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Small agricultural service firms are 

defined by the Small Business 

Administration (SBA) as those whose 

annual receipts are less than $7,000,000 

and small agricultural producers are 

defined as those having annual receipts 

less than $750,000 (13 CFR 121.201). 

Based on industry and Committee 

data, the average annual price for fresh 

Florida tomatoes during the 2011–12 

season was approximately $6.62 per 25- 

pound container, and total fresh 

shipments for the 2011–12 season were 

approximately 38,175,363 25-pound 

cartons of tomatoes. Committee data 

indicates that approximately 21 percent 

of the handlers handle 90 percent of the 

total volume shipped. Based on the 

average price, about 80 percent of 

handlers could be considered small 

businesses under SBA’s definition. In 

addition, based on production data, 

grower prices as reported by the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service, 

and the total number of Florida tomato 

growers, the average annual grower 

revenue is below $750,000. Thus, the 

majority of handlers and producers of 

Florida tomatoes may be classified as 

small entities. 

This rule continues in effect the 

action that decreased the assessment 

rate established for the Committee and 

collected from handlers for the 2012–13 

and subsequent fiscal periods from 

$0.037 to $0.024 per 25-pound carton of 

tomatoes. The Committee unanimously 

recommended 2012–13 expenditures of 

$1,672,952 and an assessment rate of 

$0.024 per 25-pound carton of tomatoes. 

The assessment rate of $0.024 is $0.013 

lower than the rate previously in effect. 

Applying the $0.024 rate per 25-pound 

carton assessment rate to the 

Committee’s 35 million cartons crop 

estimate should provide $840,000, in 

assessment income. Income derived 

from handler assessments, along with 

funds from the Committee’s authorized 

reserve, interest income, and funds from 

block grants, will be adequate to cover 

budgeted expenses. This action will 

allow the Committee to reduce its 

financial reserve and will help lower 

overall industry cost, while still 

providing adequate funding to meet 

program expenses. 

This rule continues in effect the 

action that decreased the assessment 

obligation imposed on handlers. 

Assessments are applied uniformly on 

all handlers, and some of the costs may 

be passed on to producers. However, 

decreasing the assessment rate reduces 

the burden on handlers, and may reduce 

the burden on producers. 

In addition, the Committee’s meeting 

was widely publicized throughout the 

Florida tomato industry and all 

interested persons were invited to 

attend the meeting and participate in 

Committee deliberations on all issues. 

Like all Committee meetings, the August 

22, 2012, meeting was a public meeting 

and all entities, both large and small, 

were able to express views on this issue. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

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

chapter 35), the order’s information 

collection requirements have been 

previously approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) and 

assigned OMB No. 0581–0178, 

Vegetable and Specialty Crops. No 

changes in those requirements as a 

result of this action are anticipated. 

Should any changes become necessary, 

they would be submitted to OMB for 

approval. 

This action imposes no additional 

reporting or recordkeeping requirements 

on either small or large Florida tomato 

handlers. As with all Federal marketing 

order programs, reports and forms are 

periodically reviewed to reduce 

information requirements and 

duplication by industry and public 

sector agencies. 

USDA has not identified any relevant 

Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or 

conflict with this rule. 

Comments on the interim rule were 

required to be received on or before 

April 9, 2013. No comments were 

received. Therefore, for reasons given in 

the interim rule, we are adopting the 

interim rule as a final rule, without 

change. 

To view the interim rule, go to: 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=AMS-FV-12-0051- 

0001. 

This action also affirms information 

contained in the interim rule concerning 

Executive Orders 12866 and 12988, and 

the E-Gov Act (44 U.S.C. 101). 

After consideration of all relevant 

material presented, it is found that 

finalizing the interim rule, without 

change, as published in the Federal 

Register (78 FR 9307, February 8, 2013) 

will tend to effectuate the declared 

policy of the Act. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 966 

Marketing agreements, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Tomatoes. 

PART 966—TOMATOES GROWN IN 

FLORIDA 

Accordingly, the interim rule 

amending 7 CFR part 966, which was 

published at 78 FR 9307 on February 8, 

2013, is adopted as a final rule, without 

change. 

Dated: May 8, 2013. 

