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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 236 / Monday, December 9, 2013 / Notices

Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 11,288.
Estimated Annual Cost: $1,088,000.
Dated: December 4, 2013.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2013–29283 Filed 12–6–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Passenger and Crew
Manifest
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments; Extension of an existing
information collection: 1651–0088.
AGENCY:

U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) of the Department of
Homeland Security will be submitting
the following information collection
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act: Passenger and Crew
Manifest (Advance Passenger
Information System-APIS). This is a
proposed extension of an information
collection that was previously
approved. CBP is proposing that this
information collection be extended with
no change to the burden hours. This
document is published to obtain
comments from the public and affected
agencies. This proposed information
collection was previously published in
the Federal Register (78 FR 55279) on
September 10, 2013, allowing for a 60day comment period. This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public
comments. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before January 8, 2014 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
this proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to the OMB Desk Officer for Customs
and Border Protection, Department of
Homeland Security, and sent via
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Tracey Denning,

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Regulations and Rulings, Office of
International Trade, 90 K Street NE.,
10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229–
1177, at 202–325–0265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
encourages the general public and
affected Federal agencies to submit
written comments and suggestions on
proposed and/or continuing information
collection requests pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (Pub. L. 104–
13; 44 U.S.C. 3507). Your comments
should address one of the following four
points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency/component,
including whether the information will
have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agencies/components estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collections of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
techniques or other forms of
information.
Title: Passenger and Crew Manifest
(Advance Passenger Information
System—APIS).
OMB Number: 1651–0088.
Form Number: None.
Abstract: The Advance Passenger
Information System (APIS) is an
automated method in which U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
receives information about passengers
and crew onboard inbound and
outbound international flights before
their arrival in or departure from the
United States. APIS data includes
biographical information for
international air passengers arriving in
or departing from the United States,
allowing the data to be checked against
CBP databases.
The information is submitted for both
commercial and private aircraft flights.
Specific data elements required for each
passenger and crew member include:
Full name; date of birth; gender;
citizenship; document type; passport
number; country of issuance and
expiration date; and alien registration
number where applicable.
APIS is authorized under the Aviation
and Transportation Security Act, Public
Law 107–71. Under this statute, the

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transmission of passenger and crew
manifest information is required even
for flights where the passengers and
crew have already been pre-screened or
pre-cleared at the foreign location for
admission to the United States. APIS is
required under 19 CFR 122.49a,
122.49b, 122.49c, 122.75a, 122.75b, and
122.22.
Respondents submit their electronic
manifest either through a direct
interface with CBP, or using eAPIS
which is a web-based system that can be
accessed at https://eapis.cbp.dhs.gov/.
Current Actions: This submission is
being made to request an extension with
no change to the burden hours or to the
information collected.
Type of Review: Extension with no
change.
Affected Public: Businesses,
Individuals.
Commercial Airlines:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,130.
Estimated Number of Total Annual
Responses: 1,850,878.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 307,245.
Estimated Costs: $68,361,719.
Commercial Airline Passengers (3rd
party):
Estimated Number of Respondents:
184,050,663.
Estimated Number of Total Annual
Responses: 184,050,663.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
seconds.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 496,937.
Private Aircraft Pilots:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
460,000.
Estimated Number of Total Annual
Responses: 460,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 115,000.
Dated: December 4, 2013.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2013–29282 Filed 12–6–13; 8:45 am]
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