Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated Individuals; Security Awareness Training for Flight School Employees, 47203-47204 [E8-18737]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• Transportation Security Administration

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47203-47204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18737]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2004-19147]


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated Individuals; 
Security Awareness Training for Flight School Employees

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) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval of an extension of the currently approved 
collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR describes the 
nature of the information collection and its expected burden. TSA 
published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments, of the following collection of information on June 
06, 2008, 73 FR 32346. The collection requires TSA to conduct a 
security threat assessment on all aliens and designated individuals 
seeking flight instruction (``candidates'') from Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA)-certified flight training providers. Additionally, 
flight training providers are required to conduct a security awareness 
program for their employees, and to maintain records associated with 
this training.

DATES: Send your comments by September 12, 2008. A comment to OMB is 
most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: 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 Desk Officer, Department of Homeland Security/TSA, and 
sent via electronic mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to 
(202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Johnson, Communications Branch, 
Business Management Office, Operational Process and Technology, TSA-32, 
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 
Arlington, VA 22202-4220; telephone (571) 227-3651; facsimile (703) 
603-0822.

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 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

    Title: Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated Individuals; 
Security Awareness Training for Flight School Employees.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0021.
    Forms(s): NA.
    Affected Public: Aliens and other designated individuals seeking 
flight instruction from FAA-certified flight training providers; flight 
training providers required to conduct security awareness training to 
its employees.
    Abstract: TSA has established standards relating to the security 
threat assessments that TSA will conduct to determine whether 
candidates are a threat to aviation or national security, and thus 
prohibited from receiving flight training. This collection of 
information requires Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-certified 
flight training providers to provide TSA with the information necessary 
to conduct the security threat assessments. Finally, TSA has 
established standards relating to security awareness training for 
certain flight school employees, which include maintaining records of 
all such training.
    Number of Respondents: 66,500. TSA is revising the number of 
respondents from the 31,000 respondents reported in the notice 
published on June 6, 2008. TSA is now including 40,000 additional

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Flight Training Providers that do not train aliens and are not required 
to register with TSA. These Flight Training Providers are required 
under 49 CFR part 1552 to maintain records verifying that a flight 
school applicant has shown proof of U.S. citizenship or nationality, 
and are also required to retain records of the initial and recurrent 
security awareness training provided to employees. TSA estimates the 
recordkeeping burden for these Flight Training Providers is negligible.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 507,750 hours annually.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on August 7, 2008.
Kriste Jordan,
Program Manager, Business Improvements and Communication, Office of 
Information and Technology.
[FR Doc. E8-18737 Filed 8-12-08; 8:45 am]
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