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Information Collection Request
Title: National Recreational Boating
Safety Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1625–0089.
Summary: The National Recreational
Boating Safety Survey collects data on
recreational boating participation and
exposure. Specifically, the survey
focuses on the types of boats used, the
demographics of boaters, the types of
safety equipment on recreational boats,
and the amount of time boaters spend
on the water. Boating hours calculated
from this survey play an integral part in
calculating risk ratios associated with
recreational boating. In light of the
USCG’s safety-oriented mission, we are
proposing a name change of this survey
to the National Recreational Boating
Safety Survey from the National
Recreational Boating Survey.
Need: The Federal Boat Safety Act of
1971 determines the framework of the
Coast Guard recreational boating safety
program. This program as set forth in 46
U.S.C. Chapter 131, requires the Coast
Guard to ‘‘encourage greater State
participation and uniformity in boating
safety efforts, and particularly to permit
the States to assume a greater share of
boating safety education, assistance, and
enforcement activities.’’ See 46 U.S.C.
13102. The Coast Guard Office of
Auxiliary & Boating Safety, Boating
Safety Division achieves these goals by
providing timely and relevant
information on boating activities that
occur in each respective jurisdiction.
The boating information provided by
the Coast Guard enables each State
agency to tailor and implement safety
initiatives addressing specific needs of
boaters in local jurisdictions. The
primary objective of this collection is to
provide the Coast Guard with the
required information in a format
suitable to effectively manage the
program.
Forms: None.
Respondents: Recreational boaters
and recreational boat owners living in
the 50 states and the District of
Columbia.
Frequency: The survey takes place
every five to eight years and the last
survey was conducted in 2018.
Hour Burden Estimate: The survey
will take approximately 125,863
respondents a total estimate burden of
15,151 hours.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended.
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Dated: August 27, 2024.
Kathleen Claffie,
Chief, Office of Privacy Management, U.S.
Coast Guard.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2001–11120]
Intent To Request Extension From
OMB of One Current Public Collection
of Information: Imposition and
Collection of Passenger Civil Aviation
Security Service Fees
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on one currently approved
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0001,
abstracted below that we will submit to
OMB for an extension in compliance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA). The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected burden. The collection
involves air carriers maintaining an
accounting system for the passenger
civil aviation security service fees
collected and reporting this information
to TSA on a quarterly basis, as well as
retaining the data used for these reports
for three fiscal years.
DATES: Send your comments by
November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed
to TSAPRA@tsa.dhs.gov or delivered to
the TSA PRA Officer, Information
Technology (IT), TSA–11,
Transportation Security Administration,
6595 Springfield Center Drive,
Springfield, VA 20598–6011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christina A. Walsh at the above address,
or by telephone (571) 227–2062.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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
upon its submission to OMB. Therefore,
in preparation for OMB review and
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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
OMB Control Number 1652–0001;
Imposition and Collection of Passenger
Civil Aviation Security Service Fees. In
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 44940 and
relevant TSA Regulations, see 49 CFR
part 1510, TSA imposes a Passenger
Civil Aviation Security Service Fee
(September 11th Security Fee) on
passengers of both foreign and domestic
air carriers (‘‘air carriers’’) on air
transportation originating at airports in
the United States.
The September 11th Security Fee is
collected by air carriers and remitted to
TSA, which then transmits the fees to
the U.S. Treasury Department to help
offset the Federal Government’s costs of
providing civil aviation security
services and other purposes designated
by 49 U.S.C. 44940. This information
collection requires air carriers to submit
to TSA information regarding the
amount of September 11th Security Fees
an air carrier has imposed, collected,
refunded to passengers, and remitted to
TSA. The retention of this data is
necessary for TSA to ensure the proper
imposition, collection, and regulation
the September 11th Security Fee.
Additionally, TSA collects the
information to monitor carrier
compliance with the fee requirements
and for auditing purposes. Air carriers
are required to retain this information
for three years. Specifically, information
collected during a given fiscal year (FY)
(October 1 through September 30) must
be retained through three subsequent
fiscal years. For example, information
collected during fiscal year 2020 must
be retained through fiscal year 2023.
TSA’s regulations require air carriers
to impose and collect the fee on
passengers, and to remit the fee to TSA
by the final day of the calendar month
following the month in which the fee
was collected. See 49 CFR 1510.13. Air
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carriers are further required to submit
quarterly reports to TSA, which indicate
the amount of fees imposed, collected,
and refunded to passengers, and
remitted to TSA. See 49 CFR 1510.17.
