[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29469-29471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10455]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[1651-0088]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Passenger and Crew
Manifest
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments; revision of an existing
collection of information.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection 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 of 1995 (PRA).
The information collection is published in the Federal Register to
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are
encouraged and must be submitted (no later than July 14, 2020) to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice must include the OMB Control Number 1651-0088
in the subject line and the agency name. To avoid duplicate
submissions, please use only one of the following methods to submit
comments:
(1) Email. Submit comments to: [email protected].
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to CBP Paperwork Reduction Act
Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Trade,
Regulations and Rulings, Economic Impact Analysis Branch, 90 K Street
NE, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional PRA
information should be directed to Seth Renkema, Chief, Economic Impact
Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Trade,
Regulations and Rulings, 90 K Street NE, 10th Floor, Washington, DC
20229-1177, Telephone number 202-325-0056 or via email
[email protected]. Please note that the contact information provided
here is solely for questions regarding this notice. Individuals seeking
information about other CBP programs should contact the CBP National
Customer Service Center at 877-227-5511, (TTY) 1-800-877-8339, or CBP
website at https://www.cbp.gov/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on the proposed and/or continuing
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This process is conducted in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.8. Written comments and suggestions from the public and
affected agencies should address one or more of the following four
points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) suggestions to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (4) suggestions to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond,
including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. The comments that are submitted will be summarized and
included in the request for approval. All comments will become a matter
of public record.
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Overview of This Information Collection
Title: Passenger and Crew Manifest (Advance Passenger Information
System).
OMB Number: 1651-0088.
Form Number: None.
Abstract: The Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) is an
automated method in which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
receives information on passengers and crew onboard inbound rail and
bus trips before their arrival in the United States, as well as inbound
and outbound international flights before their arrival in, or
departure from, the United States. APIS data includes biographical
information for passengers arriving in or departing from the United
States, allowing the data to be checked against CBP databases.
The information is submitted for both commercial and private
aircraft flights, rail carriers and bus carriers. Specific data
elements required for each passenger and crew member include: Full
name; date of birth; gender; citizenship; document type; passport
number; country of issuance and expiration date; and alien registration
number where applicable.
APIS is authorized under the Aviation and Transportation Security
Act, (Pub. L. 107-71, Stat. 597 (2001)). Under statute, air carriers
operating a passenger flight in foreign air transportation to the
United States must electronically transmit to CBP a passenger and crew
manifest containing specific identifying data elements and any other
information that DHS determines is reasonably necessary to ensure
aviation safety. The specific passenger and crew identifying
information required by statue consists of the following: Full name;
date of birth; gender; citizenship; passport number; country of
issuance; and U.S. visa number or resident alien card where applicable.
See 49 U.S.C. 44909(c). The APIS regulatory requirements are specified
in 19 CFR 122.49a, 122.49b, 122.49c, 122.75a, 122.75b, and 122.22.
These provisions lists all the required APIS data.
Respondents submit their electronic manifest either through a
direct interface with CBP, or using eAPIS which is a web-based system
that can be accessed at https://eapis.cbp.dhs.gov/.
Current Actions: This submission is being made to revise this
collection of information to include bus and rail carriers into this
OMB control number.
Proposed Changes: CBP is currently running a pilot with nine
respondents in which Bus carriers are currently submitting passenger
manifest data voluntarily to assist CBP in writing future regulations
that will mandate the submission of this data in advance of passenger
arrival into the United States. CBP would like to revise this
information collection to include bus and rail respondents, which would
allow CBP to expand the pilot beyond the current nine respondent limit.
The collection of passenger manifest data from bus and rail
carriers arriving in the U.S. is authorized by section 433(d) and
431(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1433(d) ad 19
U.S.C. 1431(b)). Bus and rail carriers submit their APIS information to
CBP via the Land Pre-Arrival System Application (LPAS), embedded in the
ROAM application.
In the ROAM application, the collection of passenger information is
primarily done through electronic submission. The bus or rail carrier
designee submits passenger information by scanning the Machine Readable
Zone (MRZ) of each passengers' passport, which automatically is loaded
into the application. Should the MRZ not automatically go into the
application, the bus carrier will manually input the passengers'
passport information. This is the only point at which information is
collected from travelers.
The user registers the bus or rail as the mode of travel and is
prompted to complete information on the company. Information includes:
Mode of Travel (Bus/Rail)
License Country
Registration Province
License Number
Sender ID
Carrier Code (APIS code from CBP)
Bus/Rail Company
Each carrier will be required to create a `Driver Profile' by
entering in their documentation using the MRZ or manually. This profile
is then saved to be associated with each bus or rail that the driver
operates and will have to be selected prior to submitting the trip. The
drivers are prompted to information on themselves, including:
Name
Date of Birth
Sex
Country of Citizenship
Country of Residence
Document Type
Document Number
Date of Issue
Date of Expiration
Country of Issue
This process is then duplicated for passengers boarding the bus or
train. Each traveler profile is then saved for the trip but is deleted
from the application immediately after the information is submitted to
CBP.
Prior to submitting passenger information to CBP, the user must
fill in required arrival fields. These fields include:
Arrival Location in the U.S.
Estimated Arrival Date
Estimated Arrival Time
Arrival Code (Port of Entry)
Entry State
Last Country Visited
Contact Email
Previously, the ROAM application also permitted self-reported
submission of information to CBP officers through a face-time feature.
This self-reporting feature has been disabled for LPAS and will not be
used at any time in conjunction with the Bus APIS pilot or the
resulting program that arises from the pilot. The bus carrier, either
through the bus driver or another employee, will be the only party
submitting responses to the LPAS feature within the ROAM application.
The basis for this decision arose out of the necessity to collect
traveler information prior to arrival in the land environment as it is
done in the air environment. For pre-arrival vetting and targeting to
be conducted, officers must be able to collect information on travelers
prior to their arrival at the border to promote officer safety and
increase security. In air Ports of Entry, officers have access to
traveler information 72 hours prior to arrival. However, this standard
does not exist in the land environment, as travelers can board a bus
just 10 minutes prior to arriving at the border. In the air
environment, airline carriers are the users submitting traveler
information.
Therefore, in order to closely mirror this successful process, bus
and rail carriers will submit traveler data in the land environment. In
order to reduce the burden of manual data entry, the LPAS feature
includes a technology that reads the MRZ on a passport. As a result,
the bus driver can simply scan a passenger's passport in order to
populate the required data fields and accurately submit that data to
CBP.
Type of Review: Revision.
Affected Public: Businesses, Individuals.
Commercial Airlines
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,130.
Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 1,850,878.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 307,246.
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Commercial Airline Passengers (3rd party)
Estimated Number of Respondents: 184,050,663.
Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 184,050,663.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 seconds.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 496,937.
Private Aircraft Pilots
Estimated Number of Respondents: 460,000.
Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 460,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 115,000.
Commercial Passenger Rail Carrier
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 9,540.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 seconds.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 26.
Bus Passenger Carrier
Estimated Number of Respondents: 9.
Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 309,294.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 77,324.
Dated: May 12, 2020.
Seth D. Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2020-10455 Filed 5-14-20; 8:45 am]
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