30-Day Notice

[Federal Register: December 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 251)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Agency Information Collection Activities: Form G-646, Revision of

a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form G-

646, Sworn Statement of Refugee Applying for Admission to the United

States; OMB Control No. 1615-0097.

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

Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted the following information

collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. The information collection was previously published in the

Federal Register on August 27, 2008, at 73 FR 50633 allowing for a 60-

day public comment period. USCIS did not receive any comments for this

information collection.

The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for

public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until

January 30, 2009. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR

1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained

in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and

associated response time, should be directed to the Department of

Homeland Security (DHS), and to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), USCIS Desk

Officer. Comments may be submitted to: USCIS, Chief, Regulatory

Management Division, Clearance Office, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite

3008, Washington, DC 20529-2210. Comments may also be submitted to DHS

via facsimile to 202-272-8352 or via e-mail at [email protected], and to

the OMB USCIS Desk Officer via facsimile at 202-395-6974 or via e-mail

at [email protected] .

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

Control Number 1615-0097 in the subject box. Written comments and

suggestions from the public and affected agencies should address one or

more of the following four points:

Overview of this information collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently

approved information collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Sworn Statement of Refugee

Applying for Admission into the United States.

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

sponsoring the collection: Form G-646, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

Services.

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

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. The data

collected on this form is used by the DHS to determine eligibility for

the admission of applicants to the United States as refugees.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 75,000

responses at 20 minutes (.333 hours) per response.

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

with the collection: 24,975 annual burden hours.

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

information collection instrument, please visit the USCIS Web site at:

http://www.regulations.gov/.

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, Regulatory Management Division,

111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 3008, Washington, DC 20529-2210,

Telephone number 202-272-8377.

Dated: December 24, 2008.

Stephen Tarragon,

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

Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. E8-31138 Filed 12-30-08; 8:45 am]

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