80_FR_20074 80 FR 20003 - Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: TSA Office of Training and Workforce Engagement Canine Training and Evaluation Branch End of Course Level 1 Evaluation (Formerly Named: National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program Handler Training Assessment Survey)

80 FR 20003 - Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: TSA Office of Training and Workforce Engagement Canine Training and Evaluation Branch End of Course Level 1 Evaluation (Formerly Named: National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program Handler Training Assessment Survey)

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 71 (April 14, 2015)

Page Range20003-20004
FR Document2015-08577

This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0041 abstracted below, to OMB for review and approval of an extension of the currently-approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 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, describing the collection of information on December 29, 2014, 79 FR 78099. The collection involves the submission of numerical ratings and written comments about the quality of training instruction from students who successfully complete the Office of Training and Workforce Engagement (OTWE) Canine Training and Evaluation Branch (CTEB) Explosives Detection Canine Handlers Course, Passenger Screening Canine Handler Course, and the Supervisor/Trainer Seminars.

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: TSA Office of Training and Workforce Engagement Canine Training 
and Evaluation Branch End of Course Level 1 Evaluation (Formerly Named: 
National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program Handler Training 
Assessment Survey)

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 1652-0041 
abstracted below, to OMB for review and approval of an extension of the 
currently-approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 
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, describing the collection of information on December 
29, 2014, 79 FR 78099. The collection involves the submission of 
numerical ratings and written comments about the quality of

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training instruction from students who successfully complete the Office 
of Training and Workforce Engagement (OTWE) Canine Training and 
Evaluation Branch (CTEB) Explosives Detection Canine Handlers Course, 
Passenger Screening Canine Handler Course, and the Supervisor/Trainer 
Seminars.

DATES: Send comments by May 14, 2015. 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, OMB. Comments should be addressed to Desk Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, 
Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA-11, Transportation Security 
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6011; 
telephone (571) 227-2062; email [email protected].

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 http://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.

Background

    On September 27, 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approved the Information Collection Request (ICR), OMB Control Number 
1652-0041--National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program (NEDCTP) 
Handler Training Assessment Survey. The collection approval period 
expires on September 30, 2015.
    TSA is requesting an extension of the collection due to the 
upcoming expiration date. However, since its approval, the collection's 
name has undergone multiple name changes. As noted in the previously 
filed 60-day Notice, the name of the collection was initially changed 
from National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program (NEDCTP) Handler 
Training Assessment Survey to TSA OLE/FAMS Canine Training and 
Evaluation Section (CTES) End of Course Level 1 Critique. See 79 FR 
78099 (December 29, 2014). Subsequently, on January 15, 2015, the OLE/
FAMS CTES was consolidated into Office of Training and Workforce 
Engagement (OTWE), Law Enforcement and Industry Training Division, 
becoming the Canine Training and Evaluation Branch (CTEB). As a result, 
the new name of the collection is now TSA Office of Training and 
Workforce Engagement (OTWE) Canine Training and Evaluation Branch 
(CTEB) End of Course Level 1 Evaluation.