TSA has suspended a requirement for
each air carrier that collects security
service fees from more than 50,000
passengers annually to submit to TSA
an annual independent audit, performed
by an independent certified public
accountant, of its security service fee
activities and accounts. See 49 CFR
1510.15. Although the annual
independent audit requirements were
suspended on January 23, 2003 (see 68
FR 3192), TSA conducts its own audits
of the air carriers. See 49 CFR 1510.11.
Notwithstanding the suspension of the
audit requirements, air carriers must
establish and maintain an accounting
system to account for the security
service fees imposed, collected,
refunded to passengers, and remitted to
TSA. See 49 CFR 1510.15(a).
TSA is seeking an extension of this
collection to require air carriers to
continue submitting the quarterly
reports to TSA, and to require air
carriers to retain the information for
three fiscal years after the fiscal year in
which the information was collected.
This requirement includes retaining the
source information for the quarterly
reports remitted to TSA as well as the
calculations performed to create the
reports submitted to TSA. Should the
annual audit requirement be reinstated,
the requirement would include
information and documents reviewed
and prepared for the independent audit;
the accountant’s working papers, notes,
worksheets, and other relevant
documentation used in the audit; and, if
applicable, the specific information
leading to the accountant’s opinion,
including any determination that the
accountant could not provide an audit
opinion. Although TSA suspended the
independent audit requirement, TSA
conducts audits of the air carriers, and
therefore, requires air carriers to retain
and provide the same information as
required for the quarterly reports and
independent audits.
TSA has incorporated minor
adjustments to the figures used to
estimate the costs of this ICR. The
adjustments consider changes in the
number of regulated air carriers and
various administrative cost rates since
the previous extension. TSA estimates
that 188 total respondent air carriers
will each spend approximately 1 hour to
prepare and submit each quarterly
report. TSA estimates that these
respondents will incur a total of 752
hours (188 carriers × 4 quarterly reports
× 1 hour per report) to satisfy the
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quarterly reporting requirements
annually.
TSA estimates 301 total responses
from all respondent air carriers (188
plus 113, should the annual audit
requirement be reinstated), with 3,012
burden hours (752 hours for quarterly
reports and 2,260 hours for audits)
annually to satisfy the quarterly report
and audit requirements.
Dated: August 29, 2024.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2024–19825 Filed 9–3–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Extension From
OMB of One Current Public Collection
of Information: Law Enforcement
Officer Flying Armed Training
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on one currently approved
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0034,
abstracted below that we will submit to
OMB for an extension in compliance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA). The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected burden. The collection
involves the Federal Air Marshal
Service maintenance of a database of all
Federal, State, and local law
enforcement agencies that have received
the Law Enforcement Officer (LEO)
Flying Armed Training course.
DATES: Send your comments by
November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed
to TSAPRA@tsa.dhs.gov or delivered to
the TSA PRA Officer, Information
Technology (IT), TSA–11,
Transportation Security Administration,
6595 Springfield Center Drive,
Springfield, VA 20598–6011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christina A. Walsh at the above address,
or by telephone (571) 227–2062.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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
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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
OMB Control Number 1652–0034; Law
Enforcement Officer Flying Armed
Training. TSA is requesting approval for
the extension of the collection of this
information to comply with 49 CFR
1544.219, which requires Federal LEOs;
full-time territorial, tribal, municipal,
county, or state LEOs who are direct
employees of government agencies; and
authorized railroad police officers to
complete the LEO Flying Armed
Training course in order to fly armed.
The course is a non-tactical overview of
the conditions under which an officer
may fly armed and the required conduct
and duties of the LEO while flying
armed. This information collection
permits TSA to collect identifying
information from law enforcement
agencies requesting the LEO Flying
Armed Training course materials.
The process begins when a
representative from a law enforcement
agency electronically requests the LEO
Flying Armed Training course material
via the TSA Flying While Armed
website (https://www.tsa.gov/travel/lawenforcement). The fillable form, which
is submitted to TSA electronically, must
contain: full name of the officer, title,
phone number, email address,
employing department, work address,
supervisor’s name, supervisor’s title,
supervisor’s contact information, the
agency’s originating agency identifier,
an affirmation that the officer meets the
requirements set forth in 49 CFR
1544.219, and a brief narrative detailing
the agency’s operational need for its
officers to fly armed. Once the fillable
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA-2001-11120]
Intent To Request Extension From OMB of One Current Public
Collection of Information: Imposition and Collection of Passenger Civil
Aviation Security Service Fees
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites
public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0001,
abstracted below that we will submit to OMB for an extension in
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The
collection involves air carriers maintaining an accounting system for
the passenger civil aviation security service fees collected and
reporting this information to TSA on a quarterly basis, as well as
retaining the data used for these reports for three fiscal years.
