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passengers who deposit their cards in
the designated drop-boxes, TSA staff at
airports collect the cards, categorize
comments, enter the results into an
online system for reporting, and
respond to passengers as appropriate.
In addition, passengers may reach the
TSA Contact Center (TCC) online at
www.tsa.gov/contact/contact-forms.
This site provides electronic forms of
the comment card and are intended for
the same purpose; to allow passengers
to provide feedback to TSA regarding
their experiences with TSA security
procedures. Passengers may also use the
electronic form to file Disability or Civil
Rights and Liberties complaints. TCC
provides a receipt to any person who
submits an electronic form. The
information obtained from the
electronic forms allows TSA to evaluate
and address customer concerns about
security procedures and policies with
an electronic interface.
TSA is revising the collection to add
three new electronic forms: Request for
Assistance, Request for Information, and
Security Issue. The Request for
Assistance electronic form allows
passengers to request assistance at the
TSA checkpoint as part of the TSA
Cares Program. This program was
developed for passengers with
disabilities, medical conditions, and
other special circumstances who may
need additional assistance during the
security screening process. The program
is available to all members of the public
and is separate from the Military
Severely Injured Joint Support
Operations Center (MSIJSOC) and the
Travel Protocol Office (TPO) programs
which support and facilitate the
movement of wounded warriors,
severely injured military personnel,
veterans and other travelers requiring an
escort through the airport security
screening process. The Request for
Information electronic form allows
passengers to submit an inquiry about
TSA policies and procedures such as
traveling with medical conditions,
prohibited & permitted items, and
security screening. The Security Issue
electronic form allows passengers to
play a critical role in identifying and
reporting suspicious activities and
threats. TCC will also provide receipts
to any person who uses the three new
electronic forms. TSA is required to
provide a receipt to any person who
reports a security problem, deficiency,
or vulnerability. See 49 CFR 1503.3(a).
Number of Respondents: An
estimated 203,659 respondents
annually.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 18,431 hours annually.

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Dated: November 22, 2017.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2017–25670 Filed 11–27–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Revision of Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
Exercise Information System
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces that
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0057,
abstracted below to OMB for review and
approval of a revision of the currently
approved collection under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The
ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
burden for the TSA Exercise
Information System (EXIS).
DATES: Send your comments by
December 28, 2017. 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 dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov.
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer,
Office of Information Technology (OIT),
TSA–11, Transportation Security
Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 20598–6011; telephone
(571) 227–2062; email TSAPRA@
tsa.dhs.gov.
TSA
published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments, of the following collection of
information on August 22, 2017, 82 FR
39900. EXIS is a web portal designed to
serve stakeholders in the transportation
industry in regard to security training
exercises. EXIS provides stakeholders
with transportation security exercise
scenarios and objectives, best practices
and lessons learned, and a repository of

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the user’s own historical exercise data
for use in future exercises. It also allows
stakeholders to design and evaluate
their own security exercises based on
the unique needs of their specific
transportation mode or method of
operation. Utilizing and inputting
information into EXIS is completely
voluntary.
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 http://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.
Consistent with the requirements of
Executive Order (E.O.) 13771, Reducing
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory
Costs, and E.O. 13777, Enforcing the
Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also
requesting comments on the extent to
which this request for information could
be modified to reduce the burden on
respondents.
Information Collection Requirement
Title: Exercise Information System
(EXIS).
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652–0057.
Forms(s): NA.
Affected Public: Transportation
System Sector.
Abstract: The Exercise Information
System (EXIS) is a voluntary, online tool
developed by TSA to support the
mission of a program developed and
implemented by TSA to fulfill
requirements of the Implementing
Recommendations of the 911

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Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Act).1
These statutory programs led to the
development of the Intermodal Security
Training Exercise Program (I–STEP) for
the Transportation Systems Sector
(TSS). Within the I–STEP program, EXIS
is an interactive resource for the TSS.
Number of Respondents: 9,551.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 4,804 hours annually.2
Dated: November 22, 2017.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R2–ES–2017–N108;
FXES11140200000–178–FF02ENEH00]

Notice of Availability; Draft
Environmental Assessment for a Draft
Amendment To Add the Northern
Mexican Gartersnake to the Lower
Colorado River Multi-Species
Conservation Program
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of
documents; request for public comment.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, as the lead Federal
agency, along with the Bureau of
Reclamation as a cooperating agency
and the implementing agency for the
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species
Conservation Program (LCR MSCP),
announce the availability of a draft
environmental assessment (EA) under
the National Environmental Policy Act.
The draft EA evaluates the impacts of,
and alternatives to, amendment of the
existing Endangered Species Act permit
for the LCR MSCP, in order to add the
northern Mexican gartersnake as a
covered species, and the impacts of
implementation of the amended LCR
MSCP.

