Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Certified Cargo Screening Standard Security Program, 71920-71921 [2024-19826]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• Transportation Security Administration

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71920-71921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19826]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2009-0018]


Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Certified Cargo Screening Standard Security Program

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 1652-0053, 
abstracted below to OMB for a revision in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden. The collection involves: 
applications from entities to become Certified Cargo Screening 
Facilities (CCSFs) or Third-Party Canine-Cargo (3PK9-C) Certifiers; 
security threat assessments; standard security programs, modifications 
or amendments; or standards or proposed modified standards; 
recordkeeping requirements; designation of a Security Coordinator; and 
significant security concerns.

DATES: Send your comments by October 4, 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: 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 March 26, 2024, 89 FR 20991.

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: Certified Cargo Screening Standard Security Program.
    Type of Request: Revision of one currently approved ICR.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0053.
    Forms(s): The forms used for this collection of information include 
Letter of Intent (TSA Form 419A); CCSF Profile Application (TSA Form 
419B); CCSF SSI Agreement (TSA Form 419C); CCSF Principal Attestation 
(TSA Form 419D); CCSF Security Profile (TSA Form 419E); and the 
Security Threat Assessment Application (TSA Form 419F).
    Affected Public: The collections of information that make up this 
ICR involve entities other than aircraft operators and include 
facilities upstream in the air cargo supply chain, such as shippers, 
manufacturers, warehousing entities, distributors, third party 
logistics companies, indirect air carriers, CCSFs and 3PK9 Certifiers 
located in the United States. For purposes of this document, CCSFs 
refers to both facility-based CCSFs and CCSF-K9s.
    Abstract: TSA is seeking continued approval from OMB for the 
collection of information contained in the ICR. Section 1602 of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Public 
Law 110-53 (121 Stat. 266, Aug. 3, 2007) (9/11 Act) required the 
development of a system to screen 100 percent of such cargo no later 
than August 2010. TSA currently requires 100 percent screening of all 
cargo transported on passenger aircraft.\1\ The screening of air cargo 
must be in a manner approved by TSA and be commensurate with the level 
of security for the screening of passenger checked baggage.\2\
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    \1\ See 49 CFR 1544.205(g) and 1546.205(g)(1).
    \2\ Id. See also 49 U.S.C. 44901(g)(2).
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    TSA's regulations for the Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP) 
in 49

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CFR part 1549 support the 9/11 Act mandate by providing an alternative 
means of compliance with the 100 percent screening requirement. To 
comply with the statutory mandate, the CCSP allows shippers, indirect 
air carriers, and other entities to voluntarily participate in a 
program through which TSA certifies entities to screen air cargo off-
airport before it is tendered to air carriers for transport on 
passenger aircraft. CCSFs may screen cargo off-airport and must 
implement measures to ensure a secure chain of custody from the point 
of screening to the point at which the cargo is tendered to the 
aircraft operator. In addition, TSA developed a program to certify 
3PK9-C Teams to screen air cargo. \3\ TSA incorporated this capability 
under the framework of the CCSP, providing an opportunity for canine 
team providers to choose to be regulated as CCSFs under 49 CFR part 
1549 and approved to use Certified 3PK9-C Teams to screen cargo for TSA 
regulated entities.
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    \3\ See sec. 1941 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2019, 
Division K, Title I (Pub. L. 115-254; 132 Stat. 3186; Oct. 5, 2018).
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    TSA's three primary programs issued under 49 CFR part 1549 provides 
standards for compliance for those entities subject to the program's 
requirements: (1) the Certified Cargo Screening Security Program, 
applicable to facilities-based CCSFs; (2) the Certified Cargo Security 
Program-K9, applicable to canine team providers; and (3) the 3PK9-C 
Certifier Order, applicable to third-party certifiers.
    The following are required to maintain availability of the CCSP: 
CCSF applications, 3PK9-C certifier applications, security threat 
assessment applications, criminal history records check, recordkeeping 
requirements, security program information, 3PK9-C Certifier Order 
information, reports of significant security concerns, and security 
coordinator information.
    TSA is revising this collection to update the following TSA Forms: 
419A, 419B, 419C, 419D and 419E, updating title and removing 
duplicative data elements. TSA is also making minor changes by updating 
instructions and removing information no longer required by the 
applicable security program.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondent: 8,052.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 17,662 hours annually.\4\
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    \4\ Since the publication of the 60-day notice, TSA adjusted the 
annual respondents from 933 to 8,052 and the annual burden hours 
from 18,043 to 17,662.

    Dated: August 29, 2024.
Christina A. Walsh,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2024-19826 Filed 9-3-24; 8:45 am]
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