[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6097-6098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02101]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA-2007-28572]
RIN 1652-0046
Intent to Request Revision from OMB of One Current Public
Collection of Information: Secure Flight Program
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites
public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0046,
abstracted below that we will submit to OMB for revision in compliance
with
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the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected burden. The collection involves
passenger information which certain U.S. aircraft operator and foreign
air carriers (collectively ``covered aircraft operators'') submit to
Secure Flight for the purposes of identifying and protecting against
potential and actual threats to transportation security and identifying
those individuals who are a lower risk to transportation security and
therefore may be eligible for expedited screening. TSA is revising this
collection to include the collection of Computer-Assisted Passenger
Prescreening Systems (CAPPS) risk assessments, which is explained
below.
DATES: Send your comments by April 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed to [email protected] or delivered to
the TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA-11,
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 20598-6011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh at the above
address, or by telephone (571) 227-2062.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 is available
at http://www.reginfo.gov. 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.
Information Collection Requirement
OMB Control Number 1652-0046; Secure Flight Program, 49 CFR part
1560. The Transportation Security Administration collects information
from covered aircraft operators, including foreign air carriers, in
order to perform risk-based analysis of passenger information under the
Secure Flight Program. Under the Secure Flight Program, as part of
risk-based analysis, the information collected is used for watch list
matching, which includes matching against lists of Known Travelers, and
to assess passenger risk, e.g., to identify passengers who present
lower risk and may be eligible for expedited screening. The collection
covers --
(1) Secure Flight Passenger Data for passengers of covered domestic
and international flights within, to, from, or over the continental
United States. The collection also covers flights between two foreign
locations when operated by a covered U.S. aircraft operator;
(2) Secure Flight Passenger Data for passengers of charter
operators and lessors of aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of over
12,500 pounds; and
(3) Certain identifying information for non-traveling individuals
that airport operators or airport operator points of contact (POCs)
seek to authorize to enter a sterile area at a U.S. airport, for
example, to patronize a restaurant, to escort a minor or a passenger
with disabilities or for another approved purpose.
(4) Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening Systems (CAPPS) risk
assessments, which are used by aircraft operators in risk-based
analysis of passenger information and other prescreening data that
produces a passenger boarding pass. The assessments are generated by
analyzing the underlying passenger and other prescreening data obtained
by the aircraft operator when the passenger makes his or her
reservation. Secure Flight receives only the assessment generated from
the applicable data and NOT the underlying data. TSA obtains important
security value from the risk assessment without receiving the
underlying privacy and other information that are generated when
individuals make their flight reservations;
(5) Frequent Flier Code Words generated by aircraft operator to
validate that a passenger is a Frequent Flier program member who may be
eligible for expedited screening. TSA analyzes this information to
determine the appropriate level of physical screening for all
passengers;
(6) Registration information critical to deployment of Secure
Flight, such as contact information, data format or mechanism the
covered aircraft operators will use to transmit Secure Flight Passenger
Data.
The current estimated annual reporting burden is 678,245 hours.
Dated: January 29, 2015.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-02101 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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