81_FR_17815 81 FR 17754 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Statement of Consent: Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor Under Age 16

81 FR 17754 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Statement of Consent: Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor Under Age 16

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 61 (March 30, 2016)

Page Range17754-17755
FR Document2016-07183

The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17754-17755]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07183]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9503]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Statement of 
Consent: Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor Under Age 16

ACTION: Notice of request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. 
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are 
requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals 
and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for 
public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public up to May 
31, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Web: Persons with access to the Internet may comment on 
this notice by going to www.Regulations.gov. You can search for the 
document by entering ``Docket Number: DOS-2016-0015'' in the Search 
field. Then click the ``Comment Now'' button and complete the comment 
form.
     Email: [email protected].
     Regular Mail: Send written comments to: U.S. Department of 
State, PPT Forms Officer, 44132 Mercure Cir., P.O. Box 1227, Sterling, 
Virginia 20166-1227.
    You must include the DS form number (if applicable), information 
collection title, and the OMB control number in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional 
information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including 
requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and 
supporting documents, to U.S. Department of State, PPT Forms Officer, 
44132 Mercure Cir., P.O. Box 1227, Sterling, Virginia 20166-1227, who 
may be reached on 202-485-6538 or at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
     Title of Information Collection: Statement of Consent: 
Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor Under Age 16.
     OMB Control Number: 1405-0129.
     Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
     Originating Office: Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport 
Services CA/PPT.
     Form Number: DS-3053.
     Respondents: Individuals or Households.
     Estimated Number of Respondents: 465,848 respondents.
     Estimated Number of Responses: 465,848 responses.
     Average Time per Response: 20 minutes.
     Total Estimated Burden Time: 155,127 hours per year.
     Frequency: On occasion.
     Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain a 
Benefit.
    We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is 
necessary for the proper functions of the Department.
     Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost 
burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used.
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected.
     Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are 
public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you 
should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your 
personal information, will be available for public review.

Abstract of Proposed Collection

    The information collected on the DS-3053 is used to facilitate the 
issuance of passports to U.S. citizens and nationals under the age of 
16. The primary purpose of soliciting the information is to ensure that 
both parents and/or all guardians consent to the issuance of a passport 
to a minor under age 16, except where one parent has sole custody or 
there are exigent or special family circumstances.

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Methodology

    Passport Services collects information from parents or legal 
guardians of U.S. citizens and non-citizen nationals minors when they 
complete and submit the Statement of Consent or Special Circumstances: 
Issuance of a Passport to a Minor under Age 16. Passport applicants can 
either download the DS-3053 from the internet or obtain one from an 
Acceptance Facility/Passport Agency. The form must be completed, 
signed, and submitted along with the applicant's DS-11, Application for 
a U.S. Passport.

    Dated: March 18, 2016.
Brenda S. Sprague,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services, Bureau of Consular 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-07183 Filed 3-29-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-06-P

