Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Imposition and Collection of Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fees, 51832-51833 [E8-20649]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• Transportation Security Administration

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 173 (Friday, September 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51832-51833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20649]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2001-11120]


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Imposition and Collection of Passenger Civil Aviation Security 
Service Fees

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 30 Day Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded 
the Information Collection Request (ICR), OMB control number 1652-0001, 
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 July 
2, 2008, 73 FR 37981. 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 October 6, 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, Office of Information 
Technology, TSA-11, 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 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

    Title: Imposition and Collection of Passenger Civil Aviation 
Security Service Fees.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0001.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Affected Public: Air Carriers.
    Abstract: To help defray aviation security costs, TSA imposed the 
September 11th Security Service Fee on passengers of air carriers and 
foreign air carriers. 49 CFR 1510. Air carriers are required to collect 
the fee from passengers and to submit the fee to TSA by a certain date. 
Airlines are further

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required to submit quarterly reports to TSA that provide an accounting 
of the fees imposed, collected, refunded to passengers, and remitted to 
TSA. An additional requirement for airlines with over 50,000 passengers 
to submit annual audits of its fee collections and remittance has been 
temporarily suspended, but may in the future be reinstated. This 
information collection request covers both the quarterly reports and 
the annual audits.
    Number of Respondents: 196.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 2,884 hours annually.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on September 2, 2008.
Kriste Jordan,
Program Manager, Business Improvements and Communications, Office of 
Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E8-20649 Filed 9-4-08; 8:45 am]
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