[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70629-70630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23058]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau

[File No. 1653-0029]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a 
Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review; 
immigration user fee.

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    The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (USICE) submitted the following information collection 
request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is published to 
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are 
encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until January 23, 2006.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies

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concerning the collection of information should address one or more of 
the following four points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Overview of this information collection:
    (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Immigration User Fee.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: No Agency 
Form Number (File No. OMB-1653-0029). U.S. ICE.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Businesses or other for profit: The 
information requested from commercial air carriers, commercial vessel 
operators, and tour operators is necessary for effective budgeting, 
financial management, monitoring, and auditing of user fee collections. 
No forms are required. Only data readily available from accounting 
records, necessary, to conduct daily business are required.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 25 responses at 
15 minutes per response.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 331 hours this includes 250 annual record keeping 
hours plus 81 annual reporting burden hours.
    If you have comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the 
information collection, please contact Richard A. Sloan, Director, 
Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20529; 202-272-
8377; or Jonathon Cykman, USICE, Director, IT Policy and Planning, 801 
I Street, NW., Suite 760, Washington, DC 20001, (202) 732-2048.

    Dated: November 17, 2005.
Richard A. Sloan,
Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services.
[FR Doc. 05-23058 Filed 11-21-05; 8:45 am]
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