[Federal Register: October 24, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 205)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 60307-60309]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
49 CFR Parts 1540, 1544, and 1560
[Docket No. TSA-2007-28572]
RIN 1652-AA45
Secure Flight Program
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.
ACTION: Proposed Rule: Extension of Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is extending
the comment period on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the
Secure Flight Program published on August 23, 2007. TSA has decided to
grant, in part, two requests for an extension of the comment period and
will extend the comment period for thirty (30) days. The comment period
will now end on November 21, 2007, instead of October 22, 2007.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule at 72 FR at 48356,
August 23, 2007, is extended until November 21, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the TSA docket number
to this rulemaking, to the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS), a
government-wide, electronic docket management system, using any one of
the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit comments through the Federal
eRulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail, In Person, or Fax: Address, hand-deliver, or fax your written
comments to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001; Fax 202-493-2251. The
Department of Transportation (DOT), which maintains and processes TSA's
official regulatory dockets, will scan the submission and post it to
FDMS.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for format and other information
about comment submissions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Knott, Policy Manager, Secure
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Flight, Office of Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing,
TSA-19, Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 22202-4220, telephone (240) 568-5611.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
TSA invites interested persons to participate in this action by
submitting written comments, data, or views. We also invite comments
relating to the economic, environmental, energy, or federalism impacts
that might result from this action. See ADDRESSES above for information
on where to submit comments.
With each comment, please identify the docket number at the
beginning of your comments. TSA encourages commenters to provide their
names and addresses. The most helpful comments reference a specific
portion of the document, explain the reason for any recommended change,
and include supporting data. You may submit comments and material
electronically, in person, by mail, or fax as provided under ADDRESSES,
but please submit your comments and material by only one means. If you
submit comments by mail or delivery, submit them in an unbound format,
no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic
filing.
If you want TSA to acknowledge receipt of comments submitted by
mail, include with your comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on
which the docket number appears. We will stamp the date on the postcard
and mail it to you.
TSA will file in the public docket all comments received by TSA,
except for comments containing confidential information and sensitive
security information (SSI),\1\ TSA will consider all comments received
on or before the closing date for comments and will consider comments
filed late to the extent practicable. The docket is available for
public inspection before and after the comment closing date.
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\1\ ``Sensitive Security Information'' or ``SSI'' is information
obtained or developed in the conduct of security activities, the
disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of
privacy, reveal trade secrets or privileged or confidential
information, or be detrimental to the security of transportation.
The protection of SSI is governed by 49 CFR part 1520.
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Handling of Confidential or Proprietary Information and Sensitive
Security Information (SSI) Submitted in Public Comments
Do not submit comments that include trade secrets, confidential
commercial or financial information, or SSI to the public regulatory
docket. Please submit such comments separately from other comments on
the action. Comments containing this type of information should be
appropriately marked as containing such information and submitted by
mail to the address listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Upon receipt of such comments, TSA will not place the comments in
the public docket and will handle them in accordance with applicable
safeguards and restrictions on access. TSA will hold documents
containing SSI, confidential business information, or trade secrets in
a separate file to which the public does not have access, and place a
note in the public docket that TSA has received such materials from the
commenter. However, if TSA determines that portions of these comments
may be made publicly available, TSA may include a redacted version of
the comment in the public docket. If TSA receives a request to examine
or copy information that is not in the public docket, TSA will treat it
as any other request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5
U.S.C. 552) and the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS'') FOIA
regulation found in 6 CFR part 5.
Reviewing Comments in the Docket
Please be aware that anyone is able to search the electronic form
of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the
individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted
on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may
review the applicable Privacy Act Statement published in the Federal
Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit http://DocketInfo.dot.gov
.
You may review TSA's electronic public docket on the Internet at
http://www.regulations.gov. In addition, DOT's Docket Management
Facility provides a physical facility, staff, equipment, and assistance
to the public. To obtain assistance or to review comments in TSA's
public docket, you may visit this facility between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays, or call (202) 366-
9826. This docket operations facility is located in the West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12-140 at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590.
Availability of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Comments Received
You can get an electronic copy using the Internet by--
(1) Searching the electronic Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) Web page at http://www.regulations.gov; (2) Accessing the Government Printing Office's Web page at http://
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html; or
(3) Visiting TSA's Security Regulations Web page at http://www.tsa.gov
and accessing the link for ``Research Center'' at the top
of the page.
In addition, copies are available by writing or calling the
individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Make sure to
identify the docket number of this rulemaking.
Comment Period Extension
On August 23, 2007, TSA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRM) on the Secure Flight Program (see 72 FR 48356, August 23, 2007).
The NPRM had a 60-day comment period that would end on October 22,
2007. In a request dated September 28, 2007, the Air Transport
Association of America (ATA) requested that the deadline for filing
comments on the Secure Flight NPRM be extended from October 22, 2007 to
December 21, 2007. In a request dated October 4, 2007, the
International Air Transport Association (IATA) similarly requested that
the deadline for filing comments on the Secure Flight NPRM be extended
until January 21, 2008.
TSA has decided to grant, in part, ATA and IATA's requests for an
extension and will extend the comment period for thirty (30) days. The
comment period will now be a total of 90 days and will end on November
21, 2007. This extension will allow the aviation industry and other
interested entities and individuals additional time to complete their
comments on the NPRM.
With this extension, the comment period for the Secure Flight NPRM
will be the same as the comment period that U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) provided for the NPRM on Passenger Manifests for
Commercial Aircraft Arriving in and Departing From the United States;
Passenger and Crew Manifests for Commercial Vessels Departing From the
United States (``Pre-Departure APIS''). 71 FR 43681 (Aug. 23, 2006)
(extending the original comment period from 30 days to 90 days). As
discussed in the Secure Flight NPRM, the Pre-Departure APIS rulemaking
is related to the Secure Flight NPRM in that together, the two
rulemakings explain the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS')
proposed unified approach to watchlist matching for international and
domestic passenger flights.
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Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on October 18, 2007.
Gale Rossides,
Acting Deputy Administrator.
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