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compromising the information that is 

being stored. Access to the computer 

system containing the records in this 

system is limited to those individuals 

who have a need to know the 

information for the performance of their 

official duties and who have appropriate 

clearances or permissions. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

The Secretary of Homeland Security 

has exempted this system from the 

notification, access, and amendment 

procedures of the Privacy Act, and the 

Judicial Redress Act if applicable, 

because it is a law enforcement system. 

However, DHS/CBP will consider 

individual requests to determine 

whether or not information may be 

released. Thus, individuals seeking 

access to and notification of any record 

contained in this system of records, or 

seeking to contest its content, may 

submit a request in writing to the Chief 

Privacy Officer and CBP Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) Officer, whose 

contact information can be found at 

http://www.dhs.gov/foia under 

‘‘Contacts Information.’’ If an individual 

believes more than one component 

maintains Privacy Act records 

concerning him or her, the individual 

may submit the request to the Chief 

Privacy Officer and Chief FOIA Officer, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. Even if neither 

the Privacy Act nor the Judicial Redress 

Act provide a right of access, certain 

records about you may be available 

under the Freedom of Information Act. 

When seeking records about yourself 

from this system of records or any other 

Departmental system of records, your 

request must conform with the Privacy 

Act regulations set forth in 6 CFR part 

5. You must first verify your identity, 

meaning that you must provide your full 

name, current address, and date and 

place of birth. You must sign your 

request, and your signature must either 

be notarized or submitted under 28 

U.S.C. 1746, a law that permits 

statements to be made under penalty of 

perjury as a substitute for notarization. 

While no specific form is required, you 

may obtain forms for this purpose from 

the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief 

FOIA Officer, http://www.dhs.gov/foia 

or (866) 431–0486. In addition, you 

should: 

• Explain why you believe the 

Department would have information on 

you; 

• Identify which component(s) of the 

Department you believe may have the 

information about you; 

• Specify when you believe the 

records would have been created; and 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DHS component agency may 

have responsive records; 

If your request is seeking records 

pertaining to another living individual, 

you must include a statement from that 

individual certifying his/her agreement 

for you to access his/her records. 

Without the above information, the 

component(s) may not be able to 

conduct an effective search, and your 

request may be denied due to lack of 

specificity or lack of compliance with 

applicable regulations. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

For records covered by the Privacy 

Act or covered JRA records, see ‘‘Record 

Access Procedures’’ above. For records 

not covered by the Privacy Act or JRA, 

individuals may submit an inquiry to 

the DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry 

Program (DHS TRIP) at https://

www.dhs.gov/dhs-trip or the CBP INFO 

CENTER at www.help.cbp.gov or (877) 

227–5511 (international callers may use 

(202) 325–8000 and TTY users may dial 

(866) 880–6582). 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Record Access Procedures.’’ 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

The Secretary of Homeland Security, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), has 

exempted this system from the 

following provisions of the Privacy Act: 

5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and (4); (d); (e)(1), 

(e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I), 

(e)(5) and (e)(8); (f); and (g). 

Additionally, the Secretary of Homeland 

Security, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1) 

and (k)(2), has exempted this system 

from the following provisions of the 

Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3); (d); 

(e)(1), (e)(4)(G), and (e)(4)(H); (e)(4)(I), 

and (f). When this system receives a 

record from another system exempted in 

that source system under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(k)(1); (k)(2); or (j)(2), DHS will 

claim the same exemptions for those 

records that are claimed for the original 

primary systems of records from which 

they originated and claims any 

additional exemptions set forth here. 

HISTORY: 

None. 

Jonathan R. Cantor, 

Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19718 Filed 9–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

[Docket No. TSA–2001–11120] 

Intent To Request Extension From 

OMB of One Current Public Collection 

of Information: Imposition and 

Collection of Passenger Civil Aviation 

Security Service Fees 

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 1652–0001, 

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 air carriers maintaining an 

accounting system to account for the 

passenger civil aviation security service 

fees collected and reporting this 

information to TSA on a quarterly basis, 

as well as retaining the data used for 

these reports for three fiscal years. 

DATES: Send your comments by 

November 20, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed 

to TSAPRA@tsa.dhs.gov or delivered to 

the TSA PRA Officer, Office of 

Information Technology (OIT), TSA–11, 

Transportation Security Administration, 

601 South 12th Street, Arlington, 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; 


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(June 4, 2015). 

