Intent To Request Extension From OMB of One Current Public Collection of Information: Maryland Three Airports: Enhanced Security Procedures for Operations at Certain Airports in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone, 89022 [2024-26072]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• Transportation Security Administration

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 89022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26072]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2005-20118]


Intent To Request Extension From OMB of One Current Public 
Collection of Information: Maryland Three Airports: Enhanced Security 
Procedures for Operations at Certain Airports in the Washington, DC, 
Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone

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 1652-0029, 
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 is 
necessary to comply with a requirement for individuals to successfully 
complete a security threat assessment before operating an aircraft or 
serving as an airport security coordinator at one of the Maryland Three 
airports.

DATES: Send your comments by January 13, 2025.

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 1652-0029; Maryland Three Airports: Enhanced 
Security Procedures for Operations at Certain Airports in the 
Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone, 49 CFR part 
1562. TSA's regulations impose requirements and security procedures on 
airport operators of three airports in the State of Maryland that are 
located within the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted 
Zone (Maryland Three Airports),\1\ and on individuals operating 
aircraft to or from these airports. The information collected is used 
to determine compliance with 49 CFR part 1562, subpart A.
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    \1\ The Maryland Three Airports are: College Park Airport, 
Potomac Airfield, and Washington Executive/Hyde Field. However, on 
November 30, 2022, Washington Executive/Hyde Field ceased operations 
following a bankruptcy sale of the airport property. Nevertheless, 
TSA will continue to use TSA Form 418 to collect the information as 
required by 49 CFR part 1562, subpart A.
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    Part 1562, subpart A, allows an individual who is approved by TSA 
to operate an aircraft to or from one of the Maryland Three Airports or 
to serve as an airport security coordinator at one of these airports. 
In order to be approved, a pilot or airport security coordinator 
applicant is required to submit information and successfully complete a 
security threat assessment. As part of this threat assessment, the 
applicant must submit their fingerprints and undergo a criminal history 
records check and a check of Government terrorist watch lists and other 
databases to determine whether the individual poses, or is suspected of 
posing, a threat to transportation or national security. An applicant 
will not receive TSA's approval under this analysis if TSA determines 
or suspects the applicant of being a threat to national or 
transportation security.
    Applicants can be fingerprinted at the Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport's badging office and any participating airport badging 
office or law enforcement office located nearby to the applicant's 
residence or place of work. Airport security coordinators and pilots 
must complete the applicable sections of TSA Form 418, which include 
but are not limited to the following: full name; Social Security 
number; date of birth; address; phone number and email; current and 
valid airman certificate or current and valid student pilot 
certificate; current medical certificate; a list of the make, model, 
and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aircraft registration number 
for each aircraft the pilot intends to operate at Maryland Three 
Airports; one form of Government-issued picture ID; the certificate of 
completion of the FAA DC Special Flight Rules Area training; and 
fingerprints. Although not required by the rule, TSA asks applicants to 
voluntarily provide an email address and emergency contact phone number 
to facilitate immediate communication that might be necessary when 
operating in the Flight Restricted Zone or helpful during the 
application process.
    TSA also provides an option to submit certain documents for the 
application by email. For example, applicants no longer need to submit 
the required documentation to the FAA Flight Standards District Offices 
in-person, but may submit the information to TSA electronically at 
[email protected]. This option does not apply to fingerprints, which 
must continue to be collected in-person at the various locations.
    TSA receives approximately 369 applications (366 pilots and 3 
airport security coordinators) annually and estimates applicants spend 
approximately 5.75 hours to prepare and submit the information to TSA, 
which is a total annual burden of 2,121.75 hours.

Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2024-26072 Filed 11-8-24; 8:45 am]
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