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Overview of This Information
Collection
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Title: Declaration for Free Entry of
Returned American Products.
OMB Number: 1651–0011.
Form Number: 3311.
Current Actions: This submission will
extend the expiration date without a
change to the information collected or
method of collection.
Type of Review: Extension (without
change).
Affected Public: Businesses.
Abstract: CBP Form 3311, Declaration
for Free Entry of Returned American
Products, which is authorized by,
among others, 19 CFR 10.1, 10.66, 10.67,
12.41, 123.4, and 143.23, is used to
collect information from the importer or
authorized agent in order to claim dutyfree treatment for articles entered under
certain provisions of Subchapter I of
Chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS,
https://hts.usitc.gov/current). The form
serves as a declaration that the articles
are: (1) the growth, production, and
manufacture of the United States; (2) are
returned to the United States without
having been advanced in value or
improved in condition while abroad; (3)
the goods were not previously entered
under a temporary importation under
bond provision; and (4) drawback was
never claimed and/or paid.
This collection of information applies
to members of the importing public and
trade community who seek to claim
duty-free treatment based on
compliance with the aforementioned
requirements. These members of the
public and trade community are familiar
with import procedures and with CBP
regulations. Obligation to respond to
this information collection is required to
obtain benefits.
Type of Information Collection: Form
3311.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
12,000.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses per Respondent: 35.
Estimated Number of Total Annual
Responses: 420,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 6
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 42,000.
Transportation Security Administration
Dated: December 12, 2024.
Seth D. Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis
Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Extension of Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
Sensitive Security Information Threat
Assessment Application
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces that
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0042,
abstracted below to OMB for review and
approval of an extension 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 TSA
determining whether individuals
seeking access to sensitive security
information (SSI) may be granted access
to the SSI.
DATES: Send your comments by January
16, 2025. 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 https://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, 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 September 24, 2024, 89
FR 77883. TSA did not receive any
comments on the notice.
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 is
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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: Sensitive Security Information
Threat Assessment Application.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652–0042.
Forms(s): TSA Forms 2817A and
2817B.
Affected Public: Individuals seeking
access to SSI Information.
Abstract: TSA is required to prohibit
the disclosure of information that would
be detrimental to transportation safety
or security. See 49 U.S.C. 114(r) and
44912(d). See also TSA’s regulations
stipulating requirements for the
protection of SSI at 49 CFR part 1520.
The regulations restrict access to SSI to
‘‘covered individuals’’ with a ‘‘need to
know’’.
Pursuant to the requirements in
Section 525(d) of the DHS
Appropriations Act, 2007, Public Law
109–295 (120 Stat 1355, 1382, Oct. 4,
2006), as reenacted,1 TSA must
establish a process by which a party
seeking access to SSI in a civil
proceeding in federal district court can
make a request to receive a record
designated as SSI. TSA’s process applies
to parties who demonstrate a substantial
need for relevant SSI in preparation of
the party’s case and not having the
record would create an undue hardship
to obtain the substantial equivalent of
the information by other means.2 Under
1 Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2013, Public Law 113–6, Div.
D., Title V., sec. 510 (March 26, 2013).
2 That in civil proceedings in the United States
District Courts, where a party seeking access to SSI
demonstrates that the party has substantial need of
relevant SSI in the preparation of the party’s case
and that the party is unable without undue
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this process, the party’s representative
may request and be granted conditional
access to the SSI at issue in the case.
TSA may grant court reporters and
experts access to the SSI under similar
terms and conditions.
Under 49 CFR 1520.11 and 1520.15,
TSA may also consider individuals who
are (1) prospective bidders to a Request
for Proposal; (2) involved in the
performance of non-traditional
contractual agreements (e.g., bailments)
or other transaction agreements; or (3)
receiving access to SSI as a conditional
disclosure under 49 CFR 1520.15(e) in
this process.
Under 49 CFR 1520.11(c), TSA may
make an individual’s access to SSI
contingent upon satisfactory completion
of a security threat assessment (STA),
including evaluation of a fingerprintbased criminal history records check
(CHRC); and/or a name-based check
against federal law enforcement,
terrorism, and immigration databases;
and/or other procedures and
requirements for safeguarding SSI that
are satisfactory to TSA. See also 49
U.S.C. 114(f)(4). To conduct this STA,
TSA collects identifying information, an
explanation supporting the individuals’
need for the information, and other
information related to safeguarding SSI
to conduct the STAs. For individuals
who have received a comparable STA
from TSA (such as being a member of
the TSA PreCheck® Application
Program), TSA may also use the known
traveler number issued by TSA to
inform an individual’s eligibility to
access SSI, or otherwise honor the
comparable STA. TSA uses the results
of the STA to make a final
determination on whether the
individual may be granted access to SSI.
