Intent To Request Revision From OMB of One Current Public Collection of Information: Flight Training Security

CourtHomeland Security Department,Transportation Security Administration
Citation86 FR 47507
Record Number2021-18225
SectionNotices
Published date25 August 2021
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 162 (Wednesday, August 25, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 25, 2021)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 47507-47508]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2021-18225]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
                Transportation Security Administration
                [Docket No. TSA-2004-19147]
                Intent To Request Revision From OMB of One Current Public
                Collection of Information: Flight Training Security
                AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
                ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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                SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites
                public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request
                (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0021,
                that we will submit to OMB for a 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
                information necessary to conduct security threat assessments for all
                non-U.S. citizens, non-U.S. nationals, and other designated individuals
                seeking flight instruction (``candidates'') from Federal Aviation
                Administration (FAA)-certified flight training providers. Pursuant to
                statute, TSA will use the information collected to determine whether a
                candidate poses or is suspected of posing a threat to aviation or
                national security, and is thus prohibited from receiving flight
                training. Additionally, flight training providers are required to
                conduct a security awareness training program for their employees and
                to maintain records associated with this training.
                DATES: Send your comments by October 25, 2021.
                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:
                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 1652-0021, Flight Training Security. Under 49
                CFR part 1552, TSA conducts security threat assessments for all non-
                U.S. citizens, non-U.S. nationals, and other designated individuals
                seeking flight instruction with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-
                certified flight training providers.\1\ The purpose of this requirement
                is to ensure flight training candidates do not pose a threat to
                aviation or national security and thus can be permitted to receive
                flight training. The collection of information required under 49 CFR
                part 1552 includes candidates' biographic information and fingerprints,
                which TSA uses to perform the security threat assessment.
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                 \1\ See also 49 U.S.C. 44939.
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                 Additionally, flight training providers are required to maintain
                records of security awareness training provided to their employees. See
                subpart B of 49 CFR part 1552. This training, which is
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                intended to increase awareness of suspicious circumstances and
                activities of individuals enrolling in, or attending, flight training,
                must be provided to certain employees within 60 days of being hired and
                on an annual recurring basis. The flight training providers must
                maintain records of the training completed throughout the course of the
                individual's employment, and for one year after the individual is no
                longer a flight training provider employee.
                 In accordance with the President's intent,\2\ TSA is revising the
                information collection by changing the name of the collection from
                ``Flight Training for Aliens and Other Designated Individuals; Security
                Awareness Training for Flight School Employees'' to ``Flight Training
                Security.'' TSA and other DHS components have already begun using
                alternative terminology to ``alien'' in documentation and systems.
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                 \2\ Fact Sheet: President Biden Sends Immigration Bill to
                Congress as Part of His Commitment to Modernize our Immigration
                System [bond] The White House.
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                 TSA estimates a total of 39,496 respondents annually: 19,869 flight
                training candidates and 19,627 flight training providers. Respondents
                are required to provide the subject information every time a non-U.S.
                citizen, non-U.S. national, or other designated individual applies for
                flight training, as described in the regulation. TSA estimates a flight
                training application burden of 43,667 hours per year. Flight training
                providers must keep records for each flight training candidate and
                employee security awareness training. TSA estimates an annual average
                recordkeeping burden of 55,897 hours. Thus, TSA estimates the combined
                hour burden associated with this collection to be 99,564 hours
                annually.
                 Dated: August 19, 2021.
                Christina A. Walsh,
                TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
                [FR Doc. 2021-18225 Filed 8-24-21; 8:45 am]
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