Information Collection Requirement

    Title: End of Course Level 1 Evaluation.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently-approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0041.
    Forms(s): TSA Form 1904A.
    Affected Public: State and local law enforcement officers as well 
as TSA personnel who successfully complete the TSA OTWE CTEB Explosives 
Detection Canine Handlers Course, Passenger Screening Canine Handler 
Course, and the Supervisor/Trainer Seminars.
    Abstract: The OTWE CTEB Explosives Detection Canine Handlers 
Course, Passenger Screening Canine Handler Course, and the Supervisor/
Trainer Seminars are given to state and local law enforcement officers 
as well as TSA personnel who are trained to be canine handlers. The 
state and local personnel participate under agency specific cooperative 
agreements in that portion of the TSA Grant program administered by the 
National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program (NEDCTP). The ``End 
of Course Level 1 Evaluation'' captures numerical ratings and written 
comments about the quality of training instruction provided from 
students who successfully complete the OTWE CTEB Explosives Detection 
Canine Handlers Course, Passenger Screening Canine Handler Course, and 
the Supervisor/Trainer Seminars. The data are collected in hardcopy 
form and are tabulated by Training Support Unit staff in OTWE. The 
surveys provide valuable feedback to the Supervisory Air Marshal in 
Charge (SAC) and CTEB instructional staff and supervisors on how the 
training material was presented and received. The Level 1 Evaluations 
are voluntary \1\ for students who successfully complete training, and 
the students may remain anonymous when completing the survey, i.e., 
they have the voluntary option to put their names on the survey. The 
feedback is used to improve the course curriculum.
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    \1\ This is a change from the 60-day Notice, which indicated it 
was mandatory for students to complete the survey.
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    Number of Respondents: Average 180 students per calendar year.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: Approximately one hour per 
participant, 180 hours per calendar year.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on April 6, 2015.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-08577 Filed 4-13-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                    agency test method review, and                          Transportation Security Administration,               information on a flight-by-flight basis.
                                                    optimize utilization of scientific                      601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA                  Foreign air carriers are required to
                                                    expertise outside the federal                           20598–6011.                                           provide this information via electronic
                                                    Government. Additional information                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      means. On June 19, 2014, TSA removed
                                                    about ICCVAM can be found at http://                    Christina A. Walsh at the above address,              the previous security program
                                                    ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/iccvam.                            or by telephone (571) 227–2062.                       requirement that foreign air carriers
                                                      NICEATM administers ICCVAM,                                                                                 submit information regarding the
                                                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                    provides scientific and operational                                                                           amount of cargo screened because all
                                                    support for ICCVAM-related activities,                  Comments Invited                                      foreign air carriers are required to screen
                                                    and conducts and publishes analyses                        In accordance with the Paperwork                   100% of cargo.
                                                    and evaluations of data from new,                       Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501                    Additionally, foreign air carriers must
                                                    revised, and alternative testing                        et seq.), an agency may not conduct or                maintain these records, as well as
                                                    approaches. NICEATM and ICCVAM                          sponsor, and a person is not required to              training records for crew members and
                                                    work collaboratively to evaluate new                    respond to, a collection of information               individuals performing security-related
                                                    and improved testing approaches                         unless it displays a valid OMB control                functions, and make them available to
                                                    applicable to the needs of U.S. federal                 number. The ICR documentation is                      TSA for inspection upon request. TSA
                                                    agencies. NICEATM and ICCVAM                            available at http://www.reginfo.gov.                  will continue to collect information to
                                                    welcome the public nomination of new,                   Therefore, in preparation for OMB                     determine foreign air carrier compliance
                                                    revised, and alternative testing                        review and approval of the following                  with other requirements of 49 CFR part
                                                    approaches for validation studies and                   information collection, TSA is soliciting             1546. TSA estimates that there will be
                                                    technical evaluations. Additional                       comments to—                                          approximately 170 respondents to the
                                                    information about NICEATM can be                           (1) Evaluate whether the proposed                  information collection, with an annual
                                                    found at http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/                   information requirement is necessary for              burden estimate of 1,029,010 hours.
                                                    niceatm.                                                the proper performance of the functions                  Dated: April 6, 2015.
                                                      Dated: April 6, 2015.                                 of the agency, including whether the                  Christina A. Walsh,
                                                    John R. Bucher,                                         information will have practical utility;              TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
                                                    Associate Director, National Toxicology                    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the                   of Information Technology.
                                                    Program.                                                agency’s estimate of the burden;                      [FR Doc. 2015–08562 Filed 4–13–15; 8:45 am]
