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Dr.
Jennifer Guimond, Project Clearance
Liaison, Office of Science Policy,
Reporting, and Program Analysis,
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National
Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, National Institutes of
Health, 31 Center Drive, Room 2A18,
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892 or call nontoll-free number (301) 496–1877 or
Email Jennifer.guimond@nih.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 7, 2018, the Department of
Health and Human Services, National
Institutes of Health published a Notice
in the Federal Register on pages 55729–
55730 (83 FR 55729) that inadvertently
contained an error in the Number of
responses per respondent column. The
purpose of this notice is to correct the
total number for this column to read
464.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dated: November 20, 2018.
Jennifer Guimond,
Project Clearance Liaison, Eunice Kennedy
Shriver National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development, National Institutes of
Health.
[FR Doc. 2018–25784 Filed 11–26–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
National Counter-Improvised Explosive
Device Capabilities Analysis Database
Office of Infrastructure
Protection (IP), National Protection and
Programs Directorate (NPPD),
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for
comments; New Collection, 1670–NEW.
AGENCY:

DHS NPPD IP will submit the
following information collection request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. DHS previously
published this information collection
request (ICR) in the Federal Register on
Thursday, August 16, 2018 for a 60-day
public comment period. 0 comments
were received by DHS. The purpose of
this notice is to allow an additional 30
days for public comments. To provide
greater transparency, NPPD is making
an adjustment from the 60 day notice to
show all related costs in the 30 day
notice.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until December 27,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on

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the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to OMB Desk Officer, Department of
Homeland Security and sent via
electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov. All submissions must
include the words ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security’’ and the OMB
Control Number 1670–NEW—National
Counter-Improvised Explosive Device
Capabilities Analysis Database.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through relevant websites. For
this reason, please do not include in
your comments information of a
confidential nature, such as sensitive
personal information or proprietary
information. If you send an email
comment, your email address will be
automatically captured and included as
part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the
internet. Please note that responses to
this public comment request containing
any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication
will be treated as public comments that
may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Jenny Margaros
at 703.235.9381 or at
JENNY.MARGAROS@HQ.DHS.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Homeland Security Presidential
Directive-19: Combating Terrorist Use of
Explosives in the United States, DHS
was mandated to have a regularly
updated assessment of domestic
explosives-related capabilities. It
required DHS to expand its National
Capabilities Analysis Database, which is
now known as the National CounterImprovised Explosive Device
Capabilities Analysis Database
(NCCAD). Currently, the President’s
Policy Directive-17: Countering
Improvised Explosive Devices (PPD–17)
reaffirms the 2007 Strategy for
Combating Terrorist Use of Explosives
in the United States. It provides
guidance to update and gives
momentum to our ability to counter
threats involving improvised explosive
devices (IEDs).
The NCCAD provides State, local,
tribal and territorial law enforcement
stakeholders a method to identify their
level of capability to prevent, protect,
mitigate, and respond to an IED threat.
It also provides Federal stakeholders an
overarching view of the Nation’s
collective counter-IED capabilities.

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Information is collected by Office for
Bombing Prevention (OBP) personnel
and contractors. These individuals
travel to locations across the Nation to
gather the requisite information. OBP
personnel and contractors facilitate
initial baseline assessments either faceto-face or via webinar in order to get
stakeholders familiar with the NCCAD
system, provide clarifying information,
and answer questions. Federal, State,
local, tribal, and territorial law
enforcement personnel with a counterIED mission assist NCCAD personnel to
coordinate a training location for
personnel from the four disciplines
(bomb squads, explosives detection
canine, special weapons and tactics
teams (SWAT), and dive units) to take
their respective assessment. The OBP
facilitator begins by conducting a short
brief on the reasons for NCCAD and
how it can help them as units.
The NCCAD assessments consists of a
total of 56 tasks bundled into specific
question sets spread across the four (4)
disciplines representing specific tasks
encompassing personnel, training, and
equipment. The OBP and the NCCAD
team used federal requirements (FEMA
Resource Typing) to create the
overarching list of questions in the
question sets. Where there were no
requirements, OBP and NCCAD worked
with subject matter experts to identify
best practices to create the assessments.
Subject matter experts and Federal,
State, local agency representatives
collaborated to rank and stack each
question and question set in order of
importance and priority. At that time,
weights were assigned to the questions,
which provide the capability calculation
for the whole question set.
The first group of questions in the
assessment focus on the profile of the
unit, i.e., the number of technicians/
handlers; primary assignment versus
collateral duty assignment; number of
IED responses in the past twelve (12)
months; number of special events in the
past twelve (12) months. The rest of
question sets are delineated by task:
Implement Intelligence/Information
Gathering and Dissemination;
Implement Bombing Incident
Prevention and Response Plans;
Incident Analysis; Incident Mitigation;
Access Threat Area; Contain or Mitigate
Hazards; Conduct Scene Investigations;
and Maintain Readiness.
Each discipline’s questionnaire only
includes question sets specific to that
discipline. This means that while
multiple disciplines may have the same
question set title, the questions may not
be the same. For example, the SWAT
and canine questionnaires both have the
question set, Maintain Readiness,

