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critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities and
priorities for CISA. Government officials
will share sensitive information with
CSAC members on initiatives and future
security requirements for assessing
cyber risks to critical infrastructure.
Basis for Closure: In accordance with
section 10(d) of FACA and 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(9)(B), The Government in the
Sunshine Act, it has been determined
that certain agenda items require
closure, as the premature disclosure of
the information that will be discussed
would be likely to significantly frustrate
implementation of proposed agency
actions.
This agenda item addresses areas of
CISA’s operations that include critical
cybersecurity vulnerabilities and
priorities for CISA. Government officials
will share sensitive information with
CSAC members on initiatives and future
security requirements for assessing
cyber risks to critical infrastructure.
As the premature disclosure of the
information that will be discussed
would be likely to significantly frustrate
implementation of proposed agency
action, this portion of the meeting is
required to be closed pursuant to
section 10(d) of FACA and 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(9)(B).
Megan M. Tsuyi,
Designated Federal Officer, CISA
Cybersecurity Advisory Committee,
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2023–24929 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Revision of Agency
Information Collection Activity Under
OMB Review: Baseline Assessment for
Security Enhancement (BASE)
Program
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:

The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on one currently approved
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0062
abstracted below that we will submit to
OMB for a revision in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
The ICR covers the assessment of
current security practices in public
transportation passenger rail (PTPR) and
highway and motor carrier (HWY)

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industries by way of the Baseline
Assessment for Security Enhancement
(BASE) program, which encompasses
site visits and interviews, and is part of
the larger domain awareness,
prevention, and protection program that
supports the mission of TSA and the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS). This voluntary collection allows
TSA to conduct transportation securityrelated assessments during site visits
with security and operating officials of
certain surface transportation modes.
DATES: Send your comments by January
12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed
to [email protected] or delivered to
the TSA PRA Officer, Information
Technology, TSA 11, Transportation
Security Administration, 6595
Springfield Center Drive, Springfield,
VA 20598–6011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Raymond at the above address,
or by telephone (571) 227–2526.
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 will be
available at https://www.reginfo.gov
upon its submission to OMB. 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
OMB Control Number 1652–0062;
Baseline Assessment for Security
Enhancement (BASE) Program. Under
the Aviation and Transportation
Security Act and delegated authority
from the Secretary of Homeland
Security, TSA has broad responsibility
and authority for ‘‘security in all modes

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of transportation including security
responsibilities over modes of
transportation that are exercised by the
Department of Transportation.’’ 1 TSA is
also required to ‘‘assess the security of
each surface transportation mode and
evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency
of current Federal Government surface
transportation security initiatives.’’ 2
TSA developed the BASE program in
2007, in an effort to engage with surface
transportation entities to establish a
‘‘baseline’’ of security and emergency
response operations. This program was
initially created for PTPR (including rail
and bus operations). Based on the
success of the program, TSA developed
the HWY BASE program in 2012. The
HWY BASE applies to trucking, school
bus contractors, school districts, and
over-the-road motor coaches. This
voluntary program enables TSA to
collect and evaluate physical and
operational preparedness information
and critical assets and key point-ofcontact lists. TSA also reviews
emergency procedures and domain
awareness training and provides an
opportunity to share industry best
practices.
The BASE program provides TSA
with current information on adopted
security-practices within the PTPR and
HWY modes of the surface
transportation sector. The information
collected also allows TSA to
dynamically adapt programs to the
changing threat with an understanding
of the improvements surface
transportation entities make in their
security posture. Additionally, the
relationships these face-to-face contacts
foster are critical to TSA’s ability to
reach out to the surface transportation
entities participating in the BASE
program.
In carrying out the voluntary BASE
program, TSA’s Transportation Security
Inspectors-Surface (TSIs–S) conduct
BASE reviews during site visits with
security and operating officials of PTPR
1 See Public Law 107–71, (115 Stat. 597, Nov. 19,
2001), codified at 49 U.S.C. 114(d). The TSA
Administrator’s current authorities under the
Aviation and Transportation Security Act have been
delegated to him by the Secretary of Homeland
Security. Section 403(2) of the Homeland Security
Act (HSA) of 2002, Public Law 107–296, (116 Stat.
2315, Nov. 25, 2002), transferred all functions of
TSA, including those of the Secretary of
Transportation and the Under Secretary of
Transportation of Security related to TSA, to the
Secretary of Homeland Security. Pursuant to DHS
Delegation Number 7060.2, the Secretary delegated
to the Assistant Secretary (now referred to as the
Administrator of TSA), subject to the Secretary’s
guidance and control, the authority vested in the
Secretary with respect to TSA, including that in sec.
403(2) of the HSA.
2 See Executive Order 13416 of Dec. 5, 2006
(Strengthening Surface Transportation Security) at
sec. 3(a).

