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compromising the information that is
being stored. Access to the computer
system containing the records in this
system is limited to those individuals
who have a need to know the
information for the performance of their
official duties and who have appropriate
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RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

The Secretary of Homeland Security
has exempted this system from the
notification, access, and amendment
procedures of the Privacy Act, and the
Judicial Redress Act if applicable,
because it is a law enforcement system.
However, DHS/CBP will consider
individual requests to determine
whether or not information may be
released. Thus, individuals seeking
access to and notification of any record
contained in this system of records, or
seeking to contest its content, may
submit a request in writing to the Chief
Privacy Officer and CBP Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) Officer, whose
contact information can be found at
http://www.dhs.gov/foia under
‘‘Contacts Information.’’ If an individual
believes more than one component
maintains Privacy Act records
concerning him or her, the individual
may submit the request to the Chief
Privacy Officer and Chief FOIA Officer,
Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC 20528. Even if neither
the Privacy Act nor the Judicial Redress
Act provide a right of access, certain
records about you may be available
under the Freedom of Information Act.
When seeking records about yourself
from this system of records or any other
Departmental system of records, your
request must conform with the Privacy
Act regulations set forth in 6 CFR part
5. You must first verify your identity,
meaning that you must provide your full
name, current address, and date and
place of birth. You must sign your
request, and your signature must either
be notarized or submitted under 28
U.S.C. 1746, a law that permits
statements to be made under penalty of
perjury as a substitute for notarization.
While no specific form is required, you
may obtain forms for this purpose from
the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief
FOIA Officer, http://www.dhs.gov/foia
or (866) 431–0486. In addition, you
should:
• Explain why you believe the
Department would have information on
you;
• Identify which component(s) of the
Department you believe may have the
information about you;
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• Provide any other information that
will help the FOIA staff determine
which DHS component agency may
have responsive records;
If your request is seeking records
pertaining to another living individual,
you must include a statement from that
individual certifying his/her agreement
for you to access his/her records.
Without the above information, the
component(s) may not be able to
conduct an effective search, and your
request may be denied due to lack of
specificity or lack of compliance with
applicable regulations.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

For records covered by the Privacy
Act or covered JRA records, see ‘‘Record
Access Procedures’’ above. For records
not covered by the Privacy Act or JRA,
individuals may submit an inquiry to
the DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry
Program (DHS TRIP) at https://
www.dhs.gov/dhs-trip or the CBP INFO
CENTER at www.help.cbp.gov or (877)
227–5511 (international callers may use
(202) 325–8000 and TTY users may dial
(866) 880–6582).
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:

See ‘‘Record Access Procedures.’’
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:

The Secretary of Homeland Security,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), has
exempted this system from the
following provisions of the Privacy Act:
5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and (4); (d); (e)(1),
(e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I),
(e)(5) and (e)(8); (f); and (g).
Additionally, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1)
and (k)(2), has exempted this system
from the following provisions of the
Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3); (d);
(e)(1), (e)(4)(G), and (e)(4)(H); (e)(4)(I),
and (f). When this system receives a
record from another system exempted in
that source system under 5 U.S.C.
552a(k)(1); (k)(2); or (j)(2), DHS will
claim the same exemptions for those
records that are claimed for the original
primary systems of records from which
they originated and claims any
additional exemptions set forth here.
HISTORY:

None.
Jonathan R. Cantor,
Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2001–11120]

