60-Day Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 3 / Tuesday, January 6, 2015 / Notices
Contact Person: Eleazar Cohen, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review
Program, Division of Extramural Activities,
5601 Fisher Lane, National Institutes of
Health, NIAID, Rockville, MD 20852, 240–
669–5881, ec17w@nih.gov.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology,
and Transplantation Research; 93.856,
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: December 30, 2014.
David Clary,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2014–30882 Filed 1–5–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4140–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2014–0001]

Intent To Request Renewal From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information: TSA Pre✓® Application
Program
Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day notice.
AGENCY:

The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on one currently approved
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0059,
abstracted below, that we will submit to
OMB for renewal in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
burden. The collection involves the
voluntary submission of biographic and
biometric information that will be used
for identity verification and to conduct
a security threat assessment which
includes vetting of an individual’s
voluntarily submitted information
against law enforcement, immigration,
and intelligence databases to determine
if the person poses a low risk to
transportation or national security and
is eligible for expedited screening
through TSA Pre✓® lanes at airports.
This notice also provides initial
information regarding TSA plans to
expand opportunities for enrollment
into the TSA Pre✓® Application
Program by using additional contractors
that will be permitted to market, enroll,
and pre-screen individuals for TSA
Pre✓® Application Program eligibility.
Under the proposed expansion, selected
contractors will collect biographic and
biometric information from the

tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

SUMMARY:

VerDate Sep<11>2014

19:38 Jan 05, 2015

Jkt 235001

applicant, and perform an initial
prescreening of applicants using
processes approved by TSA. Those
applicants who meet the prescreening
standards will be forwarded by the
contractors to TSA, which shall perform
a security threat assessment and make a
final determination of the applicants’
eligibility for the TSA Pre✓®
Application Program.
DATES: Send your comments by March
9, 2015.
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 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 1652–0059;
TSA Pre✓®Application Program. Under
the TSA Pre✓® Application Program,
individuals may submit biographic and
biometric information directly to TSA,
which in turn uses the information to
conduct a security threat assessment
(STA) of law enforcement, immigration,
and intelligence databases, including a
criminal history check. The results are
used by TSA to decide if an individual
poses a low risk to transportation or

PO 00000

Frm 00035

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

515

national security. Approved applicants
are issued a Known Traveler Number
(KTN) that may be used when making
travel reservations. Airline passengers
who submit their KTN when making
airline reservations are eligible for
expedited screening on flights
originating from U.S. airports with TSA
Pre✓® lanes.1 TSA uses the traveler’s
KTN and other information during
passenger prescreening to verify that the
individual traveling matches the
information on TSA’s list of known
travellers and to confirm TSA Pre✓®
expedited screening eligibility.
TSA plans to expand enrollment
options for the TSA Pre✓® Application
Program by using additional contractor
options or capabilities to market, enroll
and pre-screen applicants.2 Approved
contractors will provide secure
enrollment options to collect biographic
and biometric (e.g., fingerprints, iris
scans, and/or photo) information, to
validate identity, to facilitate collection
citizenship/immigration information,
and to perform a criminal history
records check to ensure that applicants
do not have convictions for criminal
offenses that would disqualify them
from the TSA Pre✓® Application
Program (please refer to the list of
current disqualifiers available at
www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck/eligibilityrequirements). These expansion options
may include the use of commercial and
other publicly available data to conduct
identity verification, collection of
citizenship/immigration information,
and prescreening of applicants.
For successfully enrolled and
prescreened applicants, TSA will
receive via a secure interface certain
minimum required data elements
(including, but not be limited to, name,
date of birth, gender, address, contact
information, country of birth, images of
identity documents, proof of
citizenship/immigration status
information, and biometrics) to enable
TSA to conduct a STA, make a final
eligibility determination for the TSA
Pre✓® Application Program, and verify
TSA Pre✓® enrolled and approved
individuals when they are travelling.
1 Passengers who are eligible for expedited
screening through a dedicated TSA Pre✓® TM lane
typically will receive more limited physical
screening, e.g., will be able to leave on their shoes,
light outerwear, and belt, to keep their laptop in its
case, and to keep their 3–1–1 compliant liquids/gels
bag in a carry-on. For airports with TSA Pre✓® TM
lanes, see http://www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck/tsaprecheck-participating-airports.
2 For further information, see the Request for
Proposal TSA published on FedBizOpps.gov on
December 22, 2014, available at https://
www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/TSA/HQTSA/HSTS02-15-ROIA037/listing.html.

