[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6649-6650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2653]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


New Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 
General Aviation Airport Threat and Vulnerability Assessment

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 new Information Collection 
Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval 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 June 6, 2008, 73 FR 32345. The collection involves the submission by 
general aviation airports of a threat and vulnerability assessment in 
order for TSA to develop a standardized threat and vulnerability 
assessment program, as mandated by the Implementing Recommendations of 
the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007.

DATES: Send your comments by March 12, 2009. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to Desk Officer, Department of

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Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via electronic mail to [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ginger LeMay, PRA Officer, Office of 
Information Technology, TSA-11, Transportation Security Administration, 
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6011; telephone (571) 227-
3616; e-mail: [email protected].

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 is available 
at http://www.reginfo.gov. 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: General Aviation Airport Threat and Vulnerability 
Assessment.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    OMB Control Number: Not yet assigned.
    Form(s): NA.
    Affected Public: Operators of general aviation airports.
    Abstract: Section 1617(k)(1) of the Implementing Recommendations of 
the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-53, 121 Stat. 266, 488, 
Aug. 3, 2007) (9/11 Commission Act) requires that the TSA Administrator 
develop a standardized threat and vulnerability assessment program for 
general aviation airports and implement a program to perform such 
assessments on a risk-management basis at general aviation airports. To 
do this, TSA will request that general aviation airport operators 
complete a threat and vulnerability assessment, available on TSA's Web 
site, http://www.tsa.gov. The information collected will provide TSA 
the data necessary to complete the program required by the 9/11 
Commission Act.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 1,500 hours annually.

Ginger LeMay,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E9-2653 Filed 2-9-09; 8:45 am]
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