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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2008–0192]
The National Infrastructure Advisory
Council
AGENCY: Directorate for National
Protection and Programs, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice
of Federal Advisory Council Meeting.
SUMMARY: The National Infrastructure
Advisory Council (NIAC) will meet on
Tuesday January 6, 2009 at the J.W.
Marriott’s Salons E and F, 1331
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
20004.
DATES: The National Infrastructure
Advisory Council will meet Tuesday,
January 6, 2009 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m. Please note that the meeting may
close early if the committee has
completed its business.
For additional information, please
consult the NIAC Web site, https://
www.dhs.gov/niac, or contact Matthew
Sickbert by phone at 703–235–2888 or
by e-mail at
Matthew.Sickbert@associates.dhs.gov.
The meeting will be held at
the J.W. Marriott’s Salons E and F, 1331
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
20004. While we will be unable to
accommodate oral comments from the
public, written comments may be sent
to Nancy J. Wong, Department of
Homeland Security, Directorate for
National Protection and Programs,
Washington, DC 20528. Written
comments should reach the contact
person listed no later than December 30,
2008. Comments must be identified by
DHS–2008–0192 and may be submitted
by one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail:
matthew.sickbert@associates.dhs.gov.
Include the docket number in the
subject line of the message.
• Fax: 703–235–3055.
• Mail: Nancy J. Wong, Department of
Homeland Security, Directorate for
National Protection and Programs,
Washington, DC 20528.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the words ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security’’ and the docket
number for this action. Comments
received will be posted without
alteration at www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
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comments received by the National
Infrastructure Advisory Council, go to
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy J. Wong, NIAC Designated
Federal Officer, Department of
Homeland Security, Washington, DC
20528; telephone 703–235–2888.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
this meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
(Pub. L. 92–463). The National
Infrastructure Advisory Council shall
provide the President through the
Secretary of Homeland Security with
advice on the security of the critical
infrastructure sectors and their
information systems.
The National Infrastructure Advisory
Council will meet to address issues
relevant to the protection of critical
infrastructure as directed by the
President. The January 6, 2009 meeting
will include a status report on the
Frameworks for Dealing With Disasters
and Related Interdependencies Working
Group and discussion on establishing a
working group for the upcoming study
on Infrastructure Resiliency.
The meeting agenda is as follows:
I. Opening of Meeting: Nancy J. Wong,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO),
NIAC, Department of Homeland
Security (DHS)
II. Roll Call of Members: Nancy J. Wong,
DFO, NIAC, DHS
III. Opening Remarks and Introductions:
NIAC Chairman Erle A. Nye,
Chairman Emeritus, TXU Corp;
NIAC Vice Chairman, Alfred R.
Berkeley, III, Chairman and CEO,
Pipeline Trading, LLC; Michael
Chertoff, Secretary, DHS (invited).
Participating but not expected to
make remarks: Paul A. Schneider,
Deputy Secretary, DHS (invited);
Robert D. Jamison, Under Secretary
for the National Protection and
Programs Directorate (invited);
Scott Charbo, Deputy Under
Secretary for the National
Protection and Programs
Directorate, DHS (invited); Robert
B. Stephan, Assistant Secretary for
Infrastructure Protection, DHS
(invited); Kenneth L. Wainstein,
Assistant to the President for
Homeland Security/Counter
Terrorism (APHS/CT), Homeland
Security Council (invited).
IV. Approval of October 2008 Minutes:
NIAC Chairman Erle A. Nye
V. Working Group Status Update: NIAC
Chairman Erle A. Nye Presiding
A. The Frameworks for Dealing
Disasters and Related
Interdependencies Working Group:
Edmund G. Archuleta, President
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and CEO, El Paso Water Utilities,
NIAC Member, NIAC Member;
James B. Nicholson, Chairman and
CEO, PVS Chemicals, Inc., NIAC
Member; and The Honorable Tim
Pawlenty, Governor, The State of
Minnesota, NIAC Member
VI. New Business: NIAC Chairman Erle
A. Nye, Vice Chairman Alfred R.
Berkeley, III, NIAC Members
A. Establishing a Working Group for
the Infrastructure Resiliency Study:
NIAC Chairman Erle A. Nye
Presiding
VII. Closing Remarks: Robert D. Jamison,
Under Secretary for the National
Protection and Programs
Directorate, DHS (invited); Robert
B. Stephan, Assistant Secretary for
Infrastructure Protection, DHS
(invited)
VIII. Adjournment: NIAC Chairman Erle
A. Nye.
Procedural
While this meeting is open to the
public, participation in The National
Infrastructure Advisory Council
deliberations is limited to committee
members, Department of Homeland
Security officials, and persons invited to
attend the meeting for special
presentations.
Information on Services for Individuals
With Disabilities
For information on facilities or
services for individuals with disabilities
or to request special assistance at the
meeting, contact the NIAC Secretariat at
703–235–2888 as soon as possible.
Dated: December 2, 2008.
Nancy J. Wong,
Designated Federal Officer for the NIAC.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Form I–829, Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: 60–Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review: Form I–829,
Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove
Conditions; OMB Control No. 1615–
0045.
The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) has
submitted the following information
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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. Comments are
encouraged and will be accepted for
sixty days until February 13, 2009.
