[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54281-54282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21611]



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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 Partially Closed 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 Friday, 
October 3, 2014, to discuss issues listed in the ``Meeting Agenda'' 
section below. This meeting will be partially closed to the public to 
protect transportation and national security.

DATES: The Committee will meet on Friday, October 3, 2014, from 9:00 
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The open portion of the meeting will start at 10:30 
a.m. This meeting may end early if all business is completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Transportation Security 
Administration Headquarters, 601 12th Street South, Arlington, VA 
20598-6028.
    We invite your comments on the items listed in the ``Meeting 
Agenda'' section below. You may submit comments on these items, 
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 the 
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, Aviation Security 
Advisory Committee Designated Federal Officer, Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA-28), 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-
6028, [email protected], 571-227-2645.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    The Transportation Security Administration 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 agenda items to be discussed at the 
meeting. See ADDRESSES above for information on where to submit 
comments.
    Please identify the docket number at the beginning of your 
comments. The Transportation Security Administration 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.
    The Transportation Security Administration 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\ as that term is defined under 49 U.S.C. 114(r) 
and 49 CFR part 1520. 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. All comments, however, will become part of the 
committee record. The docket is available for public inspection before 
and after the comment closing date. Submit comments by September 26, 
2014, on issues listed in the ``Meeting Agenda'' section below.
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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 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 trade secrets, confidential commercial 
or financial information, or SSI should be appropriately marked as 
containing such information and submitted by mail to the address listed 
in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    The Transportation Security Administration 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 (5 U.S.C. 552) 
and DHS's Freedom of Information Act 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

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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 for the key words ``Aviation Security Advisory 
Committee'' on the electronic Federal Docket Management System 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.
    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.

Summary

    Notice of this meeting is given under section 10(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). 
The Aviation Security Advisory Committee 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.
    For the closed portion of the meeting, the ASAC will receive SSI 
briefings on aviation threat intelligence and changes to passenger 
screening procedures. The second portion of the meeting will be open to 
the public and will focus on items listed in the ``Meeting Agenda'' 
section below. Members of the public and all non-ASAC members and staff 
must register in advance with their full name to attend. Due to space 
constraints the meeting is limited to 75 people, including ASAC members 
and staff, on a first to register basis. Attendees are required to 
present government-issued photo identification 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 items listed in the ``Meeting 
Agenda'' section below. The public comment period will begin at 11:30 
a.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 September 26, 
2014, to register to attend the meeting and/or to present oral or 
written statements addressing issues pertaining to the items listed in 
the ``Meeting Agenda'' section below. Anyone in need of assistance or a 
reasonable accommodation for the meeting should contact the person 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

Basis for Closure

    In accordance with sec. 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), TSA has determined that this meeting requires partial closure. 
The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the 
provisions set forth under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (c)(7)(E)-(F) and 
(c)(9)(B), as amended.
    The briefing will include SSI, as that term is defined under 49 
U.S.C. 114(r) and 49 CFR part 1520.\2\ SSI includes information that if 
released would be detrimental to the security of transportation, and 
therefore may not be disclosed to the general public. Accordingly, this 
portion of the meeting is closed under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3). During the 
course of the partially closed meeting the ASAC will be providing SSI 
briefings on aviation threat intelligence and recent passenger 
screening procedure changes. There will be material presented regarding 
the latest viable threats against U.S. aviation security and how the 
TSA plans to address those threats using a risk-based security 
framework. Further, providing this information to the public could 
provide terrorists with a road map regarding TSA's and DHS's plans to 
counter their actions, and thus allow them to take different actions to 
avoid counterterrorism measures.
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    Under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(7)(E)-(F), disclosure of this information 
could reveal investigative techniques and procedures not generally 
available to the public, allowing those with interests against the 
United States to circumvent the law, thereby endangering the life or 
physical safety of law enforcement personnel. Additionally, premature 
disclosure of this information would be likely to significantly 
frustrate the successful implementation of measures designed to counter 
terrorist acts. See 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B). Accordingly, partial 
closure of the October 3, 2014, ASAC meeting is warranted under 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (c)(7)(E)-(F) and (c)(9)(B), as amended.

Meeting Agenda

    The Committee will meet to discuss items listed in the agenda below 
(documents are available in the Supporting Documents section at http://www.regulations.gov/?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d7d8d1ac93bd073,0#!docketDetail;
D=TSA-2011-0008):

 Aviation threat briefing (closed)
 Security procedure changes (closed)
 Subcommittee briefing on key issues and areas of focus for 
committee term (2014-2015) (open):
[cir] Commercial airports
[cir] International aviation
[cir] Air cargo
[cir] General aviation
 Future committee meetings (open)

    Dated: September 5, 2014.
Eddie D. Mayenschein,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Security Policy and Industry 
Engagement.
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