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portal or by responding in writing to the
survey questions on the customer
satisfaction card and depositing the card
in a drop-box at the airport or using U.S.
mail; TSA personnel decide the method
by which passengers will be asked to
complete and return the survey. TSA
uses the intercept methodology to
randomly select passengers to complete
the survey in an effort to gain survey
data representative of all passenger
demographics—including passengers
who—
• Travel on weekdays or weekends;
• Those who travel in the morning,
mid-day, or evening;
• Those who pass through each of the
different security screening locations in
the airport;
• Those who are subject to more
intensive screening of their baggage or
person; and
• Those who experience different
volume conditions and wait times as
they proceed through the security
checkpoints.
The survey includes 10 to 15 questions.
Each question promotes a quality
response so that TSA can identify areas
in need of improvement. All questions
concern aspects of the passenger’s
security screening experience.
TSA collects this information in order
to continue to assess customer
satisfaction in an effort to more
efficiently manage TSA employee
performance. In its future surveys, TSA
wishes to obtain more detailed, airportspecific data that TSA will use to
enhance customer experiences and TSA
employee performance. In order to gain
more detailed information regarding
customer experiences, TSA is
submitting 84 questions to OMB for
approval. Eighty-one questions have
been previously approved by OMB and
three questions are being submitted to
OMB for the first time. The new
questions will allow TSA to better
measure customer satisfaction with
Risk-Based Security, an effort to focus
TSA resources and improve the
passenger experience at security
checkpoints by applying new
intelligence-driven, risk-based screening
procedures and enhancing the use of
technology. Since there are some
passengers who present a low level of
risk, Risk-Based Security allows TSA to
focus resources on higher-risk or
unknown travelers, thereby increasing
the level of security.
Each survey question seeks to gain
information regarding one of the
following categories:
• Confidence in Personnel
• Confidence in Screening Equipment
• Confidence in Security Procedures

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Convenience of Divesting
Experience at Checkpoint
Satisfaction with Wait Time
Separation from Belongings
Separation from Others in Party
Stress Level
TSA personnel use a random method
to select passengers to voluntarily
participate in the survey until TSA
obtains the desired sample size. The
samples may be selected with one
randomly selected time and location or
span multiple times and locations.
Designated TSA personnel at each
airport may choose one or more of the
following sample methods when
planning the survey, which include a
business card that directs customers to
an online portal, a customer satisfaction
card with survey questions on the card,
or a customer satisfaction card with
survey questions on the card and a link
to the online portal. All responses are
voluntary and there is no burden on
passengers who choose not to respond.
TSA personnel at airports have the
capability to conduct this survey. We
estimate that TSA personnel at 25
airports will conduct the survey each
year. Based on prior survey data and
research, TSA assumes a maximum
volume for the survey would be 1,000
surveys per airport. We assume the
burden on passengers who choose to
respond to be approximately five
minutes per respondent. Therefore,
1,000 surveys × 25 airports = 25,000
respondents a year, the total burden is
25,000 × 5 = 125,000 minutes, or 2,083.3
hours per year.

Dated: May 23, 2013.
Susan L. Perkins,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2013–12778 Filed 5–29–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2006–24191]

Intent To Request Renewal From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information: Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC)
Program
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:

The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on one currently approved
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget

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(OMB) control number 1652–0047,
abstracted below that we 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 Office of Management and
Budget approved the collection of
information for six months and TSA
now seeks the maximum three-year
approval. The collection involves the
submission of identifying and other
information by individuals applying for
a TWIC and a customer satisfaction
survey.
DATES: Send your comments by July 29,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed
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:
Susan L. Perkins at the above address,
or by telephone (571) 227–3398.
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.
Information Collection Requirement
OMB Control Number 1652–0047;
Transportation Worker Identification
Credential (TWIC) Program. TSA
developed the Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC)
program to mitigate threats and
vulnerabilities in the national

