Intent to Request Revision from OMB of One Current Public Collection of Information: Secure Flight Program, 6097-6098 [2015-02101]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• Transportation Security Administration

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6097-6098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02101]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2007-28572]
RIN 1652-0046


Intent to Request Revision from OMB of One Current Public 
Collection of Information: Secure Flight Program

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 1652-0046, 
abstracted below that we will submit to OMB for revision in compliance 
with

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the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected burden. The collection involves 
passenger information which certain U.S. aircraft operator and foreign 
air carriers (collectively ``covered aircraft operators'') submit to 
Secure Flight for the purposes of identifying and protecting against 
potential and actual threats to transportation security and identifying 
those individuals who are a lower risk to transportation security and 
therefore may be eligible for expedited screening. TSA is revising this 
collection to include the collection of Computer-Assisted Passenger 
Prescreening Systems (CAPPS) risk assessments, which is explained 
below.

DATES: Send your comments by April 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed to TSAPRA@dhs.gov or delivered to 
the TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA-11, 
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 
Arlington, 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 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 1652-0046; Secure Flight Program, 49 CFR part 
1560. The Transportation Security Administration collects information 
from covered aircraft operators, including foreign air carriers, in 
order to perform risk-based analysis of passenger information under the 
Secure Flight Program. Under the Secure Flight Program, as part of 
risk-based analysis, the information collected is used for watch list 
matching, which includes matching against lists of Known Travelers, and 
to assess passenger risk, e.g., to identify passengers who present 
lower risk and may be eligible for expedited screening. The collection 
covers --
    (1) Secure Flight Passenger Data for passengers of covered domestic 
and international flights within, to, from, or over the continental 
United States. The collection also covers flights between two foreign 
locations when operated by a covered U.S. aircraft operator;
    (2) Secure Flight Passenger Data for passengers of charter 
operators and lessors of aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of over 
12,500 pounds; and
    (3) Certain identifying information for non-traveling individuals 
that airport operators or airport operator points of contact (POCs) 
seek to authorize to enter a sterile area at a U.S. airport, for 
example, to patronize a restaurant, to escort a minor or a passenger 
with disabilities or for another approved purpose.
    (4) Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening Systems (CAPPS) risk 
assessments, which are used by aircraft operators in risk-based 
analysis of passenger information and other prescreening data that 
produces a passenger boarding pass. The assessments are generated by 
analyzing the underlying passenger and other prescreening data obtained 
by the aircraft operator when the passenger makes his or her 
reservation. Secure Flight receives only the assessment generated from 
the applicable data and NOT the underlying data. TSA obtains important 
security value from the risk assessment without receiving the 
underlying privacy and other information that are generated when 
individuals make their flight reservations;
    (5) Frequent Flier Code Words generated by aircraft operator to 
validate that a passenger is a Frequent Flier program member who may be 
eligible for expedited screening. TSA analyzes this information to 
determine the appropriate level of physical screening for all 
passengers;
    (6) Registration information critical to deployment of Secure 
Flight, such as contact information, data format or mechanism the 
covered aircraft operators will use to transmit Secure Flight Passenger 
Data.
    The current estimated annual reporting burden is 678,245 hours.

    Dated: January 29, 2015.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
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