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however, only the canine questionnaire
includes specific questions about
leashes, water bowls, and kennels, as
equipment needed to maintain
readiness. This tailoring allows for a
large question pool, while ensuring
specificity depending on the discipline
being assessed.
The information from each individual
unit is collected into the database. Upon
completion of inputting the unit
information, the program, using the
appropriate algorithms, creates a
capabilities analysis report for the unit
commander. The report identifies
current capabilities, existing gaps, and
makes recommendations for closing
those gaps. Additionally, the NCCAD
allows the unit commander to identify
the most efficient and effective
purchases of resources to close those
gaps. At the State, regional, and
National-levels, the data is aggregated
within the selected discipline and
provides a snapshot of the counter-IED
capabilities across the discipline. OBP
also intends to identify the lowest,
highest, median, and average capability
levels across units, States, regions,
disciplines, and the Nation. This data
will be used to provide snapshots of the
C–IED capabilities and gaps to inform
decision-makers on policy decisions,
resource allocation for capability
enhancement, and crisis management.
Data collected will be used in readiness
planning, as well as steady-state and
crisis decision support during threats or
incidents. NCCAD data will assist
operational decision-makers and
resource providers in developing
investment justifications that support
State homeland security strategies and
national priorities.
The National Incident Management
System (NIMS) Resource Typing
assessment is a subset of the NCCAD
assessment questions which identify the
number and type of bomb response
teams that a unit has based on its
composition. There are seven tasks with
a total of 32 questions. Resource Typing
Definitions are used to categorize, by
capability, the resources requested,
deployed, and used in incidents.
Measurable standards identifying
resource capabilities and performance
levels serve as the basis for this
categorization. National NIMS resource
types support a common language for
the mobilization of resources
(equipment, teams, units, and
personnel) prior to, during, and after
major incidents. Resource users at all
levels use these definitions as a
consistent basis when identifying and
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National NIMS resource types represent
the minimum criteria for the associated
component and capability.
All responses are collected via
electronic means via the virtual
assessment program. While the actual
data collection is done through the
NCCAD database through IP Gateway,
OBP personnel facilitate the collection
of the data by assisting users via a faceto-face discussion or webinar. This is
particularly useful for first time users to
understand the nuances of the NCCAD
system and how they can use their
assessment to help justify resource
requests and help with steady-state and
threat-initiated decision-making. It is
NCCAD policy to not accept the
questionnaires in paper format. If there
is a power outage at the event site or if
the website is down due to technical
reasons, facilitators have copies of the
paper format for stakeholders to
continue filling out. Facilitators do not
collect these hard copies. Stakeholders
keep them to update the electronic
assessment when they next access it.
OBP is cutting down this possibility
even more by beginning the utilization
of tablets and hotspots for those
individuals who do not have laptops or
internet access.
This is a new information collection.
OMB is particularly interested in
comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information 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 of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
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 through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Title of Collection: National CounterImprovised Explosive Device
Capabilities Analysis Database.
OMB Control Number: 1670–NEW.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal,
and Territorial Governments.
Number of Annualized Respondents:
2,717.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 2
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Total Annualized Burden Hours:
3,735 hours.
Total Annualized Respondent
Opportunity Cost: $161,839.
Total Respondent Out-of-Pocket Cost:
$0.
Total Annualized Government Cost:
$1,055,581.
Michael Dalmado,
Chief Information Security Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Opening of Registration for Certified
Cargo Screening Facilities-Canine
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) is announcing the
opportunity for explosives detection
canine teams and canine team providers
to become a registered Certified Cargo
Screening Facility-Canine (CCSF–K9)
under TSA’s Certified Cargo Screening
Program (CCSP). This notice provides
information necessary for qualified,
interested persons to initiate the
registration process.
DATES: Applicable November 27, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons can
contact 3PK9aircargosecurity@
tsa.dhs.gov to obtain a copy of the
information discussed in this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael P. Daniel, Section Chief, Cargo
Risk Reduction, Compliance Division,
Security Operations, TSA. Mr. Daniel
can be reached at (571) 227–2228, or by
email to 3PK9aircargosecurity@
tsa.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Background
A. Statutory Authority
The Implementing Recommendations
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
(Pub. L. 110–53, 121 Stat. 266, Aug. 3,
2007) (9/11 Act) mandated the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to require 100 percent screening
of air cargo transported on passenger
aircraft at a level commensurate with
requirements for screening of checked
baggage.1 In defining ‘‘screening,’’ the
statute specifically includes the use of
‘‘explosives detection canine teams
1 See 9/11 Act sec. 1602, codified at 49 U.S.C.
4490l(g).

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