60 Day Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 12, 2017 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Revision From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information: Flight Crew Self-Defense
Training—Registration and Evaluation
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 1652–0028,
abstracted below, that we will submit to
OMB for revision in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
burden. The collection involves
requesting information from flight and
cabin crew members of air carriers to
verify employment status to confirm
eligibility to participate in voluntary
advanced self-defense training provided
by TSA. Each crew member will also be
required to complete an electronic
Injury Waiver Form. Additionally, each
participant is asked to complete an
anonymous course evaluation at the
conclusion of the training.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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
made 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
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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 1652–0028,
Flight Crew Self-Defense Training—
Registration and Evaluation. TSA is
seeking a revision of the ICR, currently
approved under OMB control number
1652–0028, to continue compliance
with a statutory mandate. Under 49
U.S.C. 44918(b), TSA is required to
develop and provide a voluntary
advanced self-defense training program
for flight and cabin crew members of air
carriers providing scheduled passenger
air transportation.
TSA must collect specific information
in order to provide the program to
eligible participants as well as assess
training quality. This information
includes limited biographical
information from flight and cabin crew
members to confirm their eligibility to
participate in this training. TSA uses the
information to confirm the eligibility of
the participant by contacting the
participant’s employer.
TSA currently collects the following
information at the time of registration
online: Name of the crew member,
airline affiliation, position, crew
member airline identification (ID)
number, crew member contact
information (home mailing address, last
four digits of the crew member’s social
security number (SSN), home telephone
number and/or email address), and the
city and state of the TSA Office of Law
Enforcement/Federal Air Marshals
Service (OLE/FAMS) field office where
the course will be taken. Upon attending
class, crew members are asked to show
ID to verify their identity against
registration records and to sign the class
attendance roster. TSA also asks
trainees to complete a voluntary TSA
training evaluation form. Trainees are

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not required to identify themselves on
the evaluation form.
TSA is revising this information
collection to no longer include the
collection of the last four digits of the
SSN from crew members. TSA is also
revising this information collection to
include an electronic Injury Waiver
Form. Each crew member will be asked
to complete an Injury Waiver Form
during the registration process, or before
the training is conducted. The Injury
Waiver Form requests the employee’s
airline, airline ID number, signature,
and date, and is intended to limit any
liability to TSA or its facilities should
a crew member become injured during
the training. Further, TSA is revising the
information collection to update the
attendance roster to add a ‘‘training
complete’’ column. Finally, TSA is
revising the information collection to
replace the evaluation form with an
electronic feedback tab. At the
completion of the course, participants
may assess the quality of the training
off-site, on their own time, by clicking
on the electronic feedback link, located
on the registration site, to provide their
anonymous and voluntary comments.
This revision is necessary so that TSA
may continue to provide the program to
eligible participants as well as assess
training quality.
The estimated number of annual
respondents is 3,400 and estimated
annual burden is 595 hours. TSA plans
to graduate at least 1,700 crew members
during each year of the program, an
increase of 700 from the 2015 ICR
submission. TSA estimates, the online
registration requires five (5) minutes
and the injury waiver and class roster
sign-in process requires one (1) minute
per crew member. This amounts to
311.67 hours [(3,400 crew members × 5
minutes) + (1,700 crew members × 1
minute)]. Although utilizing the course
Feedback tab is strictly voluntary, TSA
estimates ten (10) minutes per crew
member for those who complete the
evaluation. Assuming everyone
participates, this amounts to a total of
283.33 hours (1,700 crew members × 10
minutes). TSA estimates the total
annual hours for this information
collection to be 595 hours (311.67 +
283.33).
Dated: December 6, 2017.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
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