Notice2022-02442
Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: TSA Claims Application
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Published
February 7, 2022
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Homeland Security DepartmentTransportation Security Administration
Abstract
This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0039, abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an extension of the currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The collection involves the submission of information from claimants in order to thoroughly examine and resolve tort claims against the agency.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 25 (Monday, February 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 6889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02442]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: TSA Claims Application
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0039,
abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an extension of the
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
expected burden. The collection involves the submission of information
from claimants in order to thoroughly examine and resolve tort claims
against the agency.
DATES: Send your comments by March 9, 2022. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' and by using the find function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer,
Information Technology (IT), TSA-11, Transportation Security
Administration, 6595 Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, VA 20598-
6011; telephone (571) 227-2062; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a1f5f2e0f1f3e0e1d5d2c08fc5c9d28fc6ced7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adf9feecfdffecedd9decc83c9c5de83cac2db">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following
collection of information on November 10, 2021, at 86 FR 62563.
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
Title: TSA Claims Application.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652-0039.
Forms(s): Supplemental Information Form, Payment Form.
Affected Public: Members of the traveling public who believe they
have experienced property loss or damage, a personal injury, or other
damages due to the negligent or wrongful act or omission of a TSA
employee within their scope of employment, and who decide to seek
compensation by filing a federal tort claim against TSA.
Abstract: TSA adjudicates tort claims pursuant to the Federal Tort
Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 1346(b), 1402(b), 2401(b), 2671-2680). OMB
Control Number 1652-0039, TSA Claims Application, allows the agency to
collect information from claimants to examine and resolve tort claims
against the agency.
TSA receives approximately 750 tort claims per month arising from
airport screening activities, motor vehicle accidents, and employee
loss, among others.
Number of Respondents: 9,000.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 4,708 hours.
Dated: February 1, 2022.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2022-02442 Filed 2-4-22; 8:45 am]
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