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–08528 Filed 4–13–15; 8:45 am]                (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and              BILLING CODE 9110–05P
                                                    BILLING CODE 4140–01–P                                  clarity of the information to be
                                                                                                            collected; and
                                                                                                               (4) Minimize the burden of the                     DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND                                  collection of information on those who                SECURITY
                                                    SECURITY                                                are to respond, including using
                                                                                                            appropriate automated, electronic,                    Transportation Security Administration
                                                    Transportation Security Administration                  mechanical, or other technological
                                                                                                            collection techniques or other forms of               Extension of Agency Information
                                                    [Docket No. TSA–2002–11602]
                                                                                                            information technology.                               Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
                                                                                                                                                                  TSA Office of Training and Workforce
                                                    Intent To Request Renewal From OMB                      Information Collection Requirement                    Engagement Canine Training and
                                                    of One Current Public Collection of                                                                           Evaluation Branch End of Course
                                                                                                               OMB Control Number 1652–0005;
                                                    Information: Security Programs for                                                                            Level 1 Evaluation (Formerly Named:
                                                                                                            Security Programs for Foreign Air
                                                    Foreign Air Carriers                                                                                          National Explosives Detection Canine
                                                                                                            Carriers, 49 CFR part 1546. TSA uses
                                                    AGENCY:  Transportation Security                        the information collected to determine                Team Program Handler Training
                                                    Administration, DHS.                                    compliance with 49 CFR part 1546 and                  Assessment Survey)
                                                    ACTION: 60-Day notice.                                  to ensure passenger safety by                         AGENCY:  Transportation Security
                                                                                                            monitoring foreign air carrier security               Administration, DHS.
                                                    SUMMARY:   The Transportation Security                  procedures. Foreign air carriers must                 ACTION: 30-day notice.
                                                    Administration (TSA) invites public                     carry out security measures to provide
                                                    comment on one currently approved                       for the safety of persons and property                SUMMARY:   This notice announces that
                                                    Information Collection Request (ICR),                   traveling on flights provided by the                  the Transportation Security
                                                    Office of Management and Budget                         foreign air carrier against acts of                   Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
                                                    (OMB) control number 1652–0005,                         criminal violence and air piracy, and                 Information Collection Request (ICR),
                                                    abstracted below that we will submit to                 the introduction of explosives,                       Office of Management and Budget
                                                    OMB for renewal in compliance with                      incendiaries, or weapons aboard an                    (OMB) control number 1652–0041
                                                    the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).                      aircraft. This information collection is              abstracted below, to OMB for review
                                                    The ICR describes the nature of the                     mandatory for foreign air carriers and                and approval of an extension of the
                                                    information collection and its expected                 must be submitted prior to entry into                 currently-approved collection under the
                                                    burden. This information collection is                  the United States. The information TSA                Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The
                                                    mandatory for foreign air carriers and                  collects includes identifying                         ICR describes the nature of the
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                                                    must be submitted prior to entry into                   information on foreign air carriers’ flight           information collection and its expected
                                                    the United States.                                      crews and passengers. Specifically, TSA               burden. TSA published a Federal
                                                    DATES: Send your comments by June 15,                   requires foreign air carriers to submit               Register notice, with a 60-day comment
                                                    2015.                                                   the following information: (1) A master               period, describing the collection of
                                                    ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed                      crew list of all flight and cabin crew                information on December 29, 2014, 79
                                                    to TSAPRA@tsa.dhs.gov or delivered to                   members flying to and from the United                 FR 78099. The collection involves the
                                                    the TSA PRA Officer, Office of                          States; (2) the flight crew list on a flight-         submission of numerical ratings and
                                                    Information Technology (OIT), TSA–11,                   by-flight basis; and (3) passenger                    written comments about the quality of