E:\FR\FM\06JAN1.SGM

06JAN1

tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

516

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 3 / Tuesday, January 6, 2015 / Notices

Applicants who are found to be
ineligible as a result of prescreening by
a contractor shall be notified by the
respective contractor of the reason. The
notification will include, when relevant,
information about the available
correction of records process and any
alternatives available for identity
verification, as well as other available
channels for TSA Pre✓® expedited
screening.
The TSA-conducted STA for
applicants forwarded by the contractors
will include checks against government
watchlists and databases associated
with security and immigration. TSA
will make the final determination on
eligibility for the TSA Pre✓®
Application Program and notify the
applicant of the decision. Applicants
generally should expect to receive
notification from TSA within 2–3 weeks
of the submission of their completed
applications.
Eligibility for the TSA Pre✓®
Application Program is within the sole
discretion of TSA, which will notify
applicants who are denied eligibility by
TSA in writing of the reasons for the
denial. If initially deemed ineligible by
TSA, applicants will have an
opportunity to correct cases of
misidentification or inaccurate criminal
or immigration records. If advised
during the application eligibility review
process that the criminal record
discloses a disqualifying criminal
offense, the applicant must submit in
writing within a specified period of his
or her intent to correct any information
he or she believes to be inaccurate. The
applicant must provide a certified
revised record, or the appropriate court
must forward a certified true copy of the
information, prior to TSA approving
eligibility of the applicant for the TSA
Pre✓® Application Program. With
respect to citizenship and/or
immigration records, within 60 days
after being advised that the citizenship
or immigration records indicate that the
applicant is ineligible for the TSA
Pre✓® Application Program, the
applicant must notify TSA in writing of
his or her intent to correct any
information believed to be inaccurate.
TSA will review any information
submitted and make a final decision. If
neither notification nor a corrected
record is received by TSA, the agency
may make a final determination to deny
eligibility. Individuals who TSA
determines are ineligible for the TSA
Pre✓® Application Program will be
screened at airport security checkpoints
pursuant to standard screening
protocols.
The TSA Pre✓® Application Program
enhances aviation security by

VerDate Sep<11>2014

19:38 Jan 05, 2015

Jkt 235001

permitting TSA to better focus its
limited security resources on passengers
who are more likely to pose a threat to
civil aviation, while also facilitating and
improving the commercial aviation
travel experience for the public.
Travelers who choose not to enroll in
this initiative are not subject to any
limitations on their travel because of
their choice; they will be processed
through normal TSA screening before
entering the sterile areas of airports.
TSA also retains the authority to
perform standard or other screening on
a random basis on TSA Pre✓®
Application Program participants and
any other travelers authorized to receive
expedited physical screening.
Average Annual Number of
Respondents: An estimated 2,074,000
annualized enrollments over a five-year
period. This estimate is based on
current and projected enrollment with
TSA’s current program, as well as what
TSA anticipates from program
expansion to additional contractors
performing enrollment and prescreening
functions.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 2,742,049 annualized hours
based on a five-year projection. TSA
estimates 1.32 hours per applicant to
complete the enrollment process, which
includes providing biographic and
biometric information to TSA (via an
enrollment center or pre-enrollment
options) or to a TSA Pre✓® Application
Program contractor, and the burden for
any records correction for the applicant,
if applicable.
Estimated Annual Cost Burden:
$72,290,129 annualized cost burden
based on a five-year projection. The
TSA fee per respondent for those who
apply for the program directly with TSA
will remain $85, which covers TSA’s
program costs and the FBI fee for the
criminal history records check. The fee
charged by contractors under the
expansion of the program may differ, as
it may include, but not be limited to,
fees for other services that the
companies provide separately to their
customers.
Dated: December 30, 2014.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2014–30874 Filed 1–5–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110–05–P

PO 00000

Frm 00036

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[1651–0103]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Passenger List/Crew List;
CBP Form I–418
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments; reinstatement of a previously
approved collection of information.
AGENCY:

U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) of the Department of
Homeland Security will be submitting
the following information collection
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act: Passenger List/Crew List
(CBP Form I–418). CBP is proposing that
this information collection be reinstated
with a change to the burden hours. This
document is published to obtain
comments from the public and affected
agencies.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before March 9, 2015 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and
Rulings, Office of International Trade,
90 K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington,
DC 20229–1177.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Tracey Denning,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Regulations and Rulings, Office of
International Trade, 90 K Street NE.,
10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229–
1177, at 202–325–0265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13;
44 U.S.C. 3507). The comments should
address: (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimates of the burden of the collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden including the use
of automated collection techniques or
the use of other forms of information
SUMMARY:

E:\FR\FM\06JAN1.SGM

06JAN1