80_FR_17122 80 FR 17061 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the Act, Forms I-864; I-864A; I-864EZ; I-864W; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection

80 FR 17061 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the Act, Forms I-864; I-864A; I-864EZ; I-864W; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 61 (March 31, 2015)

Page Range17061-17062
FR Document2015-06732

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 information collection notice was previously published in the Federal Register on January 27, 2015, at 80 FR 4297, allowing for a 60-day public comment period. USCIS did receive 1 comment in connection with the 60-day notice.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17061-17062]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06732]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0075]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Affidavit of Support 
Under Section 213A of the Act, Forms I-864; I-864A; I-864EZ; I-864W; 
Revision of a Currently Approved Collection

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 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 information collection notice was previously 
published in the Federal Register on January 27, 2015, at 80 FR 4297, 
allowing for a 60-day public comment period. USCIS did receive 1 
comment in connection with the 60-day notice.

DATES: The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for 
public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until 
April 30, 2015. 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]. Comments may 
also be submitted via fax at (202) 395-5806. All submissions received 
must include the agency name and the OMB Control Number 1615-0075.
    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 http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  If you need a copy of the information 
collection instrument with instructions, or additional information, 
please visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: http://www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS-2007-0029 in the search box. We may 
also be contacted at: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory 
Coordination Division, Laura Dawkins, Chief, 20 Massachusetts Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20529-2140, Telephone number 202-272-8377.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments

    Note:  The address listed in this notice should only be used to 
submit comments concerning this information collection. Please do 
not submit requests for individual case status inquiries to this 
address. If you are seeking information about the status of your 
individual case, please check ``My Case Status'' online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National 
Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

    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: Revision of a Currently 
Approved Collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Affidavit of Support under 
Section 213A of the Act.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
DHS sponsoring the collection: Forms I-864; I-864A; I-864EZ; I-864W; 
USCIS.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. These 
forms are used by family-based and certain employment-based immigrants 
to have the petitioning relative execute an Affidavit of Support on 
their behalf.
    (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 respondents for the information collection Form I-864, 
439,500 responses at 6 hours per response; Form I-864A, 215,800 
responses at 1.75 hours per response; Form I-864EZ, 100,000 responses 
at 2.5 hours per response; Form I-864W, 1,000 responses at 1 hour 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 3,265,650 hours.
    (7) An estimate of the total public burden (in cost) associated 
with the collection: The estimated cost burden for this collection is 
$132,177,500.


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    Dated: March 18, 2015.
Laura Dawkins,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2015-06732 Filed 3-30-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                                                                                                                                                      Number of
                                                                                                                                              Total burden         Number of                                       Total         Time per
                                                                                       Collection                                                                                   responses per
                                                                                                                                                 hours            respondents                                   responses        response
                                                                                                                                                                                      respondent

                                                    Importer Security Filing .....................................................                17,739,000              240,000               33.75             8,100,000   2.19 hours.
                                                    Vessel Stow Plan (Import) ................................................                        31,803                  163                 109                17,767   1.79 hours.
                                                    Vessel Stow Plan (Export) ................................................                        31,803                  163                 109                17,767   1.79 hours.
                                                    Container Status Messages ..............................................                          23,996                   60           4,285,000           257,100,000   0.0056 minutes.
                                                    Request for Manifest Confidentiality .................................                             1,260                5,040                   1                 5,040   15 minutes.
                                                    Electronic Air Export Manifest ..........................................                        121,711                  260               5,640             1,466,400   5 minutes.
                                                    Electronic Ocean Export Manifest ....................................                              5,000                  500                 400               200,000   1.5 minutes.
                                                    Electronic Rail Export Manifest .........................................                          2,490                   50                 300                15,000   10 minutes.

