Notice of Proposed Information Collection: CDBG Urban County Qualification/New York Towns Qualification/Requalification Process; OMB Control No: 2506-0170, 49044-49045 [2021-18840]
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also include the time and cost burden
estimates that are associated with the
H–1B Selection Final Rule. On February
8, 2021, USCIS published a rule
delaying the effective date of the H–1B
Selection Final Rule to December 31,
2021, titled, Modification of Registration
Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To
File Cap-Subject H–1B Petitions; Delay
of Effective Date (86 FR 8543). The H–
1B Selection Final Rule related changes
to the information collection instrument
will not be implemented before that
rule’s new effective date, December 31,
2021.
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
entering USCIS–2008–0014 in the
search box. All submissions will be
posted, without change, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov, and will include
any personal information you provide.
Therefore, submitting this information
makes it public. You may wish to
consider limiting the amount of
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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.
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Overview of This Information
Collection
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: H–1B
Registration Tool.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: OMB–64;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. USCIS will use the data collected
through the H–1B Registration Tool to
select a sufficient number of
registrations projected to meet the
applicable H–1B cap allocations and to
notify registrants whether their
registration was selected.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
business or other for-profit respondents
for the information collection H–1B
Registration Tool is 35,500 with an
estimated 3 responses per respondents
and an estimated hour burden per
response of 1.083 hours. The estimated
total number of attorney respondents for
the information collection H–1B
Registration Tool is 4,500 with an
estimated 38 responses per respondents
and an estimated hour burden per
response of 1.083 hours.
(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 300,533 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. Any
costs to respondents are captured in the
Form I–129 information collection
(OMB control number 1615–009).
[Docket No. FR–7036–N–09]
Dated: August 27, 2021.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: CDBG Urban County
Qualification/New York Towns
Qualification/Requalification Process;
OMB Control No: 2506–0170
Office of Community Planning
and Development, Housing and Urban
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: November
1, 2021.
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:
Anna Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5535
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov for a copy of
the proposed forms or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gloria Coates, Senior Community
Planning and Development Specialist,
Entitlement Communities Division,
Office of Block Grant Assistance, 451
7th Street SW, Room 7282, Washington,
DC 20410; email Gloria Coates at
Gloria.L.Coates@hud.gov or telephone
(202) 708–1577 (this is not a toll-free
number).
SUMMARY:
This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval form OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) Urban County Qualification/
New York Towns Qualification/
Requalification Processes.
OMB Approval Number: 2506–0170.
Type of Request: Extension.
Form numbers: N/A.
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Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974, as amended (the Act), at
sections 102(a)(6) and 102(e) requires
that any county seeking qualification as
an urban county notify each unit of
general local government within the
county that such unit may elect to have
its population excluded from that of the
urban county. Section 102(d) of the Act
specifies that the period of qualification
will be three years. Based on these
statutory provisions, counties seeking
qualification or requalification as urban
counties under the CDBG program must
provide information to HUD every three
years identifying the units of general
local governments (UGLGs) within the
county participating as a part of the
county for purposes of receiving CDBG
funds. The population of UGLGs for
each eligible urban county is used in
HUD’s allocation of CDBG funds for all
entitlement and State CDBG grantees.
New York Towns may qualify as
metropolitan cities if they are able to
secure the participation of all of the
villages located within their boundaries.
Any New York Town that is located in
an urban county may choose to leave
that urban county when that county is
requalifying. That New York Town will
be required to notify the urban county
in advance of its decision to decline
participation in the urban county’s
CDBG program and complete the
metropolitan city qualification process.
Respondents: (i.e., affected public):
Urban counties that are eligible as
entitlement grantees of the CDBG
program.
Estimation Number of Respondents:
There are currently 192 qualified urban
counties participating in the CDBG
program that must requalify every three
years.
Frequency of Response: On average,
two new counties qualify each year. The
burden on new counties is greater than
for existing counties that requalify. The
Department estimates new grantees use,
on average, 115 hours to review
instructions, contact communities in the
county, prepare and review agreements,
obtain legal opinions, have agreements
executed at the local and county level,
and prepare and transmit copies of
required documents to HUD. The
Department estimates that counties that
are requalifying use, on average, 67
hours to complete these actions. The
time savings on requalification is
primarily a result of a grantee’s ability
to use agreements with no specified end
date. Use of such ‘‘renewable’’
agreements enables the grantee to
merely notify affected participating
UGLGs in writing that their agreement
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will automatically be renewed unless
the UGLG terminates the agreement in
writing, rather than executing a new
agreement every three years.
Average of 2 new urban counties qualify
per year: 2 × 115 hrs = 230 hrs.
192 grantees requalify on triennial basis;
average annual number of
respondents = 63: 63 × 67 hrs. =
4,221 hrs.
Total combined burden hours: 4,451
hours.
This total number of combined
burden hours can be expected to
increase annually by 1,200 hours, given
the average of two new urban counties
becoming eligible entitlement grantees
each year.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to 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.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R1–ES–2021–N013;
FXES11130100000–212–FF01E00000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for
Umtanum Desert Buckwheat
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for review and public comment.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce the
availability of the Draft Recovery Plan
for Umtanum Desert buckwheat
(Eriogonum codium), listed as
threatened under the Endangered
Species Act, and endemic to Benton
County, Washington. We request review
and comment on this draft recovery
plan from Federal, State, and local
agencies; Native American Tribes; and
the public.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments on the draft recovery plan
must be received on or before November
1, 2021. However, we will accept
information about any species at any
time.
