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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
30-Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review; the Student
and Exchange Visitor Information
System (SEVIS), OMB Control No.
1653–0038.
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ACTION:
The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (USICE), has submitted the
following information collection request
for review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. The
information collection was previously
published in the Federal Register on
July 12, 2007, Vol. 72 No. 133 38095,
allowing for a 60-day comment period.
No comments were received on this
information collection. The purpose of
this notice is to allow an additional 30
days for public comments. Comments
are encouraged and will be accepted for
thirty days until October 31, 2007.
Written comments and suggestions
regarding items contained in this notice,
and especially with regard to the
estimated public burden and associated
response time should be directed to the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS); Lee Shirkey, Acting Chief,
Records Management Branch; U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
425 I Street, NW., Room 1122,
Washington, DC 20536; (202) 353.2266.
These comments and suggestions
concerning the continued collection of
information should address one or more
of the following four points:
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(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
agencies 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:
Extension of currently approved
information collection.
(2) Title of the form/collection:
Petition for Approval of School for
Attendance by Nonimmigrant Student
and Certificate of Eligibility for
Nonimmigrant Student Status.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: Forms I–17
and I–20/Student and Exchange Visitor
Program (SEVP).
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary. Approximately
30,000 designated school officials
(DSOs) representing some 8,300
academic and vocational institutions.
Section 641 of the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), Public Law 104–
208, Div. C (Sept. 30, 1996; see
attachment 1) requires the creation of a
program to collect current information,
on an ongoing basis, from schools and
exchange visitor programs relating to
nonimmigrant F, M or J foreign students
and exchange visitors during the course
of their stay in the United States (U.S.),
using electronic reporting technology to
the fullest extent practicable. It further
requires Federal approval and
authorization of schools and exchange
visitor programs participating in such
enrollment. The information collection
about nonimmigrants mandated by
IIRIRA includes the identity and current
address in the United States of the alien,
the nonimmigrant classification of the
alien, the date on which a visa under
the classification was issued or
extended or the date on which a change
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to such classification was approved by
the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), the current academic status of
the alien, including whether the alien is
maintaining status as a full-time
student, or whether an exchange visitor
is satisfying the terms and conditions of
his or her program, and any disciplinary
action taken by the institution or
exchange visitor program sponsor
against the alien as a result of a
conviction of a crime. The Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT)
Act of 2001, Public Law 107–56
(October 26, 2001), subsequently
amended IIRIRA and added the
requirement that information be
collected on the date of entry and portof-entry. On October 30, 2001, the
President issued Homeland Security
Directive No. 2 (Directive 2) requiring
DHS to conduct periodic, ongoing
review of all institutions certified to
accept nonimmigrant students. On May
14, 2002 the Enhanced Border Security
and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002
(Border Security Act), Public Law 107–
173, 116 Stat. 543 (May 14, 2002), was
enacted. It required DHS to recertify all
schools approved for attendance by F or
M nonimmigrant students within two
years of the passage of the Border
Security Act. Further, it mandates that
DHS conduct an additional
recertification of these schools every
two years following. Data collection
requirements for SEVP certification,
oversight and recertification of schools
authorized to enroll F or M
nonimmigrant students are not specified
in the aforementioned legislation, but
are enumerated in 8 CFR 214.3 and
214.4. The Student and Exchange
Visitor Program (SEVP), a component of
U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), is the program
mandated by these laws to carry out
these responsibilities.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond annually:
Respondents ...............................
Time for student management
reporting.
Time for management of SEVP
certification.
Average time per respondent.
30,000.
6.8 hours.
2.3 hours
9.1 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 273,000.
Comments and/or questions; requests
for a copy of the proposed information
collection instrument, with instructions;
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or inquiries for additional information
should be directed to: Lee Shirkey,
Acting Chief, Records Management
Branch; U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, 425 I Street, NW., Room
1122, Washington, DC 20536; (202) 616–
2266.
Dated: September 27, 2007.
Lee Shirkey,
Acting Chief, Records Management Branch,
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Tok,
AK
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
Draft Revised Comprehensive
Conservation Plan and Environmental
Assessment for Tetlin National Wildlife
Refuge; request for comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service, we),
announce that the Draft Revised
Comprehensive Conservation Plan
(CCP) and Environmental Assessment
(EA) for Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge
is available for public comment. The
Draft CCP was prepared pursuant to the
Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act of 1980 (ANILCA), the
National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966 (Refuge
Administration Act) as amended by the
National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 (Refuge
Improvement Act), and the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA). Three alternatives for
management of Tetlin Refuge over the
next 15 years, including continuing
current management, are considered in
the Draft Conservation Plan.
