[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4201-4202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01335]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA-2007-28572]
Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: Secure Flight Program
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 1652-0046,
abstracted below, to OMB for review and approval of a revision of the
currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
expected burden. The information collection involves passenger
information that certain United States aircraft operators and foreign
air carriers (collectively referred to in this document as ``covered
aircraft operators'') submit to Secure Flight for the purposes of
identifying and protecting against potential and actual threats to
transportation security. To carry out this purpose, the information
collection involves watch lists used by TSA to determine the
prescreening status of individuals based on Secure Flight Passenger
Data (SFPD) submitted by covered aircraft operators. TSA is revising
this collection to reduce the number of non-governmental entities with
access to the federal watch lists.
DATES: Send your comments by February 23, 2023. 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'' and 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 October 21, 2022, 87 FR 64083.
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 https://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: Secure Flight Program.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652-0046.
Forms(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Aircraft operators, airport operators.
Abstract: TSA collects information from covered aircraft operators,
including foreign air carriers, in order to prescreen passengers under
the Secure Flight Program. The information collected under the Secure
Flight Program is used for watch list-matching, for matching against
lists of known travelers, and to assess passenger risk (e.g., to
identify passengers who present lower risk and may be eligible for
expedited screening). The collection covers:
(1) SFPD for passengers of covered domestic and international
flights within, to, from, or over the continental United States, as
well as flights between two foreign locations when operated by a
covered U.S. aircraft operator.
(2) SFPD for passengers of charter operators and lessors of
aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of over 12,500 pounds (Twelve-
Five operators).
(3) Certain identifying information for non-traveling individuals
that airport operators or airport operator points of contact seek to
authorize to enter a sterile area at a U.S. airport (e.g., to patronize
a restaurant, to escort a minor or a passenger with disabilities, or
for another approved purpose).
(4) Registration information critical to deployment of Secure
Flight, such as contact information, data format, or the mechanism the
covered aircraft operators use to transmit SFPD and other data.
(5) Lists of low-risk individuals who are eligible for expedited
screening provided by Federal and non-federal entities. Through TSA
PreCheck[supreg], TSA implemented expedited screening of known low-risk
travelers. Some federal and non-federal entities maintain lists of
eligible individuals pursuant to agreements with DHS and TSA, and
provide TSA with a list of eligible low-risk individuals to be used as
part of Secure Flight processes. Secure Flight identifies individuals
who should receive expedited screening and transmits the appropriate
boarding pass printing result to the aircraft operators.
The collection is being revised due to a change in the population
burden. Specifically, TSA has begun an initiative to decrease the
number of non-governmental entities with access to the federal watch
lists, such as Twelve-Five and Private Charter operators. TSA
previously permitted these entities to use the lists to support
prescreening of aviation passengers and non-traveling individuals
seeking access to the sterile area of an airport, and to vet certain
employees. Secure Flight is assuming this prescreening function,
resulting in an increase in the number of respondent Twelve-Five and
Private Charter operators, who had previously used the watch lists and
who will now be authorized to participate in the Secure Flight program.
Number of Respondents: 901.
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Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 44,840 hours annually.
Dated: January 19, 2023.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2023-01335 Filed 1-23-23; 8:45 am]
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