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Management System. TSA also accepts
applications by postal mail. Once TSA
approves the application, TSA allows
the regulated entity to operate as a CCSF
in accordance with a TSA-approved
security program. Prior to certification,
the CCSF must also submit to an
assessment by a TSA-approved validator
or TSA.
TSA also requires CCSFs and
validation firms to accept and
implement a standard security program
provided by TSA or to submit a
proposed modified security program to
the designated TSA official for approval.
TSA requires CCSF applicants to
ensure that individuals performing
screening and related functions under
the IFR have successfully completed a
security threat assessment (STA)
conducted by TSA. In addition, Security
Coordinators and their alternates for
CCSFs must undergo STAs. CCSFs must
submit personally identifiable
information on these individuals to TSA
so that TSA can conduct an STA.
CCSF facilities must provide
information on the amount of cargo
screened and other cargo screening
metrics at an approved facility. CCSFs
must also maintain screening, training,
and other security-related records of
compliance with the IFR and make them
available for TSA inspection.
A firm interested in operating as a
TSA-approved validation firm must also
apply for TSA approval. Thus, this ICR
also covers the following additional
collections for validation firms: (1)
Applications from entities seeking to
become TSA-approved validation firms;
(2) personal information so individuals
performing, assisting or supervising
validation assessments, and security
coordinators can undergo STAs; (3)
implementation of a standard security
program provided by TSA or
submission of a proposed modified
security program; (4) recordkeeping
requirements, including that validation
firms maintain assessment reports; and
(5) submission of validation reports
conducted by validators in TSAapproved validation firms to TSA.
The forms used for this collection of
information include the CCSF Facility
Profile Application (TSA Form 419B),
CCSF Principal Attestation (TSA Form
419D), Security Profile (TSA Form
419E), Security Threat Assessment
Application (TSA Form 419F), TSA
Approved Validation Firms Application
(TSA Form 419G), Aviation Security
Known Shipper Verification (TSA Form
419H), and the Cargo Reporting
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Estimated Burden Hours
As noted above, TSA has identified
several separate information collections
under this ICR. These collections will
affect an estimated total of 16,989
unique respondents, including the CCSP
pilot respondents, over the three years
of the PRA analysis. Collectively, these
information collections represent an
estimated average of 723,312 responses
annually, for an average annual hour
burden of 718,255 hours.
1. CCSF Application. TSA estimates
that it will receive 22,541 applications
in 3 years, for an average of 7,514
applications annually and that these
applications will require an average of
2 hours each to complete, resulting in
an annual burden of 15,028 hours (7,514
× 2).
2. Validation Firm Applications. TSA
estimates that it will receive 83
applications in 3 years, for an average of
28 applications annually. Each
application will require an average of 30
minutes to complete, resulting in an
annual burden of 14 hours (28 × 0.5) on
the validation firms.
3. STA Applications. All CCSP
participants subject to 49 CFR parts
1544, 1546, 1548, and 1549, as well as
TSA-approved validation firms, will be
required to have certain employees
undergo security threat assessments
(STAs). TSA estimates it will receive a
total of 937,300 applications in 3 years,
for an average of 312,433 applications
annually. STA application requirements
result in an annual burden of
approximately 78,108 (312,433 × 0.25).
4. Security Programs. TSA estimates
that a total 16,989 CCSFs and validation
firms will be required to maintain and
update their security programs. Each
firm will devote approximately 4 hours
each annually, beginning in the second
year, updating their security programs.
TSA estimates 31,589 security program
updates in the first three years for an
average of 10,530 updates per year. The
annual hour burden is 42,119 (10,530 ×
4).
5. Recordkeeping requirements. All
CCSFs and validation firms, or 16,989,
will be required to maintain records of
compliance with the IFR. TSA estimates
a time burden of approximately five
minutes annually per employee who is
required to have an STAto file training
records and other records of
compliance. This includes validation
firm filings of validation assessment
reports, resulting in a total of 937,300
record updates in the first three years
for an average of 312,433 record updates
per year. TSA estimates an annual
burden of approximately 25,932 hours
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6. Validation Assessment Reports.
TSA estimates it will take individual
validators four hours to write up a
validation report. In addition, TSA
estimated this will result in 5,635
validations being completed annually,
resulting in an annual burden of 22,541
hours (5.635 × 4).
7. Cargo Reporting. TSA estimates
that all CCSFs will complete monthly
cargo volume reports at an estimated
time of one hour per week. The average
annual responses, based on one
response per firm per month, are 67,624
(5,635 × 12). The estimated annual
burden is 293,037 hours (5,646 × 52).
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on October 7,
2010.
Joanna Johnson,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2004–19515]

Intent To Request Renewal From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information: Air Cargo Security
Requirements
AGENCY: Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day notice.
SUMMARY: The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on one currently approved
Information Collection Request (ICR),
OMB control number 1652–0040,
abstracted below that we will submit to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for renewal in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. The
collections of information that make up
this ICR involve five broad categories
affecting airports, passenger aircraft
operators, foreign air carriers, indirect
air carriers operating under a security
program, and all-cargo carriers: Security
programs, security threat assessments
(STA), known shipper data via the
Known Shipper Management System
(KSMS), cargo screening reporting, and
evidence of compliance recordkeeping.
