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or professions, or to obtain various
licenses.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 85 responses at .75 hours (45
minutes) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 64 annual burden hours.
If you need a copy of the information
collection instrument, please visit the
Web site at: https://
www.regulations.gov/.
We may also be contacted at: USCIS,
Regulatory Products Division, Office of
the Executive Secretariat, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2020,
Telephone number (202) 272–8377.
Dated: November 15, 2011.
Sunday Aigbe,
Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office
of the Executive Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
United States Immigration and
Customs Enforcement
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Extension of an Information
Collection; Comment Request
30-Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review; Electronic
Bonds Online (eBonds) Access.
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ACTION:
The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), is submitting the
following information collection request
for review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register on August 30, 2011, Vol. 76 No.
168, pp 53930, 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 December 21, 2011.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
regarding items contained in this notice
and especially with regard to the
estimated public burden and associated
response time should be directed to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
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Budget. Comments should be addressed
to OMB Desk Officer, for United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Department of Homeland Security, and
sent via electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed
to (202) 395–6974.
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 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 a currently approved
information collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Electronic Bonds Online (eBonds)
Access; OMB Control No. 1653–0046.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: Forms I–
352SA; I–352RA, U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individual or
Households, Business or other nonprofit. The information taken in this
collection is necessary for ICE to grant
access to eBonds and to notify the
public of the duties and responsibilities
associated with accessing eBonds. The
I–352SA and the I–352RA are the two
instruments used to collect the
information associated with this
collection. The I–352SA is to be
completed by a Surety that currently
holds a Certificate of Authority to act as
a Surety on Federal bonds and details
the requirements for accessing eBonds
as well as the documentation, in
addition to the I–352SA and I–352RA,
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which the Surety must submit prior to
being granted access to eBonds. The I–
352RA provides notification that
eBonds is a Federal government
computer system and as such users
must abide by certain conduct
guidelines to access eBonds and the
consequences if such guidelines are not
followed.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 100 responses at 30 minutes
(.50 hours) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 50 annual burden hours.
Requests for a copy of the proposed
information collection instrument, with
instructions; or inquiries for additional
information should be directed to: John
Ramsay, Program Manager, Records
Management Branch, U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th
Street SW., Room 3138, Washington, DC
20024; (202) 732–6337.
November 10, 2011.
John Ramsay,
Program Manager, Records Management
Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Department of Homeland
Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5481–N–20]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request
Congressional Earmark Grants
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
The Department’s Congressional
Grants Division administers
congressionally mandated grants,
known as earmarks. These projects have
been identified in the annual
appropriation of funds to the
Department and in the accompanying
conference reports or congressional
record accompanying each
appropriation. Earmarks generally fall
into two categories: Economic
SUMMARY:
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Development Initiative-Special Project
(EDI–SP) and Neighborhood Initiative
(NI) grants.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 23,
2012.
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:
Reports Liaison Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410,
Room 9120 or the number for the
Federal Information Relay Service (1–
800–877–8339).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank McNally, Director, Congressional
Grants Division, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone
(202) 402–7100 (this is not a toll free
number) for copies of the proposed
forms and other available information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed
collection of information to: (1) Evaluate
whether the proposed collection 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; (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
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: Congressional
Earmark Grants.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2506–0179.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: HUD’s
Congressional Grants Division and its
Environmental Officers in the field use
this information to make funds available
to entities directed to receive funds
appropriated by Congress. This
information is used to collect, receive,
review and monitor program activities
through applications, semi-annual and
close-out reports. The information that
is collected is used to assess
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performance. Grantees are units of state
and local government, nonprofits and
Indian tribes. Respondents are initially
identified by Congress and generally fall
into two categories: Economic
Development Initiative-Special Project
(EDI–SP) grantees and Neighborhood
Initiative (NI) grantees. The agency has
used the application, semi-annual
reports and close-out reports to track
grantee performance in the
implementation of approved projects.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
SF–424; SF–LLL; SF–1199A; HUD–
27054; SF–425; HUD–27056.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: The number of
burden hours is 2,000. The number of
respondents is 2,000, the number of
responses is 4,000, the frequency of
response is on occasion, and the burden
hour per response is 4.
Status of the proposed information
collection: This is an extension of a
currently approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: October 24, 2011.
Valerie G. Piper,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5481–N–19]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request, HUDAdministered Small Cities Program
Performance Assessment Report
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 23,
2012.
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:
William Kelleher, Reports Liaison
SUMMARY:
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Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Room 7233, Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva
Fontheim at (202) 402–3461 (this is not
a toll free number) for copies of the
proposed forms and other available
documents:
The
Department is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and
affecting agencies concerning the
proposed collection of information to:
(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; (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 collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: HUD-Administered
Small Cities Program Performance
Assessment Report.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2506–0020.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
information collected from grant
recipients participating in the HUDadministered CDBG program provides
HUD with financial and physical
development status of each activity
funded. These reports are used to
determine grant recipient performance.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
The Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974, as amended,
requires grant recipients that receive
CDBG funding to submit a Performance
Assessment Report (PAR), Form 4052,
on an annual basis to report on program
progress; and such records as may be
necessary to facilitate review and audit
by HUD of the grantee’s administration
of CDBG funds (Section 104(e)(1)).
Members of affected public: This
information collection applies solely to
local governments in New York State
that have HUD-administered CDBG
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5481-N-20]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request
Congressional Earmark Grants
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
The Department's Congressional Grants Division administers
congressionally mandated grants, known as earmarks. These projects have
been identified in the annual appropriation of funds to the Department
and in the accompanying conference reports or congressional record
accompanying each appropriation. Earmarks generally fall into two
categories: Economic
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Development Initiative-Special Project (EDI-SP) and Neighborhood
Initiative (NI) grants.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 23, 2012.
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: Reports Liaison Officer,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20410, Room 9120 or the number for the Federal
Information Relay Service (1-800-877-8339).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank McNally, Director, Congressional
Grants Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-7100 (this is not
a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other
available information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection 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; (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 the
use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
This Notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Congressional Earmark Grants.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2506-0179.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD's
Congressional Grants Division and its Environmental Officers in the
field use this information to make funds available to entities directed
to receive funds appropriated by Congress. This information is used to
collect, receive, review and monitor program activities through
applications, semi-annual and close-out reports. The information that
is collected is used to assess performance. Grantees are units of state
and local government, nonprofits and Indian tribes. Respondents are
initially identified by Congress and generally fall into two
categories: Economic Development Initiative-Special Project (EDI-SP)
grantees and Neighborhood Initiative (NI) grantees. The agency has used
the application, semi-annual reports and close-out reports to track
grantee performance in the implementation of approved projects.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: SF-424; SF-LLL; SF-1199A; HUD-
27054; SF-425; HUD-27056.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: The number of burden hours is 2,000.
The number of respondents is 2,000, the number of responses is 4,000,
the frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden hour per
response is 4.
Status of the proposed information collection: This is an extension
of a currently approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: October 24, 2011.
Valerie G. Piper,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development.
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