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Management System. TSA also accepts 

applications by postal mail. Once TSA 

approves the application, TSA allows 

the regulated entity to operate as a CCSF 

in accordance with a TSA-approved 

security program. Prior to certification, 

the CCSF must also submit to an 

assessment by a TSA-approved validator 

or TSA. 

TSA also requires CCSFs and 

validation firms to accept and 

implement a standard security program 

provided by TSA or to submit a 

proposed modified security program to 

the designated TSA official for approval. 

TSA requires CCSF applicants to 

ensure that individuals performing 

screening and related functions under 

the IFR have successfully completed a 

security threat assessment (STA) 

conducted by TSA. In addition, Security 

Coordinators and their alternates for 

CCSFs must undergo STAs. CCSFs must 

submit personally identifiable 

information on these individuals to TSA 

so that TSA can conduct an STA. 

CCSF facilities must provide 

information on the amount of cargo 

screened and other cargo screening 

metrics at an approved facility. CCSFs 

must also maintain screening, training, 

and other security-related records of 

compliance with the IFR and make them 

available for TSA inspection. 

A firm interested in operating as a 

TSA-approved validation firm must also 

apply for TSA approval. Thus, this ICR 

also covers the following additional 

collections for validation firms: (1) 

Applications from entities seeking to 

become TSA-approved validation firms; 

(2) personal information so individuals 

performing, assisting or supervising 

validation assessments, and security 

coordinators can undergo STAs; (3) 

implementation of a standard security 

program provided by TSA or 

submission of a proposed modified 

security program; (4) recordkeeping 

requirements, including that validation 

firms maintain assessment reports; and 

(5) submission of validation reports 

conducted by validators in TSAapproved validation firms to TSA. 

The forms used for this collection of 

information include the CCSF Facility 

Profile Application (TSA Form 419B), 

CCSF Principal Attestation (TSA Form 

419D), Security Profile (TSA Form 

419E), Security Threat Assessment 

Application (TSA Form 419F), TSA 

Approved Validation Firms Application 

(TSA Form 419G), Aviation Security 

Known Shipper Verification (TSA Form 

419H), and the Cargo Reporting 

Template. 

Estimated Burden Hours 

As noted above, TSA has identified 

several separate information collections 

under this ICR. These collections will 

affect an estimated total of 16,989 

unique respondents, including the CCSP 

pilot respondents, over the three years 

of the PRA analysis. Collectively, these 

information collections represent an 

estimated average of 723,312 responses 

annually, for an average annual hour 

burden of 718,255 hours. 

1. CCSF Application. TSA estimates 

that it will receive 22,541 applications 

in 3 years, for an average of 7,514 

applications annually and that these 

applications will require an average of 

2 hours each to complete, resulting in 

an annual burden of 15,028 hours (7,514 

× 2). 

2. Validation Firm Applications. TSA 

estimates that it will receive 83 

applications in 3 years, for an average of 

28 applications annually. Each 

application will require an average of 30 

minutes to complete, resulting in an 

annual burden of 14 hours (28 × 0.5) on 

the validation firms. 

3. STA Applications. All CCSP 

participants subject to 49 CFR parts 

1544, 1546, 1548, and 1549, as well as 

TSA-approved validation firms, will be 

required to have certain employees 

undergo security threat assessments 

(STAs). TSA estimates it will receive a 

total of 937,300 applications in 3 years, 

for an average of 312,433 applications 

annually. STA application requirements 

result in an annual burden of 

approximately 78,108 (312,433 × 0.25). 

4. Security Programs. TSA estimates 

that a total 16,989 CCSFs and validation 

firms will be required to maintain and 

update their security programs. Each 

firm will devote approximately 4 hours 

each annually, beginning in the second 

year, updating their security programs. 

TSA estimates 31,589 security program 

updates in the first three years for an 

average of 10,530 updates per year. The 

annual hour burden is 42,119 (10,530 × 

4). 

5. Recordkeeping requirements. All 

CCSFs and validation firms, or 16,989, 

will be required to maintain records of 

compliance with the IFR. TSA estimates 

a time burden of approximately five 

minutes annually per employee who is 

required to have an STAto file training 

records and other records of 

compliance. This includes validation 

firm filings of validation assessment 

reports, resulting in a total of 937,300 

record updates in the first three years 

for an average of 312,433 record updates 

per year. TSA estimates an annual 

burden of approximately 25,932 hours 

(312,433 × 0.083). 

6. Validation Assessment Reports. 

TSA estimates it will take individual 

validators four hours to write up a 

validation report. In addition, TSA 

estimated this will result in 5,635 

validations being completed annually, 

resulting in an annual burden of 22,541 

hours (5.635 × 4). 

7. Cargo Reporting. TSA estimates 

that all CCSFs will complete monthly 

cargo volume reports at an estimated 

time of one hour per week. The average 

annual responses, based on one 

response per firm per month, are 67,624 

(5,635 × 12). The estimated annual 

burden is 293,037 hours (5,646 × 52). 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on October 7, 

2010. 

Joanna Johnson, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office 

of Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

[Docket No. TSA–2004–19515] 

Intent To Request Renewal From OMB 

of One Current Public Collection of 

Information: Air Cargo Security 

Requirements 

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), 

OMB control number 1652–0040, 

abstracted below that we will submit to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for renewal in compliance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR 

describes the nature of the information 

collection and its expected burden. The 

collections of information that make up 

this ICR involve five broad categories 

affecting airports, passenger aircraft 

operators, foreign air carriers, indirect 

air carriers operating under a security 

program, and all-cargo carriers: Security 

programs, security threat assessments 

(STA), known shipper data via the 

Known Shipper Management System 

(KSMS), cargo screening reporting, and 

evidence of compliance recordkeeping. 

