[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19801-19802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09208]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Intent To Request Approval From OMB of One New Public Collection 
of Information: TSA Reimbursable Screening Services Program (RSSP) 
Application

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites 
public comment on a new Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 
below that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for approval in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. The collection involves an application completed by public and 
private entities requesting participation in TSA's Reimbursable 
Screening Services Program (RSSP), currently a pilot program for up to 
eight locations to obtain TSA security screening services outside of an 
existing primary passenger airport terminal screening area where 
screening services are currently provided or would be eligible to be 
provided under TSA's annually appropriated passenger screening program.

DATES: Send your comments by July 5, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed to [email protected] or delivered 
to the TSA PRA Officer, Information Technology (IT), TSA-11, 
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 
Arlington, VA 20598-6011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh at the above 
address, or by telephone (571) 227-2062.

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 will be 
available at http://www.reginfo.gov upon its submission to OMB. 
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.
    Consistent with the requirements of Executive Order (E.O.) 13771, 
Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs, and E.O. 13777, 
Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also requesting comments 
on the extent to which this request for information could be modified 
to reduce the burden on respondents.

Information Collection Requirement

    The RSSP is authorized by section 225, Division A, of H.R. 648--
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019. Under this provision, TSA may 
establish a pilot for public or private entities regulated by TSA to 
request reimbursable screening services outside of an existing primary 
passenger terminal screening area where screening services are 
currently provided or eligible to be provided under TSA's annually 
appropriated passenger screening program. The authority available under 
this section is effective for fiscal years 2019 through 2021 and 
currently may be used at not more than eight locations for 
transportation security purposes. TSA is collecting this information to 
establish an application process for public and private entities 
regulated by TSA to request screening services under the RSSP.

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Purpose and Description of Data Collection

    Public or private entities regulated by TSA interested in 
participating in the RSSP may submit an application to the TSA 
Administrator requesting that TSA provide screening services outside of 
an existing primary passenger terminal screening area where screening 
services are currently provided or eligible to be provided under TSA's 
annually appropriated passenger screening program as a primary 
passenger terminal screening area. The request may only be submitted to 
TSA after consultation with the relevant local airport authority. The 
application is used to identify basic information to grant approval or 
denial.
    The likely respondents to this proposed information collection 
request are public or private entities regulated by TSA requesting the 
screening services at an airport that is a commercial service airport 
(as defined by 49 U.S.C. 47107(7)). TSA estimates the annual 
respondents for fiscal year 2019 to be no more than 12. The annual 
burden for the information collection related to providing screening 
services is estimated to be 154 hours.

Use of Results

    TSA will acknowledge receipt of the application, review for 
completeness, and provide an official response granting approval, or 
denying the request. If the application is approved by TSA, TSA will 
enter into a contract with the entity, under which the requesting 
entity agrees in writing to the scope of the screening services to be 
provided and agrees to compensate TSA for all reasonable personnel and 
non-personnel costs, including overtime, of providing the screening 
services.

    Dated: April 30, 2019.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2019-09208 Filed 5-3-19; 8:45 am]
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