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operational control of the international 

land border. Secure Fence Act of 2006, 

Public Law 109–367, sec. 2, 120 Stat. 

2638 (Oct. 26, 2006) (8 U.S.C. 1701 

note). Congress defined ‘‘operational 

control’’ as the prevention of all 

unlawful entries into the United States, 

including entries by terrorists, other 

unlawful aliens, instruments of 

terrorism, narcotics, and other 

contraband. Id. Consistent with that 

mandate from Congress, the President’s 

Executive Order on Border Security and 

Immigration Enforcement Improvements 

directed executive departments and 

agencies to deploy all lawful means to 

secure the southern border. Executive 

Order 13767, sec. 1. In order to achieve 

that end, the President directed, among 

other things, that I take immediate steps 

to prevent all unlawful entries into the 

United States, including the immediate 

construction of physical infrastructure 

to prevent illegal entry. Executive Order 

13767, sec. 4(a). 

Congress has provided to the 

Secretary of Homeland Security a 

number of authorities necessary to carry 

out DHS’s border security mission. One 

of those authorities is found at section 

102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 

and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 

1996, as amended (‘‘IIRIRA’’). Public 

Law 104–208, Div. C, 110 Stat. 3009– 

546, 3009–554 (Sept. 30, 1996) (8 U.S.C 

1103 note), as amended by the REAL ID 

Act of 2005, Public Law 109–13, Div. B, 

119 Stat. 231, 302, 306 (May 11, 2005) 

(8 U.S.C. 1103 note), as amended by the 

Secure Fence Act of 2006, Public Law 

109–367, sec. 3, 120 Stat. 2638 (Oct. 26, 

2006) (8 U.S.C. 1103 note), as amended 

by the Department of Homeland 

Security Appropriations Act, 2008, 

Public Law 110–161, Div. E, Title V, sec. 

564, 121 Stat. 2090 (Dec. 26, 2007). In 

section 102(a) of IIRIRA, Congress 

provided that the Secretary of 

Homeland Security shall take such 

actions as may be necessary to install 

additional physical barriers and roads 

(including the removal of obstacles to 

detection of illegal entrants) in the 

vicinity of the United States border to 

deter illegal crossings in areas of high 

illegal entry into the United States. In 

section 102(b) of IIRIRA, Congress 

mandated the installation of additional 

fencing, barriers, roads, lighting, 

cameras, and sensors on the southwest 

border. Finally, in section 102(c) of 

IIRIRA, Congress granted to the 

Secretary of Homeland Security the 

authority to waive all legal requirements 

that I, in my sole discretion, determine 

necessary to ensure the expeditious 

construction of barriers and roads 

authorized by section 102 of IIRIRA. 

Determination and Waiver 

Section 1 

The United States Border Patrol’s El 

Centro Sector is an area of high illegal 

entry. In fiscal year 2020, the United 

States Border Patrol (‘‘Border Patrol’’) 

apprehended over 11,000 illegal aliens 

attempting to enter the United States 

between border crossings in the El 

Centro Sector. In that same time period, 

between border crossings in the El 

Centro Sector the Border Patrol seized 

over 200 pounds of marijuana, over 50 

pounds of cocaine, over 30 pounds of 

heroin, over 3,100 pounds of 

methamphetamine, and over 60 pounds 

of fentanyl. 

Due to the high levels of illegal entry 

within the El Centro Sector, I must use 

my authority under section 102 of 

IIRIRA to install additional physical 

barriers and roads in the El Centro 

Sector. Therefore, DHS will take 

immediate action to construct primary 

and secondary barriers in the El Centro 

Sector. The areas in the vicinity of the 

border within which such construction 

will occur are referred to herein as the 

‘‘project areas’’ and are more 

specifically described in Section 2 

below. 

Section 2 

I determine that the following areas in 

the vicinity of the United States border, 

located in the State of California in the 

Border Patrol’s El Centro Sector are 

areas of high illegal entry (the ‘‘project 

areas’’): 

• Starting one-half (0.5) of a mile west 

of the San Diego County—Imperial 

County line and extending east to 

approximately one mile east of Border 

Monument 210 

There is presently an acute and 

immediate need to construct physical 

barriers and roads in the vicinity of the 

border of the United States in order to 

prevent unlawful entries into the United 

States in the project areas pursuant to 

sections 102(a) and 102(b) of IIRIRA. In 

order to ensure the expeditious 

construction of the barriers and roads in 

the project areas, I have determined that 

it is necessary that I exercise the 

authority that is vested in me by section 

102(c) of IIRIRA. 

