Notice2023-15377
Intent To Request Revision From OMB of One Current Public Collection of Information: Aircraft Operator Security
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Published
July 20, 2023
Issuing agencies
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 1652-0003, abstracted below 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. 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 set forth in 49 CFR part 1544.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 138 (Thursday, July 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46805-46806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15377]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Revision 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 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.
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 set forth in 49 CFR part 1544.
DATES: Send your comments by September 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97c3c4d6c7c5d6d7e3e4f6b9f3ffe4b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b3f382a3b392a2b1f180a450f0318450c041d">[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.
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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="https://www.reginfo.gov">https://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 1652-0003; 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. TSA implements aircraft operator security
standards at part 1544 to require each aircraft operator, to which this
part applies, to adopt and carry out a security program. This TSA-
approved security program establishes 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. Aircraft operators must
also comply with TSA-issued security program amendments and Security
Directives (SDs).
TSA may amend a security program under 49 CFR 1544.105(c) if safety
and the public interest require an amendment, and may issue an
emergency amendment under 49 CFR 1544.105(d) if TSA determines there is
an emergency requiring immediate action with respect to safety in air
transportation or air commerce that makes the procedures in 49 CFR
1544.105 contrary to the public interest. Furthermore, TSA may issue an
Information Circular (IC) to notify aircraft operators of security
concerns. Compliance with the IC is voluntary. However, when TSA
determines that additional security measures are necessary to respond
to a threat assessment or to a specific threat against civil aviation,
TSA issues a Security Directive setting forth mandatory measures.
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 direct aircraft operator employees and
their authorized representative's actions related to operations
security. Additional required records include validation of current
fingerprint-based criminal history records check (CHRC) and Security
Threat Assessment status of those employees. Part 1544 also requires
affected aircraft operators to submit security program amendments and
SD compliance plans 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, 49 CFR part 1544 requires the affected aircraft
operators to submit information on aircraft operators' flight crews and
other employees, passengers, and cargo. This collection also includes
documentation of aircraft interior and exterior security search prior
to the departure for the first flight of the day. Additional document
review includes security programs, amendments, CHRC applications; and
recordkeeping requirements for security programs, CHRCs, training, and
incident and suspicious activity reporting. Aircraft operators may
provide the information electronically or in writing.
Aircraft operators must ensure that certain flight crew members and
employees (including certain contract employees and authorized
representatives) submit to and receive a CHRC. These requirements apply
to flight crew members and employees with unescorted access authority
to a Security Identification Display Area 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 make them available to TSA for inspection and copying upon
request.
TSA is revising the burden of the information collection by
providing more detail regarding the security program amendments
information collection. TSA is now breaking out the burden elements of
the security program amendments information collection to include
security program amendments requested by aircraft operators, TSA-
required security program amendments (including emergency amendments),
temporary changed conditions, SDs, and voluntary ICs.
TSA estimates that there will be approximately 634 respondents to
the information requirements described above, with a total annual
burden estimate of approximately 542,650 hours.
Dated: July 15, 2023.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2023-15377 Filed 7-19-23; 8:45 am]
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