[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28517-28518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14074]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Immigration and Customs Enforcement


Agency Information Collection Activities: New Information 
Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of New Information Collection; Electronic Bonds 
Online (eBonds) Access.

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    The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (USICE), will be 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 
August 17, 2009.
    Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this 
notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public burden and 
associated response time should be directed to the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS), Joseph M. Gerhart, Chief, Records Management 
Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th Street, SW., 
Room 3138, Washington, DC 20536; (202) 732-6337.
    Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until 
August 17, 2009. Written comments and suggestions from the public and 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
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 agencies 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: New information collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Electronic Bonds Online (eBonds) 
Access.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I-352SA 
(Surety eBonds Access Application and Agreement); Form I-352RA (eBonds 
Rules of Behavior Agreement); U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individual or Households, Business 
or other non-profit. The information taken in this collection is 
necessary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to grant 
access to eBonds and to notify the public of the duties and 
responsibilities associated with accessing eBonds. The I-352SA and the 
I-352RA are the two instruments used to collect the information 
associated with this collection. The I-352SA is to be completed by a 
Surety that currently holds a Certificate of Authority to act as a 
Surety on Federal bonds and details the requirements for accessing 
eBonds as well as the documentation, in addition to the I-352SA and I-
352RA, which the Surety must submit prior to being granted access to 
eBonds. The I-352RA provides notification that eBonds is a Federal 
government computer system and as such users must abide by certain 
conduct guidelines to access eBonds and the consequences if such 
guidelines are not followed.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 100 responses 
at 30 minutes (.50 hours) per response.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 50 annual burden hours.
    Requests for a copy of the proposed information collection 
instruments, with instructions; or inquiries for additional information 
should be

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requested via e-mail to: [email protected] with ``Electronic Bonds 
Online (eBonds)Access'' in the subject line.

    Dated: June 10, 2009.
Lee Shirkey,
Acting Chief, Records Management Branch, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E9-14074 Filed 6-15-09; 8:45 am]
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