[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 68952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26105]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Notice of Intent To Request Renewal From the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) of One Current Public Collection of Information; 
Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated Individuals; Security 
Awareness Training for Flight School Employees

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: TSA invites public comment on an existing information 
collection requirement, abstracted below, that will be submitted to OMB 
for renewal in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Send your comments by January 25, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments to be delivered to Lyn Rahilly, Deputy Privacy 
Officer, TSA Headquarters, East Tower, Floor 7, TSA-9, 601 South 12th 
Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220; telephone (571) 227-2624; facsimile 
(571) 227-2559.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lyn Rahilly, Deputy Privacy Officer, 
(571) 227-2624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. Therefore, 
in preparation for submission of the specified information collection 
for renewal, TSA solicits comments in order 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 through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology where appropriate.
    1652-0021, Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated 
Individuals; Security Awareness Training for Flight School Employees, 
49 CFR part 1552. Pursuant to section 612 of the Vision 100--Century of 
Aviation Reauthorization Act, TSA is required to conduct background 
checks for all aliens and other designated individuals seeking flight 
instruction at Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-endorsed schools 
to determine a candidate's flight training eligibility. By a rule 
published in the Federal Register on September 20, 2004 (69 FR 56324), 
TSA developed and implemented the requirements at 49 CFR part 1552, 
prescribing standards relating to the security threat assessment 
process that TSA will conduct to determine whether such individuals are 
a threat to aviation or national security, and thus prohibited from 
receiving flight training. The collection of information required under 
part 1552 permits TSA to gather candidates' biographic information and 
fingerprints, which are used to perform the background checks. 
Additionally, flight schools are required to conduct a security 
awareness program for their employees to increase awareness of 
suspicious circumstances and activities of individuals enrolling in or 
attending flight school. The flight school may use the initial security 
awareness training program offered by TSA or an alternative initial 
training program offered by a third party or designed by the flight 
school itself. Each flight school employee must receive recurrent 
security awareness training each year and flight schools must maintain 
records of the training throughout the course of the individual's 
employment and for one year after the individual is no longer a flight 
school employee.
    TSA estimates a total of 38,000 respondents annually (35,000 pilot 
training candidates and 3,000 flight schools). Respondents will be 
required to provide the subject information every time an alien or 
other designated individual applies for pilot training as described in 
the regulation, which is estimated to be twice a year per applicant, 
for a total of 70,000 responses per year. It is estimated that it will 
take 45 minutes per application to provide TSA with all of the 
information required, for a total approximate application burden of 
52,500 hours per year. Flight schools must keep records from the time 
they are created for five years, and it is estimated that each of the 
3,000 flight schools will carry an annual record-keeping burden of 104 
hours, for a total of 312,000 hours. Thus, TSA estimates the combined 
hour burden associated with this collection to be 364,500 hours 
annually.
    The approval of this information collection expires on March 31, 
2005.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on November 18, 2004.
Lisa S. Dean,
Privacy Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-26105 Filed 11-24-04; 8:45 am]
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