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use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.

Dated: September 30, 2014.
Laura Dawkins,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.

Overview of This Information
Collection

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(1) Type of Information Collection:
New Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
USCIS Electronic Payment Processing.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: No Form
Number; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. The Immigration and
Nationality Act of 1952 (INA), as
amended, provides for the collection of
fees at a level that will ensure recovery
of the full costs of providing
adjudication and naturalization
services, including services provided
without charge to asylum applicants
and certain other immigrant applicants
(see INA section 286(m), 8 U.S.C.
1356(m)) and USCIS will accept certain
fee payments electronically.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection is 1,200,000 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
.167 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total estimated annual
hour burden associated with this
collection is 200,400 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public
burden (in cost) associated with the
collection: The estimated total annual
cost burden associated with this
collection of information is captured as
a part of the form which requires a
payment to be processed.
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.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0097]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Sworn Statement of Refugee
Applying for Admission to the United
States, Form G–646; Extension,
Without Change, 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 information collection notice
was previously published in the Federal
Register on March 27, 2014, at 79 FR
17171, allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS did receive 2
comments in connection with the 60day 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 6,
2014. 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 oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Comments may also be
submitted via fax at (202) 395–5806. All
submissions received must include the
agency name and the OMB Control
Number 1615–0097.
You may wish to consider limiting the
amount of personal information that you
provide in any voluntary submission
you make. For additional information
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
http://www.regulations.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

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Comments
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
Request: Extension, Without Change, of
a Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Sworn Statement of Refugee Applying
for Admission to the United States.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: G–646;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. USCIS uses the data
collected via the G–646 to determine
eligibility for the admission of the
applicant to the United States as
refugees.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 75,000 respondents with an
estimated hour burden per response of
.333 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total estimated hour
burden per response of this collection of
information is 24,975 hours.

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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 20529–2134;
Telephone 202–272–8377.
Dated: October 1, 2014.
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 HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5696–N–12]

Additional Waivers and Alternative
Requirements for Grantees in Receipt
of Community Development Block
Grant Disaster Recovery Funds Under
the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act,
2013
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This Notice provides an
additional waiver and alternative
requirements for Minot, North Dakota, a
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) disaster recovery grantee in
receipt of funds under Section 239 of
the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Appropriations Act, 2012
(Pub. L. 112–55) and the Disaster Relief
Appropriations Act, 2013 (Pub. L. 113–
2). Minot, ND initially received disaster
assistance under Public Law 112–55 and
was provided with additional assistance
through Public Law 113–2 (together, the
supplemental Acts). The waiver in this
Notice specific to Minot, ND applies to
both its 112–55 funds and 113–2 funds
as described herein. To date, the
Department has allocated nearly $15.5
billion under the supplemental Acts to
assist recovery in the most impacted
and distressed areas identified in major
disaster declarations in calendar years
2011, 2012 and 2013.
DATES: Effective Date: October 14, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan
Gimont, Director, Office of Block Grant
Assistance, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Room 7286, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone number 202–708–3587.

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Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
via TTY by calling the Federal Relay
Service at 800–877–8339. Facsimile
inquiries may be sent to Mr. Gimont at
202–401–2044. (Except for the ‘‘800’’
number, these telephone numbers are
not toll-free.) Email inquiries may be
sent to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers, and
Alternative Requirements
III. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
IV. Finding of No Significant Impact

I. Background
Section 239 of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Pub. L. 112–
55, approved November 18, 2011) makes
available up to $400 million, to remain
available until expended, in CDBG
funds for necessary expenses related to
disaster relief, long-term recovery,
restoration of infrastructure and
housing, and economic revitalization in
the most impacted and distressed areas
resulting from a major disaster declared
pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5121
et seq.) (Stafford Act) in 2011.
Additionally, the Disaster Relief
Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law
113–2, approved January 29, 2013)
made available $16 billion (reduced to
$15.18 billion after sequestration) 1 in
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) funds for necessary expenses
related to disaster relief, long-term
recovery, restoration of infrastructure
and housing, and economic
revitalization in the most impacted and
distressed areas resulting from a major
disaster declared pursuant to the
Stafford Act, due to Hurricane Sandy
and other eligible events in calendar
years 2011, 2012, and 2013.
To describe these allocations and the
accompanying requirements, the
Department published multiple Federal
Register notices: March 5, 2013 (78 FR
14329), April 19, 2013 (78 FR 23578),
May 29, 2013 (78 FR 32262), August 2,
2013 (78 FR 46999), November 18, 2013
(78 FR 69104), March 27, 2014 (78 FR
17173), June 3, 2014 (79 FR 31964), and
July 11, 2014 (79 FR 40133). For Minot,
North Dakota, allocations and
requirements under Public Law 112–55
1 On March 1, 2013, the President issued a
sequestration order pursuant to section 251A of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act, as amended (2 U.S.C. 901a), and reduced
funding for CDBG–DR grants under the Public Law
113–2 to $15.18 billion.

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can be found in the Notice published
April 16, 2012 (77 FR 22583). These are
referred to collectively in this Notice as
the ‘‘Prior Notices.’’ The requirements of
the Prior Notices continue to apply,
except as modified by this Notice.2
As the supplemental Acts require
funds to be awarded directly to a State,
or unit of general local government
(hereinafter, local government), at the
discretion of the Secretary, the term
‘‘grantee’’ refers to any jurisdiction that
has received a direct award from HUD
under the supplemental Acts.
II. Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers,
and Alternative Requirements
The supplemental Acts authorize the
Secretary to waive, or specify alternative
requirements for, any provision of any
statute or regulation that the Secretary
administers in connection with HUD’s
obligation or use by the recipient of
these funds (except for requirements
related to fair housing,
nondiscrimination, labor standards, and
the environment). Waivers and
alternative requirements are based upon
a determination by the Secretary that
good cause exists and that the waiver or
alternative requirement is not
inconsistent with the overall purposes
of Title I of the HCD Act. Regulatory
waiver authority is also provided by 24
CFR 5.110, 91.600, and 570.5.
This Notice modifies requirements of
the Prior Notices. The waivers and
alternative requirements in this Notice
apply to Minot, North Dakota, as
identified herein. For the waiver and
alternative requirements described in
this Notice, the Secretary has
determined that good cause exists and
the action is not inconsistent with the
overall purpose of Title I of the HCD
Act. Grantees may request additional
waivers and alternative requirements
from the Department as needed to
address specific needs related to their
recovery activities. Under the
requirements of the supplemental Acts,
waivers must be published in the
Federal Register no later than five days
before the effective date of such waiver.
1. General note. Except as described
in this Notice, the statutory, regulatory,
and notice provisions that shall apply to
the use of these funds are those
governing the funds appropriated under
2 Links to the Prior Notices, the text of the
supplemental Acts, and additional guidance
prepared by the Department for CDBG–DR grants,
are available on HUD’s Web site under the Office
of Community Planning and Development, Disaster
Recovery Assistance: http://portal.hud.gov/
hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_
planning/communitydevelopment/programs/drsi.
The same information is also available on HUD’s
OneCPD Web site: https://www.onecpd.info/cdbgdr/.

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