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###### Department of Homeland Security

###### Transportation Security Administration 

# AGENCY:

Transportation Security Administration, DHS. 

# ACTION:

30-day notice. 

# SUMMARY:

                        This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), OMB control number 1652-0011, abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval of an extension of the currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. TSA published a                         **Federal Register**                         notice, with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following collection of information on November 19, 2008, 73 FR 69670. The collection requires interested volunteers to fill out an application to determine their suitability for participating in the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) Program, and deputized FFDOs to submit written reports of certain prescribed incidents.                     

# DATES:

Send your comments by February 26, 2009. A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. 

# ADDRESSES:

                        Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to Desk Officer, Department of Homeland Security/TSA, and sent via electronic mail to                         *oira_submission@omb.eop.gov*                         or faxed to (202) 395-6974.                     

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ginger LeMay, Office of Information Technology, TSA-11, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220; telephone (571) 227-3616; facsimile (571) 227-2907. 

# 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                     *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 

*Title:*                     Federal Flight Deck Officer Program.                 

*Type of Request:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                 

*OMB Control Number:*                     1652-0011.                 

*Forms(s):*                     N/A.                 

*Affected Public:*                     Volunteer pilots, flight engineers, and navigators.                 

*Abstract:*                     The Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) Program enables TSA to                           ( print page 4758)                        screen, select, train, deputize, and supervise qualified volunteer pilots, flight engineers, and navigators to defend the flight decks of commercial passenger and all-cargo airliners. Information collected as the result of this proposal would be used to assess the eligibility and suitability of prospective and current FFDOs, to ensure the readiness of every FFDO, to administer the program, and for security purposes.                 

*Number of Respondents:*                     5,000.                 

*Estimated Annual Burden Hours:*                     An estimated 5,000 hours annually.                 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on January 21, 2009. 

Ginger LeMay, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Business Improvements and Communications, Office of Information Technology.

[FR Doc. E9-1648 Filed 1-26-09; 8:45 am] 

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