Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Air Cargo Security Requirements, 20993 [2024-06285]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• Transportation Security Administration

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 20993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06285]



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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 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 25, 2024. 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'' and by using the find function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Raymond, Information Technology 
(IT), TSA-11, Transportation Security Administration, 6595 Springfield 
Center Drive, Springfield, VA 20598-6011; telephone (571) 227-2526; 
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 July 2023, 88 FR 42736.

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: Air Cargo Security Requirements.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0040.
    Forms(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: Under the authority of 49 U.S.C. 44901, TSA's regulations 
impose screening requirements for cargo and other property transported 
on commercial aircraft (passenger and all-cargo). Chapter XII of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) defines how TSA screens all 
property, including U.S. mail, cargo, carry-on and checked baggage, and 
other articles, that will be carried aboard passenger and cargo 
aircraft.
    This information collection currently relates to the following 
requirements:
     Aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, and indirect air 
carriers (IACs) must collect certain information as part of the 
implementation of a standard security program, 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.
     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,'' must submit 
information to TSA. This information is collected electronically 
through the KSMS.
     Regulated entities must submit (by entering into the 
IACMS) 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.
     Select aircraft operators and foreign air carriers 
operating under certain amendments to their security programs 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: 3,575.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 77,076 hours annually.

    Dated: March 20, 2024.
Nicole Raymond,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2024-06285 Filed 3-25-24; 8:45 am]
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