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Comments must be submitted in writing
and received by the Department of
Homeland Security no later than 12:00
p.m. on September 12, 2018, in order to
be considered by the Council in its
meeting. The comments must be
identified by docket number DHS–
2018–0040, and may be submitted by
any one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting written
comments.
• Email: [email protected]. Include
docket number DHS–2018–0018 in the
subject line of the message.
• Fax: (703) 235–9707, ATTN: Ginger
Norris.
• Mail: Ginger Norris, National
Protection and Programs Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security, 245
Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 0612,
Washington, DC 20598–0607.
Instructions: All written submissions
must include the words ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security’’ and docket number
DHS–2018–0040. Written comments
will be posted without alteration at
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket or to
read background documents or
comments received by the NIAC, go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter ‘‘NIAC’’ in
the search line and the website will list
all relevant documents for your review.
Members of the public will have an
opportunity to provide oral comments
on the topics on the meeting agenda
below, and on any previous studies
issued by the NIAC. We request that
comments be limited to the issues and
studies listed in the meeting agenda and
previous NIAC studies. All previous
NIAC studies can be located at
www.dhs.gov/NIAC. Public comments
may be submitted in writing or
presented in person for the Council to
consider. Written comments for
discussion during the NIAC meeting
must be received by 12:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, September 12, 2018.
Comments received after the deadline
will be added to the subsuquent meeting
minutes, if received before meeting
minutes are finalized. In-person
presentations will be limited to three
minutes per speaker, with no more than
15 minutes for all speakers. Parties
interested in making in-person
comments should register on the Public
Comment Registration list available at
the entrance to the meeting location
prior to the beginning of the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ginger Norris, NIAC Designated Federal
Officer, Department of Homeland
Security, 202–441–5885, ginger.norris@

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hq.dhs.gov. You may also consult the
NIAC website, www.dhs.gov/NIAC, or
contact the NIAC Secretariat by phone
at (703) 235–2888 or by email at NIAC@
hq.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
this meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C.
Appendix. The NIAC shall provide the
President, through the Secretary of
Homeland Security, with advice on the
security and resilience of the Nation’s
critical infrastructure sectors. The NIAC
will meet to discuss issues relevant to
critical infrastructure security and
resilience, as directed by the President.
The Council will discuss future taskings
and host a cross-sector panel discussion
about various risks facing critical
infrastructure. All slide presentations
will be posted prior to the meeting on
the Council’s public web page,
www.dhs.gov/NIAC.
Agenda
I. Opening of Meeting
II. Roll Call of Members
III. Opening Remarks and Introductions
IV. Approval of June 2018 Meeting
Minutes
V. Catastrophic Power Outage Study
Update
VI. Public Comment
VII. Discussion of New NIAC Business
VIII. Closing Remarks
IX. Adjournment
Deirdre Gallop-Anderson,
Alternate Designated Federal Officer for the
National Infrastructure Advisory Council.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2018–0041]

National Counter-Improvised Explosive
Device Capabilities Analysis Database
Office of Infrastructure
Protection (IP), National Protection and
Programs Directorate (NPPD),
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments; new collection, 1670—NEW.
AGENCY:

