Notice2024-28514
Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Federal Flight Deck Officer Program
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Published
December 6, 2024
Issuing agencies
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 1652-0011, 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 requires interested volunteers to fill out an application to determine their suitability for participating in the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) Program, and deputized FFDOs to submit written reports of certain prescribed incidents.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 97060-97061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28514]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: Federal Flight Deck Officer 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 1652-0011,
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 requires interested volunteers to fill
out an application to determine their suitability for participating in
the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) Program, and deputized FFDOs to
submit written reports of certain prescribed incidents.
DATES: Send your comments by January 6, 2025. 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="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://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, TSA-11, Transportation Security Administration,
6595 Springfield Center Drive,
[[Page 97061]]
Springfield, VA 20598-6011; telephone (571) 227-2062; email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#386c6b79686a79784c4b59165c504b165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="13474052434152536760723d777b603d747c65">[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 27, 2024, 89 FR79304. TSA did
not receive any comments on the notice.
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
Title: Federal Flight Deck Officer Program.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652-0011.
Forms(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Volunteer pilots, flight engineers, and
navigators.
Abstract: The FFDO Program enables TSA to screen, select, train,
deputize, and supervise qualified pilots, flight engineers, and
navigators who voluntarily agree to defend the flight decks of
commercial passenger and all-cargo airliners against acts of criminal
violence or air piracy. Information collected as the result of this
proposal is used to assess the eligibility and suitability of
prospective and current FFDOs, to ensure the readiness of every FFDO,
to administer the program, and for security purposes. The program also
includes the requirement for FFDOs to report prescribed incidents to
TSA. These reportable incidents include, but are not limited to, the
discharge or drawing of a weapon, any attacks or attempted attacks on
the flight deck, and the loss or damage of any weapon/ammunition. TSA
is revising the collection by discontinuing the TSA verbal interview
and enabling online submission of answers to certification questions.
Estimated Annual Respondents: 1,700.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,700.
Dated: December 2, 2024.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2024-28514 Filed 12-5-24; 8:45 am]
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