DATES: Comments on the Draft
Conservation Plan must be received on
or before January 18, 2008.
ADDRESSES: To provide written
comments or to request a paper copy or
a compact disk of the Draft CCP, contact
Mikel Haase, Planning Team Leader,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011
East Tudor Rd., MS–231, Anchorage,
Alaska 99503; telephone: (907) 786–
3402; fax: (907) 786–3965; e-mail:
fw7_tetlin_planning@fws.gov. You may
also view or download a copy of the
Draft CCP at the following Web site:
https://alaska.fws.gov/nwr/planning/
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tetpol.htm. Copies of the Draft CCP may
be viewed at the Tetlin Refuge Office in
Tok, Alaska; local area libraries, and the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional
Office in Anchorage, Alaska.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Mikel Haase at the above address or
phone number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
ANILCA (16 U.S.C. 410hh et seq., 43
U.S.C. 1602 et seq.) requires
development of a CCP for all national
wildlife refuges in Alaska. The Draft
CCP for Tetlin Refuge was developed
consistent with section 304(g) of
ANILCA and the Refuge Administration
Act as amended by the Refuge
Improvement Act (16 U.S.C. 668dd et
seq.). The purpose of developing CCPs
is to provide refuge managers with a 15year management strategy for achieving
refuge purposes and contributing
toward the mission of the National
Wildlife Refuge System, consistent with
sound principles of fish, wildlife, and
habitat management and conservation;
legal mandates; and Service policies.
Plans define long-term goals and
objectives toward which refuge
management activities are directed and
identify which uses may be compatible
with the purposes of the refuge. They
identify wildlife-dependent recreation
opportunities available to the public,
including hunting, fishing, wildlife
observation and photography, and
environmental education and
interpretation. Comprehensive
conservation plans are updated in
accordance with planning direction in
section 304(g) of ANILCA and with
NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Background: In 1980, ANILCA
designated Tetlin National Wildlife
Refuge. Refuge boundaries encompass
approximately 935,000 acres of which
approximately 693,000 acres (74
percent) are under Service jurisdiction.
Section 302(8)(B) of ANILCA states that
the purposes for which Tetlin Refuge
was established include: to conserve
fish and wildlife populations and
habitats in their natural diversity; to
fulfill international treaty obligations of
the United States with respect to fish
and wildlife and their habitats; to
provide the opportunity for continued
subsistence use by local residents; to
ensure water quality and necessary
water quantity within the refuge; and to
provide opportunities for interpretation
and environmental education.
The original Tetlin CCP was
completed in 1987 following direction
in Section 304(g) of ANILCA.
Management categories (wilderness,
wild rivers, minimal, moderate, and
intensive) are used to describe
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management levels throughout the
refuges in Alaska. A management
category is a set of refuge management
directions applied to an area, in light of
its resources and existing and potential
uses, to facilitate management and the
accomplishment of refuge purposes and
goals. Three management categories
(minimal, moderate, and intensive)
apply to Tetlin Refuge. The 1997 Refuge
Improvement Act includes additional
direction for conservation planning
throughout the National Wildlife Refuge
System. This direction has been
incorporated into national planning
policy for the National Wildlife Refuge
System, including refuges in Alaska.
This draft revision of the Tetlin
conservation plan meets the
requirements of both ANILCA and the
Refuge Improvement Act.
Issues raised during scoping and
addressed in this Draft CCP are: (1) The
visitor services role of Tetlin Refuge in
the upper Tanana Valley; (2) refuge role
in providing opportunities for access to,
and associated facilities for, existing and
expanding wildlife-dependent uses of
the refuge; (3) management of fire on
Tetlin Refuge to provide adequate
protection of refuge resources and
private property within and adjacent to
the refuge; (4) use of prescribed fire as
a method of habitat management; and
(5) use of fishery management actions to
maintain native fish breeding stocks and
enhance recreational fishing.
This Draft CCP describes and
evaluates three alternatives for
managing Tetlin Refuge for the next 15
years. These alternatives follow the
same general management direction but
provide different levels of development
and different ways of addressing the
issues.
