[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75470-75471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7557]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Extension Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Application for Participation in Biometric Device Performance 
Qualification Testing Program

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that TSA has forwarded the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval of an extension of the 
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act. 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 October 14, 2005, 70 FR 60097.

DATES: Send your comments by January 19, 2006. 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: Katrina Wawer, Information Collection 
Specialist, Office of Transportation Security Policy, TSA-9, 
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 
Arlington, VA 22202-4220.

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. 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

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    (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: Application for Participation in Biometric Device 
Performance Qualification Testing Program.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0031.
    Forms(s): Biometric Product Qualification Application Form.
    Affected Public: Biometric Device Manufacturers.
    Abstract: Section 4011--Provision for the Use of Biometric or Other 
Technology, of Title IV--Transportation Security, in the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-458, 118 Stat. 
3638, 3712, Dec. 17, 2004), directs TSA to issue guidance for use of 
biometric technology in airport access control systems including a list 
of qualified biometric device products and vendors by March 31, 2005. 
In compliance, TSA has developed a process that examines the fitness of 
the technology for application to airport access control systems. TSA 
will ask biometric device manufacturers, who wish to have their devices 
considered for use in airport access control systems, to submit an 
application containing detailed information describing their devices.
    TSA intends to make the forms, which provide the basis for the 
device manufacturer's application to this process, widely available to 
the interested manufacturers through ``Current Announcements'' in the 
``Business Opportunities'' link within the TSA website: http://www.tsa.gov/public. The online application will be made via that 
website. TSA will use the information to evaluate the products' 
readiness for performance testing.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 800 hours annually.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on December 14, 2005.
Lisa S. Dean,
Privacy Officer.
 [FR Doc. E5-7557 Filed 12-19-05; 8:45 am]
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