[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 3104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00670]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Rescindment of a system of records notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 
Transportation is proposing to retire a Department of Transportation 
system of records titled, ``Department of Transportation/Federal 
Aviation Administration (DOT/FAA) 813 Civil Aviation Security System of 
Records.''

DATES: January 17, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number DOT-
OST-2020-0007. by any of the following methods:
    Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Docket Management Facility, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Hand 
Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Ave. SE, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 
except Federal Holidays. Fax: (202) 493-2251.
    Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number 
DOT-OST-2020-0007. All comments received will be posted without change 
to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received in 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 
DOT's complete Privacy Act statement in the Federal Register published 
on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or to the street 
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the 
docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions please contact: 
Essie L. Bell, FAA Chief Privacy Officer, Acting, 202. 385.6516, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 
20024. For privacy issues please contact: Claire W. Barrett, 
Departmental Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, Department of 
Transportation, Washington, DC 20590; privacy@dot.gov; or 202.527.3284.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the 
Department of Transportation (DOT)/Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA) proposes to retire DOT system of records titled, ``Department of 
Transportation/Federal Aviation Administration (DOT/FAA) 813 Civil 
Aviation Security System of Records.''
    This system was originally established to collect and maintain 
records on hijacking or attempted hijacking incidents at airports or 
aboard civil aviation aircraft, information on K-9 assignments to 
airports, K-9 handler evaluations and information necessary to manage 
the Federal Air Marshals (FAM).
    Following September 11, 2001 Congress passed the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act (ATSA) (Pub. L. 107-71) which established 
the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The ATSA transferred 
the TSA from the Department of Transportation to the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS).
    The ATSA transferred responsibility for civil aviation security 
from the FAA to TSA on February 22, 2002. A Transfer of Function Memo 
(October 30, 2003) from the FAA Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Security and Hazardous Materials, to the FAA Freedom of Information 
Staff and the Director of TSA, Freedom of Information Office, 
memorializes the transfer of function. The memo evidences that all 
records maintained in accordance with the DOT/FAA 813 Civil Aviation 
Security System of Records notice were transferred to the TSA. The FAA 
kept only duplicate copies of Civil Aviation Security records that 
related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but no longer 
maintains these copies.
    Retiring this FAA system of records notice will have no adverse 
impact on individuals because the records and functions were 
transferred from the FAA to TSA.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    Department of Transportation/Federal Aviation Administration (DOT/
FAA) 813 Civil Aviation Security System of Records

HISTORY:
    A full notice of this system of records, DOT/FAA 813 Civil Aviation 
Security System, was last published in the Federal Register on April 
11, 2000 (65 FR 19519).

Claire W. Barrett,
Departmental Chief Privacy Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-00670 Filed 1-16-20; 8:45 am]
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