82 FR 58649 - Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Imposition and Collection of Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fees

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 238 (December 13, 2017)

This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0001, 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. The collection involves air carriers and foreign air carriers maintaining an accounting system to account for the passenger civil aviation security service fees collected and reporting this information to TSA on a quarterly basis, as well as retaining the data used for these reports for three fiscal years.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58649-58650]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26866]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2001-11120]


Extension of Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB 
Review: Imposition and Collection of Passenger Civil Aviation Security 
Service Fees

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 1652-0001, 
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. The collection involves air carriers and foreign air 
carriers maintaining an accounting system to account for the passenger 
civil aviation security service fees collected and reporting this 
information to TSA on a quarterly basis, as well as retaining the data 
used for these reports for three fiscal years.

DATES: Send your comments by January 12, 2018. 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].

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: TSA published a Federal Register notice, 
with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following 
collection of information on September 21, 2017, 82 FR 44203.

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 will be 
available at http://www.reginfo.gov upon its submission to OMB. 
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.
    Consistent with the requirements of Executive Order (EO) 13771, 
Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs, and EO 13777, 
Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also requesting comments 
on the extent to which this request for information could be modified 
to reduce the burden on respondents.

Information Collection Requirement

    Title: Imposition and Collection of Passenger Civil Aviation 
Security Service Fees.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1652-0001.
    Forms(s): TSA Form 2502.
    Affected Public: Air carriers and foreign air carriers.
    Abstract: TSA regulations, 49 CFR part 1510, require air carriers 
and foreign air carriers to collect the ``September 11th Security 
Service Fee'' from passengers and to remit the fee to TSA on a monthly 
basis. Air carriers and foreign air carriers are further required to 
submit quarterly reports to TSA that provide an accounting of the fees 
imposed, collected, refunded to passengers, and remitted to TSA and to 
retain this data for three years. TSA has temporarily suspended an 
additional requirement for air carriers with over 50,000 passengers to 
submit annual audits of its fee collections and remittance; this 
requirement may be reinstated in the future. In December 2013, the fee 
was statutorily restructured to be based on one-way

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trips rather than enplanements (the statute was further amended to 
state that the fee shall be $5.60 per one-way trip or $11.20 per round 
trip.) TSA published an interim final rule (IFR) to implement changes 
to the regulations required by these amendments to 49 U.S.C. 44940. 
This information collection request covers both the quarterly reports 
and the estimated impact should annual audits be reinstated in the 
future.
    Number of Respondents: 195.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 2,880 hours annually.

    Dated: December 7, 2017.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
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