David R. Shipman, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 1280 

[No. AMS–LS–11–0038] 

Lamb Promotion, Research, and 

Information Order; Amendment to the 

Order To Raise the Assessment Rate 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule amends the 

Lamb Promotion, Research, and 

Information Order (Order) to increase 

the assessment rate on all live ovine 

animals sold from $0.005 per pound to 

$0.007 per pound for producers, feeders, 

and seedstock producers, and from 

$0.30 per head of ovine animals 

purchased for slaughter to $0.42 per 

head for first handlers. The increase is 

provided for under the Order, which is 

authorized by the Commodity 

Promotion, Research, and Information 

Act of 1996 (Act) (7 U.S.C. 7411–7425). 

The American Lamb Board (Board), 

which administers the Order, 

recommended this action to maintain 

and expand their promotional, research, 

advertising, and communications 

programs. 

DATES: Effective June 13, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily DeBord, Agricultural Marketing 

Specialist, Research and Promotion 

Division, on 202–690–2611, fax 202– 

720–1125, or by email at 

Emily.DeBord@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Executive Order 12866 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has waived the review process 

required by Executive Order (E.O.) 

12866 for this action. 

Executive Order 12988 

This final rule has been reviewed 

under E.O. 12988, Civil Justice Reform. 

The rule is not intended to have 

retroactive effect and will not affect or 

preempt any other State or Federal law 

authorizing promotion or research 

relating to an agricultural commodity. 

Under section 519 of the Act a person 

subject to the Order may file a petition 


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with the Secretary of Agriculture 

(Secretary) stating that the Order, any 

provision of the Order, or any obligation 

imposed in connection with the Order 

is not established in accordance with 

the law, and may request a modification 

of the Order or an exemption from the 

Order. Any petition filed challenging 

the Order, any provision of the Order, 

or any obligation imposed in connection 

with the Order, shall be filed within 2 

years after the effective date of the 

Order, provision, or obligation subject to 

challenge in the petition. The petitioner 

will have the opportunity for a hearing 

on the petition. Thereafter, the Secretary 

will issue a ruling on the petition. 

The Act provides that the district 

court of the United States for any 

district in which the petitioner resides 

or conducts business shall have the 

jurisdiction to review a final ruling on 

the petition if the petitioner files a 

complaint for that purpose not later 

than 20 days after the date of the entry 

of the Secretary’s final ruling. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act and 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Pursuant to the requirements set forth 

in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), the Administrator of 

the Agricultural Marketing Service 

(AMS) has considered the economic 

effect of this action on small entities and 

has determined that this final rule will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The purpose of the RFA is to fit 

regulatory action to the scale of 

businesses subject to such action in 

order that small businesses will not be 

unduly burdened. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 

(Department) National Agricultural 

Statistics Service estimated that in 2012 

the number of operations in the United 

States with sheep totaled approximately 

79,500. The majority of these operations 

that are subject to the Order may be 

classified as small entities. 

The Small Business Administration 

defines, in 13 CFR Part 121, small 

agricultural producers as those having 

annual receipts of no more than 

$750,000, and small agricultural service 

firms (handlers and importers) as those 

having annual receipts of no more than 

$7 million. Under these definitions, the 

majority of the producers, feeders, 

seedstock producers, and first handlers 

that will be affected by this final rule are 

considered small entities. 

Funds collected under the programs 

are used for promotion, information, 

research, and advertising of American 

lamb and for the administration, 

maintenance, and functioning of the 

Board. At the current assessment rate of 

one-half of a cent ($0.005) per pound on 

all live lambs sold by producers, 

feeders, and seedstock producers and 

thirty cents ($0.30) per head of lamb 

purchased by first handlers for 

slaughter, the program generates about 

$1.8 million in annual revenues. The 

current assessment rate was established 

in April 11, 2002, when the Order was 

issued (70 FR 17848). The Order is 

administered by the Board under 

Department oversight. According to the 

Board, additional revenue is required in 

order to sustain and expand the 

promotional, research, advertising, and 

communications programs. 

On May 26, 2011, the Board passed a 

motion to raise the assessment rate as 

authorized under the Act and Order (7 

CFR Part 1280). This final rule is 

consistent with section 1280.217(e) of 

the Order, which states that the rate of 

assessment for producers, seedstock 

producers, and feeders may be raised or 

lowered no more than twentyhundredths of a cent ($0.002) in any one 

year. In addition, section 1280.219 

states the rate of assessment for first 

handlers shall be increased or decreased 

proportionately if the assessment paid 

by producers, feeders, and seedstock 

producers is increased or decreased. 

