80 FR 79068 - Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Federal Flight Deck Officer Program

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 243 (December 18, 2015)

Page Range		79068-79069
FR Document		2015-31908

This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), OMB control number 1652-0011, 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 September 1, 2015, 80 FR 52779. The collection requires interested volunteers to fill out an application to determine their suitability for participating in the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) Program, and deputized FFDOs to submit written reports of certain prescribed incidents.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Federal Flight Deck Officer Program

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), OMB control number 1652-0011, 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 September 1, 2015, 80 FR 52779. The collection requires 
interested volunteers to fill out an application to determine their 
suitability for participating in the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) 
Program, and deputized FFDOs to submit written reports of certain 
prescribed incidents.

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

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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 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: Federal Flight Deck Officer Program.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0011.
    Forms(s): N/A.
    Affected Public: Volunteer pilots, flight engineers, and 
navigators.
    Abstract: The Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) Program enables 
TSA to screen, select, train, deputize, and supervise qualified 
volunteer pilots, flight engineers, and navigators to defend the flight 
decks of commercial passenger and all-cargo airliners against acts of 
criminal violence or air piracy. Information collected as the result of 
this proposal would be used to assess the eligibility and suitability 
of prospective and current FFDOs, to ensure the readiness of every 
FFDO, to administer the program, and for security purposes.
    Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 5,833 hours annually.

    Dated: December 15, 2015.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
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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
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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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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		30-day Notice.
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 79068

80 FR 79068 - Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Federal Flight Deck Officer Program

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITYTransportation Security Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 243 (December 18, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
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