30-Day Notice

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 223 (Friday, November 18, 2011)]

[Notices]

[Pages 71582-71583]

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

[FR Doc No: 2011-29914]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Citizenship and Immigration Services

Agency Information Collection Activities: Form I-129S, Extension

of an Existing Information Collection; Comment Request.

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

129S, Nonimmigrant Petition Based on Blanket L Petition; OMB Control

No. 1615-0010.

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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 September 6, 2011, at 76 FR 55081,

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

December 19, 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 Information and

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

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

Products Division, Office of the Executive Secretariat, 20

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

be submitted to DHS via facsimile to (202) 272-8352 or via email at

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

at (202) 395-5806 or via email at [email protected].

When submitting comments by email, please make sure to add OMB

Control No. 1615-0010 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 proposed 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 agencies estimate of the burden of

the proposed 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: Nonimmigrant Petition Based on

Blanket L Petition.

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

Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-129S;

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

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

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or others for profit. This

form is used by an employer to classify employees as L-1 nonimmigrant

intracompany transferees under a blanket L petition approval. USCIS

will use the data on this form to determine eligibility for the

requested immigration benefit.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 42,000

responses at .583 hours (35 minutes) per response.

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

with the collection: 24,486 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.

Dated: November 15, 2011.

Sunday Aigbe,

Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office of the Executive

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

Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. 2011-29914 Filed 11-17-11; 8:45 am]

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