To help pay for aviation security costs TSA Imposed the September 11th Security Fee on passengers of air carriers and foreign air carriers. Air carriers collect from each revenue passenger $2.50 per domestic enplanements or departing international enplanement, subject to a limit of $5 per one-way trip and $10 per round trip. Each of these carriers is then required to: (1) establish and maintain an accounting system to account for the September 11th Security Fee that are impossed, collected, refunded,and remitted; (2) reportthis information to TSA on a quarerly basis; and (3) retain the date used for these reports for a six-year rolling....
This ICR is being submitted in association with TSA's IFR Adjustment of Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fee
Information collection requirements associated with the security service fee requirements of 49 CFR part 1510 have been approved by OMB through August 31, 2015. TSA is seeking revision of this collection based on amendments to 49 U.S.C. 44940 which restructure the fee. See section 601, Title A of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (Pub.L. 113-67 (Dec. 26, 2013)) (Budget Act). Changes to the underlying statute require changes to TSA's regulations at 49 CFR part 1510, which are being addressed through an Interim Final Rule (IFR) published on [insert date and cite for publication in the Federal Register.] The only difference between the current information collection requirements and those necessary as a result of the IFR is that the fee amounts reported will be based on one-way trips rather than enplanements. The remaining requirements of the currently approved information collection are unchanged. For example, air carriers are to continue submitting the quarterly reports to TSA, and to retain the information for three fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year. This requirement includes retaining the source information for the quarterly reports remitted to TSA, and the calculations and allocations performed to remit reports to TSA.
Although the changes to the fee structure required by the Budget Act are effective beginning July 1, 2014, the related changes to the associated information collection will be effective August 1, 2014. This is because security service fee reporting requirements occur on a quarterly basis.
TSA has adjusted the costs to industry to be consistent with the estimated number of air carriers subject to the regulation as indicated in the IFR. Previously, TSA estimated 196 respondents and based its cost estimates on that number. In the IFR, TSA estimates the regulation would affect 173 affected air carriers and has made adjustments to the calculations to be consistent with that estimate.
TSA hosts the air carrier data portal and has already incurred the development costs for creating the air carrier data portal. As such, the costs TSA would incur on an ongoing basis are limited to operations and maintenance of the system and renewing the authority to operate with the DHS Chief Information Security Officer. The estimated annual cost to the Federal government of maintaining this system will be $90,000 for future periods.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form TSA-FORM 2502 Air Carriers Reporting
TSA Passenger Fee SS Clean Copy v.2.docx
Aviation and Transportation Security Act 49 1510.doc
Air Carriers Reporting