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Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Elaine Lewis, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Branch, National Institute
on Aging, Gateway Building, Suite 2C212,
MSC–9205, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue,
Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–402–7707
[email protected].
Name of Committee: National Institute on
Aging Special Emphasis Panel; Aerobic
Exercise and Muscle Function.
Date: March 30, 2015.
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institute on Aging,
Gateway Building, Suite 2C212, 7201
Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Elaine Lewis, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Branch, National Institute
on Aging, Gateway Building, Suite 2C212,
MSC–9205, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue,
Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–402–7707,
[email protected].
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.866, Aging Research,
National Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: February 4, 2015.
Melanie J. Gray,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Renewal From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information: Baseline Assessment for
Security Enhancement (BASE)
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
(OMB) control number 1652–0062
abstracted below that we will submit to
OMB for revision in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
TSA has combined two previouslyapproved ICRs (1652–0061 and 1652–
0062) into this single request to simplify
the collection, increase transparency,
and reduce duplicative efforts. TSA
assesses the current security practices in
the transit and passenger rail and
highway and motor carrier industries by
way of its Baseline Assessment for
Security Enhancement (BASE) program,
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interviews, and is part of the larger
domain awareness, prevention, and
protection program supporting TSA’s
and the Department of Homeland
Security’s (DHS) missions. This
voluntary collection allows TSA to
conduct transportation security-related
assessments during site visits with
surface transportation security and
operating officials.
DATES: Send your comments by April
13, 2015.
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:
Christina A. Walsh at the above address,
or by telephone (571) 227–2062.
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 re-approval of the following
voluntary information collection, TSA is
soliciting comments to—
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
information request 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
Purpose of Data Collection
Under the Aviation and
Transportation Security Act (ATSA) and
delegated authority from the Secretary
of Homeland Security, TSA has broad
responsibility and authority for
‘‘security in all modes of transportation
including security responsibilities over
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Transportation.’’ 1 TSA is required to
‘‘assess the security of each surface
transportation mode and evaluate the
effectiveness and efficiency of current
Federal Government surface
transportation security initiatives.’’ E.O.
13416, sec. 3(a) (Dec. 5, 2006). TSA is
also specifically empowered to develop
policies, strategies, and plans for
dealing with threats to transportation,2
ensure the adequacy of security
measures for the transportation of
cargo,3 oversee the implementation and
ensure the adequacy of security
measures at transportation facilities,4
and carry out other appropriate duties
relating to transportation security.5
TSA developed the Baseline
Assessment for Security Enhancement
(BASE) program in 2007, in an effort to
engage with surface transportation
entities to establish a ‘‘baseline’’ of
security and emergency response
operations. This program was initially
created for Public Transportation (PT)
BASE systems. However, based on the
success of the program, TSA developed
the Highway (HWY) BASE program in
2012, with full implementation in 2013.
This voluntary program has served to
evaluate and collect physical and
operational preparedness information
and critical assets and key point-ofcontact lists. The program also reviews
emergency procedures and domain
awareness training, and provides an
opportunity to share industry best
practices.
While many public transportation
systems have security and emergency
response plans or protocols in place,
there is no consistent approach to
evaluating the extent to which security
programs exist, nor the content of those
programs. As a result, there also are no
consistent data about these
transportation security programs, nor a
database that can be used to benchmark
the programs. The BASE program is
designed to address these issues.
1 See Public Law 107–71, 115 Stat. 597 (Nov. 19,
2001), codified at 49 U.S.C. 114(d). The TSA
Administrator’s current authorities under ATSA
have been delegated to him by the Secretary of
Homeland Security. Section 403(2) of the Homeland
Security Act (HSA) of 2002, Public Law 107–296,
116 Stat. 2315 (2002), transferred all functions of
TSA, including those of the Secretary of
Transportation and the Under Secretary of
Transportation of Security related to TSA, to the
Secretary of Homeland Security. Pursuant to DHS
Delegation Number 7060.2, the Secretary delegated
to the Assistant Secretary (now referred to as the
Administrator of TSA), subject to the Secretary’s
guidance and control, the authority vested in the
Secretary with respect to TSA, including that in sec.
403(2) of the HSA.
2 49 U.S.C. 114(f)(3).
3 49 U.S.C. 114(f)(10).
4 49 U.S.C. 114(f)(11).
5 49 U.S.C. 114(f)(15).

