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allowing for a 60 day comment period.
No comments were received during this
period. The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
regarding items contained in this notice
and especially with regard to the
estimated public burden and associated
response time should be directed to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to OMB Desk Officer, for United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Department of Homeland Security, and
sent via electronic mail to
[email protected] or faxed
to (202) 395–5806.
Comments are encouraged and will be
accepted for thirty days until November
30, 2012. 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 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
agency’s 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, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Notice to Student or Exchange Visitor.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: (No. Form I–
515A) U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
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Households. When an academic student
(F–1), vocational student (M–1),
exchange visitor (J–1), or dependent (F–
2, M–2 or J–2) is admitted to the United
States as a nonimmigrant alien under
section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (Act), he or she is
required to have certain documentation.
If the student or exchange visitor or
dependent is missing documentation, he
or she is provided with the Form I–
515A, Notice to Student or Exchange
Visitor. The Form I–515A provides a list
of the documentation the student or
exchange visitor or dependent will need
to provide to the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), Student and
Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) office
within 30 days of admission.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 8,000 responses at 10 minutes
(0.1667 hours) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 1,333.6 annual burden hours.
Comments and/or questions; requests
for a copy of the proposed information
collection instrument, with instructions;
or inquires for additional information
should be directed to: Scott Elmore,
Forms Manager, U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, 801 I Street NW.,
Stop 5800, Washington, DC 20536–
5800; (202) 732–2601.
Dated: October 24, 2012.
Scott Elmore,
Forms Manager, U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Proposed Renewal of Information
Collection: Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Office of Budget, Interior.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of
Budget, Office of the Secretary,
Department of the Interior (DOI),
announces that it has submitted a
request for proposed extension of an
information collection required by the
Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act (PILT) to
the Office of Management and Budget
and requests public comments on this
submission.

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OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove the information
collection request, but may respond
after 30 days; therefore, public
comments should be submitted to OMB
by November 30, 2012, in order to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send your written
comments by facsimile to (202) 395–
5806 or email
([email protected]) to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (1093–0005).
Also, please send any comments by
facsimile to (202) 208–3911, Attn: Niall
O’Connor. Comments may also be
mailed to: Niall O’Connor at U.S.
Department of the Interior, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Budget, 1849 C St.
NW., MS 4106 MIB, Washington, DC
20240. Comments may also be emailed
to Niall_O’[email protected].
Individuals providing comments should
reference OMB Control Number 1093–
0005, ‘‘Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT
Act), Statement of Federal Land
Payments, 43 CFR 44.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information on
this renewed information collection
should be directed to Niall O’Connor at
U.S. Department of the Interior, Office
of the Secretary, Office of Budget, 1849
C St. NW., MS 4106 MIB, Washington,
DC 20240. You may also fax requests for
further information to (202) 208–3911,
or email at Niall_O’[email protected].
To see a copy of the entire ICR
submitted to OMB, go to: http://
www.reginfo.gov and select Information
Collection Review, Currently Under
Review.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:

I. Abstract
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) regulations in 5 CFR part 1320,
which implement the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.L. 104–13),
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice
identifies an information collection
activity that the Office of Budget is
planning to submit to OMB for
extension or re-approval.
Public Law 97–258 (31 U.S.C. 6901–
6907), as amended, the Payments in
Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act, was designed
by Congress to help local governments
recover some of the expenses they incur
in providing services on public lands.
These local governments receive funds
under various Federal land payment

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programs such as the National Forest
Revenue Act, the Mineral Lands Leasing
Act, and the Taylor Grazing Act. PILT
payments supplement the payments that
local governments receive under these
other programs. The President signed
the Transportation bill (H.R. 4348) on
July 6, 2012, which reauthorizes PILT
for 2013, so this necessitates renewing
the collection authority for another 3
years beyond 2012.
The PILT Act requires that the
Governor of each State furnish the
Department of the Interior with a listing
of payments disbursed to local
governments by the States on behalf of
the Federal Government under 12
statutes described in Section 6903 of 31
U.S.C. The Department of the Interior
uses the amounts reported by the States
to reduce PILT payments to units of
general local governments from that
which they might otherwise receive. If
such listings were not furnished by the
Governor of each affected State, the
Department would not be able to
compute the PILT payments to units of
general local government within the
States in question.
In fiscal year 2004, administrative
authority for the PILT program was
transferred from the Bureau of Land
Management to the Office of the
Secretary of the Department of the
Interior. Applicable DOI regulations
pertaining to the PILT program to be
administered by the Office of the
Secretary were published as a final rule
in the Federal Register on December 7,
2004 (69 FR 70557). The Office of
Budget, Office of the Secretary is now
planning to extend the information
collection approval authority in order to
enable the Department of the Interior to
continue to comply with the PILT Act.
II. Data
(1) Title: Payments in Lieu of Taxes
(PILT Act), Statement of Federal Land
Payments, 43 CFR 44.
OMB Control Number: 1093–0005.
Current Expiration Date of Collection
Authority: December 31, 2012.
Type of Review: Information
Collection Renewal.
Affected Entities: State, local, or tribal
government.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 43.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
(2) Annual reporting and record
keeping burden: Average reporting
burden per application: 53 hours.
Total annual reporting: 2,279 hours.
(3) Description of the need and use of
the information: The statutorilyrequired information is needed to
compute payments due units of general
local government under the PILT Act

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(31 U.S.C. 6901–6907). The Act requires
that the Governor of each State furnish
a statement as to amounts paid to units
of general local government under 12
revenue-sharing statutes in the prior
fiscal year. The President signed the
Transportation bill (H.R. 4348) on July
6, 2012, which reauthorizes PILT for
2013, so continued authority is needed.
III. Request for Comments
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a
Federal Register notice soliciting
comments on the collection of
information was published on June 19,
2012 (77 FR 36568). No comments were
received. This notice provides the
public with an additional 30 days in
which to comment on the proposed
renewal of this information collection
activity.
Comments are again invited on: (a)
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; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
All written comments will be
available for public inspection in the
Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street
NW., Washington, DC during normal
business hours, excluding legal
holidays. For an appointment to inspect
comments, please contact Niall

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O’Connor by telephone on (202) 513–
7785, or by email at
Niall_O’[email protected] to make an
appointment. Valid picture
identification is required for entry into
the Department of the Interior.
Public Comment Policy: Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us, in your comment,
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public view, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Pam Haze,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, Finance,
Performance, and Acquisition.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX.13.GG00.99600.00]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of an
information collection (1028–0051).
AGENCY:

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we will submit to OMB an information
collection request (ICR) to renew
approval of the paperwork requirements
for respondents to submit proposals and
fulfill assistance reporting requirements
for research in earthquake hazard
assessments and earthquake occurrence
under the Earthquake Hazards
Reduction Act of 1977, as amended,
Public Law 95–124, 42 U.S.C. 7701 et.
seq. To submit a proposal, three
standard OMB forms and a project
narrative must be completed and
submitted via Grants.gov. This
collection is scheduled to expire on
February 28, 2013. This notice provides
the public an opportunity to comment
on the paperwork burden of these forms.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before December 31, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7199 (fax);
SUMMARY:

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