81 FR 85241 - Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 227 (November 25, 2016)

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will hold a meeting of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) on Monday, December 5, 2016, to discuss issues listed in the ``Meeting Agenda'' section below. This meeting will be open to the public as stated in the Summary section below.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 227 (Friday, November 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85241-85243]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28299]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2011-0008]


Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) Meeting

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: Committee management; notice of Federal Advisory committee 
meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will hold a 
meeting of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) on Monday, 
December 5, 2016, to discuss issues listed in the ``Meeting Agenda'' 
section below. This meeting will be open to the public as stated in the 
Summary section below.

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DATES: The Committee will meet on Monday, December 5, 2016, from 1:00 
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. This meeting may end early if all business is 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at TSA Headquarters, 601 12th 
Street South, Arlington, VA 20598-6028.
    We invite your comments on the items listed in the ``Meeting 
Agenda'' section below. You may submit comments on these items, 
identified by the TSA docket number to this action (Docket No. TSA-
2011-0008), 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 the 
TSA's official regulatory dockets, will scan the submission and post it 
to FDMS.
    For other applicable information on the meeting, comment 
submissions, facilities, or services, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Walter, Aviation Security 
Advisory Committee Designated Federal Official, Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA-28), 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 20598-
6028, [email protected], 571-227-2645.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited

    TSA invites interested persons to participate in this action by 
submitting written comments, data, or views on the issues to be 
considered by the committee as listed in the ``Meeting Summary'' 
section below. We also invite comments relating to the economic, 
environmental, energy, or federalism impacts that might result from the 
agenda items to be discussed at the meeting. See ADDRESSES above for 
information on where to submit comments.
    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 item of the 
meeting agenda or 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 all comments to our docket address, as well as items 
sent to the address or email under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, in 
the public docket, except for comments containing confidential 
information and Sensitive Security Information (SSI),\1\ as that term 
is defined under 49 U.S.C. 114(r) and 49 CFR part 1520. Should you wish 
your personally identifiable information redacted prior to filing in 
the docket, please so state. TSA will consider all comments that are in 
the docket on or before the closing date for comments and will consider 
comments filed late to the extent practicable. All comments, however, 
will become part of the committee record. The docket is available for 
public inspection before and after the comment closing date. Submit 
comments by November 28, 2016, on issues listed in the ``Meeting 
Agenda'' section below.
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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 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 trade secrets, confidential commercial 
or financial information, or SSI should be appropriately marked as 
containing such information and submitted by mail to the address listed 
in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    TSA will not place comments containing SSI 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 explaining that commenters have submitted such documents. 
TSA may include a redacted version of the comment in the public docket. 
If an individual requests 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 (5 U.S.C. 552) and DHS's Freedom of 
Information Act 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 in any of our dockets by the name of the individual who 
submitted the comment (or signed the comment, if an association, 
business, labor union, etc., submitted the comment). 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 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 
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 Committee Documents

    You can get an electronic copy using the Internet by--
    (1) Searching for the key words ``Aviation Security Advisory 
Committee'' on the electronic Federal Docket Management System Web page 
at http://www.regulations.gov; or
    (2) Accessing the Government Printing Office's Web page at http://www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR to view 
the daily published Federal Register edition; or accessing the ``Search 
the Federal Register by Citation'' in the ``Related Resources'' column 
on the left, if you need to do a Simple or Advanced search for

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information, such as a type of document that crosses multiple agencies 
or dates.
    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 action.

Summary

    Notice of this meeting is given in accordance with the Aviation 
Security Stakeholder Participation Act, codified at 49 U.S.C. 44946. 
Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44946(f), the Aviation Security Advisory 
Committee is exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.). The committee provides advice and recommendations for improving 
aviation security measures to the Administrator of TSA.
    The meeting will be open to the public and will focus on items 
listed in the ``Meeting Agenda'' section below. Members of the public, 
and all non-ASAC members and non-TSA staff must register in advance 
with their full name and date of birth to attend. Due to space 
constraints the meeting is limited to 75 people, including ASAC members 
and staff, on a first to register basis. Attendees are required to 
present government-issued photo identification to verify identity.
    In addition, members of the public must make advance arrangements, 
as stated below, to present oral or written statements specifically 
addressing issues pertaining to the items listed in the ``Meeting 
Agenda'' section below. The public comment period will begin at 
approximately 3:00 p.m., depending on the meeting progress. Speakers 
are requested to limit their comments to three minutes. Contact the 
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section no later 
than November 28, 2016, to register to attend the meeting and/or to 
present oral or written statements addressing issues pertaining to the 
items listed in the ``Meeting Agenda'' section below. Anyone in need of 
assistance or a reasonable accommodation for the meeting should contact 
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

Meeting Agenda

    The Committee will meet to discuss items listed in the agenda 
below:

 Aviation Security Act implementation update:
    [cir] Sec. 3304(a)(4): TSA Staffing and Resource Allocation--Best 
practices for checkpoint optimization
    [cir] Sec. 3407(a): Inspections and Assessments--Model and best 
practices for unescorted access security
    [cir] Sec. 3501(a)-(c): Checkpoints of the Future--More efficient 
and effective passenger screening processes
 Subcommittee briefing on calendar year 2016 activities, key 
issues and areas of focus for calendar year 2017:
    [cir] Commercial airports
    [cir] International aviation
    [cir] Air cargo
    [cir] General aviation
    [cir] Security Technology
 REAL ID Act of 2005 implementation update
 Discussion of the 2017 Committee Agenda


    Dated: November 16, 2016.
Eddie D. Mayenschein,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Security Policy and Industry 
Engagement.
[FR Doc. 2016-28299 Filed 11-23-16; 8:45 am]
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