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Description of Data Collection
In carrying out the voluntary BASE
program, TSA’s Transportation Security
Inspectors—Surface (TSIs–S) conduct
BASE reviews during site visits with
security and operating officials of transit
(including transit bus) and passenger
rail systems, trucking, school bus
contractors, school districts, and motor
coach companies throughout the United
States, capturing and documenting
relevant information on a standardized
checklist. All BASE reviews are done on
a voluntary basis and are not regulatory
inspections. Advance coordination and
planning ensures the efficiency of the
assessment process. The TSIs–S review
and analyze the public transportation
and highway entities’ security plan, if
adopted, and determine if the mitigation
measures included in the plan are being
effectively implemented, while
providing additional resources for
further security enhancement. In
addition to examining the security plan
document, TSA reviews one or more
assets of the public transportation and
highway entities’ system.
During BASE site visits of PT and
HWY entities, TSIs–S collect
information and complete a BASE
checklist from the review PT and HWY
entities’ documents, plans, and
procedures. They also interview
appropriate PT and HWY entities
personnel and conduct system
observations prompted by questions
raised during the document review and
interview stages. TSA conducts the
interviews to ascertain and clarify
information on security measures and to
identify security gaps. The interviews
also provide TSA with a method to
encourage the surface transportation
entities participating in the BASE
reviews to be diligent in effecting and
maintaining security-related
improvements.
This program provides TSA with realtime information on current security
practices within the transit (including
transit bus), passenger rail, trucking,
school bus contractor, school district,
and motor coach modes of the surface
transportation sector. This information
also allows TSA to adapt programs to
the changing threat dynamically, while
incorporating an understanding of the
improvements surface transportation
entities make in their security posture.
Without this information, the ability of
TSA to perform its security mission
would be severely hindered.
Additionally, the relationships these
face-to-face contacts foster are critical to
TSA’s ability to reach out to the surface
transportation entities participating in
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If TSA determines information in a
completed assessment constitutes
Sensitive Security Information in
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 114(r) and 49
CFR parts 15 and 1520, TSA will protect
it in accordance with the requirements
set forth in part 1520.
Use of Results
The information collected by TSA
through BASE reviews helps to
strengthen the security of PT and HWY
entities’ security programs by
supporting security program
development (including grant
programs),6 and the analysis/evaluation
provides a consistent road map for PT
and HWY entities to address security
and emergency program vulnerabilities.
In addition, a PT or HWY entity that
undergoes a BASE review is provided
with a report of results that can be used
by the system to identify and prioritize
vulnerabilities and funding to enhance
security. The BASE reviews also will
align PT and HWY entities’ security
efforts with other TSA risk reduction
efforts and provide industry partners
corrective action options to consider by
identifying security smart practices to
share with others.
Specifically, the information collected
will be used:
1. To develop a baseline
understanding of a PT and HWY
entities’ security and emergency
management processes, procedures,
policies, programs, and activities against
security requirements and
recommended security practices
published by TSA.
2. To enhance a PT and HWY entities’
overall security posture through
collaborative review and discussion of
existing security activities,
identification of areas of potential
weakness or vulnerability, and
development of remedial
recommendations and courses of action.
3. To identify programs and protocols
implemented by PT and HWY entities
that represent an ‘‘effective’’ or ‘‘smart’’
security practice warranting sharing
with the transportation community as a
whole to foster general enhancement of
security in the transportation mode.
6 See United States Government Accountability
Office (GAO) Report to Congressional Requesters,
GAO–15–159, PUBLIC TRANSIT Federal and
Transit Agencies Taking Steps to Build Transit
Systems’ Resilience but Face Challenges, December
2014, page 10. http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/
667391.pdf. GAO reviewed transit systems’
resilience to catastrophic events. The report
examined (1) how DHS and the Department of
Transportation help transit agencies make their
systems resilient; (2) actions selected by transit
agencies take to make their systems resilient; and
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4. To inform TSA’s development of
security strategies, priorities, and
programs for the most effective
application of available resources,
including funds distributed under the
respective Federal grant programs, to
enhance security within the Nation’s
surface transportation system.
While TSA has not set a limit on the
number of BASE program reviews to
conduct, TSA estimates it will conduct
approximately 30 PT BASE reviews and
approximately 60 HWY BASE reviews
on an annual basis. TSA does not intend
to conduct more than one BASE review
per transit or passenger rail system in a
single year. TSA estimates that the hour
burden per PT entity to engage its
security and/or operating officials with
inspectors in the interactive BASE
program review process is
approximately 12 hours. Also, TSA
estimates that the hour burden per HWY
entity to engage its security and/or
operating officials with inspectors in the
interactive BASE program review
process is approximately 5 hours. Thus,
the total annual hour burden for the PT
BASE program review is 360 hours
annually (30 × 12 hours = 360 hours)
and for HWY BASE 300 hours annually
(60 × 5 hours = 300 hours).
Dated: February 5, 2015.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015–02829 Filed 2–10–15; 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: Law Enforcement Officer
Flying Armed Training
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
(OMB) control number 1652–0034,
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 collection involves the
Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS)
maintenance of a database of all Federal,
State and local law enforcement

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