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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 110 / Friday, June 6, 2008 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2004–19147]

Intent To Request Renewal From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information: Flight Training for Aliens
and Other Designated Individuals;
Security Awareness Training for Flight
School Employees
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on an existing information
collection requirement abstracted below
that will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
renewal in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act. The
collection involves conducting
background checks for all aliens and
other designated individuals seeking
flight instruction (‘‘candidates’’) from
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)certified flight training providers.
Through the information collected, TSA
will determine whether a candidate is a
threat to aviation or national security,
and thus prohibited from receiving
flight training. Additionally, flight
training providers are required to
conduct a security awareness program
for their employees, and to maintain
records associated with this training.
DATES: Send your comments by August
5, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed
or delivered to Joanna Johnson,
Communications Branch, Business
Management Office, Operational Process
and Technology, TSA–32,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
22202–4220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanna Johnson at the above address, or
by telephone (571) 227–3651 or
facsimile (571) 227–3588.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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 Information Collection
Requirement (ICR) documentation is
available at www.reginfo.gov. Therefore,
in preparation for OMB review and

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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
1652–0021, Flight Training for Aliens
and Other Designated Individuals;
Security Awareness Training for Flight
School Employees, 49 CFR part 1552.
Pursuant to section 612 of the Vision
100—Century of Aviation
Reauthorization Act, TSA is required to
conduct background checks for all
aliens and other designated individuals
seeking flight instruction with Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA)-certified
flight training providers. In September
2004, TSA developed and implemented
these requirements at 49 CFR part 1552,
prescribing standards relating to the
security threat assessment process that
TSA conducts to determine whether
candidates are a threat to aviation or
national security and thus prohibited
from receiving flight training. The
collection of information required under
49 CFR part 1552 permits TSA to gather
candidates’ biographic information and
fingerprints, which are used to perform
the background checks. Additionally,
flight training providers are required to
conduct security awareness training for
their employees to increase awareness
of suspicious circumstances and
activities of individuals enrolling in, or
attending, flight training. The flight
training provider may use the initial
security awareness training program
offered by TSA, or an alternative initial
training program offered by a third
party, or training designed by the flight
training provider itself. Each flight
training provider employee must receive
recurrent security awareness training
each year, and flight training providers
must maintain records of the training
completed throughout the course of the
individual’s employment, and for one
year after the individual is no longer a
flight training provider employee.

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Based on the numbers of respondents
to date, TSA estimates a total of 31,000
respondents annually: 26,500
candidates and 4,500 flight training
providers.
Respondents are required to provide
the subject information every time an
alien or other designated individual
applies for pilot training as described in
the regulation, which is estimated to be
twice a year per candidate, for a total of
53,000 responses per year. In response
to comments to the interim final rule
regarding in aircraft weighing 12,500
lbs. or less, TSA delineated the types of
training events that would be subject to
the requirements. TSA specified that
candidates applying for flight training in
aircraft weighing 12,500 lbs. or less
would be subject to requirements only
if they are training towards an initial
certificate, an instrument, or multiengine training. See TSA’s clarifying
interpretation document in Docket
(Document ID: TSA–2004–19147–0337),
dated January 5, 2005, titled ‘‘Flight
Schools and Individuals Subject to 49
CFR part 1552; RE: Interpretation of
‘Flight Training’ for Aircraft with an
MTOW of 12,500 Pounds or Less and
Exemption from Certain ‘Recurrent
Training’ Information Submission
Requirements Contained in 49 CFR part
1552.’’ This clarification reduced the
number of candidates anticipated from
the original estimates made in
November 2004. In addition, 1,500 more
flight training providers have
participated in this program.
TSA estimates that it will take the
26,500 candidates 45 minutes per
application (twice per year) to provide
TSA with all of the information
required, for a total approximate
application burden of 39,750 hours per
year. Flight training providers must
keep records for five years from the time
they are created, and it is estimated each
of the 4,500 flight training providers
will carry an annual record keeping
burden of 104 hours, for a total of
468,000 hours. Thus, TSA estimates the
combined hour burden associated with
this collection to be 507,750 hours
annually.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on May 30,
2008.
Fran Lozito,
Director, Business Management Office,
Operational Process and Technology.
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