[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 160 (Thursday, August 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 42082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20043]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Employment Standards

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 30-Day Renewal Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request 
(ICR), OMB control number 1652-0006, 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 June 15, 2009, 74 FR 28267. The collection involves 
airport operator maintenance of records in compliance with 49 CFR part 
1542 for employees with access privileges to secure areas of the 
airport and aircraft operator maintenance of records in compliance with 
49 CFR part 1544 for selected crew and security employees. TSA 
Transportation Security Inspectors (TSI) review these records to ensure 
that the safety and security of the public is not compromised, to 
include using this information to take corrective action when 
necessary.

DATES: Send your comments by September 21, 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 Homeland Security/TSA, and 
sent via electronic mail to [email protected] or faxed to 
(202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ginger LeMay, 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: Employment Standards.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0006.
    Forms(s): NA.
    Affected Public: Airport and aircraft operators regulated under 49 
CFR parts 1542 and 1544.
    Abstract: Airport operators are required to maintain records of 
compliance with part 1542 for those employees with access privileges to 
secure areas of the airport. Aircraft operators are required to 
maintain records of compliance with part 1544 for selected crew and 
security employees. TSA TSIs review these records to ensure that the 
safety and security of the public is not compromised, to include using 
this information to take corrective action when necessary.
    Number of Respondents: 1,321.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 491,009 hours annually. 
The burden hour estimate report in TSA's June 15, 2009 notice has been 
revised in light of the increase in the number of employees requiring 
access privileges to secure areas of the airport regulated under these 
parts due to a change in policy.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on August 17, 2009.
Ginger LeMay,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E9-20043 Filed 8-19-09; 8:45 am]
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