60-Day Notice

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]

[Notices]

[Page 32408]

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

[FR Doc No: 2015-13935]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0092]

Agency Information Collection Activities: E-Verify Program;

Revision of a Currently Approved Collection

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department

of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: 60-Day Notice.

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SUMMARY: DHS, 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until

August 7, 2015.

ADDRESSES: All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number

1615-0092 in the subject box, the agency name and Docket ID USCIS-2007-

0023. To avoid duplicate submissions, please use only one of the

following methods to submit comments:

(1) Online. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web

site at www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS-2007-0023;

(2) Email. Submit comments to [email protected];

(3) Mail. Submit written comments to DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy

and Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 20 Massachusetts

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529-2140.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,

Regulatory Coordination Division, Laura Dawkins, Chief, 20

Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529-2140, telephone number

202-272-8377 (comments are not accepted via telephone message). Please

note contact information provided here is solely for questions

regarding this notice. It is not for individual case status inquiries.

Applicants seeking information about the status of their individual

cases can check Case Status Online, available at the USCIS Web site at

http://www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS National Customer Service

Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments

You may access the information collection instrument with

instructions, or additional information by visiting the Federal

eRulemaking Portal site at: http://www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS-

2007-0023 in the search box. 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.

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: E-Verify Program.

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

DHS sponsoring the collection: No Agency Form Number; USCIS.

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for profit. E-

Verify allows employers to electronically verify the employment

eligibility status of newly hired employees.

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

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:

65,000 respondents averaging 2.26 hours (2 hours 16

minutes) per response (enrollment time includes review and signing of

the MOU, registration, new user training, and review of the user

guides); plus

425,000, the number of already-enrolled respondents

receiving training on new features and system updates averaging 1 hour

per response; plus

425,000, the number of respondents submitting E-Verify

cases averaging .129 hours (approximately 8 minutes) per case; plus

232,900, the number of respondents submitting

reverification cases averaging .06 hours (approximately 4 minutes) per

case.

(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 3,563,900 hours.

(7) An estimate of the total public burden (in cost) associated

with the collection: There is no estimated annual cost burden

associated with this collection of information.

Laura Dawkins,

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

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

Security.

[FR Doc. 2015-13935 Filed 6-5-15; 8:45 am]

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