The current rate producers pay on a per 

pound basis, $0.005 per pound, is 16.7 

percent of the rate first handlers pay on 

a per head basis, $0.30 per head. To 

keep the same proportionality when 

producers are assessed a rate of $0.007 

per pound, the first handlers will be 

assessed a rate of $0.42 per head. 

Currently, section 1280.217 of the Order 

states that the rate of assessment shall 

be one-half of a cent ($0.005) per pound 

on all live lambs sold. Section 1280.219 

currently states each first handler, in 

addition to remitting the assessment 

collected pursuant to section 1280.217, 

shall pay an assessment equal to thirty 

cents ($0.30) per head of lambs 

purchased by the first handler for 

slaughter or slaughtered by such first 

handler pursuant to a custom slaughter 

arrangement. This final rule will amend 

the aforementioned sections. 

The Board’s most recent return on 

investment study, Analyzing the 

Effectiveness of the Lamb Promotion, 

Research, and Information Order, by 

Oral Capps, Jr. and Gary W. Williams, 

showed that for the period 2002 through 

2010 the Lamb Checkoff Program 

continued to enhance the demand for 

American lamb. The analysis shows that 

the Board’s promotion programs have 

generated roughly 7.1 to 7.5 additional 

pounds of total lamb consumption per 

dollar spent on advertising and 

promotion and $37.16 to $39.34 in 

additional lamb sales per dollar spent 

on advertising and promotion. Copies of 

this study can be obtained from the 

Board. 

Over the last several fiscal years, 

however, several trends have asserted 

downward pressure on the Board’s 

continued ability to sustain the 

industry’s recognized high level of 

return. Domestic lamb production levels 

have continued to decrease. A growing 

percentage of domestic lamb is being 

sold into non-traditional markets and 

higher costs driven by worldwide 

inflation have increased the expense of 

implementing Board programs. The 

Board’s assessment collections have 

continued to decrease from $2.8 million 

in 2003 to $1.9 million in 2012. Over 

the past few years the Board’s budget 

has decreased and business costs have 

increased. The Board has explored ways 

to maintain effective programs by 

cutting programs that are not meeting 

the Board’s expectations. The Board 

believes that marketing and promotions 

programs should not be reduced any 

further at a time when it is critical for 

the industry to protect American lamb’s 

position in retail and foodservice and 

maintain market share. 

The Board states that the proposed 

assessment rate increase would enable it 

to maintain, enhance, and expand its 

efforts to build demand, increase 

awareness, and create preference for 

American lamb through targeted 

advertising, retail promotions, public 

relations campaigns and media 

outreach, foodservice programs, 

consumer events, social marketing, and 

nutrition education. The Board strongly 

believes that it is a critical time for the 

industry to protect their position in 

retail and foodservice and maintain 

market share in order for there to be a 

future for domestic lamb. The Board 

believes that it is essential to increase 

the lamb checkoff revenue and get its 

marketing and promotion budget back to 

the original budget levels in fiscal years 

2003 and 2004 in order to maintain its 

efforts to promote American lamb and 

deliver a good return on the industry’s 

investment. 

This final rule does not impose 

additional recordkeeping requirements 

on producers, feeders, seedstock 

producers, or first handlers of American 

lamb. There are no Federal rules that 

duplicate, overlap, or conflict with this 

rule. In accordance with OMB 

regulation (5 CFR part 1320), which 

implements the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the 

information collection and 

recordkeeping requirements have been 

approved previously under OMB 

control number 0581–0093. This final 

rule does not result in a change to the 


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information collection and 

recordkeeping requirements previously 

approved. 

We have performed this initial RFA 

regarding the impact of this final 

amendment to the Order on small 

entities. 

Background and Final Action 

Under the Order, which became 

effective April 11, 2002, the Board 

administers a nationally coordinated 

program of research, development, 

advertising, and promotion designed to 

strengthen the position of, and to 

develop and expand the markets for, 

ovine animals and ovine products. This 

program is currently financed by 

assessments from producers, feeders, 

and seedstock producers who pay an 

assessment of one-half cent ($0.005) per 

pound when live ovine animals are 

sold. First handlers, primarily packers, 

pay an additional $0.30 per head on 

ovine animals purchased for slaughter. 

