Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 61317-61318 [2017-27824]
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estimated by multiplying the number of
initial respondents by the estimated
time per respondent (i.e., 392,094
affected individuals multiplied by
0.1667 hours).
The one-time startup cost is estimated
by multiplying the startup burden by
the wage rate of the employee type
expected to submit the information
about affected individuals to the CFATS
Personnel Surety Program. The site
security officer’s average hourly wage
rate of $78.93 was based on an average
hourly wage rate of $53.92 12 with a
benefits multiplier of 1.4639.13
Therefore the Department estimates the
one-time startup cost of this information
request to be $5,158,226 (i.e., 65,349
hours multiplied by $78.93 per hour).14
Consideration of Other Capital Costs
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This information collection request
maintains the existing assumptions
found in the current information
collection request with regard to
activities listed in 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(1).
Specifically, that 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(1) and
5 CFR 1320.8 require the Department to
estimate the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. Therefore, many costs (e.g.,
physical modification of the facility
layout) a high-risk chemical facility may
choose to incur to develop or implement
its SSP or ASP should not be accounted
for when estimating the capital costs
associated with this information
collection.
Furthermore, the Department
maintains the same assumptions found
in the current information collection
request with regards to estimating
certain high-risk chemical facility
capital costs, such as: (1) Capital costs
for computer, telecommunications
equipment, software, and storage to
manage the data collection,
submissions, and tracking; (2) capital
and ongoing costs for designing,
deploying, and operating information
technology (IT) systems necessary to
maintain the data collection,
submissions, and tracking; (3) cost of
training high-risk chemical facility
personnel to maintain the data
collection, submissions, and tracking;
and (4) site security officer time to
12 The wage used for an SSO equals that of
Managers, All (11–9199), with a load factor of
1.4639 to account for benefits in addition to wages
https://www.bls.gov/oes/2016/may/oes119199.htm.
13 Load factor based on BLS Employer Cost for
Employee Compensation, as of June 9, 2017. Load
factor = Employer cost for employee compensation
($35.28)/wages and salaries ($24.10) = 1.4639
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm.
14 Numbers may not total due to rounding.
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manage the data collection,
submissions, and tracking. The
Department continues to exclude these
costs in accordance with 5 CFR
1320.3(b)(2), which directs Federal
agencies to not count the costs
associated with the time, effort, and
financial resources incurred in the
normal course of their activities (e.g., in
compiling and maintaining business
records) if the reporting, recordkeeping,
or disclosure activities are usual and
customary.
The Department continues to exclude
these usual and customary costs because
the time, effort, and financial resources
are costs that high-risk chemical
facilities incur to conduct background
checks for identity, criminal history,
and legal authorization to work under 6
CFR 27.230(a)(12)(i)–(iii), and also
under various other Federal, State, or
local laws or regulations.
Recordkeeping Burden
The recordkeeping costs, if any, to
create, keep, or retain records pertaining
to background checks as part of a highrisk chemical facility’s SSP or ASP, are
properly estimated in the recordkeeping
estimates associated with the SSP
Instrument under Information
Collection 1670–0007.
Total Annual Burden Cost
The 2007 CFATS Regulatory
Evaluation assumed that Site Security
Officers are responsible for submitting
information to the Department. For the
purpose of this notice, the Department
maintains this assumption.
Therefore, to estimate the total annual
burden, the Department multiplied the
annual burden of 12,101 hours by the
average hourly wage rate of Site
Security Officers of $78.93 and then
added the one-time startup cost
associated with the initial respondents.
Therefore, the total annual burden cost
for the CFATS Personnel Surety
Program is $955,191 (12,101 total
annual burden hours multiplied by
$78.93 per hour). For the three year
period for which this collection will be
approved, the total cost burden would
be $8,023,798 ($955,191 annual cost
multiplied by 3 + $5,158,226 startup
cost). The annual burden for this
collection over the three year period is
estimated at $2,674,599 ($8,023,798
total cost/3 years).15
Solicitation of Comments
OMB is particularly interested in
comments that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
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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 submissions
of responses).
Title of Collection: Chemical Facility
Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)
Personnel Surety Program.
OMB Control Number: 1670–0029.
Instrument: CFATS Personnel Surety
Program.
Frequency: ‘‘Other’’.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Annual Respondents:
72,607 respondents (estimate).
Estimated Time per Respondent:
0.1667 hours (10 minutes).
Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,101
hours.
Total Annual Burden Cost (Capital/
Startup): $1,719,409.
Total Annual Burden Cost: $955,191.
Total Recordkeeping Burden: $0.
David Epperson,
Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0121]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension, Without Change,
of a Currently Approved Collection;
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) will be
SUMMARY:
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submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments. Comments are encouraged
and will be accepted until January 26,
2018. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially
regarding the estimated public burden
and associated response time, must be
directed to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer
via email at dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov. All submissions received
must include the agency name and the
OMB Control Number 1615–0121 in the
subject line.
You may wish to consider limiting the
amount of personal information that you
provide in any voluntary submission
you make. For additional information
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
https://www.regulations.gov.
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 https://
www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS
National Customer Service Center at
(800) 375–5283; TTY (800) 767–1833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
The information collection notice was
previously published in the Federal
Register on September 20, 2017 at 82 FR
43994, allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS did not receive
any comment in connection with the 60day notice.
You may access the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information by visiting the
Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
https://www.regulations.gov and enter
USCIS–2014–0008 in the search box.
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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
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,
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
Request: Extension, Without Change, of
a Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: No Agency
Form Number; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 56,000 Respondents × (.50) 30
minutes per response.
(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 28,000 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 $0. There is
no cost to the respondents as the
responses are voluntary and do not
require anything other than the survey
to be submitted.
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Dated: December 20, 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 HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–1615–0048]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Application for
Premium Processing Service
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) will be
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments. Comments are encouraged
and will be accepted until January 26,
2018. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially
regarding the estimated public burden
and associated response time, must be
directed to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer
via email at dhsdeskofficer@
omb.eop.gov. All submissions received
must include the agency name and the
OMB Control Number 1615–0048 in the
subject line.
You may wish to consider limiting the
amount of personal information that you
provide in any voluntary submission
you make. For additional information
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
https://www.regulations.gov.
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
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0121]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without
Change, of a Currently Approved Collection; Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be
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submitting the following information collection request to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is
to allow an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for
public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until
January 26, 2018. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR
1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public
burden and associated response time, must be directed to the OMB USCIS
Desk Officer via email at [email protected]. All submissions
received must include the agency name and the OMB Control Number 1615-
0121 in the subject line.
You may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal
information that you provide in any voluntary submission you make. For
additional information please read the Privacy Act notice that is
available via the link in the footer of https://www.regulations.gov.
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 https://www.uscis.gov, or call
the USCIS National Customer Service Center at (800) 375-5283; TTY (800)
767-1833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
The information collection notice was previously published in the
Federal Register on September 20, 2017 at 82 FR 43994, allowing for a
60-day public comment period. USCIS did not receive any comment in
connection with the 60-day notice.
You may access the information collection instrument with
instructions, or additional information by visiting the Federal
eRulemaking Portal site at: https://www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS-
2014-0008 in the search box. 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 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, 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 Request: Extension, Without
Change, of a Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
DHS sponsoring the collection: No Agency Form Number; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals and Households,
Businesses and Organizations.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 56,000
Respondents x (.50) 30 minutes per response.
(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 28,000 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 $0. There is no cost to the
respondents as the responses are voluntary and do not require anything
other than the survey to be submitted.
Dated: December 20, 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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