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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 204 / Tuesday, October 22, 2013 / Notices

Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 626,604.5.
Estimated Cost: $19,211,690.27.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Comments
Written comments are solicited to (a)
evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed information
collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) 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
technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. Submit
comments to OMB within November 12,
2013. To ensure that FEMA is fully
aware of any comments or concerns that
you share with OMB, please provide
FEMA with a copy of your comments.
Submit comments to the FEMA address
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT caption.
Dated: September 30, 2013.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division,
Mission Support Bureau, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2013–24328 Filed 10–21–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0043]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Application for Temporary
Protected Status, Form I–821; Revision
of a Currently Approved Collection
ACTION:

30-day notice.

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 notice allowing for a 60-day
public comment period for this
information collection was previously
published in the Federal Register on

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July 8, 2013, at 78 FR 40758. USCIS did
not receive any public 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 November 21,
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, must be
directed to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer
via email at
[email protected]. The
comments submitted to the OMB USCIS
Desk Officer may also be submitted to
DHS, USCIS via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal Web site at http://
www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID
number USCIS–2007–0013 or via email
at [email protected]. All
submissions received must include the
agency name and the OMB Control
Number 1615–0043.
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.
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;

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(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
Request: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Application for Temporary Protected
Status.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: Form I–821;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. Form I–821 is necessary for
USCIS to gather the information
necessary to adjudicate TPS
applications and determine if an
applicant is eligible for TPS.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 91,882 respondents responding
via the paper-based Form I–821 at an
estimated 1 hour and 55 minutes (1.92
hours) per response. 81,481 respondents
responding via the USCIS Electronic
Immigration System (USCIS ELIS) at an
estimated 1 hour and 45 minutes (1.75
hours) per response. 173,363
respondents for biometrics processing at
an estimated 1 hour and 10 minutes
(1.17 hours) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 521,840 total annual burden
hours.
If you need a copy of the information
collection instrument with
supplementary documents, or need
additional information, please visit
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 202–272–8377.
Dated: October 17, 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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