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restricted to lactose-rich environments.
Plasmids that can be used in K. lactis
are not capable of replicating to high
copy numbers. Due to the additional
containment and corresponding vastly
reduced risk to either human health or
the environment afforded by host-vector
1 systems, research with this system
will be exempt from the NIH Guidelines
unless the system is: (i) Capable of
producing a molecule that is toxic to
vertebrates; (ii) contains DNA from a
Risk Group 3 or 4 organism (see
Appendix B of the NIH Guidelines); or
(iii) will be employed for large scale (>
10 liters) experimentation.
The following new appendix (C–IV)
will be added to Appendix C of the NIH
Guidelines. The current Appendices C–
IV through C–VIII (and sub-appendices)
will be renumbered to Appendices C–V
through C–IX, respectively.

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Appendix C–IV Kluyveromyces HostVector Systems
Experiments involving Kluyveromyces
lactis host-vector systems, with the
exception of experiments listed in
Appendix C–IV–A, are exempt from the
NIH Guidelines provided laboratoryadapted strains are used (i.e. strains that
have been adapted to growth under
optimal or defined laboratory
conditions). For these exempt
experiments, BL1 physical containment
is recommended. For large-scale
fermentation experiments, the
appropriate physical containment
conditions need be no greater than those
for the host organism unmodified by
recombinant DNA techniques; the
Institutional Biosafety Committee may
specify higher containment if deemed
necessary.
Appendix C–IV–A Exceptions
The following categories are not
exempt from the NIH Guidelines: (i)
Experiments described in Section III–B,
which require NIH/OBA and
Institutional Biosafety Committee
approval before initiation; (ii)
experiments involving DNA from Risk
Groups 3, 4, or restricted organisms (see
Appendix B, Classification of Human
Etiologic Agents on the Basis of Hazard,
and Sections V–G and V–L, Footnotes
and References of Sections I through IV)
or cells known to be infected with these
agents may be conducted under
containment conditions specified in
Section III–D–2 with prior Institutional
Biosafety Committee review and
approval; (iii) large-scale experiments
(e.g., more than 10 liters of culture), and
(v) experiments involving the deliberate
cloning of genes coding for the
biosynthesis of molecules toxic for
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Containment Conditions for Cloning of
Genes Coding for the Biosynthesis of
Molecules Toxic for Vertebrates).
Additions to Appendix D of the NIH
Guidelines
In accordance with Section III–A of
the NIH Guidelines, Appendix D of the
NIH Guidelines will be modified as
follows to reflect a recent approval for
the transfer of a drug resistance trait to
a microorganism.
Appendix D–118. Dr. Harlan Caldwell
at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories may
conduct experiments to deliberately
introduce a gene encoding tetracycline
resistance into Chlamydia trachomatis
serovar L2. This approval is specific to
Dr. Caldwell and research with this
resistant organism may only occur
under the conditions as specified by the
NIH Director. This approval was
effective as of April 26, 2010.
Dated: May 6, 2011.
Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay,
Acting Director, Office of Biotechnology
Activities, National Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2001–11120]

Intent To Request Renewal From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information; Imposition and Collection
of Passenger Civil Aviation Security
Service Fees

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Comments may be e-mailed
to [email protected] or delivered to the
TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information
Technology (OIT), TSA–11,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
20598–6011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanna Johnson at the above address, or
by telephone (571) 227–3651.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:

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.

AGENCY:

Information Collection Requirement

The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on one currently approved
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0001,
abstracted below that we will submit to
OMB for renewal in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. The
collection involves 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 a six-year
rolling period.
DATES: Send your comments by July 11,
2011.

OMB Control Number 1652–0001;
Imposition and Collection of Passenger
Civil Aviation Security Service Fees. In
accordance with the Aviation
Transportation Security Act (ATSA) (49
U.S.C. 44940) and relevant TSA
Regulations (49 CFR part 1510), TSA
imposes a Passenger Civil Aviation
Security Service Fee (September 11th
Security Fee) on passengers of both
foreign and domestic air carriers (‘‘air
carriers’’) on flights originating at
airports in the United States to assist
with aviation security costs.
The September 11th Security Fee is
used to help defray the costs of
providing Federal civil aviation security
services. This information collection
requires air carriers to submit to TSA
the amount of September 11th Security
Fees they have imposed, collected,
remitted, and refunded. The retention of
this data is necessary for TSA to impose,
collect, and regulate the Security Fee.

Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day Notice.
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Additionally, TSA collects the
information to monitor carrier
compliance with the fee requirements
and for auditing purposes. Air carriers
are required to retain this information
for a six-year rolling period. For
instance, air carriers must keep the
information collected during Fiscal Year
2008 until the expiration of Fiscal Year
2014.
TSA rules require air carriers to
impose and collect the fee on
passengers, and to submit the fee to TSA
by the final day of the calendar month
following the month in which the fee
was collected. 49 CFR 1510.13. Air
carriers are further required to submit
quarterly reports to TSA, which provide
an accounting of the fees imposed,
collected, and refunded to passengers
and remitted to TSA. 49 CFR 1510.17.
The fee amount collected from each
passenger is $2.50 per enplanement
originating in the United States.
Passengers may not be charged for more
than two enplanements per one-way trip
or four enplanements per round trip. 49
CFR 1510.5.
Each air carrier that collects security
service fees from more than 50,000
passengers annually is also required
under 49 CFR 1510.15 to submit to TSA
an annual independent audit, performed
by an independent certified public
accountant, of its security service fee
activities and accounts. Although the
annual independent audit requirements
were suspended on January 23, 2003 (68
FR 3192), TSA conducts its own audits
of the air carriers. 49 CFR 1510.11.
Notwithstanding the suspension of the
audit requirements, air carriers must
establish and maintain an accounting
system to account for the security
service fees imposed, collected,
refunded and remitted. 49 CFR
1510.15(a).
TSA is seeking renewal of this
collection to require air carriers to
continue submitting the quarterly
reports to TSA, and to require air
carriers to retain the information for a
six-year rolling period. This
requirement includes retaining the
source information for the quarterly
reports remitted to TSA, and the
calculations and allocations performed
to remit reports to TSA. Should the
auditing requirement be reinstated, the
requirement would include information
and documents reviewed and prepared
for the independent audit; the
accountant’s working papers, notes,
worksheets, and other relevant
documentation used in the audit; and, if
applicable, the specific information
leading to the accountant’s opinion,
including any determination that the
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opinion. Although TSA suspended the
independent audits, TSA conducts
audits of the air carriers, and therefore,
requires air carriers to retain and
provide the same information as
required for the quarterly reports and
independent audits.
TSA estimates that 196 total
respondent air carriers will spend
approximately 1 hour per quarterly
report, for a total of 784 hours per year.
Should TSA reinstate the audit
requirement, TSA estimates that 105 air
carriers would be required to submit
annual audits, on which they would
spend approximately 20 hours for
preparation, for a total of 2,100 hours
annually. TSA estimates the total for
quarterly reports and annual audits is
2,884 hours.
For the quarterly reports and TSA’s
audits, TSA estimates that the 196 air
carriers will each incur an average cost
of $462.88 annually. This estimate
includes $100 in staff time for
preparation of the reports (at $25 per
hour, each quarterly report is estimated
to take 1 hour to prepare), $361.20 in
annual records storage related costs, and
$1.68 for postage for the report (4
stamps at 42 cents each). TSA estimates
an aggregate annual cost of $90,724.48
for the airlines to prepare, submit, and
store quarterly reports, and an aggregate
cost of $272,173.44 for the three years
of the renewal period.
Should TSA reinstate the annual
audit requirement, TSA estimates total
annual cost for this collection at
$315,000 (105 air carriers, at an
estimated rate of $150 per hour, at 20
hours per report). For the three-year
period of the renewal, TSA estimates
the total aggregate cost of the annual
audit requirement to be $945,000, and
$1,217,173.44 for the three-year
extension of both quarterly reports and
annual audits.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, May 5, 2011.
Joanna Johnson,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011–11652 Filed 5–11–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Renewal From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information: Flight Crew Self-Defense
Training—Registration and Evaluation
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.

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ACTION:

60 day Notice.

The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on one currently approved
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0028,
abstracted below that TSA will submit
to OMB for renewal in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
burden. The collection involves
requesting, name, contact information,
airline employee number, and Social
Security number (last four digits) from
flight and cabin crew members of air
carriers to verify employment status to
confirm eligibility to participate in
voluntary advanced self-defense
training provided by TSA. Eligible
training participants are flight and cabin
crew members of an airline conducting
scheduled passenger operations. See 49
U.S.C. 44918. Additionally, each
participant is asked to complete a
voluntary course evaluation form after
the training concludes.
DATES: Send your comments by July 11,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be e-mailed
to [email protected] or delivered to the
TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information
Technology (OIT), TSA–11,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
20598–6011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanna Johnson at the above address, or
by telephone (571) 227–3651.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

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

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