[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 208 (Friday, October 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65394-65395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26433]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2002-11334]


Intent To Request Renewal From OMB of One Current Public 
Collection of Information: Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee Records 
Retention

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 1652-0018, 
abstracted below that we will submit to the 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 
information collection would require the retention of certain 
information necessary for TSA to help set the Aviation Security 
Infrastructure Fee (ASIF), including information about air carriers' 
and foreign air carriers' costs related to screening passengers and 
property in calendar year 2000.

DATES: Send your comments by December 26, 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 20598-6040.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Perkins at the above address, or 
by telephone (571) 227-3398.

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 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 1652-0018; Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee 
Records Retention, 49 CFR part 1511. To help defray TSA's costs of 
providing civil aviation security services, and as authorized by 49 
U.S.C. 44940, TSA published in the Federal Register on February 20, 
2002, an interim final rule which imposed a fee known as the Aviation 
Security Infrastructure Fee (ASIF) on certain air carriers and foreign 
air carriers.\1\ The amount of ASIF collected by TSA from the carriers, 
both overall and per carrier, is based upon the carriers' aggregate and 
individual costs, respectively, for screening passengers and property 
in calendar year 2000.\2\
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    \1\ See 67 FR 7926, as codified at 49 CFR part 1511.
    \2\ 49 U.S.C. 44940(a)(2)(B)(i), (ii).
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    In conjunction with the issuance of 49 CFR part 1511 (ASIF 
regulations), TSA requested OMB approval to collect information 
necessary for TSA to establish the ASIF, including information about 
the carriers' individual and aggregate costs related to screening 
passengers and property in calendar year 2000. This information 
collection included submissions to TSA of data on the carriers' 
screening-related costs and also of independent audits of that data. 
This information collection is currently approved under OMB number 
1652-0018.

Purpose of Information Collection

    The information collection proposed under this notice is intended 
to apply to the retention requirement of the ASIF regulations. Under 
the ASIF regulations, carriers must retain any and all documents, 
records, or information related to the amount of the ASIF, including 
all information applicable to the carrier's calendar year 2000 security 
costs and information reasonably necessary to complete an audit.\3\ 
This requirement includes retaining the source information for the 
calendar year 2000 screening costs reported to TSA; the calculations 
and allocations performed to assign costs submitted to TSA; information 
and documents reviewed and prepared for the required independent audit; 
the accountant's working papers, notes, worksheets, and other relevant 
documentation used in the audit; and, if applicable, the specific 
information leading to the accountant's opinion, including any 
determination that the accountant could not provide an audit opinion.
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    \3\ See 49 CFR 1511.9.
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Description of Information Collection

    The information collection, submission, and retention requirement 
applies to each air carrier and foreign air carrier that incurred costs 
for the screening of passengers and property in calendar year 2000. As 
this is an ongoing record retention requirement and no new air carriers 
and foreign air carriers are subject to the requirements

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of current 49 CFR part 1511, the burden estimates do not anticipate any 
start-up costs or changes over subsequent years. It is estimated that 
the 185 respondent air carriers and foreign air carriers will each on 
average incur $104.60 annually, which includes $54.60 in records 
storage and $50 in labor costs for 2 hours of records management at $25 
per hour. Thus, the annual average burden related to this requirement 
for all respondents is $19,351. The subject records may be used by TSA 
to make determinations regarding security-related costs in calendar 
year 2000, including conducting reviews and otherwise ensuring 
compliance with 49 CFR part 1511.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on October 23, 2012.
Susan Perkins,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-26433 Filed 10-25-12; 8:45 am]
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