TSA also uses the information as part of
hardship to obtain the substantial equivalent of the
information by other means, the party or party’s
counsel shall be designated as a covered person
under 49 CFR part 1520.7 in order to have access
to the SSI at issue in the case, provided that the
overseeing judge enters an order that protects the
SSI from unauthorized or unnecessary disclosure
and specifies the terms and conditions of access,
unless upon completion of a criminal history check
and terrorist assessment like that done for aviation
workers on the persons seeking access to SSI, or
based on the sensitivity of the information, the
Transportation Security Administration or DHS
demonstrates that such access to the information for
the proceeding presents a risk of harm to the nation:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, an order granting access to SSI under this
section shall be immediately appealable to the
United States Courts of Appeals, which shall have
plenary review over both the evidentiary finding
and the sufficiency of the order specifying the terms
and conditions of access to the SSI in question:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary may assess a civil
penalty of up to $50,000 for each violation of 49
CFR part 1520 by persons provided access to SSI
under this provision.
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its determination as to whether
provision of access to specific SSI
would present a risk of harm to the
nation.
In addition, TSA uses the information
from individuals who have recently
(i.e., within 2 years or as determined
appropriate by the program office)
successfully undergone a federal
background investigation (i.e., Tier 1) or
hold an active security clearance
granting access to classified national
security information to facilitate the
STA. TSA will use this information as
part of its determination as to whether
provision of access to specific SSI
would be detrimental to transportation
security.
Applicants seeking access to SSI in
federal district court litigation must
complete TSA Form 2817A, SSI Access
Threat Assessment Questionnaire—
Litigation. Bidders and certain other
applicants are required to complete TSA
Form 2817B, SSI Access Threat
Assessment Questionnaire—Standard in
order to have a STA completed before
they can receive the requested SSI. The
data points consist of identifying
information, including, but not limited
to, full name (including any aliases),
date of birth, place of birth, gender,
Social Security number (optional),
employer name (optional); country of
citizenship, Known Traveler Number (if
using TSA PreCheck as a comparable
STA), level and date of security
clearance (if available), and information
regarding the need for the information
(litigant, bidder, etc.).
In addition to the information
required for conducting STAs, TSA
requires contract bidders to provide a
certification from each company/entity
that its employees/personnel who are
provided access to SSI are properly
trained; a Non-Disclosure Agreement for
each individual who is granted access to
SSI; and an affirmation that each
company/entity will designate a senior
official who can certify that all
appropriate protections will be
followed, only authorized individuals
will have access to the sensitive
information, and that those individuals
adequately understand their
responsibilities to protect the
information. TSA may also require these
items for other contractual agreements
(e.g., bailments), other transaction
agreements, or conditional SSI
disclosures, on a case-by-case basis.
In the case of a party seeking access
to SSI in a civil proceeding in federal
court, TSA will gather the information
required for individual vetting,
including fingerprinting to conduct a
CHRC and also require these individuals
to respond to questions to verify
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individuals’ history in safeguarding
sensitive information, including good
standing with bar membership or
sanctions; and to agree to abide by TSA
instructions concerning the handling of
SSI in connection with the court
proceeding.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
263.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
104.53.3
Dated: December 11, 2024.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
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FXES11130800000–245–FF08E00000]
Endangered and Threatened Species;
Receipt of Recovery Permit
Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, have received
applications for permits to conduct
scientific research to promote
conservation or other activities intended
to enhance the propagation or survival
of endangered or threatened species
under the Endangered Species Act. We
invite the public and local, State, Tribal,
and Federal agencies to comment on
these applications. Before issuing any of
the requested permits, we will take into
consideration any information that we
receive during the public comment
period.
SUMMARY:
We must receive your written
comments on or before January 16,
2025.
DATES:
Document availability and
comment submission: Submit requests
for copies of the applications and
related documents and submit any
comments by one of the following
methods. All requests and comments
should specify the applicant name(s)
and application number(s) (e.g.,
XXXXXX or PER0001234).
• Email: permitsR8ES@fws.gov.
• U.S. Mail: Tiffany Heitz, Regional
Recovery Permit Coordinator, U.S. Fish
ADDRESSES:
3 Since the publication of the 60-day notice, TSA
has adjusted the hour burden from 275 hours to
104.53 hours.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: Sensitive Security Information Threat Assessment Application
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 1652-0042,
abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an extension 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 TSA determining whether
individuals seeking access to sensitive security information (SSI) may
be granted access to the SSI.
DATES: Send your comments by January 16, 2025. 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 https://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, 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 September 24, 2024, 89 FR 77883. TSA did
not receive any comments on the notice.
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 is 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: Sensitive Security Information Threat Assessment
Application.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652-0042.
Forms(s): TSA Forms 2817A and 2817B.
Affected Public: Individuals seeking access to SSI Information.
Abstract: TSA is required to prohibit the disclosure of information
that would be detrimental to transportation safety or security. See 49
U.S.C. 114(r) and 44912(d). See also TSA's regulations stipulating
requirements for the protection of SSI at 49 CFR part 1520. The
regulations restrict access to SSI to ``covered individuals'' with a
``need to know''.
Pursuant to the requirements in Section 525(d) of the DHS
Appropriations Act, 2007, Public Law 109-295 (120 Stat 1355, 1382, Oct.
