[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2889-2890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00894]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2004-19147]


Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Flight Training Security

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 1652-0021, 
abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of a revision of the 
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
expected burden. The collection involves the submission of identifying 
information for background checks for all non-U.S. citizens, non-U.S. 
nationals and other designated individuals seeking flight instruction 
(``candidates'') from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-
certificated flight training providers. Through the information 
collected, TSA will determine whether a candidate is a threat to 
aviation or national security, and thus prohibited from receiving 
flight training. Additionally, flight training providers are required 
to conduct a security awareness program for their employees and 
contract employees and to maintain records associated with this 
training.

DATES: Send your comments by February 18, 2022. 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 Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the find 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 August 25, 2021, 86 FR 47507.

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: Flight Training Security.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0021.
    Forms(s): N/A.
    Affected Public: Candidates, as defined in 49 CFR 1552.1, seeking 
flight instruction from FAA-certificated flight training providers and 
flight training providers required to conduct security awareness 
training and their employees.
    Abstract: This information collection relates to regulations issued 
by TSA for flight training providers. There are two parts to the 
collection. First, under 49 CFR part 1552, subpart A, the collection 
relates to the security threat assessments (STAs) that TSA requires to 
determine whether candidates are a threat to aviation or national 
security, and thus prohibited from receiving flight training. This 
collection of information requires FAA-certificated flight training 
providers to provide TSA with the information necessary to conduct the 
STAs. Second, under 49 CFR part 1552, subpart B, the collection relates 
to security awareness training for flight training provider employees 
and contract employees, which includes maintaining records of all such 
training.
    TSA is revising the information collection by changing the name of 
the collection from ``Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated 
Individuals; Security Awareness Training for Flight School Employees'' 
to ``Flight Training Security.''
    Number of Respondents: 39,496.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 103,816 hours 
annually.\1\
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    \1\ Since the publication of the 60-day notice, TSA has updated 
the burden hours from 99,564 to 103,816 annual hours.

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    Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $7,018,816.

    Dated: January 10, 2022.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2022-00894 Filed 1-18-22; 8:45 am]
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