[Federal Register: August 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 157)]
[Notices]
[Page 47203-47204]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr13au08-107]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA-2004-19147]
Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB
Review: Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated Individuals;
Security Awareness Training for Flight School Employees
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request
(ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval of an extension of the currently approved
collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act. 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 June
06, 2008, 73 FR 32346. The collection requires TSA to conduct a
security threat assessment on all aliens and designated individuals
seeking flight instruction (``candidates'') from Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA)-certified flight training providers. Additionally,
flight training providers are required to conduct a security awareness
program for their employees, and to maintain records associated with
this training.
DATES: Send your comments by September 12, 2008. A comment to OMB is
most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be
addressed to Desk Officer, Department of Homeland Security/TSA, and
sent via electronic mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to
(202) 395-6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Johnson, Communications Branch,
Business Management Office, Operational Process and Technology, TSA-32,
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 22202-4220; telephone (571) 227-3651; facsimile (703)
603-0822.
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 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: Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated Individuals;
Security Awareness Training for Flight School Employees.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652-0021.
Forms(s): NA.
Affected Public: Aliens and other designated individuals seeking
flight instruction from FAA-certified flight training providers; flight
training providers required to conduct security awareness training to
its employees.
Abstract: TSA has established standards relating to the security
threat assessments that TSA will conduct to determine whether
candidates are a threat to aviation or national security, and thus
prohibited from receiving flight training. This collection of
information requires Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-certified
flight training providers to provide TSA with the information necessary
to conduct the security threat assessments. Finally, TSA has
established standards relating to security awareness training for
certain flight school employees, which include maintaining records of
all such training.
Number of Respondents: 66,500. TSA is revising the number of
respondents from the 31,000 respondents reported in the notice
published on June 6, 2008. TSA is now including 40,000 additional
[[Page 47204]]
Flight Training Providers that do not train aliens and are not required
to register with TSA. These Flight Training Providers are required
under 49 CFR part 1552 to maintain records verifying that a flight
school applicant has shown proof of U.S. citizenship or nationality,
and are also required to retain records of the initial and recurrent
security awareness training provided to employees. TSA estimates the
recordkeeping burden for these Flight Training Providers is negligible.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 507,750 hours annually.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on August 7, 2008.
Kriste Jordan,
Program Manager, Business Improvements and Communication, Office of
Information and Technology.
[FR Doc. E8-18737 Filed 8-12-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-05-P