[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44974-44975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18723]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Renewal From OMB of One Current Public
Collection of Information: Sensitive Security Information Threat
Assessments
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites
public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0042,
abstracted below that we will submit to OMB for renewal in compliance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden. The collection
involves TSA determining whether the party or representative of a party
seeking access to sensitive security information (SSI) in a civil
proceeding in federal court may be granted access to the SSI.
DATES: Send your comments by September 28, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be e-mailed to [email protected] or delivered to
the TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA-11,
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 20598-6011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Johnson at the above address,
or by telephone (571) 227-3651.
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
TSA is seeking to renew the control number (1652-0042) for the
maximum three-year period in order to continue compliance with sec.
525(d) of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of
2007 (DHS Appropriations Act, Public Law 109-295, 120 Stat 1382), as
reenacted, and to continue the process TSA developed whereby a party
seeking access to SSI in a civil proceeding in federal court who
demonstrates a substantial need for relevant SSI in the preparation of
the party's case, and who is unable without undue hardship to obtain
the substantial equivalent of the information by other means, may
request that the party or party's representative be granted conditional
access to the SSI at issue in the case. The procedures also apply to
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witnesses retained by a party as experts or consultants and court
reporters that are required to record or transcribe testimony
containing specific SSI and do not have a current security threat
clearance required for access to classified national security
information as defined by E.O. 12958 as amended. In order to determine
if the individual may be granted access to SSI for this purpose, TSA
will conduct a threat assessment that includes: (1) A fingerprint-based
criminal history records check (CHRC), (2) a name-based check to
determine whether the individual poses or is suspected of posing a
threat to transportation or national security, including checks against
terrorism, immigration or other databases TSA maintains or uses; and
(3) a professional responsibility check (for attorneys and court
reporters).
TSA will use the information collected to conduct the security
threat assessment for the purpose of determining whether the provision
of such access to the information for the proceeding presents a risk of
harm to the Nation. The results of the security threat assessment will
be used to make a final determination on whether the individual may be
granted access to the SSI at issue in the case. TSA estimates that the
total annual hour burden for this collection will be 180 hours, based
on an estimated 180 annual respondents and a one-hour burden per
respondent.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on July 26, 2010.
Joanna Johnson,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010-18723 Filed 7-29-10; 8:45 am]
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