1625-0060 Privacy Threshold Analysis

Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
202-343-1717, pia@hq.dhs.gov
www.dhs.gov/privacy

PRIVACY THRESHOLD ANALYSIS (PTA)
This form serves as the official determination by the DHS Privacy Office to
identify the privacy compliance requirements for all Departmental uses of
personally identifiable information (PII).
A Privacy Threshold Analysis (PTA) serves as the document used to identify
information technology (IT) systems, information collections/forms, technologies,
rulemakings, programs, information sharing arrangements, or pilot projects that involve
PII and other activities that otherwise impact the privacy of individuals as determined by
the Chief Privacy Officer, pursuant to Section 222 of the Homeland Security Act, and to
assess whether there is a need for additional Privacy Compliance Documentation. A PTA
includes a general description of the IT system, information collection, form, technology,
rulemaking, program, pilot project, information sharing arrangement, or other Department
activity and describes what PII is collected (and from whom) and how that information is
used and managed.
Please complete the attached Privacy Threshold Analysis and submit it to your
component Privacy Office. After review by your component Privacy Officer the PTA is sent
to the Department’s Senior Director for Privacy Compliance for action. If you do not have a
component Privacy Office, please send the PTA to the DHS Privacy Office:
Senior Director, Privacy Compliance
The Privacy Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
Tel: 202-343-1717
PIA@hq.dhs.gov
Upon receipt from your component Privacy Office, the DHS Privacy Office will review this
form and assess whether any privacy compliance documentation is required. If compliance
documentation is required – such as Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), System of Records
Notice (SORN), Privacy Act Statement, or Computer Matching Agreement (CMA) – the DHS
Privacy Office or component Privacy Office will send you a copy of the relevant compliance
template to complete and return.

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Privacy Threshold Analysis (PTA)

Specialized Template for
Information Collections (IC) and Forms
The Forms-PTA is a specialized template for Information Collections and Forms.
This specialized PTA must accompany all Information Collections submitted as part of the
Paperwork Reduction Act process (any instrument for collection (form, survey,
questionnaire, etc.) from ten or more members of the public). Components may use this
PTA to assess internal, component-specific forms as well.
Form Number:

N/A

Form Title:

N/A

Component:

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

Office:

CG-REG

IF COVERED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT:
Collection Title:
Vapor Control Systems for Facilities and Tank Vessels
OMB Control
Number:
Collection status:

Name:
Office:
Phone:

Name:
Office:
Phone:

1625-0060
Extension

OMB Expiration
Date:
Date of last PTA (if
applicable):

August 31, 2018
N/A

PROJECT OR PROGRAM MANAGER
Mr. David Du Pont
CG-REG
Title:
Reg Dev Mgr
202-372-1497
Email:
David.A.DuPont@uscg.mil
COMPONENT INFORMATION COLLECTION/FORMS CONTACT
Mr. Anthony Smith
CG-612
Title:
PRA Coordinator
202-475-3532
Email:
Anthony.D.Smith@uscg.mil

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SPECIFIC IC/Forms PTA QUESTIONS
1. Purpose of the Information Collection or Form
The purpose of the information collection is to aid the Coast Guard in determining if a
vessel or facility vapor control system complies with certain safety standards. Plans and
records are required for compliance with these standards.
There is no form associated with this collection. The records contain basic business contact
information which may include the name and address of the vessel or facility
owner/operator, if owned/operated by an individual.
The authority for this collection is 33 U.S.C. 1225 and 46 U.S.C. 3703.

2. Describe the IC/Form
a. Does this form collect any
Personally Identifiable
Information” (PII1)?
b. From which type(s) of
individuals does this form
collect information?
(Check all that apply.)

Yes
☐No
Members of the public
U.S. citizens or lawful permanent
residents
Non-U.S. Persons.
☐DHS Employees
☐DHS Contractors
☐Other federal employees or contractors.

c. Who will complete and
submit this form? (Check
all that apply.)