(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. 

Consistent with the requirements of 

Executive Order (EO) 13771, Reducing 

Regulation and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs, and EO 13777, Enforcing the 

Regulatory Reform Agenda, TSA is also 

requesting comments on the extent to 

which this request for information could 

be modified to reduce the burden on 

respondents. 

Information Collection Requirement 

OMB Control Number 1652–0001; 

Imposition and Collection of Passenger 

Civil Aviation Security Service Fees. In 

accordance with the Aviation 

Transportation Security Act (ATSA) (49 

U.S.C. 44940) and relevant TSA 

Regulations (49 CFR part 1510), TSA 

imposes a Passenger Civil Aviation 

Security Service Fee (September 11th 

Security Fee) on passengers of both 

foreign and domestic air carriers (‘‘air 

carriers’’) on air transportation 

originating at airports in the United 

States. 

The September 11th Security Fee is 

used to help defray the costs of 

providing Federal services including 

civil aviation security services. This 

information collection requires air 

carriers to submit to TSA the amount of 

September 11th Security Fees an air 

carrier has imposed, collected, refunded 

to passengers, and remitted to TSA. The 

retention of this data is necessary for 

TSA to ensure the proper imposition, 

collection, and regulation the Security 

Fee. Additionally, TSA collects the 

information to monitor carrier 

compliance with the fee requirements 

and for auditing purposes. Air carriers 

are required to retain this information 

for three years. Specifically, information 

collected during a given fiscal year 

(October 1 through September 30) must 

be retained through three subsequent 

fiscal years. For example, information 

collected during fiscal year 2017 must 

be retained through fiscal year 2020. 

TSA rules require air carriers to 

impose and collect the fee on 

passengers, and to submit the fee to TSA 

by the final day of the calendar month 

following the month in which the fee 

was collected. 49 CFR 1510.13. Air 

carriers are further required to submit 

quarterly reports to TSA, which indicate 

the amount of the fees imposed, 

collected, and refunded to passengers, 

and remitted to TSA. 49 CFR 1510.17. 

In December 2013, the fee was 

statutorily restructured to be based on 

one-way trips rather than enplanements. 

The statute was further amended in 

December 2014 to include a round-trip 

limitation on the security service fee. 

TSA published two interim final rules 

(IFRs) 1 to implement changes to the 

regulations required by these 

amendments to 49 U.S.C. 44940. Thus, 

the fee is currently imposed at $5.60 per 

one-way trip for air transportation 

originating at an airport in the United 

States, and passengers may not be 

charged more than $5.60 per one-way 

trip or $11.20 per round trip. 49 CFR 

1510.5. 

Each air carrier that collects security 

service fees from more than 50,000 

passengers annually is also required 

under 49 CFR 1510.15 to submit to TSA 

an annual independent audit, performed 

by an independent certified public 

accountant, of its security service fee 

activities and accounts. Although the 

annual independent audit requirements 

were suspended on January 23, 2003 (68 

FR 3192), TSA conducts its own audits 

of the air carriers. 49 CFR 1510.11. 

Notwithstanding the suspension of the 

audit requirements, air carriers must 

establish and maintain an accounting 

system to account for the security 

service fees imposed, collected, 

refunded to passengers and remitted to 

TSA. 49 CFR 1510.15(a). 

TSA is seeking an extension of this 

collection to require air carriers to 

continue submitting the quarterly 

reports to TSA, and to require air 

carriers to retain the information for 

three fiscal years after the fiscal year in 

which the information was collected. 

This requirement includes retaining the 

source information for the quarterly 

reports remitted to TSA as well as the 

calculations performed to create the 

reports submitted to TSA. Should the 

annual audit requirement be reinstated, 

the requirement would include 

information and documents reviewed 

and prepared for the independent audit; 

the accountant’s working papers, notes, 

worksheets, and other relevant 

documentation used in the audit; and, if 

applicable, the specific information 

leading to the accountant’s opinion, 

including any determination that the 

accountant could not provide an audit 

opinion. Although TSA suspended the 

independent audit requirement, TSA 

conducts audits of the air carriers, and 

therefore, requires air carriers to retain 

and provide the same information as 

required for the quarterly reports and 

independent audits. 

