Today the DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate
(NPPD) published a 60-day Information Collection Request (ICR) revision notice
in the Federal Register (82 FR
61312-61317) for the expansion of the personnel surety program (PSP) to
Tier 3 and Tier 4 facilities covered under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism
Standards. The PSP implements the requirement of 6
CFR 27.230(a)(12)(iv) to vet personnel with access to CFATS covered
facilities “to identify people with terrorist ties”.
The NPPD’s Infrastructure Security Compliance Division
(ISCD) is not proposing any changes to the four
options for vetting covered personnel that were established when the
current ICR was
approved for Tier 1 and Tier 2 facilities.
Under this proposed revision ISCD would begin a phased notification
of Tier 3 and Tier 4 facilities over a three-year period to revise their site
security plan to reflect their implementation of the PSP terrorist vetting
requirement. This notification would only begin once the OMB’s Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) approved this ICR.
ISCD has made some revisions to the ICR burden estimates
in this notice based upon the data that they have received during the PSP
implementation at Tier 1 and Tier 2 facilities. Generally they have reduced the
number of estimated data submissions and the amount of time per submission to
lower the burden estimate.
ISCD is soliciting public feedback on this ICR notice.
Comments may be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal (www.Regulations.gov; Docket #DHS-2017-0037).
Comments need to be submitted by 02/26/2018. This ICR notice will be followed
by a 30-day notice once ISCD has a chance to respond to the comments submitted
to this notice.
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