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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. 

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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 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

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 1652–0042, 

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 TSAPRA@tsa.dhs.gov 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: 

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 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 

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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