SUMMARY:

To ensure consideration, written
comments must be received or
postmarked on or before December 28,
2017. Any comments we receive after
the closing date or not postmarked by
the closing date may not be considered
in the final decision on this action.

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DATES:

1 See 9/11 Act secs. 1407 (public transportation,
codified at 6 U.S.C. 1136(a)), 1516 (railroads,
codified at 6 U.S.C. 1166), and 1533 (over-the-road
buses, codified at 6 U.S.C. 1183).
2 TSA made an error in its calculations and
reported the burden in the 60-day notice as 4,820
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Obtaining Documents:
• Internet: You may obtain copies of
the draft EA, which includes the draft
amendment to the LCR MSCP, on the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Web
site at https://www.fws.gov/southwest/
es/arizona/.
• U.S. Mail: A limited number of CD–
ROM and printed copies of the draft EA
and associated draft amendment to the
LCR MSCP are available, by request,
from the Field Supervisor, Arizona
Ecological Services Field Office, 9828 N.
31st Avenue #C3, Phoenix, AZ 85051;
by phone at 602–242–0210; or by fax at
602–242–2513. Please note that your
request is in reference to the draft
amended LCR MSCP for northern
Mexican gartersnake.
• In-Person: Copies of the draft EA
and associated draft amendment to the
LCR MSCP are also available for public
inspection and review at the following
locations, by appointment and written
request only, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.:
Æ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 500
Gold Avenue SW., Room 6034,
Albuquerque, NM 87102.
Æ Arizona Ecological Services Office
(Phoenix; see information under U.S.
Mail, above).
Submitting Comments: You may
submit comments by one of the
following methods.
• U.S. Mail: Arizona Ecological
Services Office (Phoenix; see
information under U.S. Mail, Obtaining
Documents, above).
• Electronically: incomingazcorr@
fws.gov or fw2_hcp_permits@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Spangle, Field Supervisor (see
contact information for Arizona
Ecological Services Field Office
(Phoenix) in ADDRESSES.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
as the lead Federal agency, along with
the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) as a cooperating agency
and the implementing agency for the
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species
Conservation Program (LCR MSCP),
announce the availability of a draft
environmental assessment (EA) under
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.; NEPA). The draft EA evaluates the
impacts of, and alternatives to,
amendment of an existing permit for the
LCR MSCP under section 10(a)(1)(B) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
in order to add the northern Mexican
gartersnake (Thamnophis eques) as a
covered species, as well as the impacts
of implementation of the amended LCR
MSCP.
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Under the proposed amendment,
there are no proposed changes to
covered actions; no changes to the
covered area; and no extension of the
time period of permit coverage.
Permittees with existing LCR MSCP
certificates of inclusion are bound by
the terms and conditions of their
existing requirements. The amendment
is not expected to trigger any new
environmental consequences that were
not identified in the LCR MSCP final
programmatic environmental impact
statement/environmental impact report
(LCR MSCP EIS/EIR), which was
prepared for the original LCR MSCP, or
any new impacts to local economies or
cultural resources. Nor are there any
expected changes to direct, indirect, and
cumulative effects, beyond those
identified for biological resources.
Coverage for incidental take of the
northern Mexican gartersnake will
include the entire program area, as
defined in the record of decision (ROD)
for the LCR MSCP EIS/EIR, dated April
2005. This includes areas up to and
including the full-pool elevation of
Lakes Mead, Mohave, and Havasu and
the historical floodplain of the Colorado
River to the Southerly International
Boundary with Mexico. The ROD also
included off-site conservation areas for
implementing the LCR MSCP. The LCR
MSCP, with Reclamation as the
implementing agency, will manage 512
acres of LCR MSCP-created marsh for
the northern Mexican gartersnake. Of
the 5,940 acres of LCR MSCP-created
cottonwood-willow, 984 acres will be
managed near marshes for the northern
Mexican gartersnake.
Background
The original LCR MSCP permit was
approved on April 4, 2005 (69 FR
75556), and extends through April 30,
2055. The LCR MSCP is a combined
ESA section 10(a)(1)(B) and ESA section
7 approach to ESA compliance for
implementation of covered activities for
non-Federal (section 10) and Federal
(section 7) participants.
The LCR MSCP is a habitat-based
program that is responsible for the
creation and management of land-cover
types that benefit multiple covered
species, including 5,940 acres of
cottonwood-willow; 1,320 acres of
honey mesquite; 512 acres of marsh; and
360 acres of backwater.
The LCR MSCP currently includes
measures necessary to minimize and
mitigate impacts to the 26 listed and
unlisted species and their habitats
covered by the plan. Take of covered
species is incidental to covered
activities associated with river
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