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(202) 646–3347, or e-mail address
FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.
Samuel C. Smith,
Acting Director, Records Management
Division, Office of Management, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department
of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and
request for comments; Revision of a
currently approved collection 1660–
0044, FEMA Form 95–56.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) has
submitted the following information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The submission
describes the nature of the information
collection, the categories of
respondents, the estimated burden (i.e.,
the time, effort and resources used by
respondents to respond) and cost, and
includes the actual data collection
instruments FEMA will use.
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Collection of Information
Title: Emergency Management
Institute Follow-Up Evaluation Survey.
OMB Number: 1660–0044.
Abstract: The Emergency
Management Institute Follow-Up
Evaluation Survey allows trainees at the
Emergency Management Institute to
self-assess the knowledge and skills
gained through emergency managementrelated courses and the extent to which
they have been beneficial and
applicable in the conduct of their
official positions. The information
collected is used to review course
content and offerings for program
planning and management purposes.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, State, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 3,800.
Estimated Time per Respondent: .25
Hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 950.
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Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Comments: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to OMB Desk Officer for the Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security, and
sent via electronic mail to
oira.submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed
to (202) 395–6974. Comments must be
submitted on or before August 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Records
Management Division, 500 C Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20472, Mail Drop
Room 301, 1800 S. Bell Street,
Arlington, VA 22202, facsimile number
(202) 646–3347, or e-mail address
FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.
Samuel C. Smith,
Acting Director, Records Management
Division, Office of Management, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department
of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2001–11120]
Intent To Request Renewal From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information; Imposition and Collection
of Passenger Civil Aviation Security
Service Fees
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on one currently approved
Information Collection Request (ICR),
OMB Control Number 1652–0001,
abstracted below that we will submit to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for renewal in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. The
collection involves air carriers
maintaining an accounting system to
account for the passenger civil aviation
security service fees collected and
reporting this information to TSA on a
quarterly basis, as well as retaining the
data used for these reports for a six-year
rolling period.
SUMMARY:
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Send your comments by
September 2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed
or delivered to Joanna Johnson,
Communications Branch, Business
Management Office, Operational Process
and Technology, TSA–32,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
22202–4220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanna Johnson at the above address, or
by telephone (571) 227–3651 or
facsimile (571) 227–3588.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
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 is
available at https://www.reginfo.gov.
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 1652–0001;
Imposition and Collection of Passenger
Civil Aviation Security Service Fees. In
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 44940, the
Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) imposes a security service fee on
passengers of air carriers and foreign air
carriers (‘‘air carriers’’) in air
transportation on flights originating at
airports in the United States to assist
with aviation security costs. 49 CFR part
1510.
This information collection requires
air carriers to submit to TSA certain
information necessary for TSA to
impose, collect, and regulate the
Passenger Civil Aviation Security
Service Fees (September 11th Security
Fee), which is used to help defray the
costs of providing Federal civil aviation
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security services, and to retain this
information for a six-year rolling period.
For instance, air carriers must keep the
information collected during Fiscal Year
2008 until the expiration of Fiscal Year
2013. TSA collects the information
related to the September 11th Security
Fee to monitor carrier compliance with
the fee requirements, for auditing
purposes, and to track performance
measures.
TSA rules require air carriers to
impose and collect the fee on
passengers, and to submit the fee to TSA
by the final day of the calendar month
following the month in which the fee
was collected. 49 CFR 1510.13. Air
carriers are further required to submit
quarterly reports to TSA, which provide
an accounting of the fees imposed,
collected, and refunded to passengers
and remitted to TSA. 49 CFR 1510.17.
The fee amount collected from each
passenger is $2.50 per enplanement
originating in the United States.
Passengers may not be charged for more
than two enplanements per one-way trip
or four enplanements per round trip. 49
CFR 1510.5.
Each air carrier that collects security
service fees from more than 50,000
passengers annually is also required
under 49 CFR 1510.15 to submit to TSA
an annual independent audit, performed
by an independent certified public
accountant, of its security service fee
activities and accounts. Although the
annual independent audit requirements
were suspended on January 23, 2003 (68
FR 3192), TSA conducts its own audits
of the air carriers. 49 CFR 1510.11.
