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waterways/safety-advisory-committees/
lmrwsac/general-information no later
than December 31, 2017. Alternatively,
you may contact Lieutenant Brian Porter
as noted in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
Public comments or questions will be
taken throughout the meeting as the
Committee discusses the issues and
prior to deliberations and voting. There
will also be a public comment period at
the end of the meeting. Speakers are
requested to limit their comments to 3
minutes. Please note that the public
comment period may end before the
period allotted, following the last call
for comments. Contact the individual
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to register as a speaker.
Dated: December 15, 2017.
Paul F. Thomas,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,
Eighth Coast Guard District.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0111]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Petition for a
CNMI-Only Nonimmigrant Transitional
Worker, Form I–129CW
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-day notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration (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
February 20, 2018.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received
must include the OMB Control Number

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1615–0111 in the body of the letter, the
agency name and Docket ID USCIS–
2012–0011. To avoid duplicate
submissions, please use only one of the
following methods to submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal website at
http://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2012–0011;
(2) 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,
Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20529–2140, telephone
number 202–272–8377 (This is not a
toll-free number. 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 website
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–2012–0011 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
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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:
Petition for a CNMI-Only Nonimmigrant
Transitional Worker.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: Form I–
129CW; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit.
USCIS uses the data collected on this
form to determine eligibility for the
requested immigration benefits. An
employer uses this form to petition
USCIS for an alien to temporarily enter
as a nonimmigrant into the CNMI to
perform services or labor as a CNMIOnly Transitional Worker (CW–1). An
employer also uses this form to request
an extension of stay or change of status
on behalf of the alien worker. The form
serves the purpose of standardizing
requests for these benefits, and ensuring
that the basic information required to
determine eligibility, is provided by the
petitioners.
USCIS collects biometrics from aliens
present in the CNMI at the time of
requesting initial grant of CW–1 status.
The information is used to verify the
alien’s identity, background information
and ultimately adjudicate their request
for CW–1 status.
The CW–1 classification is unique in
that Form I–129CW is a petition for the
CW–1 classification as well as a ‘‘grant
of status.’’ A ‘‘grant of status’’ allows
beneficiaries lawfully present in the
CNMI to change status directly from
their CNMI classification or DHS-issued
parole to the CW–1 classification. See 8

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CFR 214.2(w)(1)(v). When a beneficiary
is granted CW–1 status, the adjudicating
officer is granting admission and status
to the beneficiary without requiring the
beneficiary to depart the CNMI, obtain
a visa abroad, and seek admission with
CBP. Because we are granting the CW–
1 status to the beneficiary, we use
biometrics to make a determination of
admissibility prior to adjudicating the
Form I–129CW petition. The checks are
used to confirm identity and ensure that
CW–1 status is not granted to anyone
who is inadmissible. As the CW
program progresses, the need to take
biometrics in most cases has
diminished, as the Form I–129CW is
increasingly used for extension of status
of persons who had already had their
biometrics taken at the initial grant stage
rather than for initial grants of status in
the CNMI, but the authority will
continue to be used in those initial grant
cases that do arise.
(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 Form I–129CW is 3,749 and
the estimated hour burden per response
is 3 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 11,247 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 $459,252.50.
Dated: December 19, 2017.
Samantha Deshommes,
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–5997–N–74]

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30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: 2018 Rental Housing
Finance Survey (RHFS)
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

HUD submitted the proposed
information collection requirement
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose
of this notice is to allow for an
additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 22,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. Email:
[email protected]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna
P. Guido at [email protected] or
telephone 202–402–5535. This is not a
toll-free number. Persons with hearing
or speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800)
877–8339.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A. The Federal Register notice
that solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60
days was published on October 20, 2017
at 82 FR 48844.
SUMMARY:

A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: 2018
Rental Housing Finance Survey.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–0276.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Agency Form Numbers: No agency
forms will be used.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS)
provides a measure of financial,
mortgage, and property characteristics
of rental housing properties in the
United States. RHFS focuses on

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mortgage financing of rental housing
properties, with emphasis on new
originations for purchase-money
mortgages and refinancing, and the
characteristics of these new
originations.
The RHFS will collect data on
property values of residential structures,
characteristics of residential structures,
rental status and rental value of units
within the residential structures,
commercial use of space within
residential structures, property
management status, ownership status, a
detailed assessment of mortgage
financing, and benefits received from
Federal, state, local, and nongovernmental programs.
Many of the questions are the same or
similar to those found on the 1995
Property Owners and Managers Survey,
the rental housing portion of the 2001
Residential Finance Survey, the 2012
Rental Housing Finance Survey, and the
2015 Rental Housing Finance Survey.
This survey does not duplicate work
done in other existent HUD surveys or
studies that deal with rental units
financing.
Policy analysts, program managers,
budget analysts, and Congressional staff
can use the survey’s results to advise
executive and legislative branches about
the mortgage finance characteristics of
the rental housing stock in the United
States and the suitability of public
policy initiatives. Academic researchers
and private organizations will also be
able to utilize the data to facilitate their
research and projects. The Department
of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) needs the RHFS data for the
following two reasons:
1. This is the only source of
information on the rental housing
finance characteristics of rental
properties.
2. HUD needs this information to gain
a better understanding of the mortgage
finance characteristics of the rental
housing stock in the United States to
evaluate, monitor, and design HUD
programs.
Members of affected public: Owners
and managers of rental properties.
Respondents:

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