17754 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 61 / Wednesday, March 30, 2016 / Notices circumstances, which is required if FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For listed in this notice, including requests written consent of the non-applying further information, including a list of for copies of the proposed collection parent or guardian cannot be obtained the imported objects, contact the Office instrument and supporting documents, when the passport application is of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs to U.S. Department of State, PPT Forms executed for a minor under age 16. in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Officer, 44132 Mercure Cir., P.O. Box Methodology: Passport Services Department of State (telephone: 202– 1227, Sterling, Virginia 20166–1227, collects information from U.S. citizens 632–6471; email: section2459@ who may be reached on 202–485–6538 and non-citizen nationals when they state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. or at PPTFormsOfficer@state.gov. complete and submit the DS–5525, Department of State, L/PD, SA–5, Suite SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ‘‘Statement of Exigent/Special Family 5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. • Title of Information Collection: Circumstances for Issuance of a U.S. Dated: March 23, 2016. Statement of Consent: Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor under Age 16’’. Passport to a Minor Under Age 16. Mark Taplin, Passport applicants can either download • OMB Control Number: 1405–0129. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau • Type of Request: Revision of a the DS–5525 from the internet or obtain of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the form from an Acceptance Facility/ Currently Approved Collection. Department of State. • Originating Office: Bureau of Passport Agency. The form must be [FR Doc. 2016–07180 Filed 3–29–16; 8:45 am] completed, signed, and submitted along Consular Affairs, Passport Services CA/ with the applicant’s DS–11, BILLING CODE 4710–05–P PPT. ‘‘Application for a U.S. Passport’’. • Form Number: DS–3053. • Respondents: Individuals or Dated: March 18, 2016. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Households. Brenda S. Sprague, [Public Notice: 9503] • Estimated Number of Respondents: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport 465,848 respondents. Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information • Estimated Number of Responses: Department of State. Collection: Statement of Consent: 465,848 responses. [FR Doc. 2016–07182 Filed 3–29–16; 8:45 am] Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor • Average Time per Response: 20 BILLING CODE 4710–06–P Under Age 16 minutes. • Total Estimated Burden Time: ACTION: Notice of request for public 155,127 hours per year. DEPARTMENT OF STATE comment. • Frequency: On occasion. • Obligation to Respond: Required to [Public Notice: 9501] SUMMARY: The Department of State is Obtain or Retain a Benefit. seeking Office of Management and We are soliciting public comments to Culturally Significant Objects Imported Budget (OMB) approval for the permit the Department to: for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘High information collection described below. • Evaluate whether the proposed Society: The Portraits of Franz X. In accordance with the Paperwork information collection is necessary for Winterhalter’’ Exhibition Reduction Act of 1995, we are the proper functions of the Department. requesting comments on this collection • Evaluate the accuracy of our SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the from all interested individuals and estimate of the time and cost burden for following determinations: Pursuant to organizations. The purpose of this this proposed collection, including the the authority vested in me by the Act of notice is to allow 60 days for public validity of the methodology and October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. comment preceding submission of the assumptions used. 2459), E.O. 12047 of March 27, 1978, the • Enhance the quality, utility, and Foreign Affairs Reform and collection to OMB. clarity of the information to be Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. DATES: The Department will accept collected. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et comments from the public up to May • Minimize the reporting burden on seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 31, 2016. those who are to respond, including the October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority ADDRESSES: You may submit comments use of automated collection techniques No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as by any of the following methods: or other forms of information appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. • Web: Persons with access to the technology. 257–1 of December 11, 2015), I hereby Internet may comment on this notice by Please note that comments submitted determine that the objects to be going to www.Regulations.gov. You can in response to this Notice are public included in the exhibition ‘‘High search for the document by entering record. Before including any detailed Society: The Portraits of Franz X. ‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2016–0015’’ in personal information, you should be Winterhalter,’’ imported from abroad for the Search field. Then click the aware that your comments as submitted, temporary exhibition within the United ‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete including your personal information, States, are of cultural significance. The the comment form. will be available for public review. objects are imported pursuant to loan • Email: PPTFormsOfficer@state.gov. agreements with the foreign owners or • Regular Mail: Send written Abstract of Proposed Collection custodians. I also determine that the comments to: U.S. Department of State, The information collected on the DS– exhibition or display of the exhibit PPT Forms Officer, 44132 Mercure Cir., 3053 is used to facilitate the issuance of objects at The Museum of Fine Arts, P.O. Box 1227, Sterling, Virginia 20166– passports to U.S. citizens and nationals asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Houston, Houston, Texas, from on or 1227. under the age of 16. The primary about April 17, 2016, until on or about You must include the DS form purpose of soliciting the information is August 14, 2016, and at possible number (if applicable), information to ensure that both parents and/or all additional exhibitions or venues yet to collection title, and the OMB control guardians consent to the issuance of a be determined, is in the national number in any correspondence. passport to a minor under age 16, except interest. I have ordered that Public FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: where one parent has sole custody or Notice of these Determinations be Direct requests for additional there are exigent or special family published in the Federal Register. information regarding the collection circumstances. 