DHS NPPD IP will submit 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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until October 15, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number DHS–
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2018–0041, by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: JENNY.MARGAROS@
HQ.DHS.GOV. Please include docket
number DHS–2018–0041 in the subject
line of the message.
• Mail: Written comments and
questions about this Information
Collection Request should be forwarded
to DHS/NPPD/IP, ATTN: 1670—NEW,
245 Murray Lane SW, Mail Stop 0612,
Jenny Margaros, Arlington, VA 20528.
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.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through relevant websites. For
this reason, please do not include in
your comments information of a
confidential nature, such as sensitive
personal information or proprietary
information. If you send an email
comment, your email address will be
automatically captured and included as
part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the
internet. Please note that responses to
this public comment request containing
any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication
will be treated as public comments that
may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Jenny Margaros
at 703–235–9381 or at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Homeland Security Presidential
Directive-19: Combating Terrorist Use of
Explosives in the United States, DHS
was mandated to have a regularly
updated assessment of domestic
explosives-related capabilities. It
required DHS to expand its National
Capabilities Analysis Database, which is
now known as the National CounterImprovised Explosive Device
Capabilities Analysis Database
(NCCAD). Currently, the President’s
Policy Directive-17: Countering
Improvised Explosive Devices (PPD–17)
reaffirms the 2007 Strategy for
Combating Terrorist Use of Explosives
in the United States. It provides
guidance to update and gives
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threats involving improvised explosive
devices (IEDs).
The NCCAD provides State, local,
tribal and territorial law enforcement
stakeholders a method to identify their
level of capability to prevent, protect,
mitigate, and respond to an IED threat.
It also provides Federal stakeholders an
overarching view of the Nation’s
collective counter-IED capabilities.
Information is collected by Office for
Bombing Prevention (OBP) personnel
and contractors. These individuals
travel to locations across the Nation to
gather the requisite information. OBP
personnel and contractors facilitate
initial baseline assessments either faceto-face or via webinar in order to get
stakeholders familiar with the NCCAD
system, provide clarifying information,
and answer questions. Federal, State,
local, tribal, and territorial law
enforcement personnel with a counterIED mission assist NCCAD personnel to
coordinate a training location for
personnel from the four disciplines
(bomb squads, explosives detection
canine, special weapons and tactics
teams (SWAT), and dive units) to take
their respective assessment. The OBP
facilitator begins by conducting a short
brief on the reasons for NCCAD and
how it can help them as units.
The NCCAD assessments consists of a
total of 56 tasks bundled into specific
question sets spread across the four (4)
disciplines representing specific tasks
encompassing personnel, training, and
equipment. The OBP and the NCCAD
team used federal requirements (FEMA
Resource Typing) to create the
overarching list of questions in the
question sets. Where there were no
requirements, OBP and NCCAD worked
with subject matter experts to identify
best practices to create the assessments.
Subject matter experts and Federal,
State, local agency representatives
collaborated to rank and stack each
question and question set in order of
importance and priority. At that time,
weights were assigned to the questions,
which provide the capability calculation
for the whole question set.
The first group of questions in the
assessment focus on the profile of the
unit, i.e., the number of technicians/
handlers; primary assignment versus
collateral duty assignment; number of
IED responses in the past twelve (12)
months; number of special events in the
past twelve (12) months. The rest of
question sets are delineated by task:
Implement Intelligence/Information
Gathering and Dissemination;
Implement Bombing Incident
Prevention and Response Plans;
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Hazards; Conduct Scene Investigations;
and Maintain Readiness.
Each discipline’s questionnaire only
includes question sets specific to that
discipline. This means that while
multiple disciplines may have the same
question set title, the questions may not
be the same. For example, the SWAT
and canine questionnaires both have the
question set, Maintain Readiness,
however, only the canine questionnaire
includes specific questions about
leashes, water bowls, and kennels, as
equipment needed to maintain
readiness. This tailoring allows for a
large question pool, while ensuring
specificity depending on the discipline
being assessed.
The information from each individual
unit is collected into the database. Upon
completion of inputting the unit
information, the program, using the
appropriate algorithms, creates a
capabilities analysis report for the unit
commander. The report identifies
current capabilities, existing gaps, and
makes recommendations for closing
those gaps. Additionally, the NCCAD
allows the unit commander to identify
the most efficient and effective
purchases of resources to close those
gaps. At the State, regional, and
National-levels, the data is aggregated
within the selected discipline and
provides a snapshot of the counter-IED
capabilities across the discipline. OBP
also intends to identify the lowest,
highest, median, and average capability
levels across units, States, regions,
disciplines, and the Nation. This data
will be used to provide snapshots of the
C–IED capabilities and gaps to inform
decision-makers on policy decisions,
resource allocation for capability
enhancement, and crisis management.
Data collected will be used in readiness
planning, as well as steady-state and
crisis decision support during threats or
incidents. NCCAD data will assist
operational decision-makers and
resource providers in developing
investment justifications that support
State homeland security strategies and
national priorities.
The National Incident Management
System (NIMS) Resource Typing
assessment is a subset of the NCCAD
assessment questions which identify the
number and type of bomb response
teams that a unit has based on its
composition. There are seven tasks with
a total of 32 questions. Resource Typing
Definitions are used to categorize, by
capability, the resources requested,
deployed, and used in incidents.
Measurable standards identifying
resource capabilities and performance
levels serve as the basis for this
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types support a common language for
the mobilization of resources
(equipment, teams, units, and
personnel) prior to, during, and after
major incidents. Resource users at all
levels use these definitions as a
consistent basis when identifying and
inventorying their resources for
capability estimation, planning and for
mobilization during mutual aid efforts.
National NIMS resource types represent
the minimum criteria for the associated
component and capability.
All responses are collected via
electronic means via the virtual
assessment program. While the actual
data collection is done through the
NCCAD database through IP Gateway,
OBP personnel facilitate the collection
of the data by assisting users via a faceto-face discussion or webinar. This is
particularly useful for first time users to
understand the nuances of the NCCAD
system and how they can use their
assessment to help justify resource
requests and help with steady-state and
threat-initiated decision-making. It is
NCCAD policy to not accept the
questionnaires in paper format. If there
is a power outage at the event site or if
the website is down due to technical
reasons, facilitators have copies of the
paper format for stakeholders to
continue filling out. Facilitators do not
collect these hard copies. Stakeholders
keep them to update the electronic
assessment when they next access it.
OBP is cutting down this possibility
even more by beginning the utilization
of tablets and hotspots for those
individuals who do not have laptops or
internet access.
This is a new information collection.
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.

