CISA Publishes 60-Day CFATS ICR Revision Notice

Today the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published a 60-day information collection request revision notice in the Federal Register (86 FR 15490-15493) for the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program. This is one of four ICRs that support the operations of the CFATS program.

Covered Instruments

This revision notice addresses changes in the following collection documents:

• Request for Redetermination,

• Request for Extension,

• Top-Screen Update,

• Compliance Assistance, and

• Declaration of Reporting Status

The links above are .docx download links. They are for the currently approved form or instructions. We will not be able to see the revised documents until CISA submits the ICR to the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs shortly after the 30-day ICR notice is published.

Changes

In this revision notice CISA is making changes in the documentation to reflect the organizational change from NPPD to CISA. They are also updating the burden estimates to reflect recent collected data history and extrapolations of future activity. The burden estimates are reflected in the table below.

	Revised Estimate			Current Estimate
	Number	Time	Cost	Number	Time	Cost
Request for Redetermination	250	62.5	$5,364	625	156.0	$10,581
Request for Extension	400	41.7	$3,576	730	58.0	$3,955
Top-Screen Update	2,500	312.5	$26,818	1,875	150.0	$10,158
Compliance Assistance	1,600	133.3	$11,443	683	55.0	$3,698
Declaration of Reporting Status	100	25.0	$2,145	480	120.0	$8,126

The links in the table lead to the detailed discussion of the revision methodology in this revision notice.

Public Comments

CISA is soliciting public comments on this ICR revision. Comments may be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal (www.Regulations.gov; Docket # CISA-2021-0003). Comments should be submitted by May 24^th, 2021.