[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41413-41415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16582]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA-2011-0008]
Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) Meeting
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will hold a
meeting of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) on Monday,
July 22, to discuss the recommendations of its subcommittees. This
meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: The Committee will meet on Monday, July 22, 2013, from 1:00 p.m.
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to 4:00 p.m. This meeting may end early if all business is completed.
Submit comments by July 15, 2013, on the reports to be considered
by the committee.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Transportation Security
Administration Systems Integration Facility, located at 3701 West Post
Office Road, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA),
Arlington, VA 22202.
We invite your comments on the reports listed in the ``Meeting
Agenda'' section below. You may submit comments on these reports,
identified by the TSA docket number to this action (Docket No. TSA-
2011-0008), to the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS), a
government-wide, electronic docket management system, using any one of
the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit comments through the Federal
eRulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail, In Person, or Fax: Address, hand-deliver, or fax your written
comments to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001; fax (202) 493-2251. The
Department of Transportation (DOT), which maintains and processes TSA's
official regulatory dockets, will scan the submission and post it to
FDMS.
For other applicable information on the meeting, comment
submissions, facilities, or services, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Walter, ASAC Designated Federal
Officer, Transportation Security Administration (TSA-28), 601 12th
Street South, Arlington, VA 20598-4028, [email protected], 571-227-
2645.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
TSA invites interested persons to participate in this action by
submitting written comments, data, or views on the issues to be
considered by the committee as listed in the ``Meeting Summary''
section below. We also invite comments relating to the economic,
environmental, energy, or federalism impacts that might result from the
subcommittee reports being considered. See ADDRESSES above for
information on where to submit comments.
With each comment, please identify the docket number at the
beginning of your comments. TSA encourages commenters to provide their
names and addresses. The most helpful comments reference a specific
portion of the document, explain the reason for any recommended change,
and include supporting data. You may submit comments and material
electronically, in person, by mail, or fax as provided under ADDRESSES,
but please submit your comments and material by only one means. If you
submit comments by mail or delivery, submit them in an unbound format,
no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic
filing.
If you would like TSA to acknowledge receipt of comments submitted
by mail, include with your comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard
on which the docket number appears. We will stamp the date on the
postcard and mail it to you.
TSA will file all comments to our docket address, as well as items
sent to the address or email under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, in
the public docket, except for comments containing confidential
information and sensitive security information (SSI).\1\ Should you
wish your personally identifiable information redacted prior to filing
in the docket, please so state. TSA will consider all comments that are
in the docket on or before the closing date for comments and will
consider comments filed late to the extent practicable. The docket is
available for public inspection before and after the comment closing
date.
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\1\ ``Sensitive Security Information'' or ``SSI'' is information
obtained or developed in the conduct of security activities, the
disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of
privacy, reveal trade secrets or privileged or confidential
information, or be detrimental to the security of transportation.
The protection of SSI is governed by 49 CFR part 1520.
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Handling of Confidential or Proprietary Information and Sensitive
Security Information (SSI) Submitted in Public Comments
Do not submit comments that include trade secrets, confidential
commercial or financial information, or SSI to the public regulatory
docket. Please submit such comments separately from other comments on
the action. Comments containing this type of information should be
appropriately marked as containing such information and submitted by
mail to the address listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
TSA will not place comments containing SSI in the public docket and
will handle them in accordance with applicable safeguards and
restrictions on access. TSA will hold documents containing SSI,
confidential business information, or trade secrets in a separate file
to which the public does not have access, and place a note in the
public docket explaining that commenters have submitted such documents.
TSA may include a redacted version of the comment in the public docket.
If an individual requests to examine or copy information that is not in
the public docket, TSA will treat it as any other request under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of
Homeland Security's (DHS') FOIA regulation found in 6 CFR part 5.
Reviewing Comments in the Docket
Please be aware that anyone is able to search the electronic form
of all comments in any of our dockets by the name of the individual who
submitted the comment (or signed the comment, if an association,
business, labor union, etc., submitted the comment). You may review the
applicable Privacy Act Statement published in the Federal Register on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit http://DocketInfo.dot.gov.
You may review TSA's electronic public docket on the Internet at
http://www.regulations.gov. In addition, DOT's Docket Management
Facility provides a physical facility, staff, equipment, and assistance
to the public. To obtain assistance or to review comments in TSA's
public docket, you may visit this facility between 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays, or call (202)
366-9826. This docket operations facility is located in the West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
Availability of Committee Documents
You can get an electronic copy using the Internet by--
(1) Searching the electronic Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) Web page at http://www.regulations.gov; or
(2) Accessing the Government Printing Office's Web page at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR to view
the daily published Federal Register edition; or accessing the ``Search
the Federal Register by Citation'' in the ``Related Resources'' column
on the left, if you need to do a Simple or Advanced search for
information, such as a type of document that crosses multiple agencies
or dates.
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In addition, copies are available by writing or calling the
individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Make sure to
identify the docket number of this action.
Meeting Summary
Notice of this meeting is given under section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). ASAC
operates under the authority of 6 U. S. C. 451 and provides advice and
recommendations for improving aviation security measures to the
Administrator of TSA.
This meeting is open to the public, but attendance is limited to 75
people. The meeting will be held at the TSA Systems Integration
Facility, which is a secure facility, at 3701 West Post Office Road,
DCA Airport, Arlington, VA 22202. Members of the public and all non-
ASAC members and staff must register in advance with their full name to
attend. Attendees are required to present a government-issued photo ID
to verify identity.
In addition, members of the public must make advance arrangements,
as stated below, to present oral or written statements specifically
addressing issues pertaining to the subcommittee reports listed in the
``Meeting Agenda'' section below. The public comment period will be
held during the meeting from approximately 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.,
depending on the meeting progress. Speakers are requested to limit
their comments to three minutes. Contact the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than July 15, 2013, to
register to attend the meeting and/or to present oral or written
statements on the reports being considered by the committee at the
meeting. Anyone in need of assistance or a reasonable accommodation for
the meeting should contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Meeting Agenda
The agenda for the meeting is as follows (reports are available in
the Supporting Documents section at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=TSA-2011-0008):
General Aviation Subcommittee Recommendations Report;
Passenger Advocacy Subcommittee Recommendations Report;
Air Cargo Subcommittee Recommendations Report;
Status reports on the actions of the--
[cir] International Subcommittee; and
[cir] Risk-Based Security Subcommittee.
Public questions/comments on the Reports listed above; and
Committee deliberation and vote on Reports.
Dated: July 3, 2013.
John P. Sammon,
Assistant Administrator, Security Policy and Industry Engagement.
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