                                                          Total ...........................................................................       20,796,603              289,996   ........................    281,217,774



                                                      Dated: March 23, 2015.                                                   omb.eop.gov. Comments may also be                             (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
                                                    Tracey Denning,                                                            submitted via fax at (202) 395–5806. All                    clarity of the information to be
                                                    Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and                                 submissions received must include the                       collected; and
                                                    Border Protection.                                                         agency name and the OMB Control                               (4) Minimize the burden of the
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–07275 Filed 3–30–15; 8:45 am]                                Number 1615–0075.                                           collection of information on those who
                                                    BILLING CODE 9111–14–P                                                        You may wish to consider limiting the                    are to respond, including through the
                                                                                                                               amount of personal information that you                     use of appropriate automated,
                                                                                                                               provide in any voluntary submission                         electronic, mechanical, or other
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND                                                     you make. For additional information                        technological collection techniques or
                                                    SECURITY                                                                   please read the Privacy Act notice that                     other forms of information technology,
                                                                                                                               is available via the link in the footer of                  e.g., permitting electronic submission of
                                                    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration                                           http://www.regulations.gov.                                 responses.
                                                    Services
                                                                                                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If                         Overview of This Information
                                                    [OMB Control Number 1615–0075]                                             you need a copy of the information                          Collection
                                                                                                                               collection instrument with instructions,
                                                    Agency Information Collection                                                                                                            (1) Type of Information Collection
                                                                                                                               or additional information, please visit
                                                    Activities: Affidavit of Support Under                                                                                                 Request: Revision of a Currently
                                                                                                                               the Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
                                                    Section 213A of the Act, Forms I–864;                                                                                                  Approved Collection.
                                                                                                                               http://www.regulations.gov and enter                          (2) Title of the Form/Collection:
                                                    I–864A; I–864EZ; I–864W; Revision of a                                     USCIS–2007–0029 in the search box.
                                                    Currently Approved Collection                                                                                                          Affidavit of Support under Section
                                                                                                                               We may also be contacted at: USCIS,                         213A of the Act.
                                                    AGENCY:  U.S. Citizenship and                                              Office of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory                     (3) Agency form number, if any, and
                                                    Immigration Services, Department of                                        Coordination Division, Laura Dawkins,                       the applicable component of the DHS
                                                    Homeland Security.                                                         Chief, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW,                          sponsoring the collection: Forms I–864;
                                                    ACTION: 30-Day notice.                                                     Washington, DC 20529–2140,                                  I–864A; I–864EZ; I–864W; USCIS.
                                                                                                                               Telephone number 202–272–8377.                                (4) Affected public who will be asked
                                                    SUMMARY:   The Department of Homeland                                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                  or required to respond, as well as a brief
                                                    Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and                                                                                                   abstract: Primary: Individuals or
                                                    Immigration Services (USCIS) will be                                       Comments
                                                                                                                                                                                           households. These forms are used by
                                                    submitting the following information                                                                                                   family-based and certain employment-
                                                    collection request to the Office of                                          Note: The address listed in this notice
                                                                                                                               should only be used to submit comments                      based immigrants to have the
                                                    Management and Budget (OMB) for                                                                                                        petitioning relative execute an Affidavit
                                                                                                                               concerning this information collection.
                                                    review and clearance in accordance                                         Please do not submit requests for individual                of Support on their behalf.
                                                    with the Paperwork Reduction Act of                                        case status inquiries to this address. If you                 (5) An estimate of the total number of
                                                    1995. The information collection notice                                    are seeking information about the status of                 respondents and the amount of time
                                                    was previously published in the Federal                                    your individual case, please check ‘‘My Case                estimated for an average respondent to
                                                    Register on January 27, 2015, at 80 FR                                     Status’’ online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/            respond: The estimated total number of
                                                    4297, allowing for a 60-day public                                         Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National
                                                                                                                               Customer Service Center at 1–800–375–5283.
                                                                                                                                                                                           respondents for the information
                                                    comment period. USCIS did receive 1                                                                                                    collection Form I–864, 439,500
                                                    comment in connection with the 60-day                                         Written comments and suggestions                         responses at 6 hours per response; Form
                                                    notice.                                                                    from the public and affected agencies                       I–864A, 215,800 responses at 1.75 hours
                                                    DATES: The purpose of this notice is to                                    should address one or more of the                           per response; Form I–864EZ, 100,000
                                                    allow an additional 30 days for public                                     following four points:                                      responses at 2.5 hours per response;
                                                    comments. Comments are encouraged                                             (1) Evaluate whether the proposed                        Form I–864W, 1,000 responses at 1 hour
                                                    and will be accepted until April 30,                                       collection of information is necessary                      per response.
                                                    2015. This process is conducted in                                         for the proper performance of the                             (6) An estimate of the total public
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                                                    accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.                                             functions of the agency, including                          burden (in hours) associated with the
                                                    ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or                                         whether the information will have                           collection: The total estimated annual
                                                    suggestions regarding the item(s)                                          practical utility;                                          hour burden associated with this
                                                    contained in this notice, especially                                          (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the                         collection is 3,265,650 hours.
                                                    regarding the estimated public burden                                      agency’s estimate of the burden of the                        (7) An estimate of the total public
                                                    and associated response time, must be                                      proposed collection of information,                         burden (in cost) associated with the
                                                    directed to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer                                     including the validity of the                               collection: The estimated cost burden
                                                    via email at oira_submission@                                              methodology and assumptions used;                           for this collection is $132,177,500.


