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delayed boarding; (2) denied or delayed
entry into or departure from the United
States at a port of entry; or (3) identified
for additional (secondary) screening at
our Nation’s transportation facilities,
including airports, seaports, train
stations and land borders. The TSA
manages the DHS TRIP office on behalf
of DHS. To request redress, individuals
are asked to provide identifying
information, as well as details of their
travel experience in two surveys.
The DHS TRIP office serves as a
centralized intake office for traveler
requests for redress and uses the online
Traveler Inquiry Form (TIF) to collect
requests for redress. DHS TRIP then
passes the information to the relevant
DHS TRIP practitioner office(s),
including components of DHS, the U.S.
Department of State, and the U.S.
Department of Justice, to process the
request, as appropriate. Participating
DHS components include TSA, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services, the National Protection and
Programs Directorate’s Office of
Biometric Information Management,
Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties,
and the Privacy Office, along with the
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of
Consular Affairs, and the U.S.
Department of Justice, Terrorist
Screening Center. This collection serves
to distinguish misidentified individuals
from an individual actually on any
watch list that DHS uses, to initiate the
correction of erroneous information
about an individual contained in
government-held records, which are
leading to travel difficulties, and, where
appropriate, to help streamline and
expedite future check-in or border
crossing experiences. It also serves to
obtain information about the redress
applicants’ level of satisfaction with the
DHS TRIP application process with the
aim of using this information to identify
areas for improvement.
Due to its importance in air
transportation, the United States was
elected to the Governing Council during
the 2019 International Civil Aviation
Organization (IACO) Assembly. ICAO
creates regulations for aviation safety,
security, efficiency and regularity and
environmental protection. The
organization also creates standards to
provide uniformity in regulations,
procedures and organization in relation
to aircraft, personnel, airways, and
auxiliary services in order to improve
air navigation. TSA is revising the
information collection by aligning the
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result, the question set has been edited
to meet the standards.
DHS estimates completing the form,
and gathering and submitting the
information will take approximately one
hour. The annual respondent
population was derived from data
contained within the DHS case
management database and reflects the
actual number of respondents for the
most recent calendar year. The
estimated annual number of burden
hours for passengers seeking redress,
based on 15,000 annual respondents, is
15,000 hours (15,000 × 1 hour). DHS
estimates 10 percent of the 15,000
respondents completing the form will
complete the two surveys to share
details of their application experience.
The completion of the surveys will take
approximately 10 minutes, giving an
estimated annual number of burden
hours as 250 (1,500 × .0167). The total
estimated annual number of burden
hours for this collection is 15,250
(15,000 + 250) hours.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Revision of Agency
Information Collection Activity Under
OMB Review: 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 a revision in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
The ICR assesses the current security
practices in the mass transit/passenger
rail and highway and motor carrier
industries by way of the Baseline
Assessment for Security Enhancement
(BASE) program, which encompasses
site visits and interviews, and is part of
the larger domain awareness,
prevention, and protection program that
supports the mission of TSA and the
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TSA to conduct transportation securityrelated assessments during site visits
with security and operating officials of
certain surface transportation entities.
DATES: Send your comments by August
3, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed
to [email protected] or delivered to
the TSA PRA Officer, Information
Technology, TSA 11, Transportation
Security Administration, 6595
Springfield Center Drive, Springfield,
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 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.
Information Collection Requirement
OMB Control Number 1652–0062;
Baseline Assessment for Security
Enhancement (BASE) Program. Under
the Aviation and Transportation
Security Act 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
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 the
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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 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) (including rail
and bus operations) and passenger rail.
Based on the success of the program,
TSA developed the Highway (HWY)
BASE program in 2012, which achieved
full implementation in 2013. The HWY
BASE applies to trucking, school bus
contractors, school districts, and overthe-road motor coach. This voluntary
program enables TSA to collect and
evaluate physical and operational
preparedness information and critical
assets and key point-of-contact lists.
TSA also reviews emergency procedures
and domain awareness training and
provides an opportunity to share
industry best practices. The program
provides TSA with current information
on adopted security-practices within the
MT/PR and HWY modes of the surface
transportation sector. The information
collected also allows TSA to
dynamically adapt programs to the
changing threat with an understanding
of the improvements surface
transportation entities make in their
security posture. Without this
information, the ability for 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.
Absent this program, there would be
no consistent data about these
transportation security programs, nor a
database that could be used to
benchmark the programs. While many
MT/PR and HWY entities have security
and emergency response plans or
protocols in place, the BASE provides a
consistent approach to evaluate the
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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extent to which security programs exists
and the content of those programs.
The Government Accountability
Office, audit GA–20–404, recommended
TSA update the BASE cybersecurity
questions to ensure they reflect key
practices. As a result, TSA is revising
the collection to include all five core
functions of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology
cybersecurity framework. All core
functions and a majority of the
subcategories are amalgamated with
industry best practices in the newly
developed cybersecurity questions and
cyber annex, strengthening the
cybersecurity health for the
transportation sector.
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
conduct, TSA estimates it will conduct
approximately 75 MT/PR BASE reviews
and approximately 107 HWY BASE
reviews on an annual basis. TSA does
not intend to conduct more than one
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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 11.7 hours,
while those who choose to also take the
new cyber annex assessment will spend
17.7 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 1.8 hours, while those
who choose to also take the new cyber
annex assessment will spend 7.8 hours.
Thus, the total annual hour burden for
the MT/PR BASE program review is
1,196 hours annually and for HWY
BASE 512 hours annually.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLNM930000 L51010000.ER0000
LVRWG19G0690 19XL5017AP]

Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and
Resource Management Plan
Amendments for the SunZia Southwest
Transmission Project, New Mexico
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) New Mexico State
Office (NMSO), Santa Fe, New Mexico
(NM), intends to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
to analyze the environmental impacts
associated with SunZia’s application
seeking to amend its right-of-way grant
for the SunZia Southwest Transmission
Project. Proposed amendments to
SunZia’s right-of-way grant may require
plan amendments to the Socorro Field
Office Resource Management Plan, the
Las Cruces District Mimbres Resource
Management Plan, the Sevilleta
National Wildlife Refuge
Comprehensive Conservation Plan, and
the Cibola National Forest Land and
Resource Management Plan, which the
agencies will analyze in the EIS. BLM
NMSO is the lead agency for purposes
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) analysis with the U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service (FWS), U.S. Forest
Service (FS), National Park Service
(NPS), and other agencies serving as

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