TSA seeks continued OMB approval in 

order to secure passenger aircraft 

carrying cargo as authorized in the 

Aviation and Transportation Security 

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DATES: Send your comments by 

December 13, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be e-mailed 

to TSAPRA@dhs.gov or delivered to the 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

Officer, Office of Information 

Technology (OIT), TSA–40, 

Transportation Security Administration, 

601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 

20598–6040. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please e-mail 

TSA.PRA@dhs.gov with questions or 

comments. 

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 is 

available at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

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 1652–0040 Air 

Cargo Security requirements, 49 CFR 

parts 1540, 1542, 1544, 1546, and 1548. 

TSA is seeking renewal of an expiring 

collection of information. Congress set 

forth in the Aviation and Transportation 

Security Act (ATSA), Public Law 107– 

71, two specific requirements for TSA in 

the area of air cargo security: (1) To 

provide for screening of all property, 

including U.S. mail, cargo, carry-on and 

checked baggage, and other articles, that 

will be carried aboard a passenger 

aircraft; and (2) to establish a system to 

screen, inspect, report, or otherwise 

ensure the security of all cargo that is to 

be transported in all-cargo aircraft as 

soon as practicable. In the Implementing 

Recommendations of the 9/11 

Commission Act of 2007, Public Law 

110–53, Congress requires that 50 

percent of cargo transported on 

passenger aircraft be screened by 

February 2009, and 100 percent of such 

cargo be screened by August 2010. 

Collection of information associated 

with the 9/11 Act requirements fall 

under OMB control number 1652–0053. 

While aviation security requirements 

have greatly reduced the vulnerability of 

the air cargo system, TSA, in 

cooperation with industry stakeholders, 

identified additional gaps in the existing 

cargo security requirements that must be 

filled to reduce the likelihood of cargo 

tampering or unauthorized access to the 

aircraft with malicious intent. TSA must 

proceed with this ICR for this program 

in order to meet the Congressional 

mandates and current regulations (49 

CFR 1542.209, 1544.205, 1546.205, and 

part 1548) that enable them to accept, 

screen, and transport air cargo. The 

uninterrupted collection of this 

information will allow TSA to continue 

to ensure implementation of these vital 

security measures for the protection of 

the traveling public. 

Data Collection 

This information collection requires 

the ‘‘regulated entities,’’ which may 

include passenger and all-cargo aircraft 

operators, foreign air carriers, and 

indirect air carriers (IACs), to 

implement a standard security program 

or to submit modifications to TSA for 

approval, and update such programs as 

necessary. The regulated entities must 

also collect personal information and 

submit such information to TSA so that 

TSA may conduct security threat 

assessments (STA) on individuals with 

unescorted access to cargo. This 

includes each individual who is a 

general partner, officer or director of an 

IAC or an applicant to be an IAC, and 

certain owners of an IAC or an applicant 

to be an IAC; and any individual who 

has responsibility for screening cargo 

under 49 CFR parts 1544, 1546, or 1548. 

Aircraft operators and foreign air 

carriers must report the volume of 

accepted and screened cargo transported 

on passenger aircraft. Further, TSA will 

collect identifying information for both 

companies and individuals whom 

aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, 

and IACs have qualified to ship cargo on 

passenger aircraft, also referred to as 

‘‘known shippers.’’ This information is 

primarily collected electronically via 

the Known Shipper Management 

System (KSMS). Whenever the 

information cannot be entered on 

KSMS, the regulated entity must 

conduct a physical visit of the shipper 

using the Aviation Security Known 

Shipper Verification Form and 

subsequently enter that information into 

KSMS. These regulated entities must 

also maintain records including records 

pertaining to security programs, 

training, and compliance. The forms 

used in this collection of information 

include the Aviation Security Known 

Shipper Verification Form, Cargo 

Reporting Template, and the Security 

Threat Assessment Application. 

Estimated Burden Hours 

The hour burden associated with the 

initial submission of security programs 

is estimated by TSA to be 4 hours for 

each of the 152 new aircraft operator, 

foreign air carrier and IAC average 

annual regulated entites for an average 

annual hour burden of 606 hours. 

The hour burden associated with the 

security program updates is estimated 

by TSA to be 4 hours for each of the 

4,509 aircraft operators, foreign air 

carriers, and IACs for an average annual 

hour burden of 18,036 hours. TSA 

estimates one percent of IACs (42) will 

file an appeal at 5 hours per appeal for 

an average annual hour burden of 210 

hours. 

For the STA requirement, based on a 

15-minute estimate for each of the 

average 40,003 annual responses, TSA 

estimates that the average annual 

burden will be 10,001 hours. 

For the Known Shipper Management 

System (KSMS), given that the IAC or 

aircraft operator must input a name, 

address, and telephone number, TSA 

estimates it will take 2 minutes for the 

792,000 electronic submissions for a 

total annual burden of 26,400 hours. 

Also for KSMS, TSA estimates it will 

take one hour for the 8,000 manual 

submissions for a total annual burden of 

8,000 hours. 

TSA estimates out of the 480 total 

aircraft operators and foreign air carriers 

impacted by TSA regulations, 135 

aircraft operators and foreign air carriers 

will submit cargo screening reporting 

information because not all aircraft 

operators and foreign air carriers 

transport cargo. TSA estimates this will 

take an estimated one hour per week (52 

hours per year) for a total average 

annual burden of 6,994 hours. For 

recordkeeping, based on a 5-minute 

estimate for each of the 40,003 average 

annual responses, TSA estimates that 

the total average annual burden will be 

3,320 hours. 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on October 7, 

2010. 

Joanna Johnson, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office 

of Information Technology. 

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