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response time should be directed to the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), USCIS, Office of Policy and
Strategy, Laura Dawkins, Chief,
Regulatory Coordination Division, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2140.
Comments may be submitted to DHS via
email at [email protected] and
must include OMB Control Number
1615–NEW in the subject box.
Comments may also be submitted via
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.Regulations.gov under e-Docket ID
number USCIS–2012–0017.
All submissions received must
include the agency name and 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 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
www.Regulations.gov.
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:
New information collection.
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(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: No Agency
Form Number; File OMB–69; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Business or private
sector. The E-Verify Data Collections
evaluation is necessary in order for
USCIS to obtain data from employers
and workers in anticipation of the
enactment of mandatory state and/or
national employment eligibility
verification programs for all or a
substantial number of employers
nationwide.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond:
• Business/Private Sector: 135
respondents averaging 2 hours per
response; plus
• Individual/Households: 400
respondents averaging 1 hour per
response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection:
670 annual burden hours.
If you have additional comments,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions, or
additional information, please visit the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at:
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: December 19, 2012.
Laura Dawkins,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2012–31079 Filed 12–21–12; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Declaration for Free Entry of
Unaccompanied Articles
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments; extension of an existing
collection of information.
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As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, CBP invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment
on an information collection
requirement concerning the Declaration
for Free Entry of Unaccompanied
Articles (Form 3299). This request for
comment is being made pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Public Law 104–13).
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before February 25, 2013,
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and
Rulings, Office of International Trade,
799 9th Street NW., 5th Floor,
Washington, DC 20229–1177.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Tracey Denning,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Regulations and Rulings, Office of
International Trade, 799 9th Street NW.,
5th Floor, Washington, DC 20229–1177,
at 202–325–0265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).
The comments should address: (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimates of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden including
the use of automated collection
techniques or the use of other forms of
information technology; and (e) the
annual cost burden to respondents or
record keepers from the collection of
information (total capital/startup costs
and operations and maintenance costs).
The comments that are submitted will
be summarized and included in the CBP
request for Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments
will become a matter of public record.
In this document CBP is soliciting
comments concerning the following
information collection:
Title: Declaration for Free Entry of
Unaccompanied Articles
OMB Number: 1651–0014
Form Number: Form 3299
Abstract: 19 U.S.C. 1498 provides that
when personal and household effects
enter the
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United States but do not accompany
the owner or importer on his/her arrival
in the country, a declaration is made on
CBP Form 3299, Declaration for Free
Entry of Unaccompanied Articles. The
information on this form is needed to
support a claim for duty-free entry for
these effects. This form is provided for
by 19 CFR 148.6, 148.52, 148.53 and
148.77. CBP Form 3299 is accessible at:
http://forms.cbp.gov/pdf/
CBP_Form_3299.pdf.
Action: CBP proposes to extend the
expiration date of this information
collection with no change to the burden
hours or to CBP Form 3299.
Type of Review: Extension (without
change).
Affected Public: Businesses and
Individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
150,000.
Estimated Number of Total Annual
Responses: 150,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 45
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 112,500.
Dated: December 20, 2012.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2012–31071 Filed 12–21–12; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Reopening of Application Period for
Participation in the Air Cargo Advance
Screening (ACAS) Pilot Program
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, DHS.
ACTION: General notice.
AGENCY:

On October 24, 2012, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
published a notice in the Federal
Register that announced the
formalization and expansion of the Air
Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) pilot
program and a 30 day application
period (until November 23, 2012) for
new participants. This document
announces that CBP is reopening the
application period for 15 days. The
ACAS pilot is a voluntary test in which
participants submit a subset of the
required advance air cargo data to CBP
at the earliest point practicable prior to
loading of the cargo onto the aircraft
destined to or transiting through the
United States.
DATES: CBP is reopening the application
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ACAS pilot participants until January 8,
2013. Comments concerning any aspect
of the announced test may be submitted
at any time during the test period.
ADDRESSES: Applications to participate
in the ACAS pilot must be submitted via
email to [email protected]. Written
comments concerning program, policy,
and technical issues may be submitted
via email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Regina Park, Cargo and Conveyance
Security, Office of Field Operations,
U.S. Customs & Border Protection, via
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 24, 2012, CBP published
a general notice in the Federal Register
(77 FR 65006, corrected in 77 FR
65395 1) announcing that CBP is
formalizing and expanding the ACAS
pilot to include other eligible
participants in the air cargo
environment. The ACAS pilot revises
the time frame for transmission by pilot
participants of a subset of mandatory
advance electronic information for air
cargo. CBP regulations implementing
the Trade Act of 2002 require advance
information for air cargo to be submitted
no later than the time of departure of the
aircraft for the United States (from
specified locations) or four hours prior
to arrival in the United States for all
other locations. See 19 CFR 122.48a.
The ACAS pilot is a voluntary test in
which participants agree to submit a
subset of the required 19 CFR 122.48a
data elements (ACAS data) at the
earliest point practicable prior to
loading of the cargo onto the aircraft
destined to or transiting through the
United States. The ACAS data is used to
target high-risk air cargo. The results of
the ACAS pilot will help determine the
relevant data elements, the time frame
within which data should be submitted
to permit CBP to effectively target,
identify and mitigate any risk with the
least impact practicable on trade
operations, and any other related
procedures and policies.
Reopening of Application Period
In the notice announcing the ACAS
pilot, CBP stated that applications from
new ACAS pilot participants would be
accepted until November 23, 2012.
However, CBP received a number of
requests for extensions for submitting
applications. CBP also experienced
technical difficulties with the email box
1 The Federal Register corrected the email
address under the ADDRESSES heading from
‘‘[email protected]’’ to ‘‘[email protected]’’
on October 26, 2012.

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set up for the ACAS pilot, and therefore
CBP may not have received all
submitted applications. Any applicants
who have not received a response from
CBP will need to resubmit their
applications. Accordingly, CBP is
reopening the application period until
January 8, 2013.
Anyone interested in participating in
the ACAS pilot should refer to the
notice published in the Federal Register
on October 24, 2012, for additional
application information and eligibility
requirements.
Dated: December 19, 2012.
David Murphy,
Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of
Field Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012–30922 Filed 12–21–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5610–N–18]

Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment; Public
Housing Reform Act: Changes to
Admission and Occupancy
Requirements for the Public Housing
and Section 8 Assistance Programs
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be 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.
The purpose of this information
collection submission is to implement
the requirement that public housing
agencies have available upon request,
their respective admission and
occupancy policies for both the public
and the Department of Housing and
Urban Development. Public housing
authorities must have on hand and
available for inspection policies related
to admission and continued occupancy,
so as to respond to inquiries from
tenants, legal-aid services, HUD, and
other interested parties informally or
through the Freedom of Information
Act. Written documentation of policies
relating to public housing and Section 8
assistance programs implemented under
the Quality Housing and Work
Responsibility Act of 1998, such as
eligibility for admission and continued
occupancy, local preferences, and rent

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