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                                                    training instruction from students who                  Detection Canine Team Program                         Training Support Unit staff in OTWE.
                                                    successfully complete the Office of                     (NEDCTP) Handler Training Assessment                  The surveys provide valuable feedback
                                                    Training and Workforce Engagement                       Survey. The collection approval period                to the Supervisory Air Marshal in
                                                    (OTWE) Canine Training and Evaluation                   expires on September 30, 2015.                        Charge (SAC) and CTEB instructional
                                                    Branch (CTEB) Explosives Detection                        TSA is requesting an extension of the               staff and supervisors on how the
                                                    Canine Handlers Course, Passenger                       collection due to the upcoming                        training material was presented and
                                                    Screening Canine Handler Course, and                    expiration date. However, since its                   received. The Level 1 Evaluations are
                                                    the Supervisor/Trainer Seminars.                        approval, the collection’s name has                   voluntary 1 for students who
                                                    DATES: Send comments by May 14,                         undergone multiple name changes. As                   successfully complete training, and the
                                                    2015. A comment to OMB is most                          noted in the previously filed 60-day                  students may remain anonymous when
                                                    effective if OMB receives it within 30                  Notice, the name of the collection was                completing the survey, i.e., they have
                                                    days of publication.                                    initially changed from National                       the voluntary option to put their names
                                                                                                            Explosives Detection Canine Team                      on the survey. The feedback is used to
                                                    ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
                                                                                                            Program (NEDCTP) Handler Training                     improve the course curriculum.
                                                    invited to submit written comments on
                                                                                                            Assessment Survey to TSA OLE/FAMS                        Number of Respondents: Average 180
                                                    the proposed information collection to
                                                                                                            Canine Training and Evaluation Section                students per calendar year.
                                                    the Office of Information and Regulatory                                                                         Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
                                                                                                            (CTES) End of Course Level 1 Critique.
                                                    Affairs, OMB. Comments should be                                                                              Approximately one hour per
                                                                                                            See 79 FR 78099 (December 29, 2014).
                                                    addressed to Desk Officer, Department                                                                         participant, 180 hours per calendar year.
                                                                                                            Subsequently, on January 15, 2015, the
                                                    of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via
                                                                                                            OLE/FAMS CTES was consolidated into                      Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on April 6,
                                                    electronic mail to oira_submission@
                                                                                                            Office of Training and Workforce                      2015.
                                                    omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–6974.
                                                                                                            Engagement (OTWE), Law Enforcement                    Christina A. Walsh,
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                            and Industry Training Division,                       TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
                                                    Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer,                    becoming the Canine Training and                      of Information Technology.
                                                    Office of Information Technology (OIT),                 Evaluation Branch (CTEB). As a result,                [FR Doc. 2015–08577 Filed 4–13–15; 8:45 am]
                                                    TSA–11, Transportation Security                         the new name of the collection is now                 BILLING CODE 9110–05–P
                                                    Administration, 601 South 12th Street,                  TSA Office of Training and Workforce
                                                    Arlington, VA 20598–6011; telephone                     Engagement (OTWE) Canine Training
                                                    (571) 227–2062; email TSAPRA@                           and Evaluation Branch (CTEB) End of
                                                    dhs.gov.                                                                                                      DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
                                                                                                            Course Level 1 Evaluation.                            URBAN DEVELOPMENT
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                            Information Collection Requirement                    [Docket No. FR–5859–N–02]
                                                    Comments Invited                                           Title: End of Course Level 1
                                                       In accordance with the Paperwork                     Evaluation.                                           Advance Notice of Digital Opportunity
                                                    Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501                      Type of Request: Extension of a                    Demonstration; Additional Contact
                                                    et seq.), an agency may not conduct or                  currently-approved collection.                        Information
                                                    sponsor, and a person is not required to                   OMB Control Number: 1652–0041.
                                                                                                                                                                  AGENCY:    Office of the General Counsel,
                                                    respond to, a collection of information                    Forms(s): TSA Form 1904A.
                                                                                                               Affected Public: State and local law               HUD.
                                                    unless it displays a valid OMB control                                                                        ACTION:   Notice.
                                                    number. The ICR documentation is                        enforcement officers as well as TSA
                                                    available at http://www.reginfo.gov.                    personnel who successfully complete                   SUMMARY:    On April 3, 2015, HUD
                                                    Therefore, in preparation for OMB                       the TSA OTWE CTEB Explosives                          published a Federal Register notice, at
                                                    review and approval of the following                    Detection Canine Handlers Course,                     80 FR 18248, soliciting advance
                                                    information collection, TSA is soliciting               Passenger Screening Canine Handler                    comment on a demonstration designed
                                                    comments to—                                            Course, and the Supervisor/Trainer                    to test the effectiveness of collaborative
                                                       (1) Evaluate whether the proposed                    Seminars.                                             efforts by government, industry, and
                                                    information requirement is necessary for                   Abstract: The OTWE CTEB Explosives
                                                                                                                                                                  nonprofit organizations to accelerate
                                                    the proper performance of the functions                 Detection Canine Handlers Course,
                                                                                                                                                                  broadband adoption and use in HUD-
                                                    of the agency, including whether the                    Passenger Screening Canine Handler
                                                                                                                                                                  assisted homes. The April 3, 2015,
                                                    information will have practical utility;                Course, and the Supervisor/Trainer
                                                                                                                                                                  notice describes the criteria HUD will
                                                       (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the                     Seminars are given to state and local
                                                                                                                                                                  use to assess communities that have
                                                    agency’s estimate of the burden;                        law enforcement officers as well as TSA
                                                                                                                                                                  expressed an interest in participating in
                                                       (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and                personnel who are trained to be canine
                                                                                                                                                                  the demonstration. To determine
                                                    clarity of the information to be                        handlers. The state and local personnel
                                                                                                                                                                  interest, HUD seeks a formal
                                                    collected; and                                          participate under agency specific
                                                                                                                                                                  commitment by the mayor or equivalent
                                                       (4) Minimize the burden of the                       cooperative agreements in that portion
                                                                                                                                                                  executive elected official of the
                                                    collection of information on those who                  of the TSA Grant program administered
                                                                                                                                                                  community, and the PHA executive
                                                    are to respond, including using                         by the National Explosives Detection
                                                                                                                                                                  leader, to narrow the broadband digital
                                                    appropriate automated, electronic,                      Canine Team Program (NEDCTP). The
                                                                                                                                                                  divide. Communities interested in
                                                    mechanical, or other technological                      ‘‘End of Course Level 1 Evaluation’’
                                                                                                                                                                  participating in this demonstration may
                                                                                                            captures numerical ratings and written
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                                                    collection techniques or other forms of                                                                       use DigitalOpportunityDemonstration@
                                                    information technology.                                 comments about the quality of training
                                                                                                                                                                  hud.gov to notify HUD of their
                                                                                                            instruction provided from students who
                                                    Background                                                                                                    commitment to narrow the broadband
                                                                                                            successfully complete the OTWE CTEB
                                                                                                                                                                  digital divide. Communities and other
                                                      On September 27, 2013, the Office of                  Explosives Detection Canine Handlers
                                                                                                                                                                  interested members of the public
                                                    Management and Budget (OMB)                             Course, Passenger Screening Canine
                                                    approved the Information Collection                     Handler Course, and the Supervisor/                     1 This is a change from the 60-day Notice, which
                                                    Request (ICR), OMB Control Number                       Trainer Seminars. The data are collected              indicated it was mandatory for students to complete
                                                    1652–0041—National Explosives                           in hardcopy form and are tabulated by                 the survey.



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Document Created: 2015-12-18 11:09:25
Document Modified: 2015-12-18 11:09:25
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
Action30-day notice.
DatesSend comments by May 14, 2015. A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
ContactChristina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA-11, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-6011; telephone (571) 227-2062; email [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 20003 

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