[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12493-12494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04335]


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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

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Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected burden. 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 three fiscal 
years.

DATES: Send your comments by April 2, 2021. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, 
Information Technology (IT), TSA-11, Transportation Security 
Administration, 6595 Springfield Center Drive, Springfield, VA 20598-
6011; telephone (571) 227-2062; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA published a Federal Register notice, 
with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following 
collection of information on December 14, 2020, 85 FR 80131.

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.

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: 1652-0001.
    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 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 three years. 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 or $11.20 per round trip.) In 2014 and 
2015, TSA published interim final rules to implement these amendments 
to 49 U.S.C. 44940. See 79 FR 35461 (June 20, 2014) and 80 FR 31850 
(June 5, 2015), respectively. This information collection request 
covers both the quarterly reports and the estimated impact should 
annual audits be reinstated in the future.
    Number of Respondents: 170.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 2,760 hours annually.

    Dated: February 25, 2021.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2021-04335 Filed 3-2-21; 8:45 am]
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