TSA has incorporated minor 

adjustments to the figures used to 

estimate the costs of this ICR. The 

adjustments consider changes in the 

number of regulated air carriers and 

various administrative cost rates since 

the previous extension. TSA estimates 

that 195 total respondent air carriers 

will each spend approximately 1 hour to 

prepare and submit each quarterly 

report. TSA estimates that these 

respondents will incur a total of 780 

hours (195 carriers × 4 quarterly reports 

× 1 hour per report) to satisfy the 

quarterly reporting requirements 

annually. 

Should TSA reinstate the audit 

requirement, TSA estimates that 105 air 

carriers, of the 195 total respondent 

carriers that collect fees from more than 

50,000 passengers annually, would be 

required to submit annual audits. These 

carriers would take approximately 20 

hours for audit preparation, for a total 

of 2,100 hours (105 carriers × 20 hours 

per audit) annually. 

TSA estimates 300 total responses 

from all respondent air carriers (195 

plus 105, should the annual audit 

requirement be reinstated), with 2,880 

burden hours (780 hours for quarterly 

reports and 2,100 hours for audits) 

annually to satisfy the quarterly report 

and audit requirements. 

TSA estimates that the 195 air carriers 

will each incur an average cost of 

$413.76 annually to satisfy the quarterly 

reporting requirement. This estimate 

includes $340.80 in labor for 

preparation of each quarterly report (4 

reports × $85.20 per hour, each 

quarterly report is estimated to take 1 

hour to prepare), $71.00 in annual 

records storage related costs, and $1.96 

for postage to submit the report (4 

stamps at 49 cents each). TSA estimates 

an aggregate annual cost of $80,683.20 

($413.76 cost × 195 air carriers) for all 

air carriers to prepare, store, and submit 

quarterly reports and a cost of 

$242,049.60 for the three-year extension 

period requested. 

Should TSA reinstate the annual 

audit requirement, TSA estimates that 

105 air carriers would be required to 

submit annual audits and would incur 

an average cost of $3,187.30 per audit. 

This estimate includes $3,112.80 in 

labor for preparation of each audit (20 

hours per report × $155.64 per hour), 

$71.00 in annual records storage related 

costs, and $3.50 for postage to submit 

the report. TSA estimates an aggregate 

annual cost of $22,322.26 ($3,187.30 

cost × 105 air carriers × .0667 likelihood 

of audit to occur) for all air carriers to 


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prepare, store, and summit the annual 

audit should the requirement be 

reinstated and $66,966.76 for the threeyear extension period requested. 

Dated: September 15, 2017. 

Christina A. Walsh, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office 

of Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20094 Filed 9–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[CIS No. 2611–17; DHS Docket No. USCIS– 

2014–0004] 

RIN 1615–ZB67 

Extension of South Sudan for 

Temporary Protected Status 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Through this Notice, the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) announces that the Secretary of 

Homeland Security (Secretary) is 

extending the designation of South 

Sudan for Temporary Protected Status 

(TPS) for 18 months, from November 3, 

2017, through May 2, 2019. This Notice 

also sets forth procedures necessary for 

nationals of South Sudan (or aliens 

having no nationality who last 

habitually resided in South Sudan) to 

re-register for TPS and to apply for 

Employment Authorization Documents 

(EADs) with U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS 

will issue new EADs with a May 2, 2019 

expiration date to eligible South Sudan 

TPS beneficiaries who timely re-register 

and apply for EADs under this 

extension. Provided a South Sudan TPS 

beneficiary timely re-registers and 

properly files an application for an EAD 

during the 60-day re-registration period, 

his or her EAD will be automatically 

extended for an additional period not to 

exceed 180 days from the date the 

current EAD expires, i.e., through May 

1, 2018. See 8 CFR 274a.13(d)(1). 

DATES: Extension of Designation of 

South Sudan for TPS: The 18-month 

extension of the TPS designation of 

South Sudan is effective on November 

3, 2017, and will remain in effect 

through May 2, 2019. The 60-day reregistration period runs from September 

21, 2017 through November 20, 2017. 

