30-Day Notice

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2013)]

[Notices]

[Page 5477]

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

[FR Doc No: 2013-01514]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0046]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Inter-Agency Alien

Witness and Informant Record, Form I-854, Extension Without Change, of

a Currently Approved Collection

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following

information collection request for review and clearance in accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is

published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public

and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for

60 days until March 26, 2013.

During this 60 day period, USCIS will be evaluating whether to

revise the Form I-854. Should USCIS decide to revise Form I-854 we will

advise the public when we publish the 30-day notice in the Federal

Register in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The public

will then have 30 days to comment on any revisions to the Form I-854.

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), 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 1615-0046 in the subject box. Comments may also be submitted via

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.Regulations.gov under e-Docket ID

number USCIS-2006-0062.

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 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.

(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 without Change, of a

currently approved information collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Inter-Agency Alien Witness and

Informant Record.

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

Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-854.

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: Individuals or Households. Form I-

854 is used by law enforcement agencies to bring alien witnesses and

informants to the United States in ``S'' nonimmigrant classification.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 136 responses

at 4 hours and 15 minutes per response.

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

with the collection: 578 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

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: January 18, 2013.

Laura Dawkins,

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy,

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

Security.

[FR Doc. 2013-01514 Filed 1-24-13; 8:45 am]

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