Notice2025-14650
Intent To Request Extension From OMB of One Current Public Collection of Information: TSA Canine Training Center Adoption Application
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Published
August 4, 2025
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 1652-0067, abstracted below, that we will submit to OMB for an extension in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The collection involves gathering information from individuals who wish to adopt a TSA canine through the TSA Canine Training Center Adoption Program.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 147 (Monday, August 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 36448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14650]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Extension From OMB of One Current Public
Collection of Information: TSA Canine Training Center Adoption
Application
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 1652-0067,
abstracted below, that we will submit to OMB for an extension in
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The
collection involves gathering information from individuals who wish to
adopt a TSA canine through the TSA Canine Training Center Adoption
Program.
DATES: Send your comments by October 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b0f081a0b091a1b2f283a753f3328753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eabeb9abbab8abaa9e998bc48e8299c48d859c">[email protected]</span></a> or delivered
to the TSA PRA Officer, Information Technology, 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="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 1652-0067; TSA Canine Training Center Adoption
Application. The TSA National Explosives Detection Canine Program (TSA
Canine Program) is a Congressionally-mandated explosive detection
canine training program that operates as a partnership among TSA;
aviation, mass transit, and maritime sectors; and State and local law
enforcement. TSA established the Canine Training Center (CTC) to train
and deploy explosive detection canine teams for TSA and for local,
State, and Federal agencies in support of daily activities that protect
the transportation domain. Canine teams consist of TSA employees, or
local/State law enforcement officers, paired with explosives detection
canines. These canine teams are trained on a variety of explosives and
screening capabilities based on intelligence data and emerging threats.
Canine teams are deployed after successfully undergoing a 10- or 12-
week training program.
Of the canines purchased by TSA for purposes of the TSA Canine
Program, approximately 83 percent graduate from the training program.
These canines are continually assessed to ensure they demonstrate
operational proficiency in their environment. The corresponding
attrition rate is between 15-18 percent. Attrition arises from canines
who do not graduate from the training program and those who
successfully graduate, but are later assessed as not performing at
operational proficiency. The TSA Canine Program typically repurposes 42
percent of the canines eliminated from the program to other Federal,
State, and local law enforcement agencies.
Canines that attrit out of the program and are not repurposed for
other government-purposes may be placed for adoption. In accordance
with the Federal Management Regulations, TSA operates the CTC Adoption
Program to find suitable individuals or families to adopt the canines
and to provide good homes. Individuals seeking to adopt a TSA canine
must complete the CTC Adoption Application.
The CTC Adoption Application is an online application that collects
personal information from members of the public to determine their
suitability to adopt a TSA canine. TSA uses the information collected
to evaluate the individual seeking to adopt a TSA canine against
program guidelines developed by the TSA Canine Program. The collection
includes information about the individual's household, personal
references, and current pet and veterinarian information. In addition,
the individual must agree to transport the canine home from the CTC in
San Antonio, Texas, and to provide any necessary medical care,
including, but not limited to, heartworm and flea preventives, and
annual vaccinations, for the duration of the canine's life. TSA also
collects an attestation that all information submitted is true.
TSA estimates that annually 300 individuals will complete the
adoption application and that it will take approximately 10 minutes or
0.1666 hours. This will give an estimated annual time burden to the
public of 50 hours.
Dated: July 30, 2025.
Christina A. Walsh,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology, Transportation
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-14650 Filed 8-1-25; 8:45 am]
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