60 Day Notice

[Federal Register: February 5, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 23)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services

Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a

Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request; Action 60-

Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form N-4, Monthly

Report Naturalization Papers; OMB Control Number 1615-0051

The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted the following information

collection request for review and clearance in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is

published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until April

6, 2007.

Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this

notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public burden and

associated response time should be directed to the Department of

Homeland Security (DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory Management Division,

Clearance Office, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd Floor, Suite 3008,

Washington, DC 20529. Comments may also be submitted to DHS via

facsimile to (202) 272-8352 or via e-mail at [email protected]. When

submitting comments by e-mail please make sure to add OMB Control

Number 1615-0051 in the subject box.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected

agencies should address one or more of the following four points:

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for

the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of

the collection of information, including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(4) 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.

Overview of This information collection

(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of an existing

information collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Monthly Report Naturalization

Papers.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the

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Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form N-4;

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as

well as a brief abstract: Primary: State or local Governments. Section

339 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act) requires that the

clerk of each court that administers the oath of allegiance notify the

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) of all persons to whom

the oath of allegiance for naturalization is administered, within 30

days after the close of the month in which the oath was administered.

This form provides a format for submitting a list of those persons to

USCIS and provides accountability for the delivery of the certificates

of naturalization as required under that section of law.

(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 160 respondents

at 12 responses annually at 30 minutes (.50) per response.

(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated

with the collection: 960 annual burden hours.

If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of

this information collection instrument, please contact Richard A.

Sloan, Chief, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 3rd Floor, Suite

3008, Washington, DC 20529; 202-272-8377.

Dated: January 29, 2007.

Richard Sloan,

Chief, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

Services, Department of Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. E7-1747 Filed 2-2-07; 8:45 am]

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