SUMMARY:
ADDRESSES:
Document availability: Obtain the
recovery plan on the internet at https://
www.fws.gov/endangered/species/
recovery-plans.html or https://
www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/
endangered/recovery/plans.html.
Comment submission: You may
submit written comments and materials
by one of the following methods:
• U.S. Mail: Jeff Krupka, Central
Washington Fish and Wildlife Office,
215 Melody Lane, Suite 103,
Wenatchee, WA 98801–8122.
• Email: WFWO_LR@fws.gov.
C. Authority
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad
Thompson, State Supervisor, U.S. Fish
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
and Wildlife Service, Washington Fish
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
and Wildlife Office, 510 Desmond Drive
Chapter 35.
SE, Suite 101, Lacey, WA 98502;
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
telephone 360–753–9440. If you use a
for Community Planning and
telecommunications device for the deaf,
Development, James Arthur Jemison II,
call the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–
having reviewed and approved this
877–8339.
document, is delegating the authority to
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION: We, the
electronically sign this document to
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
submitter, Aaron Santa Anna, who is
announce the availability of the Draft
the Federal Register Liaison for HUD,
Recovery Plan for Umtanum Desert
for purposes of publication in the
Buckwheat (Eriogonum codium). The
Federal Register.
species, listed as threatened under the
Aaron Santa Anna,
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
Federal Liaison for the Department of Housing amended (Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
and Urban Development.
is a plant endemic to Umtanum Ridge
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of Benton County, Washington. The
draft recovery plan includes specific
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7036-N-09]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: CDBG Urban County
Qualification/New York Towns Qualification/Requalification Process; OMB
Control No: 2506-0170
AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, Housing and Urban
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.
DATES: Comments Due Date: November 1, 2021.
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: Anna Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5535
(this is not a toll-free number) or email at [email protected] for a
copy of the proposed forms or other available information. Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gloria Coates, Senior Community
Planning and Development Specialist, Entitlement Communities Division,
Office of Block Grant Assistance, 451 7th Street SW, Room 7282,
Washington, DC 20410; email Gloria Coates at [email protected] or
telephone (202) 708-1577 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval form OMB for the information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) Urban County Qualification/New York Towns Qualification/
Requalification Processes.
OMB Approval Number: 2506-0170.
Type of Request: Extension.
Form numbers: N/A.
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Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the Act), at
sections 102(a)(6) and 102(e) requires that any county seeking
qualification as an urban county notify each unit of general local
government within the county that such unit may elect to have its
population excluded from that of the urban county. Section 102(d) of
the Act specifies that the period of qualification will be three years.
Based on these statutory provisions, counties seeking qualification or
requalification as urban counties under the CDBG program must provide
information to HUD every three years identifying the units of general
local governments (UGLGs) within the county participating as a part of
the county for purposes of receiving CDBG funds. The population of
UGLGs for each eligible urban county is used in HUD's allocation of
CDBG funds for all entitlement and State CDBG grantees.
New York Towns may qualify as metropolitan cities if they are able
to secure the participation of all of the villages located within their
boundaries. Any New York Town that is located in an urban county may
choose to leave that urban county when that county is requalifying.
That New York Town will be required to notify the urban county in
advance of its decision to decline participation in the urban county's
CDBG program and complete the metropolitan city qualification process.
Respondents: (i.e., affected public): Urban counties that are
eligible as entitlement grantees of the CDBG program.
Estimation Number of Respondents: There are currently 192 qualified
urban counties participating in the CDBG program that must requalify
every three years.
Frequency of Response: On average, two new counties qualify each
year. The burden on new counties is greater than for existing counties
that requalify. The Department estimates new grantees use, on average,
115 hours to review instructions, contact communities in the county,
prepare and review agreements, obtain legal opinions, have agreements
executed at the local and county level, and prepare and transmit copies
of required documents to HUD. The Department estimates that counties
that are requalifying use, on average, 67 hours to complete these
actions. The time savings on requalification is primarily a result of a
grantee's ability to use agreements with no specified end date. Use of
such ``renewable'' agreements enables the grantee to merely notify
affected participating UGLGs in writing that their agreement will
automatically be renewed unless the UGLG terminates the agreement in
writing, rather than executing a new agreement every three years.
Average of 2 new urban counties qualify per year: 2 x 115 hrs = 230
hrs.
192 grantees requalify on triennial basis; average annual number of
respondents = 63: 63 x 67 hrs. = 4,221 hrs.
Total combined burden hours: 4,451 hours.
This total number of combined burden hours can be expected to
increase annually by 1,200 hours, given the average of two new urban
counties becoming eligible entitlement grantees each year.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in
Section A on the following:
(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Ways to 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.
HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to
these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, James Arthur Jemison II, having reviewed and approved this
document, is delegating the authority to electronically sign this
document to submitter, Aaron Santa Anna, who is the Federal Register
Liaison for HUD, for purposes of publication in the Federal Register.
Aaron Santa Anna,
Federal Liaison for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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