Notwithstanding the suspension of the
audit requirements, air carriers must
establish and maintain an accounting
system to account for the security
service fees imposed, collected,
refunded and remitted. 49 CFR
1510.15(a).
TSA is seeking renewal of this
collection to require air carriers to
continue submitting the quarterly
reports to TSA, and to require air
carriers to retain the information for a
six-year rolling period. This
requirement includes retaining the
source information for the quarterly
reports remitted to TSA, and the
calculations and allocations performed
to remit reports to TSA. Should the
auditing requirement be reinstated, the
requirement would include information
and documents reviewed and prepared
for the independent audit; the
accountant’s working papers, notes,
worksheets, and other relevant
documentation used in the audit; and, if
applicable, the specific information
leading to the accountant’s opinion,
including any determination that the
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accountant could not provide an audit
opinion. Although TSA suspended the
independent audits, TSA conducts
audits of the air carriers, and therefore,
requires air carriers to retain and
provide the same information as
required for the quarterly reports and
independent audits.
TSA estimates that 196 total
respondent air carriers will spend
approximately 1 hour per quarterly
report, for a total of 784 hours per year.
Should TSA reinstate the audit
requirement, TSA estimates that 105 air
carriers would be required to submit
annual audits, on which they would
spend approximately 20 hours for
preparation, for a total of 2,100 hours
annually. TSA estimates the total for
quarterly reports and annual audits is
2,884 hours.
For the quarterly reports and TSA’s
audits, TSA estimates that the 196 air
carriers will each incur an average cost
of $462.88 annually. This estimate
includes $100 in staff time for
preparation of the reports (at $25 per
hour, each quarterly report is estimated
to take 1 hour to prepare), $361.20 in
annual records storage related costs, and
$1.68 for postage for the report (4
stamps at 42 cents each). TSA estimates
an aggregate annual cost of $90,724.48
for the airlines to prepare, submit, and
store quarterly reports, and an aggregate
cost of $272,173.44 for the three years
of the renewal period.
Should TSA reinstate the annual
audit requirement, TSA estimates total
annual cost for this collection at
$315,000 (105 air carriers, at an
estimated rate of $150 per hour, at 20
hours per report). For the three-year
period of the renewal, TSA estimates
the total aggregate cost of the annual
audit requirement to be $945,000, and
$1,217,173.44 for the three-year
extension of both quarterly reports and
annual audits.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on June 26,
2008.
Kriste Jordan,
Program Manager, Business Improvements
and Communications, Office of Information
Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5188–N–10]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request; CDBG
Urban County/New York Towns
Qualification/Requalification Process,
Notice
Office of Community Planning
and Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: September
2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
Lillian L. Deitzer, Departmental Reports
Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,
Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410;
telephone: 202–708–2374 (this is not a
toll-free number) or e-mail Ms. Deitzer
at Lillian.L.Deitzer@hud.gov for a copy
of the proposed form and other available
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Johnson, Director, Entitlement
Communities Division, Office of Block
Grant Assistance, 451 7th Street, SW.,
Room 7282, Washington, DC 20410;
telephone (202) 708–1577 (this is not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department will submit the proposed
information collection to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice solicits comments from
members of the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed
collection of information to: (1) Evaluate
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
affected agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (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
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA-2001-11120]
Intent To Request Renewal From OMB of One Current Public
Collection of Information; Imposition and Collection of Passenger Civil
Aviation Security Service Fees
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites
public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request
(ICR), OMB Control Number 1652-0001, abstracted below that we will
submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal in
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The
collection involves air carriers maintaining an accounting system to
account for the passenger civil aviation security service fees
collected and reporting this information to TSA on a quarterly basis,
as well as retaining the data used for these reports for a six-year
rolling period.
DATES: Send your comments by September 2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or delivered to Joanna Johnson,
Communications Branch, Business Management Office, Operational Process
and Technology, TSA-32, Transportation Security Administration, 601
South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Johnson at the above address,
or by telephone (571) 227-3651 or facsimile (571) 227-3588.