Intent To Request Extension From
OMB of One Current Public Collection
of Information: Imposition and
Collection of Passenger Civil Aviation
Security Service Fees
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 1652–0001,
abstracted below that we will submit to
OMB for an extension in compliance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA). 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 three fiscal years.
DATES: Send your comments by
November 20, 2017.
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:
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 will be
available at http://www.reginfo.gov
upon its submission to OMB. 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
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(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.
Consistent with the requirements of
Executive Order (EO) 13771, Reducing
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory
Costs, and EO 13777, Enforcing the
Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also
requesting comments on the extent to
which this request for information could
be modified to reduce the burden on
respondents.
Information Collection Requirement
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 air transportation
originating at airports in the United
States.
The September 11th Security Fee is
used to help defray the costs of
providing Federal services including
civil aviation security services. This
information collection requires air
carriers to submit to TSA the amount of
September 11th Security Fees an air
carrier has imposed, collected, refunded
to passengers, and remitted to TSA. The
retention of this data is necessary for
TSA to ensure the proper imposition,
collection, and regulation the Security
Fee. 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 three years. Specifically, information
collected during a given fiscal year
(October 1 through September 30) must
be retained through three subsequent
fiscal years. For example, information
collected during fiscal year 2017 must
be retained through fiscal year 2020.
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
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the amount of the fees imposed,
collected, and refunded to passengers,
and remitted to TSA. 49 CFR 1510.17.
In December 2013, the fee was
statutorily restructured to be based on
one-way trips rather than enplanements.
The statute was further amended in
December 2014 to include a round-trip
limitation on the security service fee.
TSA published two interim final rules
(IFRs) 1 to implement changes to the
regulations required by these
amendments to 49 U.S.C. 44940. Thus,
the fee is currently imposed at $5.60 per
one-way trip for air transportation
originating at an airport in the United
States, and passengers may not be
charged more than $5.60 per one-way
trip or $11.20 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 to passengers and remitted to
TSA. 49 CFR 1510.15(a).
TSA is seeking an extension 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
three fiscal years after the fiscal year in
which the information was collected.
This requirement includes retaining the
source information for the quarterly
reports remitted to TSA as well as the
calculations performed to create the
reports submitted to TSA. Should the
annual audit 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
accountant could not provide an audit
opinion. Although TSA suspended the
independent audit requirement, TSA
conducts audits of the air carriers, and
therefore, requires air carriers to retain
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and provide the same information as
required for the quarterly reports and
independent audits.
TSA has incorporated minor
adjustments to the figures used to
estimate the costs of this ICR. The
adjustments consider changes in the
number of regulated air carriers and
various administrative cost rates since
the previous extension. TSA estimates
that 195 total respondent air carriers
will each spend approximately 1 hour to
prepare and submit each quarterly
report. TSA estimates that these
respondents will incur a total of 780
hours (195 carriers × 4 quarterly reports
× 1 hour per report) to satisfy the
quarterly reporting requirements
annually.
Should TSA reinstate the audit
requirement, TSA estimates that 105 air
carriers, of the 195 total respondent
carriers that collect fees from more than
50,000 passengers annually, would be
required to submit annual audits. These
carriers would take approximately 20
hours for audit preparation, for a total
of 2,100 hours (105 carriers × 20 hours
per audit) annually.
TSA estimates 300 total responses
from all respondent air carriers (195
plus 105, should the annual audit
requirement be reinstated), with 2,880
burden hours (780 hours for quarterly
reports and 2,100 hours for audits)
annually to satisfy the quarterly report
and audit requirements.
TSA estimates that the 195 air carriers
will each incur an average cost of
$413.76 annually to satisfy the quarterly
reporting requirement. This estimate
includes $340.80 in labor for
preparation of each quarterly report (4
reports × $85.20 per hour, each
quarterly report is estimated to take 1
hour to prepare), $71.00 in annual
records storage related costs, and $1.96
for postage to submit the report (4
stamps at 49 cents each). TSA estimates
an aggregate annual cost of $80,683.20
($413.76 cost × 195 air carriers) for all
air carriers to prepare, store, and submit
quarterly reports and a cost of
$242,049.60 for the three-year extension
period requested.
Should TSA reinstate the annual
audit requirement, TSA estimates that
105 air carriers would be required to
submit annual audits and would incur
an average cost of $3,187.30 per audit.
This estimate includes $3,112.80 in
labor for preparation of each audit (20
hours per report × $155.64 per hour),
$71.00 in annual records storage related
costs, and $3.50 for postage to submit
the report. TSA estimates an aggregate
annual cost of $22,322.26 ($3,187.30
cost × 105 air carriers × .0667 likelihood
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prepare, store, and summit the annual
audit should the requirement be
reinstated and $66,966.76 for the threeyear extension period requested.
Dated: September 15, 2017.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[CIS No. 2611–17; DHS Docket No. USCIS–
2014–0004]
RIN 1615–ZB67