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                                                    17062                         Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 61 / Tuesday, March 31, 2015 / Notices

                                                      Dated: March 18, 2015.                                   1. Any waiver of a regulation must be              a waiver of a provision in 24 CFR part
                                                    Laura Dawkins,                                          in writing and must specify the grounds               570.
                                                    Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,                for approving the waiver;                                Where more than one regulatory
                                                    Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship            2. Authority to approve a waiver of a              provision is involved in the grant of a
                                                    and Immigration Services, Department of                 regulation may be delegated by the                    particular waiver request, the action is
                                                    Homeland Security.                                      Secretary only to an individual of                    listed under the section number of the
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–06732 Filed 3–30–15; 8:45 am]             Assistant Secretary or equivalent rank,               first regulatory requirement that appears
                                                    BILLING CODE 9111–97–P                                  and the person to whom authority to                   in 24 CFR and that is being waived. For
                                                                                                            waive is delegated must also have                     example, a waiver of both § 58.73 and
                                                                                                            authority to issue the particular                     § 58.74 would appear sequentially in the
                                                                                                            regulation to be waived;                              listing under § 58.73.
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND                                  3. Not less than quarterly, the                       Waiver of regulations that involve the
                                                    URBAN DEVELOPMENT                                       Secretary must notify the public of all               same initial regulatory citation are in
                                                                                                            waivers of regulations that HUD has                   time sequence beginning with the
                                                    [Docket No. FR–5789–N–04]                               approved, by publishing a notice in the               earliest-dated regulatory waiver.
                                                                                                            Federal Register. These notices (each                    Should HUD receive additional
                                                    Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests                    covering the period since the most                    information about waivers granted
                                                    Granted for the Fourth Quarter of                       recent previous notification) shall:                  during the period covered by this report
                                                    Calendar Year 2014                                         a. Identify the project, activity, or              (the fourth quarter of calendar year
                                                                                                            undertaking involved;                                 2014) before the next report is published
                                                    AGENCY:    Office of the General Counsel,                  b. Describe the nature of the provision            (the first quarter of calendar year 2015),
                                                    HUD.                                                    waived and the designation of the                     HUD will include any additional
                                                    ACTION:   Notice.                                       provision;                                            waivers granted for the fourth quarter in
                                                                                                               c. Indicate the name and title of the              the next report.
                                                    SUMMARY:   Section 106 of the Department                person who granted the waiver request;                   Accordingly, information about
                                                    of Housing and Urban Development                           d. Describe briefly the grounds for                approved waiver requests pertaining to
                                                    Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform                      approval of the request; and                          HUD regulations is provided in the
                                                    Act) requires HUD to publish quarterly                     e. State how additional information
                                                                                                                                                                  Appendix that follows this notice.
                                                    Federal Register notices of all                         about a particular waiver may be
                                                    regulatory waivers that HUD has                         obtained.                                               Dated: March 24, 2015.
                                                    approved. Each notice covers the                           Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act                  Tonya T. Robinson,
                                                    quarterly period since the previous                     also contains requirements applicable to              Principal Deputy General Counsel.
                                                    Federal Register notice. The purpose of                 waivers of HUD handbook provisions
                                                                                                                                                                  APPENDIX
                                                    this notice is to comply with the                       that are not relevant to the purpose of
                                                    requirements of section 106 of the HUD                  this notice.                                          Listing of Waivers of Regulatory
                                                    Reform Act. This notice contains a list                    This notice follows procedures                     Requirements Granted by Offices of the
                                                                                                            provided in HUD’s Statement of Policy                 Department of Housing and Urban
                                                    of regulatory waivers granted by HUD
                                                                                                            on Waiver of Regulations and Directives               Development October 1, 2014 through
                                                    during the period beginning on October                                                                        December 31, 2014
