[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53902-53903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21631]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA-2011-0008]
Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) Meeting
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will hold a
meeting of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) on September
18, to discuss the recommendations of its sub-committees. This meeting
will be open to the public.
DATES: The Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 18, 2012, from
1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. This meeting may end early if all business is
completed.
Submit comments by September 11, 2012, on the reports to be
considered by the committee.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Transportation Security
Administration Systems Integration Facility, located at 3701 West Post
Office Road, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA),
Arlington, VA 22202.
We invite your comments on the Report on the Actions of the Air
Cargo Security Sub-committee and the Report on the Actions of the
International Aviation Sub-committee, placed in the public docket. You
may submit comments on these reports, identified by the TSA docket
number to this action (Docket No. TSA-2011-0008), to the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS), a government-wide, electronic docket
management system, using any one of the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit comments through the Federal
eRulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail, In Person, or Fax: Address, hand-deliver, or fax your written
comments to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001; fax (202) 493-2251. The
Department of Transportation (DOT), which maintains and processes TSA's
official regulatory dockets, will scan the submission and post it to
FDMS.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for format and other information
about comment submissions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Walter, ASAC Designated Federal
Officer, Transportation Security Administration (TSA-28), 601 12th
Street South, Arlington, VA 20598-4028, Dean.Walter@dhs.gov, 571-227-
2645.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
To facilitate public participation, TSA invites interested persons
to participate in this action by submitting written comments, data, or
views on the issues to be considered by the committee as listed in the
``Meeting Summary'' section below. We also invite comments relating to
the economic, environmental, energy, or federalism impacts that might
result from this action. See ADDRESSES above for information on where
to submit comments.
With each comment, please identify the docket number at the
beginning of your comments. TSA encourages commenters to provide their
names and addresses. The most helpful comments reference a specific
portion of the document, explain the reason for any recommended change,
and include supporting data. You may submit comments and material
electronically, in person, by mail, or fax as provided under ADDRESSES,
but please submit your comments and material by only one means. If you
submit comments by mail or delivery, submit them in an unbound format,
no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic
filing.
If you would like TSA to acknowledge receipt of comments submitted
by mail, include with your comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard
on which the docket number appears. We will stamp the date on the
postcard and mail it to you.
TSA will file all comments to our docket address, as well as items
sent to the address or email under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, in
the public
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docket, except for comments containing confidential information and
sensitive security information (SSI).\1\ Should you wish your
personally identifiable information redacted prior to filing in the
docket, please so state. TSA will consider all comments that are in the
docket on or before the closing date for comments and will consider
comments filed late to the extent practicable. The docket is available
for public inspection before and after the comment closing date.
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\1\ ``Sensitive Security Information'' or ``SSI'' is information
obtained or developed in the conduct of security activities, the
disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of
privacy, reveal trade secrets or privileged or confidential
information, or be detrimental to the security of transportation.
The protection of SSI is governed by 49 CFR part 1520.
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Handling of Confidential or Proprietary Information and Sensitive
Security Information (SSI) Submitted in Public Comments
Do not submit comments that include trade secrets, confidential
commercial or financial information, or SSI to the public regulatory
docket. Please submit such comments separately from other comments on
the action. Comments containing this type of information should be
appropriately marked as containing such information and submitted by
mail to the address listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
TSA will not place comments containing SSI in the public docket and
will handle them in accordance with applicable safeguards and
restrictions on access. TSA will hold documents containing SSI,
confidential business information, or trade secrets in a separate file
to which the public does not have access, and place a note in the
public docket explaining that commenters have submitted such documents.
TSA may include a redacted version of the comment in the public docket.
If an individual requests to examine or copy information that is not in
the public docket, TSA will treat it as any other request under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of
Homeland Security's (DHS') FOIA regulation found in 6 CFR part 5.
Reviewing Comments in the Docket
Please be aware that anyone is able to search the electronic form
of all comments in any of our dockets by the name of the individual who
submitted the comment (or signed the comment, if an association,
business, labor union, etc., submitted the comment). You may review the
applicable Privacy Act Statement published in the Federal Register on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit http://DocketInfo.dot.gov.
You may review TSA's electronic public docket on the Internet at
http://www.regulations.gov. In addition, DOT's Docket Management
Facility provides a physical facility, staff, equipment, and assistance
to the public. To obtain assistance or to review comments in TSA's
public docket, you may visit this facility between 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays, or call (202)
366-9826. This docket operations facility is located in the West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590.
Availability of Committee Documents
You can get an electronic copy using the Internet by--
(1) Searching the electronic Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) web page at http://www.regulations.gov; or
(2) Accessing the Government Printing Office's web page at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR to view
the daily published Federal Register edition; or accessing the ``Search
the Federal Register by Citation'' in the ``Related Resources'' column
on the left, if you need to do a Simple or Advanced search for
information, such as a type of document that crosses multiple agencies
or dates.
In addition, copies are available by writing or calling the
individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Make sure to
identify the docket number of this action.
Meeting Summary
Notice of this meeting is given under section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). ASAC
operates under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 70112 and provides advice,
consults with, and makes recommendations to the Secretary of Homeland
Security, via the Administrator of TSA on matters affecting civil
aviation security.
This meeting is open to the public, but attendance is limited to 75
people. The meeting will be held at the TSA Systems Integration
Facility, which is a secure facility, at 3701 West Post Office Road,
DCA Airport, Arlington, VA 22202. Members of the public must register
in advance with their full name and company/association to attend. In
addition, members of the public must make advance arrangements to
present oral statements at the meeting. The public comment period will
be held during the meeting from approximately 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
depending on the meeting progress. Speakers are requested to limit
their comments to three minutes. Written statements may also be
presented to the Committee. Contact the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than September 11, 2012,
to register to attend the meeting and/or to speak at the meeting.
Written statements shall also be submitted no later than September 11,
2012. Anyone in need of assistance or a reasonable accommodation for
the meeting should contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Meeting Agenda
The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
Report on the actions of the Air Cargo Security Sub-
committee.
Report on the actions of the International Aviation Sub-
committee.
Status reports on the actions of the--
[cir] Risk-Based Security Sub-committee;
[cir] General Aviation Sub-committee; and
[cir] Passenger Advocacy Sub-committee.
Other aviation security topics.
Public question/comment period.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on August 27, 2012.
John P. Sammon,
Assistant Administrator, Security Policy and Industry Engagement.
[FR Doc. 2012-21631 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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