[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77650-77651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31410]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA-2004-19515]
Intent To Request Renewal From OMB of One Current Public
Collection of Information: Air Cargo Security Requirements
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), OMB control number 1652-0040, abstracted below that we will
submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a revision in
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and its expected burden. This ICR
involves three broad categories of affected populations operating under
a security program: Aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, and
indirect air carriers. The collections of information that make up this
ICR include security programs, security threat assessments (STA) on
certain individuals, known shipper data via the Known Shipper
Management System (KSMS), Indirect Air Carrier Management System
(IACMS), and evidence of compliance recordkeeping. TSA seeks continued
OMB approval in order to secure passenger aircraft carrying cargo as
authorized in the Aviation and Transportation Security Act.
DATES: Send your comments by February 16, 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: 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 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 1652-0040 Air Cargo Security requirements, 49
CFR parts 1515, 1540, 1542, 1544, 1546, and 1548. The Aviation and
Transportation Security Act (ATSA), requires TSA: (1)
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To provide for screening of all property, including U.S. mail, cargo,
carry-on and checked baggage, and other articles, that will be carried
aboard a passenger aircraft; and (2) to establish a system to screen,
inspect, report, or otherwise ensure the security of all cargo that is
to be transported in all-cargo aircraft as soon as practicable. See
ATSA sec. 110 as codified at 49 U.S.C. 44901(a) and (f). These
provisions were further amended by the Implementing Recommendations of
the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Act), to require 50 percent of
cargo transported on passenger aircraft be screened by February 2009,
and 100 percent of such cargo to be screened by August 2010. See 9/11
Act sec. 1602(a) as codified at 49 U.S.C. 44901(g). Collections of
information associated with the 9/11 Act requirements fall under OMB
control number 1652-0053.
TSA must proceed with this ICR in order to meet the Congressional
mandates and continue to enforce current TSA regulations covering the
acceptance, handling, and screening of cargo transported by air. The
uninterrupted collection of this information will allow TSA to continue
to ensure implementation of these vital security measures for the
protection of the traveling public. TSA also is revising the collection
to include information select regulated entities operating under
certain amendments to their aircraft operator and foreign air carrier
security programs must provide to TSA detailing screening volumes and
the methodology utilized to arrive at these volumes, as well as
demonstrating progress toward full compliance with the cargo security
measures specified in such amendments.
Data Collection
This information collection requires the ``regulated entities,''
which includes aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, and indirect
air carriers (IACs), to collect certain information as part of the
implementation of a standard security program, to submit modifications
to the standard security program to TSA for approval, and update such
programs as necessary. As part of these security programs, the
regulated entities must also collect personal information and submit
such information to TSA so that TSA may conduct STAs on individuals
with unescorted access to cargo. This includes each individual who is a
general partner, officer, or director of an IAC or an applicant to be
an IAC, and certain owners of an IAC or an applicant to be an IAC; and
any individual who has responsibility for screening cargo under 49 CFR
parts 1544, 1546, or 1548.
Further, both companies and individuals whom aircraft operators,
foreign air carriers, and IACs have qualified to ship cargo on
passenger aircraft, also referred to as ``known shippers,'' must submit
information to TSA, This information is collected electronically
through the KSMS. In accordance with TSA security program requirements,
regulated entities may use an alternate manual submission method to
identify known shippers.
Regulated entities must also enter into IACMS the information
required from applicants requesting to be approved as IACs in
accordance with 49 CFR 1548.7 and the information required for their
IAC annual renewal. Regulated entities must also maintain records,
including records pertaining to security programs, training, and
compliance to demonstrate adherence with the regulatory requirements.
These records must be made available to TSA upon request. The forms
used in this collection of information include the Aviation Security
Known Shipper Verification Form and the Security Threat Assessment
Application.
Finally, select regulated entities operating under certain
amendments to their aircraft operator and foreign air carrier security
programs must provide information detailing screening volumes and the
methodology utilized to arrive at these volumes, as well as
demonstrating progress toward full compliance with the cargo security
measures specified in such amendments. In light of current security
threats, the collection of this information is critical.
Estimated Burden Hours
TSA estimates the hour burden for regulated entities associated
with initial application of security programs via IACMS to be 4 hours
for each of 340 average annual new entrants for an average annual hour
burden of 1360 hours.
For the STA requirement, based on a 15-minute estimate for each of
the average 98,500 annual responses, TSA estimates that the average
annual burden will be 24,625 hours.
For the KSMS, given that the IAC or aircraft operator must input a
name, address, and telephone number, TSA estimates it will take 2
minutes for the 476,167 electronic submissions for a total annual
burden of 15,872 hours. Also for KSMS, TSA estimates it will take one
hour for the 8,000 manual submissions for a total annual burden of
8,000 hours.
TSA estimates the hour burden associated with the security program
renewals via IACMS to be 4 hours for each of the 4,100 IACs for an
average annual hour burden of 16,400 hours. TSA estimates one percent
of IACs (41) will file an appeal of rejected or incomplete renewals at
5 hours per appeal for an average annual hour burden of 205 hours.
For the record keeping requirement, based on a 5-minute estimate
for each of the 98,500 annual responses, TSA estimates that the total
average annual burden will be 8,208 hours.
For the cargo screening reports to be submitted by select aircraft
operators and foreign air carriers operating under amendments to their
security programs, TSA estimates that 10 air carriers will compile the
required cargo screening information at an estimated time of one hour
each per week with estimated annual burden of 520 hours (10 x 52).
Dated: December 9, 2015.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
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