[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28141-28142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11140]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements: Agency 
Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Aviation Security 
Infrastructure Fee (ASIF) Records Retention

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: TSA has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-13, 44 U.S.C. 35). The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden. TSA published a Federal Register 
notice, with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the 
following collection of information on January 27, 2004, 69 FR 3938.

DATES: Send your comments by June 17, 2004. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be faxed to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: DHS-TSA 
Desk Officer, at (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Conrad Huygen, Privacy Act Officer, 
Information Management Programs, Office of Finance and Administration, 
TSA-17, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, Virginia 22202-4220; 
telephone (571) 227-1954; facsimile (571) 227-2912.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

    Title: Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee (ASIF) Records 
Retention.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    OMB Control Number: Not yet assigned.
    Forms(s): NA.
    Affected Public: Air carriers and foreign air carriers that 
incurred costs for the screening of passengers and property in calendar 
year 2000.
    Abstract: To help defray TSA's costs of providing civil aviation 
security services, and as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 44940, TSA published 
in the Federal Register on February 20, 2002, an interim final rule 
adding part 1511 to the Transportation Security Regulations, which 
imposed a fee known as the Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee (ASIF) 
on certain air carriers and foreign air carriers. See 67 FR 7926. The 
amount of ASIF collected by TSA from the carriers, both overall and per 
carrier, is based upon the carriers' aggregate and individual costs, 
respectively, for screening passengers and property in calendar year 
2000. Under part 1511, carriers are required to retain any and all 
documents, records, or information related to the amount of the ASIF, 
including all information applicable to the carrier's calendar year 
2000 security costs and information reasonably necessary for TSA to 
complete an audit. TSA is seeking a three-year OMB approval to require 
air carriers to retain the records that support carriers' cost 
submissions that were collected under control number 2110-0002.
    Number of Respondents: 195.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 650.
    TSA is soliciting comments to--

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    (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 through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on May 11, 2004.
Susan T. Tracey,
Chief Administrative Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-11140 Filed 5-17-04; 8:45 am]
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