Agency Information Collection Activities: Passenger and Crew Manifest, 29469-29471 [2020-10455]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29469-29471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10455]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[1651-0088]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Passenger and Crew 
Manifest

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of 
Homeland Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments; revision of an existing 
collection of information.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection will be submitting the following information collection 
request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 
The information collection is published in the Federal Register to 
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are 
encouraged and must be submitted (no later than July 14, 2020) to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) 
contained in this notice must include the OMB Control Number 1651-0088 
in the subject line and the agency name. To avoid duplicate 
submissions, please use only one of the following methods to submit 
comments:
    (1) Email. Submit comments to: [email protected].
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to CBP Paperwork Reduction Act 
Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Trade, 
Regulations and Rulings, Economic Impact Analysis Branch, 90 K Street 
NE, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional PRA 
information should be directed to Seth Renkema, Chief, Economic Impact 
Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Trade, 
Regulations and Rulings, 90 K Street NE, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 
20229-1177, Telephone number 202-325-0056 or via email 
[email protected]. Please note that the contact information provided 
here is solely for questions regarding this notice. Individuals seeking 
information about other CBP programs should contact the CBP National 
Customer Service Center at 877-227-5511, (TTY) 1-800-877-8339, or CBP 
website at https://www.cbp.gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on the proposed and/or continuing 
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This process is conducted in accordance with 
5 CFR 1320.8. Written comments and suggestions from the public and 
affected agencies should address one or more of the following four 
points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) suggestions to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) suggestions to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, 
including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses. The comments that are submitted will be summarized and 
included in the request for approval. All comments will become a matter 
of public record.

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Overview of This Information Collection

    Title: Passenger and Crew Manifest (Advance Passenger Information 
System).
    OMB Number: 1651-0088.
    Form Number: None.
    Abstract: The Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) is an 
automated method in which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
receives information on passengers and crew onboard inbound rail and 
bus trips before their arrival in the United States, as well as inbound 
and outbound international flights before their arrival in, or 
departure from, the United States. APIS data includes biographical 
information for passengers arriving in or departing from the United 
States, allowing the data to be checked against CBP databases.
    The information is submitted for both commercial and private 
aircraft flights, rail carriers and bus carriers. Specific data 
elements required for each passenger and crew member include: Full 
name; date of birth; gender; citizenship; document type; passport 
number; country of issuance and expiration date; and alien registration 
number where applicable.
    APIS is authorized under the Aviation and Transportation Security 
Act, (Pub. L. 107-71, Stat. 597 (2001)). Under statute, air carriers 
operating a passenger flight in foreign air transportation to the 
United States must electronically transmit to CBP a passenger and crew 
manifest containing specific identifying data elements and any other 
information that DHS determines is reasonably necessary to ensure 
aviation safety. The specific passenger and crew identifying 
information required by statue consists of the following: Full name; 
date of birth; gender; citizenship; passport number; country of 
issuance; and U.S. visa number or resident alien card where applicable. 
See 49 U.S.C. 44909(c). The APIS regulatory requirements are specified 
in 19 CFR 122.49a, 122.49b, 122.49c, 122.75a, 122.75b, and 122.22. 
These provisions lists all the required APIS data.
    Respondents submit their electronic manifest either through a 
direct interface with CBP, or using eAPIS which is a web-based system 
that can be accessed at https://eapis.cbp.dhs.gov/.
    Current Actions: This submission is being made to revise this 
collection of information to include bus and rail carriers into this 
OMB control number.
    Proposed Changes: CBP is currently running a pilot with nine 
respondents in which Bus carriers are currently submitting passenger 
manifest data voluntarily to assist CBP in writing future regulations 
that will mandate the submission of this data in advance of passenger 
arrival into the United States. CBP would like to revise this 
information collection to include bus and rail respondents, which would 
allow CBP to expand the pilot beyond the current nine respondent limit.
    The collection of passenger manifest data from bus and rail 
carriers arriving in the U.S. is authorized by section 433(d) and 
431(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1433(d) ad 19 
U.S.C. 1431(b)). Bus and rail carriers submit their APIS information to 
CBP via the Land Pre-Arrival System Application (LPAS), embedded in the 
ROAM application.
    In the ROAM application, the collection of passenger information is 
primarily done through electronic submission. The bus or rail carrier 
designee submits passenger information by scanning the Machine Readable 
Zone (MRZ) of each passengers' passport, which automatically is loaded 
into the application. Should the MRZ not automatically go into the 
application, the bus carrier will manually input the passengers' 
passport information. This is the only point at which information is 
collected from travelers.
    The user registers the bus or rail as the mode of travel and is 
prompted to complete information on the company. Information includes:

 Mode of Travel (Bus/Rail)
 License Country
 Registration Province
 License Number
 Sender ID
 Carrier Code (APIS code from CBP)
 Bus/Rail Company

    Each carrier will be required to create a `Driver Profile' by 
entering in their documentation using the MRZ or manually. This profile 
is then saved to be associated with each bus or rail that the driver 
operates and will have to be selected prior to submitting the trip. The 
drivers are prompted to information on themselves, including:

 Name
 Date of Birth
 Sex
 Country of Citizenship
 Country of Residence
 Document Type
 Document Number
 Date of Issue
 Date of Expiration
 Country of Issue

    This process is then duplicated for passengers boarding the bus or 
train. Each traveler profile is then saved for the trip but is deleted 
from the application immediately after the information is submitted to 
CBP.
    Prior to submitting passenger information to CBP, the user must 
fill in required arrival fields. These fields include:

 Arrival Location in the U.S.
 Estimated Arrival Date
 Estimated Arrival Time
 Arrival Code (Port of Entry)
 Entry State
 Last Country Visited
 Contact Email

    Previously, the ROAM application also permitted self-reported 
submission of information to CBP officers through a face-time feature. 
This self-reporting feature has been disabled for LPAS and will not be 
used at any time in conjunction with the Bus APIS pilot or the 
resulting program that arises from the pilot. The bus carrier, either 
through the bus driver or another employee, will be the only party 
submitting responses to the LPAS feature within the ROAM application. 
The basis for this decision arose out of the necessity to collect 
traveler information prior to arrival in the land environment as it is 
done in the air environment. For pre-arrival vetting and targeting to 
be conducted, officers must be able to collect information on travelers 
prior to their arrival at the border to promote officer safety and 
increase security. In air Ports of Entry, officers have access to 
traveler information 72 hours prior to arrival. However, this standard 
does not exist in the land environment, as travelers can board a bus 
just 10 minutes prior to arriving at the border. In the air 
environment, airline carriers are the users submitting traveler 
information.
    Therefore, in order to closely mirror this successful process, bus 
and rail carriers will submit traveler data in the land environment. In 
order to reduce the burden of manual data entry, the LPAS feature 
includes a technology that reads the MRZ on a passport. As a result, 
the bus driver can simply scan a passenger's passport in order to 
populate the required data fields and accurately submit that data to 
CBP.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Affected Public: Businesses, Individuals.
Commercial Airlines
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,130.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 1,850,878.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 307,246.

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Commercial Airline Passengers (3rd party)
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 184,050,663.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 184,050,663.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 seconds.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 496,937.
Private Aircraft Pilots
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 460,000.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 460,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 115,000.
Commercial Passenger Rail Carrier
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 9,540.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 seconds.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 26.
Bus Passenger Carrier
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 9.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 309,294.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 77,324.

    Dated: May 12, 2020.
Seth D. Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2020-10455 Filed 5-14-20; 8:45 am]
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