(Note: It is important for re-registrants to 

timely re-register during this 60-day 

period and not to wait until their EADs 

expire.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

• For further information on TPS, 

including guidance on the application 

process and additional information on 

eligibility, please visit the USCIS TPS 

Web page at http://www.uscis.gov/tps. 

You can find specific information about 

this extension of South Sudan’s TPS 

designation by selecting ‘‘South Sudan’’ 

from the menu on the left side of the 

TPS Web page. 

• You can also contact Alexander 

King, Branch Chief, Waivers and 

Temporary Services Branch, Service 

Center Operations Directorate, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2060; or by 

phone at (202) 272–8377 (this is not a 

toll-free number). Note: The phone 

number provided here is solely for 

questions regarding this TPS Notice. It 

is not for individual case status 

inquiries. 

• Applicants seeking information 

about the status of their individual cases 

can check Case Status Online, available 

at the USCIS Web site at http://

www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS 

National Customer Service Center at 

800–375–5283 (TTY 800–767–1833). 

Service is available in English and 

Spanish. 

• Further information will also be 

available at local USCIS offices upon 

publication of this Notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Abbreviations 

BIA—Board of Immigration Appeals 

DHS—Department of Homeland Security 

DOS—Department of State 

EAD—Employment Authorization Document 

FNC—Final Nonconfirmation 

Government—U.S. Government 

IJ—Immigration Judge 

INA—Immigration and Nationality Act 

IER—U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights 

Division, Immigrant and Employee Rights 

Section (IER) 

SAVE—USCIS Systematic Alien Verification 

for Entitlements Program 

Secretary—Secretary of Homeland Security 

TNC—Tentative Nonconfirmation 

TPS—Temporary Protected Status 

TTY—Text Telephone 

USCIS—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

The extension allows currently 

eligible TPS beneficiaries to retain TPS 

through May 2, 2019, so long as they 

otherwise continue to meet the 

eligibility requirements for TPS. The 

Secretary determined that an extension 

of the current designation of South 

Sudan for TPS is warranted because the 

ongoing armed conflict and 

extraordinary and temporary conditions 

that prompted the 2016 TPS 

redesignation have persisted, and in 

some cases deteriorated, and would 

pose a serious threat to the personal 

safety of South Sudanese nationals if 

they were required to return to their 

country. The Secretary also has 

determined that permitting such South 

Sudanese nationals to continue to 

remain in the United States is not 

contrary to the national interest of the 

United States. 

Through this Notice, DHS sets forth 

procedures necessary for eligible 

nationals of South Sudan (or aliens 

having no nationality who last 

habitually resided in South Sudan) to 

re-register under the extension if they 

already have TPS and to apply for 

renewal of their EADs with USCIS. 

Certain individuals may be eligible to 

file a late initial application for TPS if 

they meet the conditions described in 8 

CFR 244.2(f)(2). Information on late 

initial filing is also available on the 

USCIS TPS Web site link at 

www.uscis.gov/tps. 

For individuals who have already 

been granted TPS, the 60-day reregistration period runs from September 

21, 2017 through November 20, 2017. 

USCIS will issue new EADs with a May 

2, 2019 expiration date to eligible South 

Sudan TPS beneficiaries who timely reregister and apply for EADs under this 

extension. Given the timeframes 

involved with processing TPS reregistration applications, DHS 

recognizes that not all re-registrants will 

receive new EADs before their current 

EADs expire on November 2, 2017. 

However, provided a South Sudan TPS 

beneficiary timely re-registers and 

properly files an application for an EAD 

during the 60-day re-registration period, 

his or her EAD will be automatically 

extended for an additional period not to 

exceed 180 days from the date the 

current EAD expires, i.e., through May 

1, 2018. This notice explains how TPS 

beneficiaries and their employers may 

determine which EADs are 

automatically extended and their impact 

on Employment Eligibility Verification 

(Form I–9) and the E-Verify processes. 

Approximately 70 South Sudan TPS 

beneficiaries are expected to file for reregistration under the extension. 

Individuals who have a pending 

initial South Sudan TPS application 

will not need to file a new Application 

for Temporary Protected Status (Form I– 

821). DHS provides additional 

instructions in this Notice for 

individuals whose TPS applications 

remain pending and who would like to 

obtain an EAD valid through May 2, 

2019. 


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