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 is available
at https://www.reginfo.gov. 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 1652-0001; Imposition and Collection of
Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fees. In accordance with 49
U.S.C. 44940, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) imposes
a security service fee on passengers of air carriers and foreign air
carriers (``air carriers'') in air transportation on flights
originating at airports in the United States to assist with aviation
security costs. 49 CFR part 1510.
This information collection requires air carriers to submit to TSA
certain information necessary for TSA to impose, collect, and regulate
the Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fees (September 11th
Security Fee), which is used to help defray the costs of providing
Federal civil aviation
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security services, and to retain this information for a six-year
rolling period. For instance, air carriers must keep the information
collected during Fiscal Year 2008 until the expiration of Fiscal Year
2013. TSA collects the information related to the September 11th
Security Fee to monitor carrier compliance with the fee requirements,
for auditing purposes, and to track performance measures.
TSA rules require air carriers to impose and collect the fee on
passengers, and to submit the fee to TSA by the final day of the
calendar month following the month in which the fee was collected. 49
CFR 1510.13. Air carriers are further required to submit quarterly
reports to TSA, which provide an accounting of the fees imposed,
collected, and refunded to passengers and remitted to TSA. 49 CFR
1510.17. The fee amount collected from each passenger is $2.50 per
enplanement originating in the United States. Passengers may not be
charged for more than two enplanements per one-way trip or four
enplanements per round trip. 49 CFR 1510.5.
Each air carrier that collects security service fees from more than
50,000 passengers annually is also required under 49 CFR 1510.15 to
submit to TSA an annual independent audit, performed by an independent
certified public accountant, of its security service fee activities and
accounts. Although the annual independent audit requirements were
suspended on January 23, 2003 (68 FR 3192), TSA conducts its own audits
of the air carriers. 49 CFR 1510.11. Notwithstanding the suspension of
the audit requirements, air carriers must establish and maintain an
accounting system to account for the security service fees imposed,
collected, refunded and remitted. 49 CFR 1510.15(a).
TSA is seeking renewal of this collection to require air carriers
to continue submitting the quarterly reports to TSA, and to require air
carriers to retain the information for a six-year rolling period. This
requirement includes retaining the source information for the quarterly
reports remitted to TSA, and the calculations and allocations performed
to remit reports to TSA. Should the auditing requirement be reinstated,
the requirement would include information and documents reviewed and
prepared for the independent audit; the accountant's working papers,
notes, worksheets, and other relevant documentation used in the audit;
and, if applicable, the specific information leading to the
accountant's opinion, including any determination that the accountant
could not provide an audit opinion. Although TSA suspended the
independent audits, TSA conducts audits of the air carriers, and
therefore, requires air carriers to retain and provide the same
information as required for the quarterly reports and independent
audits.
TSA estimates that 196 total respondent air carriers will spend
approximately 1 hour per quarterly report, for a total of 784 hours per
year. Should TSA reinstate the audit requirement, TSA estimates that
105 air carriers would be required to submit annual audits, on which
they would spend approximately 20 hours for preparation, for a total of
2,100 hours annually. TSA estimates the total for quarterly reports and
annual audits is 2,884 hours.
For the quarterly reports and TSA's audits, TSA estimates that the
196 air carriers will each incur an average cost of $462.88 annually.
This estimate includes $100 in staff time for preparation of the
reports (at $25 per hour, each quarterly report is estimated to take 1
hour to prepare), $361.20 in annual records storage related costs, and
$1.68 for postage for the report (4 stamps at 42 cents each). TSA
estimates an aggregate annual cost of $90,724.48 for the airlines to
prepare, submit, and store quarterly reports, and an aggregate cost of
$272,173.44 for the three years of the renewal period.
Should TSA reinstate the annual audit requirement, TSA estimates
total annual cost for this collection at $315,000 (105 air carriers, at
an estimated rate of $150 per hour, at 20 hours per report). For the
three-year period of the renewal, TSA estimates the total aggregate
cost of the annual audit requirement to be $945,000, and $1,217,173.44
for the three-year extension of both quarterly reports and annual
audits.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on June 26, 2008.
Kriste Jordan,
Program Manager, Business Improvements and Communications, Office of
Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E8-15013 Filed 7-1-08; 8:45 am]
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