an IED informationsharing resource under Homeland
Security Presidential Directive 19
(HSPD–19), which calls for a unified
national policy for the prevention and
detection of, protection against, and
response to terrorist use of explosives in
the United States. Users from Federal,
state, local, and tribal government
entities, as well as business and forprofit industries can register through the
TRIPwire Secure Portal. The TRIPwire
portal contains sensitive information
related to terrorist use of explosives and
therefore user information is needed to
verify eligibility and access to the
system. TRIPwire applicants must
provide their full name, assignment,
citizenship, job title, employer name,
professional address and contact
information, as well as an Employment
Verification Contact and their contact
information. The system does not store
sensitive personally identifiable
information (PII) such as social security
numbers. The collection of PII by
TRIPwire to establish user accounts
occurs in accordance with the DHS
Privacy Impact Assessment PIA–015,
‘‘DHS Web Portals,’’ DHS/ALL–004—
General Information Technology Access
Account Records System (GITAARS)
September 29, 2009, 74 FR 49882, and
DHS/ALL–002—Department of
Homeland Security Mailing and Other
Lists System November 25, 2008, 73 FR
71659. The TRIPwire User Registration
is a voluntary registration designed to
measure users’ suitability to access the
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The information collected during the
TRIPwire user registration process is
reviewed electronically by the project
team to vet the user’s ‘‘need to know,’’
which determines their eligibility for
and access to TRIPwire. Memberships
are re-verified annually based on the
information users provide upon
registration or communication with the
TRIPwire help desk analysts. The
information collected is for internal
TRIPwire and OBP use only.
Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland
Security, National Protection and
Programs Directorate, Office of
Infrastructure Protection, Protective
Security Coordination Division, Office
for Bombing Prevention.
Title: Technical Resource for Incident
Prevention (TRIPwire) User
Registration.
OMB Number: 1670–NEW.
Frequency: Once.
Affected Public: Federal, state, local,
and tribal government entities, and
business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 3,500
respondents (estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent: 10
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 583 burden
hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $11,803.19.
Dated: February 13, 2013.
Michael Butcher,
Acting Chief Information Officer, National
Protection and Programs Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Extension of Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
Security Threat Assessment for
Individuals Applying for a Hazardous
Materials Endorsement for a
Commercial Drivers License
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),
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(OMB) control number 1652–0027,
abstracted below to OMB for review and
approval of an extension of the
currently approved collection under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 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
October 22, 2012, 77 FR 64533. The
collection involves applicant
submission of biometric and biographic
information for TSA’s security threat
assessment required before obtaining
the hazardous materials endorsement
(HME) on a commercial drivers license
(CDL) issued by the States and the
District of Columbia.
DATES: Send your comments by March
29, 2013. 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, OMB. 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:
Susan Perkins, TSA PRA Officer, Office
of Information Technology (OIT), TSA–
11, Transportation Security
Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 20598–6011; telephone
(571) 227–3398; email
[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 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

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(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: Security Threat Assessment for
Individuals Applying for a Hazardous
Materials Endorsement for a
Commercial Drivers License
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652–0027.
Forms(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Drivers seeking a
hazardous material endorsement (HME)
on their commercial driver’s license
(CDL).
Abstract: This collection supports the
implementation of sec. 1012 of the USA
PATRIOT Act (Pub. L. 107–56, 115 Stat.
272, 396, Oct. 26, 2001; 49 U.S.C.
5103a), which mandates that no State or
the District of Columbia may issue a
HME on a CDL unless TSA has first
determined the driver is not a threat to
transportation security. TSA’s
regulations at 49 CFR part 1572 describe
the procedures, standards, and
eligibility criteria for security threat
assessments on individuals seeking to
obtain, renew, or transfer a HME on a
CDL. In order to conduct the security
threat assessment, States (or a TSA
designated agent in States that elect to
have TSA perform the collection of
information) must collect information in
addition to that already collected for the
purpose of HME applications, which
will occur once approximately every
five years. The driver is required to
submit an application that includes
personal biographic information (for
instance, height, weight, eye and hair
color, date of birth); information
concerning legal status, mental health
defects history, and criminal history;
and fingerprints. In addition, 49 CFR
part 1572 requires States to maintain a
copy of the driver application for a
period of one year.
TSA proposes to amend the
application to collect minor additional
information, such as legal status
document information and whether the
driver is a new applicant or renewing or
transferring the HME. This will enable
TSA to better understand and forecast
driver retention, transfer rate, and droprate, thus improving customer service,
reducing program costs, and enhancing
comparability with other Federal
background checks, including the
Transportation Workers Identification
Credential (TWIC).
Number of Respondents: 295,000.

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Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 960,000 hours annually.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on February
21, 2013.
Susan Perkins,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2013–04427 Filed 2–26–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0040]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Application for Employment
Authorization, Form I–765; Form I–765
Work Sheet, Form I–765WS; Revision
of a Currently Approved Collection
ACTION:

30-day notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) is requesting public comment on
a proposed revision to an approved
information collection. On August 15,
2012, the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS),
submitted an information collection
request, utilizing emergency review
procedures, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance. OMB approved the
information collection request. DHS,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) will be submitting the
following information collection request
to OMB for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The information
collection notice was recently published
in the Federal Register on December 17,
2012, at 77 FR 74687, allowing for a 60day public comment period. USCIS did
receive comments in connection with
the 60-day notice.
DATES: The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments. Comments are encouraged
and will be accepted until March 29,
2013. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
suggestions regarding items contained
in this notice, and especially with
regard to the estimated public burden
and associated response time should be
directed to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer
via email at
[email protected]. The

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comments submitted to the OMB USCIS
Desk Officer may also be submitted to
DHS via the Federal eRulemaking Portal
Web site at http://www.regulations.gov
under e-Docket ID number USCIS–
2005–0035 or via email at
[email protected]. All
submissions received must include the
agency name and the OMB Control
Number [1615–0040] and e-Docket ID.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to consider
limiting the amount of personal
information that you provide in any
voluntary submission you make to DHS.
DHS may withhold information
provided in comments from public
viewing that it determines may impact
the privacy of an individual or that is
offensive. For additional information,
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
http://www.regulations.gov.
Note: The address listed in this notice
should only be used to submit comments
concerning this information collection.
Please do not submit requests for individual
case status inquiries to this address. If you
are seeking information about the status of
your individual case, please check ‘‘My Case
Status’’ online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/
Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National
Customer Service Center at 1–800–375–5283.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Issues for Comment Focus
DHS, USCIS invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment
upon this proposed revision of a
currently approved collection of
information. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
information collection notice is
published in the Federal Register to
obtain comments regarding the nature of
the information collection, the
categories of respondents, and the
estimated burden (i.e. the time, effort,
and resources used by the respondents
to respond).
For Forms I–765 and I–765WS, USCIS
is especially interested in the public’s
experience, input, and estimate of the
burden in terms of time and money
incurred by applicants for the following
aspects of this information collection:
• The time burden incurred by
preparers (persons who assist the
respondent with the preparation of the
form) who are not paid by the
respondent.

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