The record subject of the form (e.g., the
individual applicant).
☐Legal Representative (preparer, attorney, etc.).
Business entity.
If a business entity, is the only
information collected business contact

1

Personally identifiable information means any information that permits the identity of an individual to be directly or indirectly inferred,
including any other information which is linked or linkable to that individual regardless of whether the individual is a U.S. citizen, lawful
permanent resident, visitor to the U.S., or employee or contractor to the Department.
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information?
Yes
☐No
☐Law enforcement.
☐DHS employee or contractor.
☐Other individual/entity/organization that is
NOT the record subject. Please describe.
There is no form associated with this collection.
d. How do individuals
complete the form? Check
all that apply.

Paper.
Electronic. (ex: fillable PDF)
☐Online web form. (available and submitted via
the internet)
Provide link:

e. What information will DHS collect on the form?
The records contain basic business contact information which may include the name and
address of the vessel or facility owner/operator, if owned/operated by an individual.
f. Does this form collect Social Security number (SSN) or other element that is standalone Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (SPII)? No.
☐ Social Security number
☐ DHS Electronic Data Interchange
Personal Identifier (EDIPI)
☐ Alien Number (A-Number)
☐ Social Media Handle/ID
☐ Tax Identification Number
☐ Known Traveler Number
☐ Visa Number
☐ Trusted Traveler Number (Global
☐ Passport Number
Entry, Pre-Check, etc.)
☐ Bank Account, Credit Card, or other
☐ Driver’s License Number
financial account number
☐ Biometrics
☐ Other. Please list:
g. List the specific authority to collect SSN or these other SPII elements.
N/A
h. How will this information be used? What is the purpose of the collection? Describe
why this collection of SPII is the minimum amount of information necessary to
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accomplish the purpose of the program.
N/A
i. Are individuals
☐Yes. Please describe how notice is provided.
provided notice at the
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time of collection by
No.
DHS (Does the records
subject have notice of
the collection or is
form filled out by third
party)?

3. How will DHS store the IC/form responses?
a. How will DHS store
☐Paper. Please describe.
the original,
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completed IC/forms?
☐Electronic. Please describe the IT system that will
store the data from the form.
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Scanned forms (completed forms are scanned into
an electronic repository). Please describe the
electronic repository.
The records that the Coast Guard receives are
maintained in Marine Information for Safety and Law
Enforcement (MISLE) database.
b. If electronic, how
does DHS input the
responses into the IT
system?

Manually (data elements manually entered).
Please describe.
A scanned record is uploaded to the vessel or
facility-specific file in MISLE.
☐Automatically. Please describe.
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c. How would a user
search the
information
submitted on the
forms, i.e., how is the
information
retrieved?

☐By a unique identifier.2 Please describe. If
information is retrieved by personal identifier, please
submit a Privacy Act Statement with this PTA.
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By a non-personal identifier. Please describe.
A search can be done using vessel or facilityspecific information.
A record is retained for the life of the vessel or facility;
NARA retention schedule number N1-026-05-015.

d. What is the records
retention
schedule(s)? Include
the records schedule
number.
e. How do you ensure
As records are maintained in the MISLE database,
that records are
disposal/deletion is in accordance with the business
disposed of or deleted
rules for the database.
in accordance with
the retention
schedule?
f. Is any of this information shared outside of the original program/office?
No. Information on this form is not shared outside of the collecting office.
☐Yes, information is shared with other DHS components or offices. Please describe.
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☐Yes, information is shared external to DHS with other federal agencies, state/local
partners, international partners, or non-governmental entities. Please describe.

2

Generally, a unique identifier is considered any type of “personally identifiable information,” meaning any information that permits the identity
of an individual to be directly or indirectly inferred, including any other information which is linked or linkable to that individual regardless of
whether the individual is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, visitor to the U.S., or employee or contractor to the Department.
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Please include a copy of the referenced form and Privacy Act Statement (if
applicable) with this PTA upon submission.

