Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Airport Security, 37174 [2021-14898]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• Transportation Security Administration

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 37174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14898]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review; Airport Security

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 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. 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 set 
forth in agency rules.

DATES: Send your comments by August 13, 2021. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection, OMB control number 1652-0034, by selecting 
``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comments'' and by using the 
find function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, 
Information Technology (IT), TSA-11, Transportation Security 
Administration, 6595 Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, 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 comments, of the following 
collection of information on December 23, 2020, 85 FR 83986.

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.

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 ensuring compliance with airport operator required 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), submission to TSA, 
and implementation; (2) as applicable, development of airport operator 
requested or TSA-required ASP amendments and temporary changed 
conditions, 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) or Sterile Area; (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); and (5) information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements associated with airport operator compliance with 
regulations and Security Directives.
    Number of Respondents: 438.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 1,903,841 hours 
annually.\1\
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    \1\ The annual burden has been updated since the publication of 
the 60-day notice, which reported 1,893,351.

    Dated: July 8, 2021.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2021-14898 Filed 7-13-21; 8:45 am]
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