80 FR 79067 - Revision of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Secure Flight Program
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 243 (December 18, 2015)
Transportation Security Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 243 (December 18, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-31911 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 79067-79068] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-31911] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 to 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 soliciting comments, of the following collection of information on February 4, 2015, 80 FR 6097. The collection involves information that certain U.S. aircraft operators and foreign air carriers (collectively ``covered aircraft operators'') submit to Secure Flight for the purposes of identifying and protecting against potential and actual threats to transportation security and identifying individuals who are a lower risk to transportation security and therefore may be eligible for expedited screening. TSA is revising this collection to include the addition of risk-based assessments generated by aircraft operators using data in their Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening Systems (CAPPS), Frequent Flyer Code Words (FFCWs) generated by aircraft operators, and the collection of lists of low- risk individuals provided by non-federal entities who are eligible for expedited screening. The CAPPS assessments and FFCWs are used in risk- based analysis of Secure Flight and other prescreening data that produces a boarding pass printing result (BPPR) for each passenger. DATES: Send your comments by January 19, 2016. 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 oira_submission@omb.eop.gov 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 TSAPRA@tsa.dhs.gov. 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 [[Page 79068]] 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. Information Collection Requirement Title: Secure Flight Program. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. OMB Control Number: 1652-0046. Form(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) Secure Flight Passenger Data (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; (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, for example, to patronize a restaurant, to escort a minor or a passenger with disabilities, or for another approved purpose; and (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. TSA is revising this collection to add the following additional categories of information: (5) Risk-based assessments generated by U.S. aircraft operators using their CAPPS are sent to Secure Flight for use in risk-based analysis of passenger information. The CAPPS assessments are generated after analysis of the underlying passenger and other prescreening data is obtained by the aircraft operator in the ordinary course of business when the passenger makes his or her reservation. The CAPPS assessment, in turn, is used in the risk-based analysis of SFPD and other prescreening data that produce a BPPR for each passenger. Secure Flight receives only the risk assessment generated from the applicable CAPPS data and not the underlying data. TSA obtains important security value from the risk assessment without receiving the underlying privacy and other information that are generated when individuals make their flight reservations. The CAPPS assessments are designed to enhance TSA's analysis of passenger security risk and enable TSA to make better passenger risk decisions. A likely outcome of the addition of CAPPS risk assessments to Secure Flight's risk-based analysis will be the identification of additional low-risk passengers who may be eligible for expedited security screening at airports with TSA Pre[check][supreg] lanes. (6) FFCW generated by aircraft operators also are sent to Secure Flight regarding passengers who are frequent flyer program members. These data also are used in Secure Flight's risk-based analysis and may result in a passenger being eligible for expedited screening. (7) Lists of low-risk individuals who are eligible for expedited screening provided by Federal and non-federal entities. In support of TSA Pre[check][supreg], TSA implemented expedited screening of known or low-risk travelers. Federal and non-federal list entities 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 low risk screening and transmits the appropriate boarding pass printing result to the aircraft operators. Both the CAPPS risk assessments and the FFCWs are generated from existing data within aircraft operators' reservations or other systems. The systemic changes required to send these data to Secure Flight varies by aircraft operator. Number of Respondents: 292. Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 678,295 \1\ hours annually. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ After further evaluation, TSA has revised the estimated annual burden hours in the 60-day notice, published February 4, 2015, from 678,245 to 678,295. Dated: December 9, 2015. Christina A. Walsh, TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology. 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electronic mail to oira_submission@ Airport Security Program (ASP), abstracted below to OMB for review and
omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–6974. submission to TSA, and ASP approval of a revision to the currently
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: implementation; (2) as applicable, approved collection under the
Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer, development of ASP amendments, Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The
Office of Information Technology (OIT), submission to TSA, and ICR describes the nature of the
TSA–11, Transportation Security implementation; (3) collection of data information collection and its expected
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, necessary to complete a criminal history burden. TSA published a Federal
Arlington, VA 20598–6011; telephone records check (CHRC) for those Register notice, with a 60-day comment
(571) 227–2062; email TSAPRA@ individuals with unescorted access to a period soliciting comments, of the
tsa.dhs.gov. Security Identification Display Area following collection of information on
(SIDA); (4) submission to TSA of February 4, 2015, 80 FR 6097. The
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: identifying information about collection involves information that
Comments Invited individuals to whom the airport certain U.S. aircraft operators and
operator has issued identification foreign air carriers (collectively
In accordance with the Paperwork media, such as name, address, and ‘‘covered aircraft operators’’) submit to
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 country of birth, in order for TSA to Secure Flight for the purposes of
et seq.), an agency may not conduct or conduct a Security Threat Assessment identifying and protecting against
sponsor, and a person is not required to (STA); (5) recordkeeping requirements potential and actual threats to
respond to, a collection of information associated with records required for transportation security and identifying
unless it displays a valid OMB control compliance with the regulation, and for individuals who are a lower risk to
number. The ICR documentation is compliance with Security Directives transportation security and therefore
available at http://www.reginfo.gov. (SDs); and (6) watch list matching of may be eligible for expedited screening.
