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(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including using
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Information Collection Requirement
Title: Security Threat Assessment for
Individuals Applying for a Hazardous
Materials Endorsement for a
Commercial Drivers License
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652–0027.
Forms(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Drivers seeking a
hazardous material endorsement (HME)
on their commercial driver’s license
(CDL).
Abstract: This collection supports the
implementation of sec. 1012 of the USA
PATRIOT Act (Pub. L. 107–56, 115 Stat.
272, 396, Oct. 26, 2001; 49 U.S.C.
5103a), which mandates that no State or
the District of Columbia may issue a
HME on a CDL unless TSA has first
determined the driver is not a threat to
transportation security. TSA’s
regulations at 49 CFR part 1572 describe
the procedures, standards, and
eligibility criteria for security threat
assessments on individuals seeking to
obtain, renew, or transfer a HME on a
CDL. In order to conduct the security
threat assessment, States (or a TSA
designated agent in States that elect to
have TSA perform the collection of
information) must collect information in
addition to that already collected for the
purpose of HME applications, which
will occur once approximately every
five years. The driver is required to
submit an application that includes
personal biographic information (for
instance, height, weight, eye and hair
color, date of birth); information
concerning legal status, mental health
defects history, and criminal history;
and fingerprints. In addition, 49 CFR
part 1572 requires States to maintain a
copy of the driver application for a
period of one year.
TSA proposes to amend the
application to collect minor additional
information, such as legal status
document information and whether the
driver is a new applicant or renewing or
transferring the HME. This will enable
TSA to better understand and forecast
driver retention, transfer rate, and droprate, thus improving customer service,
reducing program costs, and enhancing
comparability with other Federal
background checks, including the
Transportation Workers Identification
Credential (TWIC).
Number of Respondents: 295,000.

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Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 960,000 hours annually.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on February
21, 2013.
Susan Perkins,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office
of Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0040]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Application for Employment
Authorization, Form I–765; Form I–765
Work Sheet, Form I–765WS; Revision
of a Currently Approved Collection
ACTION:

30-day notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) is requesting public comment on
a proposed revision to an approved
information collection. On August 15,
2012, the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS),
submitted an information collection
request, utilizing emergency review
procedures, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance. OMB approved the
information collection request. DHS,
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) will be submitting the
following information collection request
to OMB for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The information
collection notice was recently published
in the Federal Register on December 17,
2012, at 77 FR 74687, allowing for a 60day public comment period. USCIS did
receive comments in connection with
the 60-day notice.
DATES: The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments. Comments are encouraged
and will be accepted until March 29,
2013. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: 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 OMB USCIS Desk Officer
via email at
[email protected]. The

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comments submitted to the OMB USCIS
Desk Officer may also be submitted to
DHS via the Federal eRulemaking Portal
Web site at http://www.regulations.gov
under e-Docket ID number USCIS–
2005–0035 or via email at
[email protected]. All
submissions received must include the
agency name and the OMB Control
Number [1615–0040] and e-Docket ID.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
submissions will be posted, without
change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov,
and will include any personal
information you provide. Therefore,
submitting this information makes it
public. You may wish to consider
limiting the amount of personal
information that you provide in any
voluntary submission you make to DHS.
DHS may withhold information
provided in comments from public
viewing that it determines may impact
the privacy of an individual or that is
offensive. For additional information,
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
http://www.regulations.gov.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Issues for Comment Focus
DHS, USCIS invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment
upon this proposed revision of a
currently approved collection of
information. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
information collection notice is
published in the Federal Register to
obtain comments regarding the nature of
the information collection, the
categories of respondents, and the
estimated burden (i.e. the time, effort,
and resources used by the respondents
to respond).
For Forms I–765 and I–765WS, USCIS
is especially interested in the public’s
experience, input, and estimate of the
burden in terms of time and money
incurred by applicants for the following
aspects of this information collection:
• The time burden incurred by
preparers (persons who assist the
respondent with the preparation of the
form) who are not paid by the
respondent.

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• For preparers who are paid, the
time and expense to the respondent to
find and secure such preparers for
assistance.
• The amount that paid preparers
charge for their services.
• The time required to obtain
supporting documents for Forms I–765
and I–765WS.
• The monetary costs incurred to
secure supporting documents from
sources such as a landlord, church,
utility, public agency (housing, social
services, law enforcement, local/state
governments), school, medical care
provider, advocacy group, law firm, or
military service.
• The average time required and cost
incurred to secure secondary evidence
such as an affidavit or a statement.
• The percentage of total applicants
who require English translations of their
supporting documents.
• The percentage of supporting
documents for each individual
applicant that require translation into
English.
• The time required to find, hire or
otherwise obtain translations of
supporting documents for immigration
benefit requests.
• The average out of pocket monetary
cost if any to obtain translations of
supporting documents when required.
USCIS requested input on these
questions in its 60-day notice and
received no comments. If no comments
are received from knowledgeable
individuals, USCIS will perform its own
analysis using information from other
sources to estimate these costs for its
next submission to OMB for this
information collection.
In addition, to be helpful in the
improvement of this form and the
program associated with this
information collection, written
comments and suggestions are requested
to provide USCIS with clear and
specific suggestions on the data
elements captured through these forms
and the evidence required to be
submitted with a focus on one or more
of the following four points:
(1) 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) 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) How to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How to reduce or minimize the
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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:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Application for Employment
Authorization; Form I–765 Work Sheet.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: Form I–765
and Form I–765WS, 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 information collected
on this form is used by USCIS to
determine eligibility for the issuance of
the employment authorization
document.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 1,420,000 responses related to
Form I–765 at 3.42 hours per response;
1,043,992 responses related to
Biometrics at 1.17 hours; 706,057
responses related to Form I–765WS at
.50 hours; and 1,420,000 responses
related to Passport-Style Photographs at
.50 hours per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 7,140,900 annual burden
hours.
If you need a copy of the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information, please visit
the Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
http://www.regulations.gov. We may
also be contacted at: USCIS, Office of
Policy and Strategy, Regulatory
Coordination Division, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2140,
Telephone number 202–272–8377.
Dated: February 22, 2013.
Laura Dawkins,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0092]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: E-Verify Program; Revision
of a Currently Approved Collection
ACTION:

30-day notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), 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 notice
was previously published in the Federal
Register on September 11, 2012, at 77
FR 55858, allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS received two
comments for this information
collection. A discussion of the
comments and USCIS’ responses are
addressed in item 8 of the supporting
statement that can be viewed at:
http://www.regulations.gov.
DATES: The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments. Comments are encouraged
and will be accepted until March 29,
2013. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: 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 DHS, and to the OMB USCIS
Desk Officer. Comments may be
submitted to: DHS, USCIS, Office of
Policy and Strategy, Chief, Regulatory
Coordination Division, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2140.
Comments may also be submitted to
DHS via email at
[email protected], to the OMB
USCIS Desk Officer via facsimile at 202–
395–5806 or via email at
[email protected] and via
the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site
at http://www.Regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2007–0023.
When submitting comments by email,
please make sure to add [Insert OMB
Control Number 1615–0092] in the
subject box.
All submissions received must
include the agency name, OMB Control
Number and Docket ID. Regardless of
the method used for submitting
comments or material, all submissions

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