Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Air Cargo Security Requirements, 14469-14470 [2016-05979]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• Transportation Security Administration

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14469-14470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05979]


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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), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0040, 
abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an extension of the 
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 
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 December 15, 2015, 80 FR 77650. This ICR involves three 
broad categories of affected populations operating under a security 
program: Aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, and indirect air 
carriers. The collections of information that make up this ICR include 
security programs, security threat assessments (STA) on certain 
individuals, known shipper data via the Known Shipper Management System 
(KSMS), Indirect Air Carrier Management System (IACMS), and evidence of 
compliance recordkeeping.

DATES: Send your comments by April 18, 2016. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

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ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, OMB. 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: Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, 
Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA-11, Transportation Security 
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6011; 
telephone (571) 227-2062; email TSAPRA@tsa.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: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0040.
    Form(s): Aviation Security Known Shipper Verification Form, 
Aircraft Operator or Air Carrier Reporting Template, and Security 
Threat Assessment Application.
    Affected Public: This ICR involves regulated entities including 
aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, and indirect air carriers 
operating under a TSA-approved security program.
    Abstract: TSA uses the information collected to comply with the 
Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) and provisions enacted 
as part of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 
of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-53, 121 Stat. 266, Aug. 3, 2007) for the security 
of aircraft operators, foreign air carriers and indirect air carriers 
operating under a TSA-approved security program. See ATSA sec. 110 as 
codified at 49 U.S.C. 44901(a) and (f). TSA is seeking a revision of 
the collection of information.
    Currently, this information collection requires aircraft operators, 
foreign air carriers, and indirect air carriers (IACs) to collect 
certain information as part of the implementation of a standard 
security program, to submit modifications to the standard security 
program to TSA for approval, and update such programs as necessary. As 
part of these security programs, the regulated entities must also 
collect personal information and submit such information to TSA so that 
TSA may conduct STAs on individuals with unescorted access to cargo.
    Further, the collection of information requires both companies and 
individuals whom aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, and IACs 
have qualified to ship cargo on passenger aircraft, also referred to as 
``known shippers,'' to submit information to TSA. This information is 
collected electronically through the KSMS.
    In addition, the information collection requires that regulated 
entities enter into IACMS the information required from applicants 
requesting to be approved as IACs and the information required for 
their IAC annual renewal in accordance with 49 CFR 1548.7. Regulated 
entities must also maintain records, including records pertaining to 
security programs, training, and compliance to demonstrate adherence 
with the regulatory requirements.
    TSA is revising the collection to include information from select 
aircraft operators and foreign air carriers operating under certain 
amendments to their security programs. These entities must provide to 
TSA detailed screening volumes and the methodology utilized to arrive 
at these volumes, as well as demonstrating progress toward full 
compliance with the cargo security measures specified in such 
amendments.
    Number of Respondents: 209,390.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 74,785 hours.

    Dated: March 10, 2016.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2016-05979 Filed 3-16-16; 8:45 am]
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