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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 61 / Wednesday, March 30, 2016 / Notices 17755 Methodology listed in this notice, including requests pertaining to diversity immigrant visas Passport Services collects information for copies of the proposed collection under the INA are published in 22 CFR from parents or legal guardians of U.S. instrument and supporting documents, 42.33. to Taylor Mauck, who may be reached Methodology: The EDV Entry Form is citizens and non-citizen nationals on 202–485–7635 or at PRA_ available online at minors when they complete and submit BurdenComments@state.gov. www.dvlottery.state.gov and can only be the Statement of Consent or Special SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: submitted electronically during the Circumstances: Issuance of a Passport to • Title of Information Collection: annual registration period. a Minor under Age 16. Passport applicants can either download the DS– Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form. Dated: March 2, 2016. 3053 from the internet or obtain one • OMB Control Number: 1405–0153. Edward Ramotowski, from an Acceptance Facility/Passport • Type of Request: Extension of a Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Agency. The form must be completed, Currently Approved Collection. Consular Affairs, Department of State. signed, and submitted along with the • Originating Office: CA/VO/L/R. [FR Doc. 2016–07184 Filed 3–29–16; 8:45 am] applicant’s DS–11, Application for a • Form Number: DS–5501. BILLING CODE 4710–06–P U.S. Passport. • Respondents: Immigrant Visa Applicants. Dated: March 18, 2016. • Estimated Number of Respondents: DEPARTMENT OF STATE Brenda S. Sprague, 11,072,400. [Public Notice: 9500] Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport • Estimated Number of Responses: Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 11,072,400. Notice of Public Meeting Department of State. • Average Time per Response: 30 [FR Doc. 2016–07183 Filed 3–29–16; 8:45 am] Minutes. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of State, BILLING CODE 4710–06–P • Total Estimated Burden Time: Bureau of Oceans and International 5,536,200 hours. Environmental and Scientific Affairs • Frequency: Annually. (OES), Office of Marine Conservation DEPARTMENT OF STATE announces that the Advisory Panel to • Obligation to Respond: Required to [Public Notice: 9504] Obtain or Retain a Benefit. the U.S. Section of the North Pacific We are soliciting public comments to Anadromous Fish Commission will 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information permit the Department to: meet on May 9th, 2016. Collection: Electronic Diversity Visa • Evaluate whether the proposed DATES: The meeting will take place via Entry Form information collection is necessary for teleconference on May 9th, 2016 from 2 the proper functions of the Department. p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time. ACTION: Notice of request for public Meeting Details: The teleconference • Evaluate the accuracy of our comment. call-in number is toll-free 877–336– estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed collection, including the 1831, passcode 6472335, and will have SUMMARY: The Department of State is validity of the methodology and a limited number of lines for members seeking Office of Management and assumptions used. of the public to access from anywhere Budget (OMB) approval for the • Enhance the quality, utility, and in the United States. Callers will hear information collection described below. clarity of the information to be instructions for using the passcode and In accordance with the Paperwork collected. joining the call after dialing the toll-free Reduction Act of 1995, we are • Minimize the reporting burden on number noted. Members of the public requesting comments on this collection those who are to respond, including the wishing to participate in the from all interested individuals and use of automated collection techniques teleconference must contact the OES organizations. The purpose of this or other forms of information officer in charge as noted in the FOR notice is to allow 60 days for public technology. FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section comment preceding submission of the Please note that comments submitted below no later than close of business on collection to OMB. in response to this Notice are public Friday, May 6th, 2016. DATES: The Department will accept record. Before including any detailed FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: comments from the public up to May 31, Elana Katz-Mink, Office of Marine 2016. personal information, you should be aware that your comments as submitted, Conservation, OES, Room 2758, U.S. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments including your personal information, Department of State, 2201 C Street NW., by any of the following methods: will be available for public review. Washington, DC 20520. Telephone (202) • Web: Persons with access to the Abstract of proposed collection: The 647–1073, fax (202) 736–7350, email Internet may comment on this notice by Department of State utilizes the address katz-minkeh@state.gov. going to www.Regulations.gov. You can Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery (EDV) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In search for the document by entering Entry Form to elicit information accordance with the requirements of the ‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2016–0014 in necessary to ascertain the applicability Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice the Search field. Then click the of the legal provisions of the diversity is given that the Advisory Panel to the ‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete immigrant visa program. The 2 primary U.S. Section of the North Pacific the comment form. requirements are: The applicant is from Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC) asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES • Email: PRA_BurdenComments@ a low admission country and is a high will meet on the date and time noted state.gov. You must include the DS form school graduate, or has two years of above. The panel consists of members number, information collection title, experience in a job that requires two from the states of Alaska and and the OMB control number in any years of training. The foreign nationals Washington who represent the broad correspondence. complete the electronic entry forms and range of fishing and conservation FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: then applications are randomly selected interests in anadromous and Direct requests for additional for further participation in the program. ecologically related species in the North information regarding the collection Department of State regulations Pacific. Certain members also represent VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:06 Mar 29, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30MRN1.SGM 30MRN1


Document Created: 2016-03-30 09:28:39
Document Modified: 2016-03-30 09:28:39
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
ActionNotice of request for public comment.
DatesThe Department will accept comments from the public up to May 31, 2016.
ContactDirect requests for additional information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and supporting documents, to U.S. Department of State, PPT Forms Officer, 44132 Mercure Cir., P.O. Box 1227, Sterling, Virginia 20166-1227, who may be reached on 202-485-6538 or at [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 17754 
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