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and HWY systems, throughout the U.S.
The TSIs-S receive and document
relevant information using a
standardized checklist. In April 2020
the Government Accountability Office,
audit GA–20–404, recommended TSA
update the BASE cybersecurity
questions to ensure they reflect key
practices. As a result, TSA revised the
collection to reflect the five core
functions of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST)
cybersecurity framework. These core
functions, and a majority of the
subcategories, were combined with
industry best practices into a set of
additional questions focused on
cybersecurity to identify vulnerabilities
and provide support for strengthening
the cybersecurity baseline for the
surface transportation sector. In May
2023, TSA formed a team of surface
transportation subject matter experts to
review the 222 questions on the PTPR
BASE and 52 that were deemed no
longer relevant or repetitive, were
removed.
Advance coordination and planning
ensures the efficiency of the assessment
process. The TSIs-S review and analyze
the stakeholders’ security plan, if
adopted, and determine if the mitigation
measures included in the plan are being
effectively implemented, while
providing additional resources for
further security enhancement. In
addition to examining the security plan
document, TSIs-S reviews one or more
assets of the private and/or public
owner/operator.
During BASE site visits of PTPR and
HWY entities, TSIs-S collect
information and complete a BASE
checklist from the review of each
entity’s documents, plans, and
procedures. They also interview
appropriate entity personnel and
conduct system observations prompted
by questions raised during the
document review and interview stages.
TSA conducts the interviews to
establish and clarify information on
security measures implemented by the
entity and to identify security gaps. The
one-on-one interviews establish a
relationship that fosters engagement on,
and implementation of, effective and
sustained security.
Without this information, the ability
for TSA to perform its security mission
would be severely hindered. Absent this
program, there would be no consistent
data about these transportation security
programs, nor a decentralized database
TSA could use to benchmark the
programs. While many PTPR and HWY
entities have security and emergency
response plans or protocols in place, the
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evaluate the extent to which security
programs exist and the content of those
programs.
The participants in the BASE program
receive the benefit of a no-cost,
voluntary, risk-based assessment
tailored to their operations and the size
of their organization. These targeted
assessments provide actionable options
for consideration to strengthen an
entities lowest-scoring items.
Organizations that participate in the
BASE may qualify to receive grant
funding to address high-risk security
areas and also receive additional
guidance to strengthen their security.
While TSA has not set a limit on the
number of BASE program reviews to
conduct, TSA estimates it will conduct
approximately 70 PTPR BASE reviews
and approximately 107 HWY BASE
reviews on an annual basis. TSA does
not intend to conduct more than one
BASE review per public transportation
passenger rail system in a single year.
TSA estimates that the hour burden per
PTPR entity to engage its security and/
or operating officials with inspectors in
the interactive BASE program review
process is approximately 9 hours. For
HWY, TSA estimates approximately 1.8
hours per HWY entity to engage its
security and/or operating officials with
inspectors in the interactive BASE
program review process. Those who
choose to also participate in the new
cyber BASE will spend 7.8 hours each,
and TSA expects there will be eight
reviews conducted per year. The total
annual hour burden for the PTPR BASE
program review is 630 hours, for HWY
BASE 192.6 hours, and for
Cybersecurity BASE 62.4 hours, for a
total annual burden of 885 hours.
Dated: November 6, 2023.
Nicole Raymond,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2023–24858 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2023–0196;
FXES11140400000–234–FF04EF4000]

Receipt of Incidental Take Permit
Application and Proposed Habitat
Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink;
Lake County, FL; Categorical
Exclusion
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:

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We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), announce receipt of
an application from Enterprise Leasing
Company of Orlando, LLC (Enterprise
Car Rental and Sales Clermont,
applicant) for an incidental take permit
(ITP) under the Endangered Species Act.
The applicant requests the ITP to take
the federally listed sand skink (Neoseps
reynoldsi) incidental to the construction
of a commercial development in Lake
County, Florida. We request public
comment on the application, which
includes the applicant’s proposed
habitat conservation plan (HCP), and on
the Service’s preliminary determination
that the proposed permitting action may
be eligible for a categorical exclusion
pursuant to the Council on
Environmental Quality’s National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
regulations, the Department of the
Interior’s (DOI) NEPA regulations, and
the DOI Departmental Manual. To make
this preliminary determination, we
prepared a draft environmental action
statement and low-effect screening form,
both of which are also available for
public review. We invite comment from
the public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on or before December 13,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You
may obtain copies of the documents
online in Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–
2023–0196 at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Submitting Comments: If you wish to
submit comments on any of the
documents, you may do so in writing by
one of the following methods:
• Online: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2023–0196.
• U.S. mail: Public Comments
Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R4–
ES–2023–0196; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg
Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Gawera, by U.S. mail (see ADDRESSES),
by telephone at 904–731–3121, or via
email at [email protected].
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
SUMMARY:

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