Extension of South Sudan 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 South
Sudan for Temporary Protected Status
(TPS) for 18 months, from November 3,
2017, through May 2, 2019. This Notice
also sets forth procedures necessary for
nationals of South Sudan (or aliens
having no nationality who last
habitually resided in South Sudan) to
re-register for TPS and to apply for
Employment Authorization Documents
(EADs) with U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS
will issue new EADs with a May 2, 2019
expiration date to eligible South Sudan
TPS beneficiaries who timely re-register
and apply for EADs under this
extension. Provided a South Sudan TPS
beneficiary timely re-registers and
properly files an application for an EAD
during the 60-day re-registration period,
his or her EAD will be automatically
extended for an additional period not to
exceed 180 days from the date the
current EAD expires, i.e., through May
1, 2018. See 8 CFR 274a.13(d)(1).
DATES: Extension of Designation of
South Sudan for TPS: The 18-month
extension of the TPS designation of
South Sudan is effective on November
3, 2017, and will remain in effect
through May 2, 2019. The 60-day reregistration period runs from September
21, 2017 through November 20, 2017.
(Note: It is important for re-registrants to
timely re-register during this 60-day

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period and not to wait until their EADs
expire.)
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 South Sudan’s TPS
designation by selecting ‘‘South Sudan’’
from the menu on the left side of the
TPS Web page.
• You can also contact Alexander
King, Branch Chief, Waivers and
Temporary Services 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) 272–8377 (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
inquiries.
• Applicants seeking information
about the status of their individual cases
can check Case Status Online, available
at the USCIS Web site at http://
www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS
National Customer Service Center at
800–375–5283 (TTY 800–767–1833).
Service is available in English and
Spanish.
• Further information will also be
available at local USCIS offices upon
publication of this Notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Abbreviations
BIA—Board of Immigration Appeals
DHS—Department of Homeland Security
DOS—Department of State
EAD—Employment Authorization Document
FNC—Final Nonconfirmation
Government—U.S. Government
IJ—Immigration Judge
INA—Immigration and Nationality Act
IER—U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights
Division, Immigrant and Employee Rights
Section (IER)
SAVE—USCIS Systematic Alien Verification
for Entitlements Program
Secretary—Secretary of Homeland Security
TNC—Tentative Nonconfirmation
TPS—Temporary Protected Status
TTY—Text Telephone
USCIS—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services

The extension allows currently
eligible TPS beneficiaries to retain TPS
through May 2, 2019, so long as they
otherwise continue to meet the
eligibility requirements for TPS. The
Secretary determined that an extension
of the current designation of South
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extraordinary and temporary conditions
that prompted the 2016 TPS
redesignation have persisted, and in
some cases deteriorated, and would
pose a serious threat to the personal
safety of South Sudanese nationals if
they were required to return to their
country. The Secretary also has
determined that permitting such South
Sudanese nationals to continue to
remain in the United States is not
contrary to the national interest of the
United States.
Through this Notice, DHS sets forth
procedures necessary for eligible
nationals of South Sudan (or aliens
having no nationality who last
habitually resided in South Sudan) to
re-register under the extension if they
already have TPS and to apply for
renewal of their EADs with USCIS.
Certain individuals may be eligible to
file a late initial application for TPS if
they meet the conditions described in 8
CFR 244.2(f)(2). Information on late
initial filing is also available on the
USCIS TPS Web site link at
www.uscis.gov/tps.
For individuals who have already
been granted TPS, the 60-day reregistration period runs from September
21, 2017 through November 20, 2017.
USCIS will issue new EADs with a May
2, 2019 expiration date to eligible South
Sudan TPS beneficiaries who timely reregister and apply for EADs under this
extension. Given the timeframes
involved with processing TPS reregistration applications, DHS
recognizes that not all re-registrants will
receive new EADs before their current
EADs expire on November 2, 2017.
However, provided a South Sudan TPS
beneficiary timely re-registers and
properly files an application for an EAD
during the 60-day re-registration period,
his or her EAD will be automatically
extended for an additional period not to
exceed 180 days from the date the
current EAD expires, i.e., through May
1, 2018. This notice 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.
Approximately 70 South Sudan TPS
beneficiaries are expected to file for reregistration under the extension.
Individuals who have a pending
initial South Sudan TPS application
will not need to file a new Application
for Temporary Protected Status (Form I–
821). DHS provides additional
instructions in this Notice for
individuals whose TPS applications
remain pending and who would like to
obtain an EAD valid through May 2,
2019.

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