[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 513-514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33792]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2005-20118]


Intent To Request Renewal From OMB of One Current Public 
Collection of Information; Maryland Three Airports: Enhanced Security 
Procedures at Certain Airports in the Washington, DC, Area

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 1652-0029, 
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. This collection 
requires individuals to successfully complete a security threat 
assessment in order to operate an aircraft to or from one of the three 
Maryland airports that are located within the Washington, DC, 
Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone (Maryland Three Airports), or 
to serve as an airport security coordinator at one of these three 
airports.

DATES: Send your comments by March 5, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed 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

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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 1652-0029; Maryland Three Airports: Enhanced 
Security Procedures at Certain Airports in the Washington, DC Area, 49 
CFR part 1562. Codified under 49 CFR part 1562, TSA has responsibility 
for ground security requirements and security procedures at three 
Maryland airports that are located within the Washington, DC, 
Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone (Maryland Three Airports), and 
for individuals operating aircraft to or from these three airports. The 
Maryland Three Airports are College Park Airport (CGS), Potomac 
Airfield (VKX), and Washington Executive/Hyde Field (W32). The 
information collected is used to determine compliance with 49 CFR part 
1562.
    Part 1562 allows an individual who is approved by TSA to operate an 
aircraft to or from one of the Maryland Three Airports or to serve as 
an airport security coordinator in one of these three airports. In 
order to be approved, an individual is required to successfully 
complete a security threat assessment. As part of this threat 
assessment, an individual (pilot or airport security coordinator) is 
required to undergo a criminal history records check and a check of 
Government terrorist watch lists and other databases to determine 
whether the individual poses, or is suspected of posing, a threat to 
transportation or national security. An individual will not receive 
TSA's approval under this analysis if TSA determines or suspects the 
individual of being a threat to national or transportation security. 
Prospective pilots must be fingerprinted at the Ronald Reagan 
Washington National Airport's (DCA) badging office with the airport 
security coordinator, as well as provide the following information to 
TSA as part of the application process: full name, Social Security 
number, current Airmen Certificate and medical certificate, date of 
birth, home address, home and work phone numbers, email address, 
emergency contact number, aircraft make and model, and FAA aircraft 
registration number. TSA receives approximately 312 applications 
annually, and estimates respondents spend approximately 180 minutes to 
submit the information to TSA, which is a total annual burden of 56,160 
hours.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on December 29, 2011.
Joanna Johnson,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-33792 Filed 1-4-12; 8:45 am]
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