Therefore, in preparation for OMB individuals subject to TSA’s regulatory TSA is revising this collection to
review and approval of the following requirements against government watch include the addition of risk-based
information collection, TSA is soliciting lists. assessments generated by aircraft
comments to— This information collection is operators using data in their Computer
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed mandatory for airport operators. As part Assisted Passenger Prescreening
information requirement is necessary for of their security programs, affected Systems (CAPPS), Frequent Flyer Code
the proper performance of the functions airport operators are required to Words (FFCWs) generated by aircraft
of the agency, including whether the maintain and update, as necessary, operators, and the collection of lists of
information will have practical utility; records of compliance with the security low-risk individuals provided by non-
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the program provisions set forth in 49 CFR federal entities who are eligible for
agency’s estimate of the burden; part 1542. This regulation also requires expedited screening. The CAPPS
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and affected airport operators to make their assessments and FFCWs are used in
clarity of the information to be security programs and associated risk-based analysis of Secure Flight and
collected; and records available for inspection and other prescreening data that produces a
(4) Minimize the burden of the copying by TSA to verify compliance boarding pass printing result (BPPR) for
collection of information on those who with transportation security regulations. each passenger.
are to respond, including using Number of Respondents: 438. DATES: Send your comments by January
appropriate automated, electronic, Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An 19, 2016. A comment to OMB is most
mechanical, or other technological estimated 1,657,102 hours annually. effective if OMB receives it within 30
collection techniques or other forms of
Dated: December 9, 2015. days of publication.
information technology.
Christina A. Walsh, ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
Information Collection TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office invited to submit written comments on
Title: Airport Security, 49 CFR part of Information Technology. the proposed information collection to
1542. [FR Doc. 2015–31913 Filed 12–17–15; 8:45 am] the Office of Information and Regulatory
Type of Request: Revision of a BILLING CODE 9110–05–P Affairs, OMB. Comments should be
currently approved collection. addressed to Desk Officer, Department
OMB Control Number: 1652–0002. of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via
Forms(s): NA. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND electronic mail to oira_submission@
Affected Public: Airport operators SECURITY omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–6974.
regulated under 49 CFR part 1542. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Transportation Security Administration Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer,
Abstract: TSA is seeking to revise its
OMB control number 1652–0002, [Docket No. TSA–2007–28572] Office of Information Technology (OIT),
Airport Security, 49 CFR part 1542 to TSA–11, Transportation Security
include the recordkeeping requirements Revision of Agency Information Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
under OMB control number 1652–0006, Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Arlington, VA 20598–6011; telephone
Employment Standards. The Secure Flight Program (571) 227–2062; email TSAPRA@
information collection is used to AGENCY: Transportation Security tsa.dhs.gov.
determine compliance with 49 CFR part Administration, DHS. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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1542 and to ensure passenger safety and ACTION: 30-day notice.
security by verifying airport operator Comments Invited
compliance with security procedures. SUMMARY: This notice announces that In accordance with the Paperwork
The following information collections the Transportation Security Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
and other recordkeeping requirements Administration (TSA) has forwarded the et seq.), an agency may not conduct or
with which respondent airport operators Information Collection Request (ICR), sponsor, and a person is not required to
must comply also fall under this OMB Office of Management and Budget respond to, a collection of information
control number: (1) Development of an (OMB) control number 1652–0046, unless it displays a valid OMB control
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number. The ICR documentation is operators use to transmit SFPD and Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
available at http://www.reginfo.gov. other data. estimated 678,295 1 hours annually.
Therefore, in preparation for OMB TSA is revising this collection to add Dated: December 9, 2015.
review and approval of the following the following additional categories of Christina A. Walsh,
information collection, TSA is soliciting information:
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
comments to: (5) Risk-based assessments generated of Information Technology.