Alternative A (Current Management):
Management of Tetlin Refuge would
continue to follow the 1987 CCP and
record of decision as modified by
subsequent program-specific plans (e.g.,
fisheries, public use, and fire
management plans). Private and
commercial uses of the refuge would
continue at current levels. Refuge
management would continue to reflect
existing laws, executive orders,
regulations, and policies governing
Service administration and operation of
the National Wildlife Refuge System.
The refuge would continue to
coordinate with partners to maintain the
refuge’s role as a key participant and
provider of environmental education,
interpretation, and recreation in the
upper Tanana Valley. The refuge would
maintain or increase existing
opportunities for compatible public use
of the refuge. Facilities, such as
interpretive and hiking trails, boat
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[FR Doc No: E7-19455]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; the
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), OMB Control
No. 1653-0038.
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The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (USICE), has submitted the following information collection
request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is published to
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. The information
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on July 12,
2007, Vol. 72 No. 133 38095, allowing for a 60-day comment period. No
comments were received on this information collection. The purpose of
this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments.
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for thirty days until
October 31, 2007.
Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this
notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public burden and
associated response time should be directed to the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS); Lee Shirkey, Acting Chief, Records Management
Branch; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 425 I Street, NW.,
Room 1122, Washington, DC 20536; (202) 353.2266. These comments and
suggestions concerning the continued collection of information 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 agencies 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: Extension of currently approved
information collection.
(2) Title of the form/collection: Petition for Approval of School
for Attendance by Nonimmigrant Student and Certificate of Eligibility
for Nonimmigrant Student Status.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Forms I-17
and I-20/Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP).
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary. Approximately 30,000 designated
school officials (DSOs) representing some 8,300 academic and vocational
institutions. Section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), Public Law 104-208, Div.
C (Sept. 30, 1996; see attachment 1) requires the creation of a program
to collect current information, on an ongoing basis, from schools and
exchange visitor programs relating to nonimmigrant F, M or J foreign
students and exchange visitors during the course of their stay in the
United States (U.S.), using electronic reporting technology to the
fullest extent practicable. It further requires Federal approval and
authorization of schools and exchange visitor programs participating in
such enrollment. The information collection about nonimmigrants
mandated by IIRIRA includes the identity and current address in the
United States of the alien, the nonimmigrant classification of the
alien, the date on which a visa under the classification was issued or
extended or the date on which a change to such classification was
approved by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the current
academic status of the alien, including whether the alien is
maintaining status as a full-time student, or whether an exchange
visitor is satisfying the terms and conditions of his or her program,
and any disciplinary action taken by the institution or exchange
visitor program sponsor against the alien as a result of a conviction
of a crime. The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA
PATRIOT) Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56 (October 26, 2001),
subsequently amended IIRIRA and added the requirement that information
be collected on the date of entry and port-of-entry. On October 30,
2001, the President issued Homeland Security Directive No. 2 (Directive
2) requiring DHS to conduct periodic, ongoing review of all
institutions certified to accept nonimmigrant students. On May 14, 2002
the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (Border
Security Act), Public Law 107-173, 116 Stat. 543 (May 14, 2002), was
enacted. It required DHS to recertify all schools approved for
attendance by F or M nonimmigrant students within two years of the
passage of the Border Security Act. Further, it mandates that DHS
conduct an additional recertification of these schools every two years
following. Data collection requirements for SEVP certification,
oversight and recertification of schools authorized to enroll F or M
nonimmigrant students are not specified in the aforementioned
legislation, but are enumerated in 8 CFR 214.3 and 214.4. The Student
and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), a component of U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is the program mandated by these laws to
carry out these responsibilities.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond annually:
Respondents................................ 30,000.
Time for student management reporting...... 6.8 hours.
Time for management of SEVP certification.. 2.3 hours
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Average time per respondent............ 9.1 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 273,000.
Comments and/or questions; requests for a copy of the proposed
information collection instrument, with instructions;
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or inquiries for additional information should be directed to: Lee
Shirkey, Acting Chief, Records Management Branch; U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, 425 I Street, NW., Room 1122, Washington, DC
20536; (202) 616-2266.
Dated: September 27, 2007.
Lee Shirkey,
Acting Chief, Records Management Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
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