                                                    1, 2014, and ending on December 31,                     issued on April 22, 1991 (56 FR 16337).
                                                    2014.                                                   In accordance with those procedures                      Note to Reader: More information about
                                                                                                            and with the requirements of section                  the granting of these waivers, including a
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:       For              106 of the HUD Reform Act, waivers of                 copy of the waiver request and approval, may
                                                    general information about this notice,                  regulations are granted by the Assistant              be obtained by contacting the person whose
                                                    contact Camille E. Acevedo, Associate                   Secretary with jurisdiction over the                  name is listed as the contact person directly
                                                    General Counsel for Legislation and                                                                           after each set of regulatory waivers granted.
                                                                                                            regulations for which a waiver was
                                                    Regulations, Department of Housing and                  requested. In those cases in which a                     The regulatory waivers granted appear in
                                                    Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,                                                                        the following order:
                                                                                                            General Deputy Assistant Secretary                       I. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office
                                                    SW., Room 10282, Washington, DC                         granted the waiver, the General Deputy
                                                    20410–0500, telephone 202–708–1793                                                                            of Community Planning and Development.
                                                                                                            Assistant Secretary was serving in the                   II. Regulatory waivers granted by the Office
                                                    (this is not a toll-free number). Persons               absence of the Assistant Secretary in                 of Housing.
                                                    with hearing- or speech-impairments                     accordance with the office’s Order of                    III. Regulatory waivers granted by the
                                                    may access this number through TTY by                   Succession.                                           Office of Public and Indian Housing.
                                                    calling the toll-free Federal Relay                        This notice covers waivers of
                                                    Service at 800–877–8339.                                                                                      I. Regulatory Waivers Granted by the Office
                                                                                                            regulations granted by HUD from                       of Community Planning and Development
                                                       For information concerning a                         October 1, 2014 through December 31,
                                                    particular waiver that was granted and                                                                           For further information about the following
                                                                                                            2014. For ease of reference, the waivers              regulatory waivers, please see the name of
                                                    for which public notice is provided in                  granted by HUD are listed by HUD                      the contact person that immediately follows
                                                    this document, contact the person                       program office (for example, the Office               the description of the waiver granted.
                                                    whose name and address follow the                       of Community Planning and                                • Regulation: 24 CFR 58.22(a).
                                                    description of the waiver granted in the                Development, the Office of Fair Housing                  Project/Activity: The Spokane Tribe of
                                                    accompanying list of waivers that have                  and Equal Opportunity, the Office of                  Indians requested a waiver of 24 CFR
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                                                    been granted in the fourth quarter of                   Housing, and the Office of Public and                 58.22(a) for the demolition and new
                                                    calendar year 2014.                                     Indian Housing, etc.). Within each                    construction of the West End Community
                                                                                                            program office grouping, the waivers are              Center serving the Spokane Tribe in
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
                                                                                                                                                                  Wellpinit, WA. The waiver requested
                                                    106 of the HUD Reform Act added a                       listed sequentially by the regulatory                 clearance for the demolition of the old
                                                    new section 7(q) to the Department of                   section of title 24 of the Code of Federal            community center prior to the Request for
                                                    Housing and Urban Development Act                       Regulations (CFR) that is being waived.               Release of Funds (RROF).
                                                    (42 U.S.C. 3535(q)), which provides                     For example, a waiver of a provision in                  Nature of Requirement: The regulation at
                                                    that:                                                   24 CFR part 58 would be listed before                 24 CFR 58.22(a) provides that no entity may



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
Action30-Day notice.
DatesThe purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until April 30, 2015. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ContactIf you need a copy of the information collection instrument with instructions, or additional information, please visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: http:// www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS-2007-0029 in the search box. We may also be contacted at: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory Coordination Division, Laura Dawkins, Chief, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20529-2140, Telephone number 202-272-8377.
FR Citation80 FR 17061 

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