60 Day Notice

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understanding and acceptance of
applicable policy and legal
requirements concerning access to
network resources within DHS/TSA.
Based on data observed since the
previous approval, TSA estimates that
there will be approximately 5,000
public users annually. Given this
information, the total annual hour
burden for this information collection
for all respondents is estimated to be
approximately 10,000 hours.
Dated: September 19, 2024.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2024–21792 Filed 9–23–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Intent To Request Extension From
OMB of One Current Public Collection
of Information: Sensitive Security
Information Threat Assessment
Application
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 1652–0042,
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 TSA determining whether
certain individuals seeking access to
sensitive security information (SSI) may
be granted access to the SSI.
DATES: Send your comments by
November 25, 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, 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
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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—
(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 1652–0042;
Sensitive Security Information Threat
Assessment. Section 525(d) of the
Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act of 2007 (DHS
Appropriations Act, Public Law 109–
295, 120 Stat 1382), as reenacted,
requires TSA to establish a process by
which a party seeking access to SSI in
a civil proceeding in federal district
court can make a request to receive a
record designated as SSI. TSA’s process
applies to parties who demonstrate a
substantial need for relevant SSI in the
preparation of the party’s case and
without the record, it would create an
undue hardship to obtain the substantial
equivalent of the information in the
records by other means. Under this
process, the party’s representative may
request and be granted conditional
access to the SSI at issue in the case.
This process also applies to additional
categories of individuals seeking access
to SSI. For example, they apply to
witnesses retained by a party as experts
or consultants and court reporters that
are required to record or transcribe
testimony containing specific SSI and
who do not have a current security
clearance required for access to
classified national security information
as defined by E.O. 12958, as amended.
The process is also used by a
prospective bidder to submit a proposal
in response to a Request for Proposal
(RFP) issued by TSA. TSA may request
certain SSI in order for a prospective
bidder to perfect their bid. RFPs are sent

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to an individual involved in the
performance of non-traditional
contractual agreements (for example,
bailments) or other transaction
agreements, or an individual receiving
access to SSI under 49 CFR 1520.15(e)
regarding other conditional disclosures.
Applicants seeking access to SSI in
federal district court litigation must
complete TSA Form 2817A, SSI Access
Threat Assessment Questionnaire—
Litigation. Bidders and certain other
applicants will be required to complete
TSA Form 2817B, SSI Access Threat
Assessment Questionnaire—Standard in
order to have a security threat
assessment completed before they can
receive the requested SSI. TSA will use
the information collected to conduct the
security threat assessment for the
purpose of determining whether the
provision of such access to the
information for the proceeding or other
reason presents a risk of harm to the
Nation.
This assessment includes: (1) a
fingerprint-based criminal history
records check (CHRC); (2) a name-based
check to determine whether the
individual poses or is suspected of
posing a threat to transportation or
national security, including checks
against terrorism, immigration, or other
databases TSA maintains or uses; and/
or (3) implement other procedures and
requirements for safeguarding SSI that
are satisfactory to TSA including a
professional responsibility check (for
attorneys and court reporters). Based on
the results of the security threat
assessment, TSA will make a final
determination on whether the
individual may be granted access to the
SSI.
Individuals who are members of TSA
PreCheckTM (also known as TSA Pre✓®
Application Program) may provide their
known traveler number to facilitate the
security threat assessment process. TSA
permits this use of TSA PreCheckTM
status based on a determination that the
threat assessment for TSA PreCheckTM
membership is comparable to that
required for access to SSI.
TSA estimates that the total annual
hour burden for this collection will be
275 hours, based on an estimated 256
annual respondents with a one-hour
burden per respondent, plus 7 SSI
litigant respondents with a 2.68-hour
burden per respondent.
Dated: September 19, 2024.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
Information Technology.
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