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carriers are further required to submit
quarterly reports to TSA, which indicate
the amount of fees imposed, collected,
and refunded to passengers, and
remitted to TSA. See 49 CFR 1510.17.
TSA has suspended a requirement for
each air carrier that collects security
service fees from more than 50,000
passengers annually to submit to TSA
an annual independent audit, performed
by an independent certified public
accountant, of its security service fee
activities and accounts. See 49 CFR
1510.15. Although the annual
independent audit requirements were
suspended on January 23, 2003 (see 68
FR 3192), TSA conducts its own audits
of the air carriers. See 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. See 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
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 188 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 752
hours (188 carriers × 4 quarterly reports
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quarterly reporting requirements
annually.
TSA estimates 301 total responses
from all respondent air carriers (188
plus 113, should the annual audit
requirement be reinstated), with 3,012
burden hours (752 hours for quarterly
reports and 2,260 hours for audits)
annually to satisfy the quarterly report
and audit requirements.
Dated: August 29, 2024.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Extension From
OMB of One Current Public Collection
of Information: Law Enforcement
Officer Flying Armed Training
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 1652–0034,
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 the Federal Air Marshal
Service maintenance of a database of all
Federal, State, and local law
enforcement agencies that have received
the Law Enforcement Officer (LEO)
Flying Armed Training course.
DATES: Send your comments by
November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed
to [email protected] or delivered to
the TSA PRA Officer, Information
Technology (IT), 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:
SUMMARY:

Comments Invited
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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 https://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 1652–0034; Law
Enforcement Officer Flying Armed
Training. TSA is requesting approval for
the extension of the collection of this
information to comply with 49 CFR
1544.219, which requires Federal LEOs;
full-time territorial, tribal, municipal,
county, or state LEOs who are direct
employees of government agencies; and
authorized railroad police officers to
complete the LEO Flying Armed
Training course in order to fly armed.
The course is a non-tactical overview of
the conditions under which an officer
may fly armed and the required conduct
and duties of the LEO while flying
armed. This information collection
permits TSA to collect identifying
information from law enforcement
agencies requesting the LEO Flying
Armed Training course materials.
The process begins when a
representative from a law enforcement
agency electronically requests the LEO
Flying Armed Training course material
via the TSA Flying While Armed
website (https://www.tsa.gov/travel/lawenforcement). The fillable form, which
is submitted to TSA electronically, must
contain: full name of the officer, title,
phone number, email address,
employing department, work address,
supervisor’s name, supervisor’s title,
supervisor’s contact information, the
agency’s originating agency identifier,
an affirmation that the officer meets the
requirements set forth in 49 CFR
1544.219, and a brief narrative detailing
the agency’s operational need for its
officers to fly armed. Once the fillable

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form is completed, TSA receives a
notification via email. TSA vets the
request to ensure that all of the required
information has been submitted and that
the agency has a current operational
need for its officers to fly armed. If TSA
determines that the requesting agency’s
officer meets the standard set forth in 49
CFR 1544.219, TSA will electronically
send a non-disclosure agreement (NDA)
to the requesting agency for the agency’s
LEO Flying Armed instructor to sign.
Once TSA receives the signed NDA,
TSA will electronically send the LEO
Flying Armed Training course materials
to the requesting agency. TSA keeps an
electronic record of each agency that has
received LEO Flying Armed Training
course materials, including a point of
contact for that agency. If an issue arises
during the screening and verification
process regarding the authenticity of an
agency that requests training materials,
TSA will not supply training materials
until that issue has either been
confirmed or resolved, and a record of
such determination regarding
authenticity is maintained.
Upon completion of the training, a
LEO who has been authorized by his or
her agency to fly armed presents his or
her credentials and other required
information at the airport in order to fly
armed. A Transportation Security
Officer verifies all pertinent information
onsite. Based on current data, TSA
estimates there are approximately 2,000
respondents on an annual basis. Each
agency spends approximately 5 minutes
to provide the information TSA needs to
confirm the law enforcement agency is
eligible to receive the training. This
amounts to 2,000 agencies multiplied by
5 minutes, which equals 166.6 hours
(2,000 agencies × 5 min = 10,000 min
[166.6 hrs.]), for a total annual hour
burden of 167 hours.

ACTION:

30-Day notice.

Dated: August 29, 2024.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice announces that
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) has forwarded the
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0053,
abstracted below to OMB for a revision
in compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected burden. The collection
involves: applications from entities to
become Certified Cargo Screening
Facilities (CCSFs) or Third-Party
Canine-Cargo (3PK9–C) Certifiers;
security threat assessments; standard
security programs, modifications or
amendments; or standards or proposed
modified standards; recordkeeping
requirements; designation of a Security
Coordinator; and significant security
concerns.

SUMMARY:

Send your comments by October
4, 2024. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30
days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ and by using the
find function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christina A. Walsh, TSA PRA Officer,
Information Technology (IT), TSA–11,
Transportation Security Administration,
6595 Springfield Center Drive,
Springfield, VA 20598–6011; telephone
(571) 227–2062; email TSAPRA@
tsa.dhs.gov.
DATES:

TSA
published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments, of the following collection of
information on March 26, 2024, 89 FR
20991.

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Comments Invited
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY

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Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2009–0018]

Revision of Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review:
Certified Cargo Screening Standard
Security Program
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.

AGENCY:

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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 https://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—

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(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
Title: Certified Cargo Screening
Standard Security Program.
Type of Request: Revision of one
currently approved ICR.
OMB Control Number: 1652–0053.
Forms(s): The forms used for this
collection of information include Letter
of Intent (TSA Form 419A); CCSF
Profile Application (TSA Form 419B);
CCSF SSI Agreement (TSA Form 419C);
CCSF Principal Attestation (TSA Form
419D); CCSF Security Profile (TSA Form
419E); and the Security Threat
Assessment Application (TSA Form
419F).
Affected Public: The collections of
information that make up this ICR
involve entities other than aircraft
operators and include facilities
upstream in the air cargo supply chain,
such as shippers, manufacturers,
warehousing entities, distributors, third
party logistics companies, indirect air
carriers, CCSFs and 3PK9 Certifiers
located in the United States. For
purposes of this document, CCSFs refers
to both facility-based CCSFs and CCSF–
K9s.
Abstract: TSA is seeking continued
approval from OMB for the collection of
information contained in the ICR.
Section 1602 of the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007, Public Law
110–53 (121 Stat. 266, Aug. 3, 2007) (9/
11 Act) required the development of a
system to screen 100 percent of such
cargo no later than August 2010. TSA
currently requires 100 percent screening
of all cargo transported on passenger
aircraft.1 The screening of air cargo must
be in a manner approved by TSA and
be commensurate with the level of
security for the screening of passenger
checked baggage.2
TSA’s regulations for the Certified
Cargo Screening Program (CCSP) in 49
1 See
2 Id.

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49 CFR 1544.205(g) and 1546.205(g)(1).
See also 49 U.S.C. 44901(g)(2).

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