Notice2021-18225
Intent To Request Revision From OMB of One Current Public Collection of Information: Flight Training Security
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August 25, 2021
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Homeland Security DepartmentTransportation Security Administration
Abstract
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0021, that we will submit to OMB for a revision, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The collection involves information necessary to conduct security threat assessments for all non-U.S. citizens, non-U.S. nationals, and other designated individuals seeking flight instruction ("candidates") from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-certified flight training providers. Pursuant to statute, TSA will use the information collected to determine whether a candidate poses or is suspected of posing a threat to aviation or national security, and is thus prohibited from receiving flight training. Additionally, flight training providers are required to conduct a security awareness training program for their employees and to maintain records associated with this training.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47507-47508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18225]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA-2004-19147]
Intent To Request Revision From OMB of One Current Public
Collection of Information: Flight Training 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 1652-0021,
that we will submit to OMB for a revision, in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected burden. The collection involves
information necessary to conduct security threat assessments for all
non-U.S. citizens, non-U.S. nationals, and other designated individuals
seeking flight instruction (``candidates'') from Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA)-certified flight training providers. Pursuant to
statute, TSA will use the information collected to determine whether a
candidate poses or is suspected of posing a threat to aviation or
national security, and is thus prohibited from receiving flight
training. Additionally, flight training providers are required to
conduct a security awareness training program for their employees and
to maintain records associated with this training.
DATES: Send your comments by October 25, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c296918392908382a6aab1eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dc888f9d8c8e9d9cb8b4aff2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a> or delivered to
the TSA PRA Officer, Information Technology (IT), TSA-11,
Transportation Security Administration, 6595 Springfield Center Drive,
Springfield, 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 will be
available at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">http://www.reginfo.gov</a> upon its submission to OMB.
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 1652-0021, Flight Training Security. Under 49
CFR part 1552, TSA conducts security threat assessments for all non-
U.S. citizens, non-U.S. nationals, and other designated individuals
seeking flight instruction with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-
certified flight training providers.\1\ The purpose of this requirement
is to ensure flight training candidates do not pose a threat to
aviation or national security and thus can be permitted to receive
flight training. The collection of information required under 49 CFR
part 1552 includes candidates' biographic information and fingerprints,
which TSA uses to perform the security threat assessment.
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\1\ See also 49 U.S.C. 44939.
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Additionally, flight training providers are required to maintain
records of security awareness training provided to their employees. See
subpart B of 49 CFR part 1552. This training, which is
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intended to increase awareness of suspicious circumstances and
activities of individuals enrolling in, or attending, flight training,
must be provided to certain employees within 60 days of being hired and
on an annual recurring basis. The flight training providers must
maintain records of the training completed throughout the course of the
individual's employment, and for one year after the individual is no
longer a flight training provider employee.
In accordance with the President's intent,\2\ TSA is revising the
information collection by changing the name of the collection from
``Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated Individuals; Security
Awareness Training for Flight School Employees'' to ``Flight Training
Security.'' TSA and other DHS components have already begun using
alternative terminology to ``alien'' in documentation and systems.
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\2\ Fact Sheet: President Biden Sends Immigration Bill to
Congress as Part of His Commitment to Modernize our Immigration
System [bond] The White House.
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TSA estimates a total of 39,496 respondents annually: 19,869 flight
training candidates and 19,627 flight training providers. Respondents
are required to provide the subject information every time a non-U.S.
citizen, non-U.S. national, or other designated individual applies for
flight training, as described in the regulation. TSA estimates a flight
training application burden of 43,667 hours per year. Flight training
providers must keep records for each flight training candidate and
employee security awareness training. TSA estimates an annual average
recordkeeping burden of 55,897 hours. Thus, TSA estimates the combined
hour burden associated with this collection to be 99,564 hours
annually.
Dated: August 19, 2021.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2021-18225 Filed 8-24-21; 8:45 am]
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