60-day notice

[Federal Register: April 12, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 70)]

[Notices]

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Agency Information Collection Activities: Form I-905, Extension

of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I-

905, Application for Authorization To Issue Certification for Health

Care Workers; OMB Control No. 1615-0086.

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

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting 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 June

13, 2011.

During this 60 day period, USCIS will be evaluating whether to

revise the Form I-905. Should USCIS decide to revise Form I-905 we will

advise the public when we publish the 30-day notice in the Federal

Register in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The public

will then have 30 days to comment on any revisions to the Form I-905.

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 Products Division,

Office of the Executive Secretariat, Clearance Office, 20 Massachusetts

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20529-2020. Comments may also be submitted

to DHS via facsimile to 202-272-0997, or via e-mail at

[email protected]. When submitting comments by e-mail please add the OMB

Control Number 1615-0086 in the subject box.

Note: The address listed in this notice should only be used to

submit comments concerning this information collection. Please do

not submit requests for individual case status inquiries to this

address. If you are seeking information about the status of your

individual case, please check ``My Case Status'' online at: https://

egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National

Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 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

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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: Application for authorization to

Issue Certification for Health Care Workers.

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

Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-905.

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 and households. USCIS

uses the information provided on Form I-905 to determine whether an

organization can issue certificates to health care workers.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:

Request to issue Certificates: 10 responses at 4 hours per

response.

Credential Organization: 14,000 responses at 2 hours per

response.

Applicants: 14, 000 responses at 1 hour and 40 minutes

(1.66) per response.

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

with the collection: 51,280 annual burden hours.

If you need a copy of the information collection instrument, please

visit the Web site at: http://www.regulations.gov/.

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

Office of the Executive Secretariat, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Room

5012, Washington, DC 20529-2020, Telephone number 202-272-8377.

Dated: April 6, 2011.

Stephen Tarragon,

Senior Analyst, Regulatory Products Division, Office of the Executive

Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of

Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. 2011-8682 Filed 4-11-11; 8:45 am]

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