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed by U.S. aircraft operators using their
[FR Doc. 2015–31911 Filed 12–17–15; 8:45 am]
information requirement is necessary for CAPPS are sent to Secure Flight for use
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the proper performance of the functions in risk-based analysis of passenger
of the agency, including whether the information. The CAPPS assessments
information will have practical utility; are generated after analysis of the DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the underlying passenger and other SECURITY
agency’s estimate of the burden; prescreening data is obtained by the
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and aircraft operator in the ordinary course Transportation Security Administration
clarity of the information to be of business when the passenger makes
collected; and his or her reservation. The CAPPS Extension of Agency Information
(4) Minimize the burden of the assessment, in turn, is used in the risk- Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
collection of information on those who based analysis of SFPD and other Federal Flight Deck Officer Program
are to respond, including using prescreening data that produce a BPPR
appropriate automated, electronic, for each passenger. Secure Flight AGENCY: Transportation Security
mechanical, or other technological receives only the risk assessment Administration, DHS.
collection techniques or other forms of generated from the applicable CAPPS ACTION: 30-day Notice.
information technology. data and not the underlying data. TSA SUMMARY: This notice announces that
Information Collection Requirement obtains important security value from the Transportation Security
the risk assessment without receiving Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Title: Secure Flight Program. the underlying privacy and other
Type of Request: Revision of a Information Collection Request (ICR),
information that are generated when OMB control number 1652–0011,
currently approved collection. individuals make their flight
OMB Control Number: 1652–0046. abstracted below to the Office of
reservations. The CAPPS assessments Management and Budget (OMB) for
Form(s): N/A.
are designed to enhance TSA’s analysis review and approval of an extension of
Affected Public: Aircraft operators,
of passenger security risk and enable the currently approved collection under
airport operators.
Abstract: TSA collects information TSA to make better passenger risk the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR
from covered aircraft operators, decisions. A likely outcome of the describes the nature of the information
including foreign air carriers, in order to addition of CAPPS risk assessments to collection and its expected burden. TSA
prescreen passengers under the Secure Secure Flight’s risk-based analysis will published a Federal Register notice,
Flight Program. The information be the identification of additional low- with a 60-day comment period soliciting
collected under the Secure Flight risk passengers who may be eligible for comments, of the following collection of
Program is used for watch list matching, expedited security screening at airports information on September 1, 2015, 80
for matching against lists of Known with TSA Pre✓® lanes. FR 52779. The collection requires
Travelers, and to assess passenger risk (6) FFCW generated by aircraft interested volunteers to fill out an
(e.g., to identify passengers who present operators also are sent to Secure Flight application to determine their
lower risk and may be eligible for regarding passengers who are frequent suitability for participating in the
expedited screening). The collection flyer program members. These data also Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO)
covers: are used in Secure Flight’s risk-based Program, and deputized FFDOs to
(1) Secure Flight Passenger Data analysis and may result in a passenger submit written reports of certain
(SFPD) for passengers of covered being eligible for expedited screening. prescribed incidents.
domestic and international flights (7) Lists of low-risk individuals who
DATES: Send your comments by January
within, to, from, or over the continental are eligible for expedited screening
provided by Federal and non-federal 19, 2016. A comment to OMB is most
United States, as well as flights between effective if OMB receives it within 30
two foreign locations when operated by entities. In support of TSA Pre✓®, TSA
days of publication.
a covered U.S. aircraft operator; implemented expedited screening of
known or low-risk travelers. Federal and ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
(2) SFPD for passengers of charter invited to submit written comments on
operators and lessors of aircraft with a non-federal list entities provide TSA
with a list of eligible low-risk the proposed information collection to
maximum takeoff weight of over 12,500 the Office of Information and Regulatory
pounds; individuals to be used as part of Secure
Flight processes. Secure Flight identifies Affairs, OMB. Comments should be
(3) certain identifying information for addressed to Desk Officer, Department
non-traveling individuals that airport individuals who should receive low risk
screening and transmits the appropriate of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via
operators or airport operator points of electronic mail to oira_submission@
contact seek to authorize to enter a boarding pass printing result to the
aircraft operators. omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–6974.
sterile area at a U.S. airport, for
Both the CAPPS risk assessments and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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example, to patronize a restaurant, to
escort a minor or a passenger with the FFCWs are generated from existing Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer,
disabilities, or for another approved data within aircraft operators’ Office of Information Technology (OIT),
purpose; and reservations or other systems. The TSA–11, Transportation Security
(4) registration information critical to systemic changes required to send these
1 After further evaluation, TSA has revised the
deployment of Secure Flight, such as data to Secure Flight varies by aircraft
estimated annual burden hours in the 60-day
contact information, data format, or the operator. notice, published February 4, 2015, from 678,245 to
mechanism the covered aircraft Number of Respondents: 292. 678,295.
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| Dates | Send your comments by January 19, 2016. A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. | |
| 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] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 79067 |
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