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trips rather than enplanements (the
statute was further amended to state that
the fee shall be $5.60 per one-way trip
or $11.20 per round trip.) TSA
published an interim final rule (IFR) to
implement changes to the regulations
required by these amendments to 49
U.S.C. 44940. This information
collection request covers both the
quarterly reports and the estimated
impact should annual audits be
reinstated in the future.
Number of Respondents: 195.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 2,880 hours annually.
Dated: December 7, 2017.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Approval From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information: Screening Partnership
Program (SPP)
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 1652–0064,
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 an application completed by
airports desiring to opt-out of passenger
and baggage security screening
performed by federal employees,
preferring a qualified private screening
company to perform security screening
functions under a contract entered into
with TSA.
DATES: Send your comments by
February 12, 2018.
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.

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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 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
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.
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 1652–0064;
Screening Partnership Program (SPP).
TSA’s SPP (codified as amended at 49
U.S.C. 44920) 1 enables commercial
airports to apply for a qualified private
screening company, under contract with
TSA, to provide passenger and baggage
security screening services, rather than
Federal employees. An authorized
representative of the airport or airport
owner submits a copy of the SPP
application to the airport’s TSA Federal
Security Director (FSD) to begin the
application process.
Purpose and Description of Data
Collection
The application process is the initial
notification to TSA of an airport’s desire
to opt-out of the security screening
provided by TSA Federal employees.
1 The Aviation and Transportation Security Act
(ATSA), Public Law 107–71, sec. 108 (115 Stat. 597,
611, Nov. 19, 2001).

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The SPP application collects the
following from each airport seeking to
participate in SPP:
• Basic airport information: Airport
name, FAA identifier, and airport
operating authority.
• Authorized Requestor information:
Name, position, primary and alternate
phone number, mailing address and
email address.
• An indication of whether or not the
airport authority desires to provide its
own private security screening services.
• A recommendation on which
private screening company should
perform the screening function and the
basis for the recommendation.
• Information on any major activities
scheduled to occur at the airport within
the next 18 months that could impact
the transition from Federal screening to
private screening (for example, major
construction).
• Optional information may be
provided to support the consideration of
their application.
Use of the Information
TSA will acknowledge receipt of the
application, review for completeness,
and provide an official response within
120 days from the date of
acknowledgement. The application
contains no personally identifiable
information, sensitive security
information, or classified information,
so no special handling or protection is
required.
TSA currently has a screening
presence at approximately 450 airports,
of which 22 airports are participating in
SPP, an increase from the 18 airports
that participated in 2014. The annual
burden for the information collection
related to SPP is estimated to be 30
minutes (0.5 hours). While TSA
estimates that only two airports will
respond annually, it is presumed that
ten or more airports could respond. The
agency estimates that each respondent
airport will spend approximately onequarter (.25) hour to complete the
application for a total burden of one-half
hour (0.50 hours). TSA does not require
the airports to maintain records of the
application submission. However, if the
airport chooses to do so, the burden
associated with this action is
anticipated to be minimal.
Dated: December 7, 2017.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
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