60-day notice

Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 232 / Monday, December 3, 2012 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0087]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Application for Citizenship
and Issuance of Certificate Under
Section 322, Form N–600K; Revision of
a Currently Approved Collection
ACTION:

60-Day Notice.

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (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 (PRA) 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, the estimated
burden (i.e. the time, effort, and
resources used by the respondents to
respond), the estimated cost to the
respondent, and the actual information
collection instruments. During this 60day period, USCIS will be evaluating
whether to further revise the
information collection. Should USCIS
decide to further revise the information
collection, it will advise the public
when it publishes the 30-day notice in
the Federal Register in accordance with
the PRA. The public will then have 30days to comment on any further
revisions to the information collection.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
February 1, 2013.
ADDRESSES: During the 60-day comment
period, written comments and
suggestions regarding items contained
in this notice, and especially with
regard to the estimated public burden
and associated response time must be
directed to DHS using one of the
following methods: (1) Via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal Web site at
www.Regulations.gov under e-Docket ID
number USCIS–2007–0019; (2) by email
to [email protected]; or
(3) by mail to DHS, USCIS, Office of
Policy and Strategy, Chief, Regulatory
Coordination Division, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2140. All
submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615–0087 in the
subject box, the agency name and eDocket ID USCIS–2007–0019.

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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 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.

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
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:
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Application for Citizenship and
Issuance of Certificate Under Section
322.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS

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sponsoring the collection: N–600K;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. This form provides an
organized framework for establishing
the authenticity of an applicant’s
eligibility and is essential for providing
prompt, consistent and correct
processing of such applications for
citizenship under section 322 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 3,242 responses at 2 hours and
5 minutes (2.083 hours) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 6,753 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: November 25, 2012.
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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BILLING CODE 9111–97–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5603–N–89]

Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity
Program (SHOP) Grant Monitoring
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
An extension of the existing PRA
approval is needed to permit SHOP
Grantees to use a revised and updated
SHOP Form HUD–40221(rev) ‘‘LOCCS/
VRS Selfhelp Homeownership
Opportunity Program Payment
Voucher’’ to drawdown SHOP Grant
funds through LOCCS/VRS.

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