[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64400-64401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25663]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2001-11120]


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Imposition and Collection of Passenger Civil Aviation Security 
Service Fees

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 30-day notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request 
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0001, 
abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an extension of the 
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
expected burden. TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day 
comment period soliciting comments, of the following collection of 
information on August 18, 2014, 79 FR 48755. The collection involves 
air carriers and foreign air carriers maintaining an accounting system 
to account for the passenger civil aviation security service fees 
collected and reporting this information to TSA on a quarterly basis, 
as well as retaining the data used for these reports for a three-year 
rolling period.

DATES: Send your comments by November 28, 2014. A comment to OMB is 
most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

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ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, OMB. Comments should be addressed to Desk Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, 
Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA-11, Transportation Security 
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6011; email 
[email protected].

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

    Title: Imposition and Collection of Passenger Civil Aviation 
Security Service Fees.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-00001.
    Forms(s): TSA-Form_2502.
    Affected Public: Air carriers and foreign air carriers.
    Abstract: TSA regulations, 49 CFR part 1510, require air carriers 
and foreign air carriers to collect the ``September 11th Security 
Service Fee'' from passengers and to remit the fee to TSA on a monthly 
basis. Air carriers and foreign air carriers are further required to 
submit quarterly reports to TSA that provide an accounting of the fees 
imposed, collected, refunded to passengers, and remitted to TSA and to 
retain this data for a rolling three-year period. TSA has temporarily 
suspended an additional requirement for air carriers with over 50,000 
passengers to submit annual audits of its fee collections and 
remittance; this requirement may be reinstated in the future. In 
December 2013, the fee was statutorily restructured to be based on one-
way trips rather than enplanements (the statute was further amended to 
state that the fee shall be $5.60 per one-way trip.) An interim final 
rule (IFR) to implement changes to the regulations required by these 
amendments to 49 U.S.C. 44940 was published in the Federal Register on 
June 20, 2014. See 79 FR 35462. This information collection request 
covers both the quarterly reports and the estimated impact should 
annual audits be reinstated in the future.
    Number of Respondents: 173.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 2,792 hours annually.

    Dated: October 22, 2014.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2014-25663 Filed 10-28-14; 8:45 am]
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