[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8984-8985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03327]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Agency Information Collection Activities: Arrival and Departure 
Record and Electronic System for Travel Authorization

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

ACTION: 30-day notice and request for comments; Revision of an existing 
collection of information: 1651-0111.

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SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of 
Homeland Security will be submitting the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: CBP 
Form I-94W (Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Arrival/Departure), and the 
Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). This is a proposed 
revision of an information collection that was previously approved. CBP 
is proposing that the data elements on CBP Form I-94W and ESTA be 
revised. This document is published to obtain comments from the public 
and affected agencies on the proposed revisions. This proposed 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
(78 FR 70570) on November 26, 2013, allowing for a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before March 17, 2014 
to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
this proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to the OMB Desk Officer for Customs and Border Protection, 
Department of Homeland Security, and sent via electronic mail to [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
for a copy of the new ESTA/I-94W questions should be directed to Tracey 
Denning, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Regulations and Rulings, 
Office of International Trade, 90 K Street NE., 10th 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; 44 U.S.C. 3507). 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 on the revision of 
the following information collection:
    Title: Arrival and Departure Record, Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver 
Arrival/Departure, and Electronic System for Travel Authorization 
(ESTA).
    OMB Number: 1651-0111.
    Form Number: I-94W.
    Abstract: CBP proposes to revise the questions on CBP Form I-94W 
and ESTA, which are required for Visa Waiver Program (VWP) travelers, 
in order to make them more easily understandable to respondents, and to 
collect more detailed information about health and security issues. CBP 
also proposes to remove some questions from CBP Form I-94W and ESTA 
that are no longer relevant.
    CBP Form I-94W is used to document a VWP traveler's admission into 
the United States at land ports of entry. It is filled out by aliens 
and is used to collect information on citizenship, residency, and 
contact information for aliens traveling under the Visa Waiver Program 
(VWP). The data elements collected on CBP Form I-94W enable DHS to 
perform its mission related to the screening of alien visitors for 
potential risks to national security, and the determination of 
admissibility to the United States.
    The Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) is the 
automated system that must be used by VWP travelers arriving at U.S. 
air and sea ports of entry. These travelers must provide the required 
data elements electronically to CBP and obtain a travel authorization 
through ESTA before embarking on travel to the United States.
    ESTA can be accessed at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/esta/. Instructions and a sample of CBP Form I-94W can be viewed at 
http://forms.cbp.gov/pdf/visa_waiver.pdf.
    Current Actions: This submission is being made to revise the 
information collected on ESTA and on Form I-94W by adding some new 
health and security questions; by revising some of the existing 
questions; and by removing some questions that are no longer relevant. 
The estimated number of I-94Ws filed annually was increased due to 
updated estimates. There is no change to the estimated time to complete 
ESTA or Form I-94W. There are no proposed changes to Form I-94.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Affected Public: Individuals, Carriers, and the Travel and Tourism 
Industry.

Form I-94W (Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Arrival/Departure)

    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,835,951.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 1,835,951.
    Estimated Time per Response: 8 minutes.

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    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 244,181.
    Estimated Annual Cost to the Public: $11,015,706.

Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)

    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21,910,000.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 21,910,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,477,500.
    Estimated Annual Cost to the Public: $252,420,000.

    Dated: February 10, 2014.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2014-03327 Filed 2-13-14; 8:45 am]
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