30-day notice

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 131 (Friday, July 8, 2011)]

[Notices]

[Pages 40385-40386]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2011-17124]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Agency Information Collection Activities: Form I-907, Extension

of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: 30-Day notice of information collection under review: form I-

907, request for premium processing service.

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

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting 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 April 12, 2011, at 76 FR 20361,

allowing for a 60-day public comment period. USCIS did not receive any

comments.

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

public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until

August 8, 2011. 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 Management and Budget

(OMB), USCIS Desk Officer. Comments may be submitted to: USCIS, Chief,

Regulatory Products Division, Clearance Office, 20 Massachusetts

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

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

[email protected], and to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer via facsimile

at 202-395-5806 or via e-mail at [email protected].

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

Control Number 1615-0048 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: Request for Premium Processing

Service.

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

Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-907.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Businesses. Through this form, USCIS

provides employers with the opportunity to request expedite processing

of certain employment-based requests.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:

Filing by Mail 96,000 responses at .50 hours (30 minutes)

per response.

Electronically 4,000 responses at .333 hours (20 minutes)

per response.

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

with the collection: 49,332 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, 20 Massachusetts

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20529-2020, telephone number 202-272-8377.

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Dated: July 1, 2011.

Evadne Hagigal,

Acting Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office of the Executive

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

Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. 2011-17124 Filed 7-7-11; 8:45 am]

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