DATES: Send your comments by November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed to [email protected] or delivered
to the TSA PRA Officer, Information Technology (IT), TSA-11,
Transportation Security Administration, 6595 Springfield Center Drive,
Springfield, VA 20598-6011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh at the above
address, or by telephone (571) 227-2062.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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
OMB Control Number 1652-0001; Imposition and Collection of
Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fees. In accordance with 49
U.S.C. 44940 and relevant TSA Regulations, see 49 CFR part 1510, TSA
imposes a Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee (September 11th
Security Fee) on passengers of both foreign and domestic air carriers
(``air carriers'') on air transportation originating at airports in the
United States.
The September 11th Security Fee is collected by air carriers and
remitted to TSA, which then transmits the fees to the U.S. Treasury
Department to help offset the Federal Government's costs of providing
civil aviation security services and other purposes designated by 49
U.S.C. 44940. This information collection requires air carriers to
submit to TSA information regarding the amount of September 11th
Security Fees an air carrier has imposed, collected, refunded to
passengers, and remitted to TSA. The retention of this data is
necessary for TSA to ensure the proper imposition, collection, and
regulation the September 11th Security Fee. Additionally, TSA collects
the information to monitor carrier compliance with the fee requirements
and for auditing purposes. Air carriers are required to retain this
information for three years. Specifically, information collected during
a given fiscal year (FY) (October 1 through September 30) must be
retained through three subsequent fiscal years. For example,
information collected during fiscal year 2020 must be retained through
fiscal year 2023.
TSA's regulations require air carriers to impose and collect the
fee on passengers, and to remit the fee to TSA by the final day of the
calendar month following the month in which the fee was collected. See
49 CFR 1510.13. Air
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carriers are further required to submit quarterly reports to TSA, which
indicate the amount of fees imposed, collected, and refunded to
passengers, and remitted to TSA. See 49 CFR 1510.17.
TSA has suspended a requirement for each air carrier that collects
security service fees from more than 50,000 passengers annually to
submit to TSA an annual independent audit, performed by an independent
certified public accountant, of its security service fee activities and
accounts. See 49 CFR 1510.15. Although the annual independent audit
requirements were suspended on January 23, 2003 (see 68 FR 3192), TSA
conducts its own audits of the air carriers. See 49 CFR 1510.11.
Notwithstanding the suspension of the audit requirements, air carriers
must establish and maintain an accounting system to account for the
security service fees imposed, collected, refunded to passengers, and
remitted to TSA. See 49 CFR 1510.15(a).
TSA is seeking an extension of this collection to require air
carriers to continue submitting the quarterly reports to TSA, and to
require air carriers to retain the information for three fiscal years
after the fiscal year in which the information was collected. This
requirement includes retaining the source information for the quarterly
reports remitted to TSA as well as the calculations performed to create
the reports submitted to TSA. Should the annual audit requirement be
reinstated, the requirement would include information and documents
reviewed and prepared for the independent audit; the accountant's
working papers, notes, worksheets, and other relevant documentation
used in the audit; and, if applicable, the specific information leading
to the accountant's opinion, including any determination that the
accountant could not provide an audit opinion. Although TSA suspended
the independent audit requirement, TSA conducts audits of the air
carriers, and therefore, requires air carriers to retain and provide
the same information as required for the quarterly reports and
independent audits.
TSA has incorporated minor adjustments to the figures used to
estimate the costs of this ICR. The adjustments consider changes in the
number of regulated air carriers and various administrative cost rates
since the previous extension. TSA estimates that 188 total respondent
air carriers will each spend approximately 1 hour to prepare and submit
each quarterly report. TSA estimates that these respondents will incur
a total of 752 hours (188 carriers x 4 quarterly reports x 1 hour per
report) to satisfy the quarterly reporting requirements annually.
TSA estimates 301 total responses from all respondent air carriers
(188 plus 113, should the annual audit requirement be reinstated), with
3,012 burden hours (752 hours for quarterly reports and 2,260 hours for
audits) annually to satisfy the quarterly report and audit
requirements.
Dated: August 29, 2024.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2024-19825 Filed 9-3-24; 8:45 am]
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