Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Airport Security Part 1542, 20086-20087 [2018-09626]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• Transportation Security Administration

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 88 (Monday, May 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20086-20087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09626]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Airport Security Part 1542

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 1652-0002, 
abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of a revision of the 
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
expected burden. The collection includes requirements for airport 
operators to submit certain information to TSA, as well as to maintain 
and update records to ensure compliance with security provisions.

DATES: Send your comments by June 6, 2018. 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, OMB. Comments should be addressed to Desk Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected].

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 [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA published a Federal Register notice, 
with a 60-day comment period soliciting

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comments, of the following collection of information on September 7, 
2017, 82 FR 42356.

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 will be 
available at https://www.reginfo.gov upon its submission to OMB. 
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.
    Consistent with the requirements of Executive Order (E.O.) 13771, 
Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs, and E.O. 13777, 
Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also requesting comments 
on the extent to which this request for information could be modified 
to reduce the burden on respondents.

Information Collection Requirement

    Title: Airport Security Part 1542.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0002.
    Forms(s): NA.
    Affected Public: Airport operators.
    Abstract: The information collection is used to determine 
compliance with 49 CFR part 1542 and to ensure passenger safety and 
security by monitoring airport operator security procedures. The 
following information collections and other recordkeeping requirements 
with which respondent covered airport operators must comply fall under 
this OMB control number: (1) Development of an Airport Security Program 
(ASP) and submission to TSA; (2) as applicable, development of airport 
operator requested or TSA-required ASP amendments, submission to TSA, 
and implementation; (3) collection of data necessary to complete a 
criminal history records check (CHRC) for those individuals with 
unescorted access authority to a Security Identification Display Area 
(SIDA); (4) submission to TSA of identifying information about 
individuals to whom the airport operator has issued identification 
media, such as name, address, and country of birth, in order for TSA to 
conduct a Security Threat Assessment (STA); (5) information collection 
and recordkeeping requirements associated with airport operator 
compliance with Security Directives (SDs) issued pursuant to the 
regulation; and (6) watch list matching of individuals subject to TSA's 
regulatory requirements against government watch lists.
    TSA is revising this information collection by modifying the type 
of information collected. TSA previously collected information relating 
to a since-discontinued requirement that airport operators verify the 
employment histories of certain applicants, TSA has relieved the 
airport operators of this burden.
    Number of Respondents: 438.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 1,786,924 hours 
annually.\1\
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    \1\ Since the publication of the 60-day notice, the estimate has 
been updated from 1,618,268 to 1,786,924 annual burden hours

    Dated: May 1, 2018.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2018-09626 Filed 5-4-18; 8:45 am]
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