TSA seeks continued OMB approval in
order to secure passenger aircraft
carrying cargo as authorized in the
Aviation and Transportation Security
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DATES: Send your comments by
December 13, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be e-mailed
to [email protected] or delivered to the
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
Officer, Office of Information
Technology (OIT), TSA–40,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
20598–6040.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please e-mail
[email protected] with questions or
comments.
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.

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Information Collection Requirement
OMB Control Number 1652–0040 Air
Cargo Security requirements, 49 CFR
parts 1540, 1542, 1544, 1546, and 1548.
TSA is seeking renewal of an expiring
collection of information. Congress set
forth in the Aviation and Transportation
Security Act (ATSA), Public Law 107–
71, two specific requirements for TSA in
the area of air cargo security: (1) To
provide for screening of all property,
including U.S. mail, cargo, carry-on and
checked baggage, and other articles, that
will be carried aboard a passenger
aircraft; and (2) to establish a system to
screen, inspect, report, or otherwise
ensure the security of all cargo that is to
be transported in all-cargo aircraft as
soon as practicable. In the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007, Public Law
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percent of cargo transported on
passenger aircraft be screened by
February 2009, and 100 percent of such
cargo be screened by August 2010.
Collection of information associated
with the 9/11 Act requirements fall
under OMB control number 1652–0053.
While aviation security requirements
have greatly reduced the vulnerability of
the air cargo system, TSA, in
cooperation with industry stakeholders,
identified additional gaps in the existing
cargo security requirements that must be
filled to reduce the likelihood of cargo
tampering or unauthorized access to the
aircraft with malicious intent. TSA must
proceed with this ICR for this program
in order to meet the Congressional
mandates and current regulations (49
CFR 1542.209, 1544.205, 1546.205, and
part 1548) that enable them to accept,
screen, and transport air cargo. The
uninterrupted collection of this
information will allow TSA to continue
to ensure implementation of these vital
security measures for the protection of
the traveling public.
Data Collection
This information collection requires
the ‘‘regulated entities,’’ which may
include passenger and all-cargo aircraft
operators, foreign air carriers, and
indirect air carriers (IACs), to
implement a standard security program
or to submit modifications to TSA for
approval, and update such programs as
necessary. The regulated entities must
also collect personal information and
submit such information to TSA so that
TSA may conduct security threat
assessments (STA) on individuals with
unescorted access to cargo. This
includes each individual who is a
general partner, officer or director of an
IAC or an applicant to be an IAC, and
certain owners of an IAC or an applicant
to be an IAC; and any individual who
has responsibility for screening cargo
under 49 CFR parts 1544, 1546, or 1548.
Aircraft operators and foreign air
carriers must report the volume of
accepted and screened cargo transported
on passenger aircraft. Further, TSA will
collect identifying information for both
companies and individuals whom
aircraft operators, foreign air carriers,
and IACs have qualified to ship cargo on
passenger aircraft, also referred to as
‘‘known shippers.’’ This information is
primarily collected electronically via
the Known Shipper Management
System (KSMS). Whenever the
information cannot be entered on
KSMS, the regulated entity must
conduct a physical visit of the shipper
using the Aviation Security Known
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KSMS. These regulated entities must
also maintain records including records
pertaining to security programs,
training, and compliance. The forms
used in this collection of information
include the Aviation Security Known
Shipper Verification Form, Cargo
Reporting Template, and the Security
Threat Assessment Application.
Estimated Burden Hours
The hour burden associated with the
initial submission of security programs
is estimated by TSA to be 4 hours for
each of the 152 new aircraft operator,
foreign air carrier and IAC average
annual regulated entites for an average
annual hour burden of 606 hours.
The hour burden associated with the
security program updates is estimated
by TSA to be 4 hours for each of the
4,509 aircraft operators, foreign air
carriers, and IACs for an average annual
hour burden of 18,036 hours. TSA
estimates one percent of IACs (42) will
file an appeal at 5 hours per appeal for
an average annual hour burden of 210
hours.
For the STA requirement, based on a
15-minute estimate for each of the
average 40,003 annual responses, TSA
estimates that the average annual
burden will be 10,001 hours.
For the Known Shipper Management
System (KSMS), given that the IAC or
aircraft operator must input a name,
address, and telephone number, TSA
estimates it will take 2 minutes for the
792,000 electronic submissions for a
total annual burden of 26,400 hours.
Also for KSMS, TSA estimates it will
take one hour for the 8,000 manual
submissions for a total annual burden of
8,000 hours.
TSA estimates out of the 480 total
aircraft operators and foreign air carriers
impacted by TSA regulations, 135
aircraft operators and foreign air carriers
will submit cargo screening reporting
information because not all aircraft
operators and foreign air carriers
transport cargo. TSA estimates this will
take an estimated one hour per week (52
hours per year) for a total average
annual burden of 6,994 hours. For
recordkeeping, based on a 5-minute
estimate for each of the 40,003 average
annual responses, TSA estimates that
the total average annual burden will be
3,320 hours.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on October 7,
2010.
Joanna Johnson,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
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