[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 71817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29234]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Renewal From OMB of One Current Public
Collection of Information: Aircraft Operator Security
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 1652-0003,
abstracted below, that TSA will submit to OMB for revision in
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden.
Aircraft operators must provide certain information to TSA and adopt
and implement a TSA-approved security program. These programs require
aircraft operators to maintain and update records to ensure compliance
with security provisions outlined in 49 CFR part 1544.
DATES: Send your comments by January 19, 2016.
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: Joanna Johnson at the above address,
or by telephone (571) 227-3651.
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
1652-0003; Aircraft Operator Security, 49 CFR part 1544. The
information collected is used to determine compliance with 49 CFR part
1544 and to ensure passenger safety by monitoring aircraft operator
security procedures. For purposes of consolidating ICRs and
streamlining TSA's collections, TSA is seeking to revise its OMB
control number, 1652-0003, Aircraft Operator Security to include
information collected under OMB control number 1652-0006, pertaining to
49 CFR part 1544. OMB control number 1652-0006, Employment Standards,
involves the requirement for aircraft operators to maintain records of
compliance with Part 1544 for selected flight crew and security
employees. TSA implements aircraft operator security standards at 49
CFR part 1544 to require each aircraft operator to which this part
applies to adopt and carry out a security program. These TSA-approved
security programs establish procedures that aircraft operators must
carry out to protect persons and property traveling on flights provided
by the aircraft operator against acts of criminal violence, aircraft
piracy, and the introduction of explosives, incendiaries, or weapons
aboard an aircraft.
This information collection is mandatory for aircraft operators. As
part of their security programs, affected aircraft operators are
required to maintain and update, as necessary, records of compliance
with the security program provisions set forth in 49 CFR part 1544,
including maintaining records of compliance for selected crew and
security employees. Part 1544 also requires affected aircraft operators
to submit security program amendments to TSA when applicable and to
make their security programs and associated records available for
inspection and copying by TSA to ensure transportation security and
regulatory compliance.
In addition, part 1544 requires the affected aircraft operators to
submit information on aircraft operators' flight crews and other
employees, passengers, and cargo. The information collection includes
information regarding security program (SP) updates, amendments, and
changes; criminal history records check (CHRC) applications;
recordkeeping on SPs, CHRCs, training and other recordkeeping matters;
watchlist matching for employees and reporting matches to TSA;
watchlist matching for passengers in case of Secure Flight outages; and
incident and suspicious activity reporting. Aircraft operators may
provide the information electronically or manually.
Aircraft operators must ensure that certain flight crew members and
employees submit to and receive a criminal history records check
(CHRC). These requirements apply to flight crew members and employees
with unescorted access authority to a Security Identification Display
Area (SIDA) or who perform screening, checked baggage, or cargo
functions. As part of the CHRC process, the individual must provide
identifying information, including fingerprints. Additionally, aircraft
operators must maintain these records, and records associated with
compliance with Security Directives, and make them available to TSA for
inspection and copying upon request.
TSA estimates that there will be approximately 801 respondents to
the information requirements described above, with a total annual
burden estimate of approximately 2,262,268 hours.
Dated: November 10, 2015.
Joanna Johnson,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-29234 Filed 11-16-15; 8:45 am]
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