4, 2006), as reenacted,\1\ TSA must establish a process by which a
party seeking access to SSI in a civil proceeding in federal district
court can make a request to receive a record designated as SSI. TSA's
process applies to parties who demonstrate a substantial need for
relevant SSI in preparation of the party's case and not having the
record would create an undue hardship to obtain the substantial
equivalent of the information by other means.\2\ Under
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this process, the party's representative may request and be granted
conditional access to the SSI at issue in the case. TSA may grant court
reporters and experts access to the SSI under similar terms and
conditions.
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\1\ Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act,
2013, Public Law 113-6, Div. D., Title V., sec. 510 (March 26,
2013).
\2\ That in civil proceedings in the United States District
Courts, where a party seeking access to SSI demonstrates that the
party has substantial need of relevant SSI in the preparation of the
party's case and that the party is unable without undue hardship to
obtain the substantial equivalent of the information by other means,
the party or party's counsel shall be designated as a covered person
under 49 CFR part 1520.7 in order to have access to the SSI at issue
in the case, provided that the overseeing judge enters an order that
protects the SSI from unauthorized or unnecessary disclosure and
specifies the terms and conditions of access, unless upon completion
of a criminal history check and terrorist assessment like that done
for aviation workers on the persons seeking access to SSI, or based
on the sensitivity of the information, the Transportation Security
Administration or DHS demonstrates that such access to the
information for the proceeding presents a risk of harm to the
nation: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
an order granting access to SSI under this section shall be
immediately appealable to the United States Courts of Appeals, which
shall have plenary review over both the evidentiary finding and the
sufficiency of the order specifying the terms and conditions of
access to the SSI in question: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may assess
a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for each violation of 49 CFR part
1520 by persons provided access to SSI under this provision.
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Under 49 CFR 1520.11 and 1520.15, TSA may also consider individuals
who are (1) prospective bidders to a Request for Proposal; (2) involved
in the performance of non-traditional contractual agreements (e.g.,
bailments) or other transaction agreements; or (3) receiving access to
SSI as a conditional disclosure under 49 CFR 1520.15(e) in this
process.
Under 49 CFR 1520.11(c), TSA may make an individual's access to SSI
contingent upon satisfactory completion of a security threat assessment
(STA), including evaluation of a fingerprint-based criminal history
records check (CHRC); and/or a name-based check against federal law
enforcement, terrorism, and immigration databases; and/or other
procedures and requirements for safeguarding SSI that are satisfactory
to TSA. See also 49 U.S.C. 114(f)(4). To conduct this STA, TSA collects
identifying information, an explanation supporting the individuals'
need for the information, and other information related to safeguarding
SSI to conduct the STAs. For individuals who have received a comparable
STA from TSA (such as being a member of the TSA PreCheck[supreg]
Application Program), TSA may also use the known traveler number issued
by TSA to inform an individual's eligibility to access SSI, or
otherwise honor the comparable STA. TSA uses the results of the STA to
make a final determination on whether the individual may be granted
access to SSI. TSA also uses the information as part of its
determination as to whether provision of access to specific SSI would
present a risk of harm to the nation.
In addition, TSA uses the information from individuals who have
recently (i.e., within 2 years or as determined appropriate by the
program office) successfully undergone a federal background
investigation (i.e., Tier 1) or hold an active security clearance
granting access to classified national security information to
facilitate the STA. TSA will use this information as part of its
determination as to whether provision of access to specific SSI would
be detrimental to transportation security.
Applicants seeking access to SSI in federal district court
litigation must complete TSA Form 2817A, SSI Access Threat Assessment
Questionnaire--Litigation. Bidders and certain other applicants are
required to complete TSA Form 2817B, SSI Access Threat Assessment
Questionnaire--Standard in order to have a STA completed before they
can receive the requested SSI. The data points consist of identifying
information, including, but not limited to, full name (including any
aliases), date of birth, place of birth, gender, Social Security number
(optional), employer name (optional); country of citizenship, Known
Traveler Number (if using TSA PreCheck as a comparable STA), level and
date of security clearance (if available), and information regarding
the need for the information (litigant, bidder, etc.).
In addition to the information required for conducting STAs, TSA
requires contract bidders to provide a certification from each company/
entity that its employees/personnel who are provided access to SSI are
properly trained; a Non-Disclosure Agreement for each individual who is
granted access to SSI; and an affirmation that each company/entity will
designate a senior official who can certify that all appropriate
protections will be followed, only authorized individuals will have
access to the sensitive information, and that those individuals
adequately understand their responsibilities to protect the
information. TSA may also require these items for other contractual
agreements (e.g., bailments), other transaction agreements, or
conditional SSI disclosures, on a case-by-case basis.
In the case of a party seeking access to SSI in a civil proceeding
in federal court, TSA will gather the information required for
individual vetting, including fingerprinting to conduct a CHRC and also
require these individuals to respond to questions to verify
individuals' history in safeguarding sensitive information, including
good standing with bar membership or sanctions; and to agree to abide
by TSA instructions concerning the handling of SSI in connection with
the court proceeding.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 263.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 104.53.\3\
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\3\ Since the publication of the 60-day notice, TSA has adjusted
the hour burden from 275 hours to 104.53 hours.
Dated: December 11, 2024.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
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