Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Flight Training Security, 2889-2890 [2022-00894]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 12 / Wednesday, January 19, 2022 / Notices (DHS) to establish procedures which carriers must undertake for the proper screening of their non-immigrant passengers prior to embarkation at the port from which they are to depart for the United States, in order to become eligible for a reduction, refund, or waiver of a fine imposed under section 273(a)(1) of the Act. (This authority was transferred from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant to the Homeland Security Act of 2002.) To be eligible to obtain such a reduction, refund, or waiver of a fine, the carrier must provide evidence to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that it screened all passengers on the conveyance in accordance with the procedures listed in 8 CFR part 273. Some examples of the evidence the carrier may provide to CBP include: A description of the carrier’s document screening training program; the number of employees trained; information regarding the date and number of improperly documented nonimmigrants intercepted by the carrier at the port(s) of embarkation; and any other evidence to demonstrate the carrier’s efforts to properly screen passengers destined for the United States. Proposed Change: Applicants may submit this information via electronic means, e.g., email. Type of Information Collection: Screening Requirements for Carriers. Estimated Number of Respondents: 41. Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1. Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 41. Estimated Time per Response: 100 hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,100. Dated: January 13, 2022. Seth D. Renkema, Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. [FR Doc. 2022–00964 Filed 1–18–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Transportation Security Administration jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 [Docket No. TSA–2004–19147] Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Flight Training Security Transportation Security Administration, DHS. ACTION: 30-Day notice. AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:58 Jan 18, 2022 Jkt 256001 This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652–0021, 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 involves the submission of identifying information for background checks for all non-U.S. citizens, non-U.S. nationals and other designated individuals seeking flight instruction (‘‘candidates’’) from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)certificated flight training providers. Through the information collected, TSA will determine whether a candidate is a threat to aviation or national security, and thus prohibited from receiving flight training. Additionally, flight training providers are required to conduct a security awareness program for their employees and contract employees and to maintain records associated with this training. DATES: Send your comments by February 18, 2022. 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 by selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 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 TSAPRA@ tsa.dhs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following collection of information on August 25, 2021, 86 FR 47507. SUMMARY: 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 PO 00000 Frm 00144 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2889 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: Flight Training Security. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. OMB Control Number: 1652–0021. Forms(s): N/A. Affected Public: Candidates, as defined in 49 CFR 1552.1, seeking flight instruction from FAA-certificated flight training providers and flight training providers required to conduct security awareness training and their employees. Abstract: This information collection relates to regulations issued by TSA for flight training providers. There are two parts to the collection. First, under 49 CFR part 1552, subpart A, the collection relates to the security threat assessments (STAs) that TSA requires to determine whether candidates are a threat to aviation or national security, and thus prohibited from receiving flight training. This collection of information requires FAA-certificated flight training providers to provide TSA with the information necessary to conduct the STAs. Second, under 49 CFR part 1552, subpart B, the collection relates to security awareness training for flight training provider employees and contract employees, which includes maintaining records of all such training. TSA is revising the information collection by changing the name of the collection from ‘‘Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated Individuals; Security Awareness Training for Flight School Employees’’ to ‘‘Flight Training Security.’’ Number of Respondents: 39,496. Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 103,816 hours annually.1 1 Since the publication of the 60-day notice, TSA has updated the burden hours from 99,564 to 103,816 annual hours. E:\FR\FM\19JAN1.SGM 19JAN1 2890 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 12 / Wednesday, January 19, 2022 / Notices Dated: January 10, 2022. Christina A. Walsh, TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology. check Case Status Online, available at the USCIS website at https:// www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS Contact Center at (800) 375–5283; TTY (800) 767–1833. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [FR Doc. 2022–00894 Filed 1–18–22; 8:45 am] Comments Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $7,018,816. BILLING CODE 9110–05–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [OMB Control Number 1615–0020] Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: 30-Day notice. AGENCY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments. DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until February 18, 2022. ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time, must be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal website at https:// www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS–2007–0024. All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number 1615–0020 in the body of the letter, the agency name and Docket ID USCIS–2007–0024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, Telephone number (240) 721–3000 (This is not a toll-free number; comments are not accepted via telephone message.). Please note contact information provided here is solely for questions regarding this notice. It is not for individual case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information about the status of their individual cases can jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:58 Jan 18, 2022 Jkt 256001 The information collection notice was previously published in the Federal Register on September 29, 2021, at 86 FR 53983, allowing for a 60-day public comment period. USCIS did receive four comments in connection with the 60day notice. You may access the information collection instrument with instructions, or additional information by visiting the Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: https://www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS–2007–0024 in the search box. The comments submitted to USCIS via this method are visible to the Office of Management and Budget and comply with the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.12(c). All submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https:// www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal information that you provide in any voluntary submission you make to DHS. DHS may withhold information provided in comments from public viewing that it determines may impact the privacy of an individual or is offensive. For additional information, please read the Privacy Act notice that is available via the link in the footer of https://www.regulations.gov. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies should address one or more of the following four points: (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate 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) 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 through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Overview of This Information Collection (1) Type of Information Collection Request: Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant. (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the DHS sponsoring the collection: Form I–360; USCIS. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. Form I–360 may be used by an Amerasian; a widow or widower; a battered or abused spouse or child of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident; a battered or abused parent of a U.S. citizen son or daughter; or a special immigrant (religious worker, Panama Canal company employee, Canal Zone government employee, U.S. government employee in the Canal Zone; physician, international organization employee or family member, juvenile court dependent; armed forces member; Afghanistan or Iraq national who supported the U.S. Armed Forces as a translator; Iraq national who worked for the or on behalf of the U.S. Government in Iraq; or Afghan national who worked for or on behalf of the U.S. Government or the International Security Assistance Force [ISAF] in Afghanistan) who intend to establish their eligibility to immigrate to the United States. The data collected on this form is reviewed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to determine if the petitioner may be qualified to obtain the benefit. The data collected on this form will also be used to issue an employment authorization document upon approval of the petition for battered or abused spouses, children, and parents, if requested. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The estimated total number of respondents for the information collection Petition for Amerasian, Widower, or Special Immigration (Form I–360); Iraqi & Afghan Petitioners is 2,874 and the estimated hour burden per response is 3.1 hours; the estimated total number of respondents for the information collection Petition for Amerasian, Widower, or Special Immigration (Form I–360); Religious Workers is 2,393 and the estimated hour burden per response is 2.35 hours; the estimated total number of respondents E:\FR\FM\19JAN1.SGM 19JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2889-2890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00894]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2004-19147]


Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Flight Training 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 1652-0021, 
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 involves the submission of identifying 
information for background checks for all non-U.S. citizens, non-U.S. 
nationals and other designated individuals seeking flight instruction 
(``candidates'') from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-
certificated flight training providers. Through the information 
collected, TSA will determine whether a candidate is a threat to 
aviation or national security, and thus prohibited from receiving 
flight training. Additionally, flight training providers are required 
to conduct a security awareness program for their employees and 
contract employees and to maintain records associated with this 
training.

DATES: Send your comments by February 18, 2022. 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 by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or 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 August 25, 2021, 86 FR 47507.

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: Flight Training Security.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0021.
    Forms(s): N/A.
    Affected Public: Candidates, as defined in 49 CFR 1552.1, seeking 
flight instruction from FAA-certificated flight training providers and 
flight training providers required to conduct security awareness 
training and their employees.
    Abstract: This information collection relates to regulations issued 
by TSA for flight training providers. There are two parts to the 
collection. First, under 49 CFR part 1552, subpart A, the collection 
relates to the security threat assessments (STAs) that TSA requires to 
determine whether candidates are a threat to aviation or national 
security, and thus prohibited from receiving flight training. This 
collection of information requires FAA-certificated flight training 
providers to provide TSA with the information necessary to conduct the 
STAs. Second, under 49 CFR part 1552, subpart B, the collection relates 
to security awareness training for flight training provider employees 
and contract employees, which includes maintaining records of all such 
training.
    TSA is revising the information collection by changing the name of 
the collection from ``Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated 
Individuals; Security Awareness Training for Flight School Employees'' 
to ``Flight Training Security.''
    Number of Respondents: 39,496.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 103,816 hours 
annually.\1\
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    \1\ Since the publication of the 60-day notice, TSA has updated 
the burden hours from 99,564 to 103,816 annual hours.

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    Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $7,018,816.

    Dated: January 10, 2022.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2022-00894 Filed 1-18-22; 8:45 am]
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