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Comments: The Department
specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information; (c) the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: 6 U.S.C. 279; 8 U.S.C.
1232; 45 CFR 410.1202 and 410.1302(c).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2024–0033; OMB No.
1660–0130]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Generic
Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of reinstatement
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) will
submit the information collection
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. FEMA invites
the general public to take this
opportunity to comment on a
reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information
collection. In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the Generic
Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery.

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Comments must be submitted on
or before May 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to Director, Information
Management Division, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472, email address
[email protected] or Krista
Westinson, Sr. PRA Clearance Officer,
Information Management Division, at
202–394–6377, and FEMA-HQ-Forms@
fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive
Order 12862 directs Federal agencies to
provide service to the public that
matches or exceeds the best service
available in the private sector. In order
to work continuously to ensure that our
programs are effective and meet our
customers’ needs, FEMA seeks to obtain
OMB approval of a generic clearance to
collect qualitative feedback on our
service delivery. By qualitative
feedback, we mean information that
provides useful insights on perceptions
and opinions but not statistical surveys
that yield quantitative results that can
be generalized to the population of
study.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on November 21, 2024, at 89
FR 92140 with a 60-day public comment
period. No comments were received.
The purpose of this notice is to notify
the public that FEMA will submit the
information collection abstracted below
to the Office of Management and Budget
for review and clearance.
DATES:

Collection of Information
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Type of Information Collection:
Reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0130.
FEMA Forms: None.
Abstract: The information collection
activity will garner qualitative customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. This

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feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences, and expectations; provide
an early warning of issues with service;
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training, or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative,
and actionable communications
between the Agency and its customers
and stakeholders. It will also allow
feedback to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
population. This type of generic
clearance for qualitative information
will not be used for quantitative
information collections that are
designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
performance. Such data uses require
more rigorous designs that address: The
target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential
nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,075,000.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1,075,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 268,783.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $12,269,944
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $2,349,900.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as
indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. 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

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practical utility; (b) 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;
(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
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Maile Rasco-Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief,
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,
Mission Support, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No.: DHS–2025–2017]

Notice of Availability of a Draft
Programmatic Environmental
Assessment for Actions Related to the
Migrant Protection Protocols Program
Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) announces the
availability of the Draft Programmatic
Environmental Assessment (PEA) and
Draft Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for the proposed resumption of
the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
Program along the southern border of
the United States (U.S.) as directed by
the Executive Order entitled, Securing
Our Borders (the Proposed Action). The
Draft PEA programmatically evaluates
reasonably foreseeable environmental
impacts that may occur because of the
Proposed Action and identifies standard
best management practices (BMPs) by
which DHS can reduce such impacts.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until May 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The Draft PEA and Draft
FONSI are available on DHS’s website
at: https://www.dhs.gov/sep/ephp/nepa.
Comments may be submitted by either
of the following methods:
• Regulations.gov web portal:
Navigate to https://www.regulations.gov
and search for Docket No. DHS–2025–
0017 to submit public comments.

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Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments. All public
comments received are subject to the
Freedom of Information Act and will be
posted in their entirety at this site and
available for public viewing. Do not
include any information you would not
like to be made publicly available.
• By email: Jennifer Hass, Acting
Executive Director, Energy and
Environment Division, at EED-EP@
hq.dhs.gov, Subject Header: ‘Docket No.
DHS 2025–2017 MPP PEA’.
All comments received may be made
publicly available without change,
including any personal information
provided.
Jennifer Hass, Acting Executive
Director, Energy and Environment
Division, Department of Homeland
Security at (202) 834–4346 or EED-EP@
hq.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Under the MPP program
(also known as the ‘‘Remain in Mexico’’
program) certain foreign individuals
entering or seeking admission into the
United States from Mexico, who enter
illegally or without proper
documentation, may be returned to
Mexico to wait outside the U.S. for the
duration of their removal proceedings.
DHS, as the federal Department
responsible for managing border control
and immigration, has the authority to
administer programs that further these
missions and protect national security.
The MPP program was first
established on December 20, 2018,
under authority granted to DHS
pursuant to Section 235(b)(2)(C) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
and was subsequently terminated in
2022. On January 20, 2025, President
Trump issued E.O. 14165, Securing Our
Borders, which directed the DHS
Secretary, along with the Secretary of
State and Attorney General, to resume
the MPP program ‘‘in all sectors along
the southern border of the United
States.’’
Under the initial MPP program, aliens
encountered at the southern border of
the U.S. and determined to be eligible
for the MPP program were processed at
the border POE, issued a Notice to
Appear, placed into removal
proceedings, and transferred back to
Mexico. Aliens were allowed to return
to the U.S. at a designated POE in order
to attend their immigration court
hearings. Under this program, the U.S.
and the Government of Mexico
developed a joint agreement, where the
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protections to those aliens returned to
Mexico under the MPP program.
Proposed Action: DHS proposes to
resume the MPP program, in accordance
with E.O. 14165, as DHS enforces
immigration laws and responds to
changing security and humanitarian
conditions along the southern border.
The Proposed Action is needed to
provide DHS the ability to return certain
aliens to Mexico pending the
completion of removal proceedings
pursuant to Section 240 of the INA (8
U.S.C. 1229a). The PEA evaluates the
full lifecycle of the MPP program
including its resumption and future
cessation, whether temporary or
permanent.
The increasing influx of aliens into
the U.S. has overwhelmed the U.S.
immigration system, making it easier for
illegal aliens to enter and remain in the
U.S. This influx has also resulted in
other consequences, including an
increase in human smugglers,
traffickers, and illegal drugs and other
contraband that have been able to cross
the border and remain in the U.S.,
endangering national security. The
Proposed Action would provide a safe
and orderly immigration process,
decrease illegal activities and illicit
contraband, and reduce threats to
national security and public safety.
DHS prepared the subject Draft PEA
to streamline the review process and
eliminate duplicative, lengthy reviews
for repetitive actions that would occur
under the MPP program and that could
be broadly analyzed given their similar
scopes. Additionally, the PEA would
provide programmatic-level
recommendations for BMPs to avoid or
minimize impacts on the environment,
to the greatest extent practicable.
However, individual project
implementation actions may still
require additional review under other
environmental and historic preservation
statutes, regulations, and EOs. MPP
program activities that could occur
during the operational phases of the
program, such as new construction of
temporary facilities to support
immigration proceedings, would still
require review on a project-specific
basis.
The Draft PEA evaluates the potential
environmental, cultural, socioeconomic,
and physical impacts associated with
DHS’s Proposed Action.
DHS would not undertake any
operational activities within the
sovereign territory of Mexico under this
Proposed Action. Therefore, this action
is not subject to requirements under
E.O. 12114, Environmental Effects
Abroad of Major Federal Actions.

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