[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 46830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19569]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-TSA-2007-28572]


Intent to Request Renewal From OMB of One Current Public 
Collection of Information: Secure Flight Program

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 60-day Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites 
public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request 
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0046, 
abstracted below that we will submit to OMB for renewal in compliance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of 
the information collection and its expected burden. The collection 
involves passenger information which certain U.S. aircraft operator and 
foreign air carriers submit to Secure Flight for the purposes of watch 
list matching.

DATES: Send your comments by October 3, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be e-mailed to [email protected] or delivered to 
the TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA-11, 
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 
Arlington, VA 20598-6011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Johnson at the above address, 
or by telephone (571) 227-3651.

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

OMB Control Number 1652-0046; Secure Flight Program, 49 CFR part 1560

    The Transportation Security Administration collects information 
from covered aircraft operators, including foreign air carriers, in 
order to perform watch list matching under the Secure Flight Program. 
The collection covers passenger reservation data for covered domestic 
and international flights within, to, from or over the continental 
United States. The collection also covers the collection from covered 
aircraft operators of certain identifying information for non-traveling 
individuals that the aircraft operators seek to authorize to enter a 
sterile area at a U.S. airport, for example, to escort a minor or a 
passenger with disabilities or for another approved purpose. The 
collection also covers passenger data for charter operators and lessors 
of aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of over 12,500 pounds. The 
collection also covers certain identifying information for non-
traveling individuals that airport operators seek to authorize to enter 
a sterile area at a U.S. airport, for example, to patronize a 
restaurant. The collection will also cover a survey of certain general 
aviation aircraft operators that may be covered by Secure Flight in the 
future. The current estimated annual reporting burden is 902,826.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on July 27, 2011.
Joanna Johnson,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-19569 Filed 8-2-11; 8:45 am]
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