Notice2022-04268
Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: TSA Airspace Waiver Program
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Published
March 1, 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 1652-0033, abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of a revision 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 of information allows TSA to conduct security threat assessments on individuals who are included in requests to operate in restricted airspace pursuant to an airspace waiver.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11464-11465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04268]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: TSA Airspace Waiver Program
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 1652-0033,
abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of a revision 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 of information allows TSA to conduct
security threat assessments on individuals who are included in requests
to operate in restricted airspace pursuant to an airspace waiver.
DATES: Send your comments by March 31, 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#4c181f0d1c1e0d0c383f2d6228243f622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="33676072636172734740521d575b401d545c45">[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 September 20, 2021, 86 FR 52166.
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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 Airspace Waiver Program.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652-0033.
Forms(s): NA.
Affected Public: Aircraft operators, passengers, and crewmembers.
Abstract: The airspace waiver program allows U.S. and foreign
general aviation aircraft operators to apply for approval to operate in
U.S. restricted airspace, including flying over the United States and
its territories. TSA collects certain information from the aircraft
operator concerning the proposed flight and aircraft. TSA also collects
identifying information for all pilots, crewmembers and passengers who
will be onboard the aircraft operated in restricted airspace to perform
a security threat assessment on each individual. TSA is revising the
identifying information collected to include gender.
Number of Respondents: 8,881.\1\
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\1\ Since the publication of the 60-day notice, TSA has updated
the annual number of respondents from 8,801 to 8,881.
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Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 6,785 hours annually.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2022-04268 Filed 2-28-22; 8:45 am]
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