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PRIVACY THRESHOLD REVIEW
(TO BE COMPLETED BY COMPONENT PRIVACY OFFICE)
Component Privacy Office
Reviewer:

A.L. Craig

Date submitted to component
Privacy Office:
Date submitted to DHS Privacy
Office:
Have you approved a Privacy Act
Statement for this form? (Only
applicable if you have received a
waiver from the DHS Chief Privacy
Officer to approve component
Privacy Act Statements.)

July 16, 2018
July 18, 2018
☐Yes. Please include it with this PTA
submission.
X No, there are no forms associated with this
collection.

Component Privacy Office Recommendation:
The USCG utilizes this information to determine if a vessel or facility vapor control system
complies with certain safety standards.
There are no forms associated with this collection. However, records contain basic
business contact information (i.e. name and address) of the vessel or facility
owner/operator, if owned/operated by an individual.
DHS/PIA-008 and DHS/USCG-013 provides coverage/notice for this collection.

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PRIVACY THRESHOLD ADJUDICATION
(TO BE COMPLETED BY THE DHS PRIVACY OFFICE)
DHS Privacy Office Reviewer:

Riley Dean

PCTS Workflow Number:
Date approved by DHS Privacy
Office:
PTA Expiration Date

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July 19, 2018
July 19, 2021
DESIGNATION

Privacy Sensitive IC or
Form:

Choose an item. If “no” PTA adjudication is complete.

Determination:

☐PTA sufficient at this time.
☐Privacy compliance documentation determination in progress.
☐New information sharing arrangement is required.
☐DHS Policy for Computer-Readable Extracts Containing SPII
applies.
☐Privacy Act Statement required.
X Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) required.
☐System of Records Notice (SORN) required.
☐Specialized training required.
☐Other. Click here to enter text.

DHS IC/Forms Review: Choose an item.
Date IC/Form
Approved by PRIV:
IC/Form PCTS
Number:

Click here to enter a date.
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Privacy Act
Statement:
PTA:

None required.
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Choose an item.
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PIA:
System covered by existing PIA
If covered by existing PIA, please list: DHS/USCG/PIA-008 Marine
Information for Safety and Law Enforcement (MISLE)
If a PIA update is required, please list: Click here to enter text.
SORN:
Choose an item.
If covered by existing SORN, please list: Click here to enter text.
If a SORN update is required, please list: Click here to enter text.
DHS Privacy Office Comments:
Please describe rationale for privacy compliance determination above.
USCG is submitting this PTA to discuss the Vapor Control Systems for Facilities and Tank
Vessels information collection, which is associated with OMB Control Number 1625-0060.
To comply with various Federal and State environmental quality statutes and regulations
imposed by agencies other than the Coast Guard, many tank vessels and facilities involved
in loading or unloading cargo from those vessels use vapor control systems (VCSs) to limit
hydrocarbon emissions during tank vessel loading or unloading. The Coast Guard itself
does not require any vessel or facility to use a VCS, but it regulates VCS safety. VCSs require
approval, either directly from the Coast Guard or using the services of third-party
certifying entities that have been recognized (“accepted”) by the Coast Guard for that
purpose. The purpose of the information is (1) recording compliance actions, (2)
documenting safety procedures (3) conveying training information and (4) labeling
equipment to assure safe operations.
There are no forms associated with this collection. The information may be submitted by
mail, fax or electronically via e-mail to the Coast Guard. However, records contain basic
business contact information of the vessel or facility owner/operator, if owned/operated
by an individual. The records that USCG receives are maintained in Marine Information for
Safety and Law Enforcement (MISLE) database and are not shared outside of the office.
The DHS Privacy Office agrees that this information collection is privacy-sensitive.
PIA coverage is provided by DHS/USCG/PIA-008 MISLE, which outlines the risks of
capturing information required to support the Coast Guard’s marine safety, security,
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environmental protection and law enforcement programs. SORN coverage is not
technically required as the information is retrieved by search using vessel-specific
information. However, DHS/USCG-013 MISLE does provide notice of this type of
information collection. No Privacy Act Statement is required.

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