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), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory
Management Division, Clearance Office,
111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite
3008, Washington, DC 20529–2260.
Comments may also be submitted to
DHS via facsimile to 202–272–8352, or
via e-mail at rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When
submitting comments by e-mail add the
OMB Control Number 1615–0045 in the
subject box.
During this 60-day period USCIS will
be evaluating whether to revise the
Form I–829. Should USCIS decide to
revise the Form I–829 it will advise the
public when it publishes the 30-day
notice in the Federal Register in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The public will then
have 30-days to comment on any
revisions to the Form I–829.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information should address one or more
of the following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the 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
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.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove
Conditions.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: Form I–829.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals and
households. This form is used by a
conditional resident alien entrepreneur
who obtained such status through a
qualifying investment, to apply to
remove conditions on his or her
conditional residence, and on the
conditional residence for his or her
spouse and children(s).
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 200 responses at 2 hours and
5 minutes (2.083) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 416 annual burden hours.
If you have additional comments,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
information collection instrument,
please visit: https://www.regulations.gov/
search/index.jsp
We may also be contacted at: USCIS,
Regulatory Management Division, 111
Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite
3008, Washington, DC 20529–2260,
telephone number 202–272–8377.
Dated: December 10, 2008.
Stephen Tarragon,
Deputy Chief, Regulatory Management
Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[CIS No. 2456–08; DHS Docket No. USCIS–
2008–0034]
RIN 1615–ZA79
Automatic Extension of Employment
Authorization Documentation for
Salvadoran Temporary Protected
Status Beneficiaries
Overview of This Information
Collection:
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension of an existing information
collection.
SUMMARY: On October 1, 2008, the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) published a Notice in the Federal
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Register extending the designation of El
Salvador for Temporary Protected Status
(TPS) through September 9, 2010.
Beneficiaries of TPS for El Salvador are
required to re-register and obtain new
Employment Authorization Documents
(EADs). Since USCIS will not be able to
process and re-issue new EADs for all
such beneficiaries by the March 9, 2009,
expiration date, USCIS has decided to
automatically extend the validity of
EADs issued to Salvadoran nationals (or
aliens having no nationality who last
habitually resided in El Salvador) until
September 9, 2009. This Notice
announces that extension and also
explains how TPS beneficiaries and
their employers may determine which
EADs are automatically extended.
DATES: This notice is effective December
15, 2008. The automatic extension of
EADs will begin on March 10, 2009, and
will remain in effect until September 9,
2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: TPS
Operations Program Manager, Status
and Family Branch, Office of Service
Center Operations, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security, 20 Massachusetts
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20529–
2060, telephone (202) 272–1533. This is
not a toll-free call. Further information
will also be available at local USCIS
offices upon publication of this Notice
and on the USCIS Web site at https://
www.uscis.gov.
Note: The phone number provided here is
solely for questions regarding this TPS
notice. It is not for individual case status
inquiries. Applicants seeking information
about the status of their individual case can
check Case Status Online available at the
USCIS Web site listed above, or applicants
may call the USCIS National Customer
Service Center at 1–800–375–5283 (TTY 1–
800–767–1833).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Why is USCIS automatically extending
the validity of EADs for Salvadoran
TPS beneficiaries?
Considering the large number of
applications, it is likely that many reregistrants will not receive their new
EADs until after the expiration date of
their current EADs. In order to prevent
a gap in employment authorization for
qualified re-registrants, DHS will
automatically extend the validity of
EADs for Salvadoran TPS beneficiaries
until September 9, 2009.
Who is eligible to receive an automatic
six-month EAD extension from March
10, 2009, to September 9, 2009?
You are eligible to receive an
automatic six-month extension of an
EAD, if you:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Agency Information Collection Activities: Form I-829, Extension
of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I-
829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions; OMB Control No.
1615-0045.
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The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted the following information
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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.
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until
February 13, 2009.
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), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory Management Division,
Clearance Office, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 3008,
Washington, DC 20529-2260. Comments may also be submitted to DHS via
facsimile to 202-272-8352, or via e-mail at rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When
submitting comments by e-mail add the OMB Control Number 1615-0045 in
the subject box.
During this 60-day period USCIS will be evaluating whether to
revise the Form I-829. Should USCIS decide to revise the Form I-829 it
will advise the public when it publishes the 30-day notice in the
Federal Register in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
public will then have 30-days to comment on any revisions to the Form
I-829.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information should
address one or more of the following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the 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 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 an existing
information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Petition by Entrepreneur to
Remove Conditions.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-829.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals and households. This
form is used by a conditional resident alien entrepreneur who obtained
such status through a qualifying investment, to apply to remove
conditions on his or her conditional residence, and on the conditional
residence for his or her spouse and children(s).
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 200 responses
at 2 hours and 5 minutes (2.083) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 416 annual burden hours.
If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the
information collection instrument, please visit: https://
www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp
We may also be contacted at: USCIS, Regulatory Management Division,
111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 3008, Washington, DC 20529-2260,
telephone number 202-272-8377.
Dated: December 10, 2008.
Stephen Tarragon,
Deputy Chief, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services.
[FR Doc. E8-29562 Filed 12-12-08; 8:45 am]
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