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Title of Collection: National CounterImprovised Explosive Device
Capabilities Analysis Database.
OMB Control Number: 1670—NEW.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal,
and Territorial Governments.
Number of Respondents: 2,717.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 2
hours.
Total Burden Hours: 3,735 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $0.
David Epperson,
Chief Information Officer.
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A. Overview of Information Collection

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7005–N–14]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Owner’s Certification With
HUD Tenant Eligibility and Rent
Procedures
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 60 days of public
comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 15,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
at [email protected] for a copy of
the proposed forms or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lanier M. Hylton, Housing Program

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Manager, Office of Program Systems
Management, Office of Multifamily
Housing Programs, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone (202) 402–2510, (this is not a
toll-free number) for copies of the
proposed forms and other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
Title of Information Collection: Owner
Certification with HUD’s Tenant
Eligibility and Rent Procedures.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0204.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with
change, of previously approved
collection for which approval has
expired. (OMB Expiration Date: June 30,
2018.)
Form Number: HUD–50059, HUD–
50059–A, HUD–9887/9887–A, HUD–
27061–H, HUD–90100, HUD–90101,
HUD–90102, HUD–90103, HUD–90104,
HUD–90105–a, HUD–90105–b, HUD–
90105–c, HUD–90105–d, HUD–90106,
HUD–91066, HUD–91067, HUD–90011,
HUD–90012, Resident Rights and
Responsibilities Brochure, EIV and You,
and the HUD Fact Sheet For HUD
Assisted Residents
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use: The
Department needs to collect this
information in order to establish an
applicant’s eligibility for admittance to
subsidized housing, specify which
eligible applicants may be given priority
over others, and prohibit racial
discrimination in conjunction with
selection of tenants and unit
assignments. The Department must
specify tenant eligibility requirements
as well as how tenants’ incomes, rents
and assistance must be verified and
computed so as to prevent the
Department from making improper
payments to owners on behalf of
assisted tenants. The Department also
must provide annual reports to Congress
and the public on the race/ethnicity and
gender composition of subsidy program
beneficiaries. This information is
essential to maintain a standard of fair
practices in assigning tenants to HUD
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Respondents (i.e., affected public):
Individuals or households, Business or
other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government and
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,170,713.
Estimated Number of Responses:
4,127,179.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Hours per Response: 2.58.
Total Estimated Burden: 1,536,684.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond; including through
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: July 25, 2018.
Vance T. Morris,
Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary
for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner,
H.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7005–N–13]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Multifamily Financial
Management Template
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the

SUMMARY:

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