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OMB Control No: 1652-0003	ICR Reference No: 201603-1652-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201208-1652-002
Agency/Subagency: DHS/TSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Aircraft Operator Security, 49 CFR Part 1544
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/23/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/31/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2019	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2016
Responses	766,275,044	0	789,389,284
Time Burden (Hours)	2,256,223	0	1,918,371
Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,539,120	0	0

Abstract: 49 CFR part 1544, formerly FAR part 108, requires air carriers to maintain, update, and comply with TSA-approved comprehensive security programs to ensure the safety of persons and property traveling on their flights. These programs are subject to TSA inspection.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 107 - 17 115 Name of Law: Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 71817	11/17/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 12518	03/09/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	766,275,044	789,389,284	17,800	-23,132,040
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,256,223	1,918,371	1,483	336,369
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,539,120	0	0	3,539,120

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: TSA is requesting a modification of OMB control number 1652-0003 to include the data elements of another collection. In order to simplify and reduce duplication among TSA collections, TSA is including in this collection the recordkeeping requirements under OMB control number 1652-0006 Employment Standards which applies to 49 CFR part 1544. Upon OMB approval of the collection, TSA intends to discontinue OMB control number 1652-0006 Employment Standards. The information being collected for 1652-0003 and 1652-006 has not changed. TSA is only adding the data points collected under 1652-0006 to 1652-0003. In addition, while completing the current ICR, TSA noted that the prior 2012 submission gave a vague rendering of all the information being collected. Thus, the Supporting Statement was updated to provide more clarity about the information collection. As a result, the data elements have been more clearly broken down in the response to Q12. Further, there has been an increase in the burden hours associated with the collection. First, the increase in burden hours is due to aircraft operators updating content in their security programs that pertain to recent threats and terrorist acts to the aviation industry (such as the attempted bombing using printers in October 2010, the underwear bomb plot in 2012 and the plot to bomb an airport in Wichita in 2013). Second, aircraft operators have slowly increased the number of enplanements per year. Third, TSA’s program office has been able to provide better estimates for the collection. For example, the process of maintaining and updating aircraft operator security plans was recalculated to more accurately reflect the time and effort the respondents are expending in order to comply with the security program requirement. Additionally, the increase in the total annual hour and cost burden reflects the inclusion of the requirements for CHRC and the watchlist vetting during Secure Flight outages. An additional change in the collection is the respondents. Since the previous ICR submission, the respondents for the collection have decreased. For the AOSSP operators, the respondents have decreased from 71 to 64 and for the TFSSP/PCSSP operators, the respondents have decreased from 801 to 558. While the number of respondents has decreased, the number of responses from the respondents has increased.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $140,596

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Christina Walsh 571 227-2062 christina.walsh@tsa.dhs.gov

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