Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Air Cargo Security Requirements, 9919-9920 [2010-4443]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• Transportation Security Administration

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9919-9920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4443]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2004-19515]


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Air Cargo Security Requirements

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), OMB control number 1652-0040, abstracted below to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for

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renewal in compliance with 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 November 16, 2009, 74 FR 58969. TSA has not received any comments. 
The collections of information that make up this ICR involve five broad 
categories affecting airports, passenger aircraft operators, foreign 
air carriers, indirect air carriers operating under a security program, 
and all-cargo carriers. These five categories are: security programs, 
security threat assessments (STA), known shipper data via the Known 
Shipper Management System (KSMS), cargo screening reporting, and 
evidence of compliance recordkeeping.

DATES: Send your comments by April 5, 2010. 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, TSA Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) Officer, Office of Information Technology (OIT), 
TSA-11, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 
Arlington, VA 20598-6011; telephone (571) 227-3651; e-mail 
TSAPRA@dhs.gov.

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: Air Cargo Security Requirements.
    Type of Request: Renewal of one currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0040.
    Form(s): Aviation Security Known Shipper Verification Form, 
Aircraft Operator or Air Carrier Reporting Template, Security Threat 
Assessment Application, Aviation Security Known Shipper Verification 
Form.
    Affected Public: The collections of information that make up this 
ICR involve regulated entities including airports, passenger aircraft 
operators, foreign air carriers, indirect air carriers operating under 
a security program, and all-cargo carriers.
    Abstract: TSA is seeking renewal of an expiring collection of 
information. Congress set forth in the Aviation and Transportation 
Security Act (ATSA), Public Law 107-71, two specific requirements for 
TSA in the area of air cargo security: (1) To provide for screening of 
all property, including U.S. mail, cargo, carry-on and checked baggage, 
and other articles, that will be carried aboard a passenger aircraft; 
and (2) to establish a system to screen, inspect, report, or otherwise 
ensure the security of all cargo that is to be transported in all-cargo 
aircraft as soon as practicable. In the Implementing Recommendations of 
the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Public Law 110-53, Congress requires 
that 50 percent of cargo transported on passenger aircraft is screened 
by February 2009, and 100 percent of such cargo is screened by August 
2010.
    TSA must proceed with this ICR for this program in order to meet 
the Congressional mandates and current regulations (49 CFR 1542.209, 
1544.205, 1546.205, and part 1548) that enable them to accept, screen, 
and transport air cargo. The uninterrupted collection of this 
information will allow TSA to continue to ensure implementation of 
these vital security measures for the protection of the traveling 
public.
    This information collection requires the ``regulated entities,'' 
who may include passenger and all-cargo aircraft operators, foreign air 
carriers, and indirect air carriers (IACs), to implement a standard 
security program or to submit modifications to TSA for approval, and 
update such programs as necessary. The regulated entities must also 
collect personal information and submit such information to TSA so that 
TSA may conduct security threat assessments (STA) for individuals with 
unescorted access to cargo, and any individual who has responsibility 
for screening cargo under 49 CFR parts 1544, 1546, or 1548. Aircraft 
operators and foreign air carriers must report the volume of accepted 
and screened cargo transported on passenger aircraft. Further, TSA will 
collect identifying information for both companies and individuals whom 
aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, and IACs have qualified to 
ship cargo on passenger aircraft. This information is primarily 
collected electronically via the Known Shipper Management System 
(KSMS). Whenever the information cannot be entered into KSMS, the 
regulated entity must conduct a physical visit of the shipper using the 
Aviation Security Known Shipper Verification Form and subsequently 
enter that information into KSMS. These regulated entities must also 
maintain records pertaining to security programs, training, and 
compliance. The forms used in this collection of information include 
the Aviation Security Known Shipper Verification Form, Cargo Reporting 
Template, and the Security Threat Assessment Application.
    Number of Respondents: 4,890.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 73,567 hours.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on February 26, 2010.
Joanna Johnson,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010-4443 Filed 3-3-10; 8:45 am]
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