[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80375-80376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32891]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Agency Information Collection Activities: Screening Requirements 
for Carriers

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of 
Homeland Security.

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for comments; Extension of an 
existing collection of information.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on an information collection requirement 
concerning: Screening Requirements for Carriers. This request for 
comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(Pub. L. 104-13).

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before February 21, 
2012, to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and Rulings, Office of 
International Trade, 799 9th Street NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC. 
20229-1177.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information

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should be directed to Tracey Denning, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, 799 
9th Street NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC. 20229-1177, at (202) 325-
0265.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information 
collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L.104-13). The comments should address: (a) Whether the collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden of 
the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to 
minimize the burden including the use of automated collection 
techniques or the use of other forms of information technology; and (e) 
the annual costs burden to respondents or record keepers from the 
collection of information (a total capital/startup costs and operations 
and maintenance costs). The comments that are submitted will be 
summarized and included in the CBP request for Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. In this document CBP is soliciting comments concerning the 
following information collection:
    Title: Screening Requirements for Carriers.
    OMB Number: 1651-0122.
    Form Number: None.
    Abstract: Section 273(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1323(e) the Act) authorizes the Department of Homeland Security 
to establish procedures which carriers must undertake for the proper 
screening of their alien passengers prior to embarkation at the port 
from which they are to depart for the United States, in order to become 
eligible for an automatic reduction, refund, or waiver of a fine 
imposed under section 273(a)(1) of the Act. To be eligible to obtain 
such an automatic reduction, refund, or waiver of a fine, the carrier 
must provide evidence to CBP that it screened all passengers on the 
conveyance in accordance with the procedures listed in 8 CFR 273.3.
    Some examples of the evidence the carrier may provide to CBP 
include: A description of the carrier's document screening training 
program; the number of employees trained; information regarding the 
date and number of improperly documented aliens intercepted by the 
carrier at the port(s) of embarkation; and any other evidence to 
demonstrate the carrier's efforts to properly screen passengers 
destined for the United States.
    Current Actions: CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this 
information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the 
information collected.
    Type of Review: Extension (without change).
    Affected Public: Carriers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 65.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 100 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,500.

    Dated: December 19, 2011.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2011-32891 Filed 12-22-11; 8:45 am]
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