[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 25, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 71590-71592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28011]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
49 CFR Parts 1515, 1520, 1522, 1540, 1542, 1544, and 1550
[Docket No. TSA-2008-0021]
RIN 1652-AA53
Large Aircraft Security Program, Other Aircraft Operator Security
Program, and Airport Operator Security Program
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
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ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is extending
the comment period on the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
regarding the Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) published on
October 30, 2008. TSA has received and decided to grant the request for
an extension of the comment period for an additional sixty (60) days.
The comment period will now end on February 27, 2009, instead of
December 29, 2008.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule at 73 FR 64790, October
30, 2008, is extended until February 27, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the TSA docket number
to this rulemaking, to the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS), a
government-wide, electronic docket management system, using any one of
the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit comments through the Federal
eRulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail, In Person, or Fax: Address, hand-deliver, or fax your written
comments to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001; Fax 202-493-2251. The
Department of Transportation (DOT), which maintains and processes TSA's
official regulatory dockets, will scan the submission and post it to
FDMS.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for format and other information
about comment submissions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For program questions: Erik Jensen,
Assistant General Manager, Policy and Plans, Office of General
Aviation, TSNM, TSA-28, Transportation Security Administration, 601
South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220; telephone (571) 227-2401;
facsimile (571) 227-2918; e-mail [email protected].
For questions regarding Sensitive Security Information (SSI):
Andrew Colsky, Director, SSI Office, Office of the Special Counselor
(OSC), TSA-31, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th
Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220; telephone (571) 227-3513; facsimile
(571) 227-2945; e-mail [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
TSA invites interested persons to participate in this action by
submitting written comments, data, or views. We also invite comments
relating to the economic, environmental, energy, or federalism impacts
that might result from this action. See ADDRESSES above for information
on where to submit comments.
With each comment, please identify the docket number at the
beginning of your comments. TSA encourages commenters to provide their
names and addresses. The most helpful comments reference a specific
portion of the document, explain the reason for any recommended change,
and include supporting data. You may submit comments and material
electronically, in person, by mail, or fax as provided under ADDRESSES,
but please submit your comments and material by only one means. If you
submit comments by mail or delivery, submit them in an unbound format,
no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic
filing.
If you would like TSA to acknowledge receipt of comments submitted
by mail, include with your comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard
on which the docket number appears. We will stamp the date on the
postcard and mail it to you.
TSA will file in the public docket all comments received by TSA,
except for comments containing confidential information and sensitive
security information (SSI) \1\, TSA will consider all comments received
on or before the closing date for comments and will consider comments
filed late to the extent practicable. The docket is available for
public inspection before and after the comment closing date.
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\1\ ``Sensitive Security Information'' or ``SSI'' is information
obtained or developed in the conduct of security activities, the
disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of
privacy, reveal trade secrets or privileged or confidential
information, or be detrimental to the security of transportation.
The protection of SSI is governed by 49 CFR part 1520.
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Handling of Confidential or Proprietary Information and Sensitive
Security Information (SSI) Submitted in Public Comments
Do not submit comments that include trade secrets, confidential
commercial or financial information, or SSI to the public regulatory
docket. Please submit such comments separately from other comments on
the action. Comments containing this type of information should be
appropriately marked as containing such information and submitted by
mail to the address listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Upon receipt of such comments, TSA will not place the comments in
the public docket and will handle them in accordance with applicable
safeguards and restrictions on access. TSA will hold documents
containing SSI, confidential business information, or trade secrets in
a separate file to which the public does not have access, and place a
note in the public docket that TSA has received such materials from the
commenter. If TSA determines, however, that portions of these comments
may be made publicly available, TSA may include a redacted version of
the comment in the public docket. If TSA receives a request to examine
or copy information that is not in the public docket, TSA will treat it
as any other request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5
U.S.C. 552) and the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS') FOIA
regulation found in 6 CFR part 5.
Reviewing Comments in the Docket
Please be aware that anyone is able to search the electronic form
of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the
individual who submitted the comment (or signed the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review the applicable Privacy Act Statement published in the
Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit
http://DocketInfo.dot.gov.
You may review TSA's electronic public docket on the Internet at
http://www.regulations.gov. In addition, DOT's Docket Management
Facility provides a physical facility, staff, equipment, and assistance
to the public. To obtain assistance or to review comments in TSA's
public docket, you may visit this facility between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays, or call (202) 366-
9826. This docket operations facility is located in the West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12-140 at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590.
Availability of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Comments Received
You can get an electronic copy using the Internet by--
(1) Searching the electronic Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) Web page at http://www.regulations.gov;
(2) Accessing the Government Printing Office's Web page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html; or
(3) Visiting TSA's Security Regulations Web page at http://
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www.tsa.gov and accessing the link for ``Research Center'' at the top
of the page.
In addition, copies are available by writing or calling the
individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Make sure to
identify the docket number of this rulemaking.
Comment Period Extension
On October 30, 2008 (73 FR 64790), TSA published an NPRM on the
Large Aircraft Security Program, Other Aircraft Operator Security
Program, and Airport Operator Security Program. The NPRM has a 60-day
comment period that would have ended on December 29, 2008. In a request
dated October 30, 2008, the National Business Aviation Association
(NBAA) and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) requested
an extension of the deadline for filing comments on the LASP NPRM from
December 29, 2008 to February 27, 2009. See Docket Item No. TSA-2008-
0021-0018. NBAA and AOPA believe that the original 60-day comment
period is insufficient time to provide TSA with substantive answers to
the questions posed in the proposal or for community education and
feedback.
TSA has decided to grant NBAA and AOPA's requests for an extension
and, therefore, is extending the comment period for an additional sixty
(60) days. The comment period will now be a total of 120 days and will
end on February 27, 2009. This extension will allow the aviation
industry and other interested entities and individuals additional time
to complete their comments on the NPRM.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on November 19, 2008.
Kip Hawley,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-28011 Filed 11-24-08; 8:45 am]
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