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transportation system. TWIC is a
common credential for all personnel
requiring unescorted access to secure
areas of facilities and vessels regulated
under the Maritime Transportation
Security Act (MTSA) and all mariners
holding U.S. Coast Guard (Coast Guard)
credentials. Before issuing an individual
a TWIC, TSA performs a security threat
assessment, which requires TSA to
collect certain personal information
such as name, address, and date of birth.
Applicants are also required to provide
fingerprints and undergo a criminal
history records check.
The program implements authorities
set forth in the Aviation and
Transportation Security Act (ATSA)
(Pub. L. 107–71; Nov. 19, 2002; sec.
106), the Maritime Transportation
Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) (Pub. L.
107–295; Nov. 25, 2002; sec. 102), and
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A
Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU) (Pub.
L. 109–59; Aug. 10, 2005; sec. 7105),
codified at 49 U.S.C. 5103a(g). TSA and
the U.S. Coast Guard issued a joint
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
on May 22, 2006, 71 FR 29396. After
consideration of public comments on
the NPRM, TSA issued a joint final rule
with the Coast Guard on January 25,
2007 (72 FR 3492), applicable to the
maritime transportation sector that
would require this information
collection.
TSA collects data from applicants
during an optional pre-enrollment step
or during the enrollment session at an
enrollment center. TSA will use the
information collected to conduct a
security threat assessment, which
includes: (1) a criminal history records
check; (2) a check of intelligence
databases; and (3) an immigration status
check. TSA invites all TWIC applicants
to complete an optional survey to gather
information on the applicants’ overall
customer satisfaction with the
enrollment process. This optional
survey is administered by a Trusted
Agent (a representative of the TWIC
enrollment contractor, who performs
enrollment functions) during the
process to activate the TWIC. These
surveys are collected at each enrollment
center and compiled to produce reports
that are reviewed by the contractor and
TSA. The current estimated annualized
hour burden is 829,774 hours and the
estimated annualized cost burden is
$47,633,777.

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Dated: May 23, 2013.
Susan L. Perkins,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2013–12777 Filed 5–29–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[CIS No. 2533–13; DHS Docket No. USCIS–
2007–0028]
RIN 1615–ZB20

Extension of the Designation of El
Salvador for Temporary Protected
Status
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Through this Notice, the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) announces that the Secretary of
Homeland Security (Secretary) is
extending the designation of El Salvador
for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
for 18 months from September 10, 2013
through March 9, 2015.
The extension allows currently
eligible TPS beneficiaries to retain TPS
through March 9, 2015 so long as they
otherwise continue to meet the terms
and conditions of TPS status. The
Secretary has determined that an
extension is warranted because the
conditions in El Salvador that prompted
the TPS designation continue to be met.
There continues to be a substantial, but
temporary, disruption of living
conditions in El Salvador resulting from
a series of earthquakes in 2001, and El
Salvador remains unable, temporarily,
to handle adequately the return of its
nationals.
Through this Notice, DHS also sets
forth procedures necessary for nationals
of El Salvador (or aliens having no
nationality who last habitually resided
in El Salvador) to re-register for TPS and
to apply for renewal of their
Employment Authorization Documents
(EADs) with U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS). Reregistration is limited to persons who
have previously registered for TPS
under the designation of El Salvador
and whose applications have been
granted. Certain nationals of El Salvador
(or aliens having no nationality who last
habitually resided in El Salvador) who
have not previously applied for TPS
may be eligible to apply under the late

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initial registration provisions, if they
meet: (1) At least one of the late initial
filing criteria and (2) all TPS eligibility
criteria (including continuous residence
in the United States since February 13,
2001, and continuous physical presence
in the United States since March 9,
2001).
For individuals who have already
been granted TPS under the El Salvador
designation, the 60-day re-registration
period runs from May 30, 2013 through
July 29, 2013. USCIS will issue new
EADs with a March 9, 2015 expiration
date to eligible Salvadoran TPS
beneficiaries who timely re-register and
apply for EADs under this extension.
Given the timeframes involved with
processing TPS re-registration
applications, DHS recognizes that not
all re-registrants will receive new EADs
before their current EADs expire on
September 9, 2013. Accordingly,
through this Notice, DHS automatically
extends the validity of EADs issued
under the TPS designation of El
Salvador for 6 months, from September
9, 2013 through March 9, 2014, and
explains how TPS beneficiaries and
their employers may determine which
EADs are automatically extended and
their impact on Employment Eligibility
Verification (Form I–9) and the E-Verify
processes.
DATES: The 18-month extension of the
TPS designation of El Salvador is
effective September 10, 2013, and will
remain in effect through March 9, 2015.
The 60-day re-registration period runs
from May 30, 2013 through July 29,
2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
• For further information on TPS,
including guidance on the application
process and additional information on
eligibility, please visit the USCIS TPS
Web page at http://www.uscis.gov/tps.
You can find specific information about
this extension of El Salvador for TPS by
selecting ‘‘TPS Designated Country: El
Salvador’’ from the menu on the left of
the TPS Web page.
• You can also contact the TPS
Operations Program Manager at the
Family and Status Branch, Service
Center Operations Directorate, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services,
Department of Homeland Security, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2060; or by
phone at (202) 272–1533 (this is not a
toll-free number). Note: The phone
number provided here is solely for
questions regarding this TPS notice. It is
not for individual case status updates.
• Applicants seeking information
about the status of their individual cases
can check Case Status Online, available

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