Accordingly, pursuant to section 

102(c) of IIRIRA, I hereby waive in their 

entirety, with respect to all contracting 

actions associated with the construction 

of physical barriers and roads 

(including, but not limited to, accessing 

the project areas, creating and using 

staging areas, the conduct of earthwork, 

excavation, fill, and site preparation, 

and installation and upkeep of physical 

barriers, roads, supporting elements, 

drainage, erosion controls, safety 

features, lighting, cameras, and sensors) 

in the project areas, all of the following 

statutes and regulations, including any 

legal requirements of, deriving from, or 

related to the subject of, the following 

statutes and regulations: 41 U.S.C. 3301; 

41 U.S.C. 3302(b)–(e); 41 U.S.C. 3304; 

41 U.S.C. 3306(a); 41 U.S.C. 3309(b)–(e); 

41 U.S.C. 3502; 41 U.S.C. 4103(c), 

(d)(3)–(4); 41 U.S.C. 4104(b); 41 U.S.C. 

4106(c)–(d); 41 U.S.C. 6101(b)(1); 41 

U.S.C. 1126; 41 U.S.C. 1708(a), (c), (e); 

Section 880 of Division A, Title VIII of 

Public Law 115–232; 15 U.S.C. 644; 15 

U.S.C. 657q; 15 U.S.C. 631(j); 15 U.S.C. 

637(d)–(f), and (h); 13 CFR part 125; 48 

CFR 22.404–5; 48 CFR 16.504(c); and 48 

CFR 16.505(a)(4) and (5), (a)(8)(i) and 

(iii), (b). 

This waiver does not revoke or 

supersede any other waiver 

determination made pursuant to section 

102(c) of IIRIRA. Such waivers shall 

remain in full force and effect in 

accordance with their terms. I reserve 

the authority to execute further waivers 

from time to time as I may determine to 

be necessary under section 102 of 

IIRIRA. 

Signature 

The Acting Secretary of Homeland 

Security, Chad F. Wolf, having reviewed 

and approved this document, is 

delegating the authority to electronically 

sign this document to Ian J. Brekke, who 

is Deputy General Counsel for DHS, for 

purposes of publication in the Federal 

Register. 

Ian J. Brekke, 

Deputy General Counsel for DHS. 

[FR Doc. 2020–29128 Filed 12–30–20; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7028–N–09] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Transfer and Consolidation 

of Public Housing Programs; OMB 

Control No.: 2577–0280 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, PIH, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the information collection 

described below. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is 

requesting comment from all interested 

parties on the proposed collection of 

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information. The purpose of this notice 

is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 5, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 

20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400 

(this is not a toll-free number) or email 

at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of 

the proposed forms or other available 

information. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dacia Rogers, Office of Policy, Programs 

and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW, 

(L’Enfant Plaza, Room 2206), 

Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202– 

402–4109, (this is not a toll-free 

number). Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number via TTY by calling the Federal 

Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. Copies 

of available documents submitted to 

OMB may be obtained from Ms. Rogers. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval from OMB for the 

information collection described in 

Section A. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: Public 

Housing Program—Transfer and 

Consolidation of Public Housing 

Programs. 

OMB Approval Number: 2577–0280. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

previously approved collection. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: State 

legislatures or other local governing 

bodies may from time to time direct or 

agree that the public interest is best 

served if one public housing agency 

(PHA) cedes its public housing program 

to another PHA, or that two or more 

PHAs should be combined into one 

multijurisdictional PHA. This proposed 

information collection serves to protect 

HUD’s several interests in either 

transaction: (1) Insuring the continued 

used of the property as public housing; 

(2) that HUD’s interests are secured; and 

(3) that the operating and capital 

subsidies that HUD pays to support the 

operation and maintenance of public 

housing is properly paid to the correct 

PHA on behalf of the correct properties. 

In addition to submitting 

documentation to HUD, PHAs are 

required to make conforming changes to 

HUD’s Public Housing Information 

Center (PIC). 

Total Estimated Burdens: 

TOTAL BURDEN HOUR ESTIMATES FOR PHAS

Number of transfer or consolidation actions Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

requirement * × 

Est. Avg. 

time for 

requirement 

(hours) 

= 

Est. annual 

burden 

(hours) 

3 Transfers ............................................................................... 6 1 120 720 

2 Consolidations ...................................................................... 4 1 200 800 

Subtotals ........................................................................... 10 ........................ 320 1,520 

* The frequency shown assumes that the receiving or consolidated PHA makes one submission for all other PHAs involved in either the transfer or consolidation. 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond; including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

C. Authority 

Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35. 

Dated: December 16, 2020. 

Merrie Nichols-Dixon, 

Director, Office of Policy, Programs and 

Legislative Initiatives. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28705 Filed 12–31–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–MB–2020–N157; [FF09M28100, 

FXMB1231092MFR0, 212]; OMB Control 

Number 1018–New] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Online Eastern Population 

Sandhill Crane Survey Data Entry 

Portal 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), are proposing a new 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 5, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

information collection request (ICR) by 

mail to the Service Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/ 

3W), 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, 

VA 22041–3803 (mail); or by email to 

Info_Coll@fws.gov. Please reference 

OMB Control Number ‘‘1018–Sandhill 

Cranes’’ in the subject line of your 

comments.