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Information Collection Requirement
OMB Control Number 1652–0062;
Baseline Assessment for Security
Enhancement (BASE) Program. 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
modes of transportation that are
exercised by the Department of
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 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 Mass Transit/Passenger Rail
(MT/PR) (i.e., transit, including transit
bus) and passenger rail. However, based
on the success of the program, TSA
developed the Highway (HWY) BASE
program in 2012, with full
implementation in 2013. This
incorporated trucking, school bus
contractors, school districts, and overthe-road motor coach. This voluntary
program has served to collect and
evaluate physical and operational
preparedness information and critical
assets and key point-of-contact lists. The
program also reviews emergency
procedures and domain awareness
training and provides an opportunity to
share industry best practices.
While many MT/PR and HWY entities
have security and emergency response
plans or protocols in place, there is no
consistent approach to evaluate the
extent to which security programs exist,
nor the content of those programs. As a
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 (Nov. 25, 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.
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result, there also is 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.
The program provides TSA with
current information on adopted security
practices within the MT/PR and HWY
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 the BASE
program.
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 MT/
PR and HWY systems, throughout the
Nation. The TSIs—S receive and
document relevant information using a
standardized electronic checklist.
Advance coordination and planning
ensures the efficiency of the assessment
process. The TSIs–S review and analyze
the stakeholders’ 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, TSIs–S reviews one or more
assets of the private and/or public
owner/operator.
During BASE site visits of MT/PR and
HWY entities, TSIs—S collect
information and complete a BASE
checklist from the review of each
entity’s documents, plans, and
procedures. They also interview
appropriate entity 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.
While TSA has not set a limit on the
number of BASE program reviews to
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approximately 80 MT/PR BASE reviews
and approximately 90 HWY BASE
reviews on an annual basis. TSA does
not intend to conduct more than one
BASE review per mass transit or
passenger rail system in a single year.
TSA estimates that the hour burden per
MT/PR 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 6 hours. Thus, the total
annual hour burden for the MT/PR
BASE program review is 936 hours
annually (80 × 11.7 hours = 936 hours)
and for HWY BASE 522 hours annually
(90 × 5.8 hours = 522 hours).
Dated: April 17, 2019.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Extension of Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
Federal Flight Deck Officer Program
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces that
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0011,
abstracted below to OMB for review and
approval of an extension of the
currently approved collection under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The
ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
burden. The collection requires
interested volunteers to fill out an
application to determine their
suitability for participating in the
Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO)
Program, and deputized FFDOs to
submit written reports of certain
prescribed incidents.
DATES: Send your comments by May 22,
2019. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30
days of publication.
SUMMARY:

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Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB. Comments should be
addressed to Desk Officer, Department
of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via
electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer
Information Technology (IT), TSA–11,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
20598–6011; telephone (571) 227–2062;
email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA
published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments, of the following collection of
information on December 5, 2018, 83 FR
62879.

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ADDRESSES:

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 (E.O.) 13771, Reducing
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory
Costs, and E.O. 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
Title: Federal Flight Deck Officer
Program.
Type of Request: Extension of a
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OMB Control Number: 1652–0011.
Forms(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Volunteer pilots,
flight engineers, and navigators.
Abstract: The FFDO Program enables
TSA to screen, select, train, deputize,
and supervise qualified volunteer pilots,
flight engineers, and navigators to
defend the flight decks of commercial
passenger and all-cargo airliners against
acts of criminal violence or air piracy.
Information collected as the result of
this proposal is used to assess the
eligibility and suitability of prospective
and current FFDOs, to ensure the
readiness of every FFDO, to administer
the program, and for security purposes.
Number of Respondents: 3,000.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 3,000 hours annually.
Dated: April 17, 2019.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2005–21866]

Extension of Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
Enhanced Security Procedures at
Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces that
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0035,
abstracted below to OMB for review and
approval of an extension of the
currently approved collection under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). TSA
requires general aviation (GA) aircraft
operators who wish to fly into or out of
Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport (DCA) to designate a security
coordinator and adopt the DCA Access
Standard Security Program (DASSP).
The collection also involves obtaining
information for Armed Security Officers
(ASOs).
DATES: Send your comments by May 22,
2019. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30
days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
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the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB. Comments should be
addressed to Desk Officer, Department
of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via
electronic mail to dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer,
Information Technology (OIT), TSA–11,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
20598–6011; telephone (571) 227–2062;
email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA
published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments, of the following collection of
information on October 31, 2018, 83 FR
54760.
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 (E.O.) 13771, Reducing
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory
Costs, and E.O. 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
Title: Enhanced Security Procedures
at Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.

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