Importers are not assessed. 

This final rule will increase the 

assessment rate on all live lambs sold 

from $0.005 per pound to $0.007 per 

pound for producers, feeders, and 

seedstock producers and from $0.30 per 

head of lamb purchased for slaughter to 

$0.42 per head for first handlers. 

According to the Board, in order to 

sustain and expand the promotion, 

research, and communications programs 

at present levels, the Board contends 

that additional revenue is required. The 

assessment rate increase is estimated to 

generate $700,000 in new revenue, 

depending upon production levels. 

The Board’s budget is based on the 

amount of assessments collected on an 

annual basis. As assessments have 

continued to decline, the Board’s budget 

has decreased from $2.8 million in 2003 

to $1.9 million in 2012. As expenses to 

successfully promote and increase the 

consumption of American lamb 

continue to rise, the Board believes it is 

necessary to amend the Order to 

increase the rate of assessment. 

On May 26, 2011, the Board 

unanimously approved a motion to 

request that the Secretary amend 

sections 1280.217 (e) and 1280.219 of 

the Order to increase the assessment 

rate on all live lambs sold from $0.005 

per pound to $0.007 per pound for 

producers, feeders, and seedstock 

producers and from $0.30 per head of 

lamb purchased for slaughter to $0.42 

per head for first handlers. The Board 

has not amended the Order to raise or 

lower the assessment rate since the 

inception of the program. The vote to 

recommend the assessment increase was 

unanimous. 

The Act provides for the creation of, 

and amendments to, the Order. The 

Order provides in section 1280.210 that 

the Board shall have the powers and 

duties to recommend to the Secretary 

such amendments to the Order as the 

Board considers appropriate. 

Comments 

On June 12, 2012, the Department 

published in the Federal Register (77 

FR 34868) for public comment a 

proposed rule to amend the Order to 

increase the assessment rate on all live 

ovine animals sold from $0.005 to 

$0.007 per pound for producers, feeders, 

and seedstock producers, and from 

$0.30 to $0.42 per head for first 

handlers. Comments were due to the 

Department by August 13, 2012. 

The Department received 121 timely 

comments related to the proposed rule, 

of which 94, or 77.7% were in support 

of the assessment rate increase, and 26, 

or 21.5%, were opposed to the increase. 

One comment was neither for nor 

against the increase, and four 

comments, which generally reflected the 

views of those who supported the 

increase, were received after the closing 

date. Commenters included producers, 

feeders, seedstock producers, first 

handlers, and other interested parties. 

Commenters supporting the 

assessment rate increase pointed to the 

need to raise sufficient funding for lamb 

promotions in the face of rising costs. 

Many noted that the assessment rate had 

not been increased during the past 

decade and that the increase would 

restore marketing funding to earlier 

levels. Several commenters suggested 

that the lamb industry would lose share 

of voice in the market without increased 

funding. Commenters also noted that 

the rate increase would offset the 

decline in lamb inventories across the 

country. Other commenters pointed out 

that the lamb industry increasingly was 

being outspent by competing meats and 

international competitors in marketing 

activities. 

Commenters who opposed the 

assessment rate increase cited the 

decline of the industry (lamb numbers 

falling; prices not competitive with 

imported lamb meat). Many suggested 

that lamb producers were losing money 

and could not afford the additional cost. 

Several commenters based their 

opposition to the rate increase on their 

belief that the Lamb Checkoff has not 

been driving increased lamb 

consumption. Two commenters noted 

that the lamb industry is too diversified 

for the generic checkoff program to be 

successful. 

AMS has carefully considered all 

comments submitted and is not making 

any changes to the proposed rule. As 

has been stated previously in this 

rulemaking, in the Board’s view, it is a 

critical time for the lamb industry to 

protect its position in retail and 

foodservice, and maintain market share, 

in order for there to be a future for 

domestic lamb. Therefore, it is essential 

to increase the lamb checkoff revenue 

and get its marketing and promotion 

budget back to the original budget levels 

in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 in order 

to maintain the Board’s efforts to 

promote American lamb and deliver a 

good return on the industry’s 

investment. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1280 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Advertising, Agricultural 

research, Marketing agreements, Lamb 

and Lamb products, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

For reasons set forth in the preamble, 

this final rule amends 7 CFR part 1280 

as follows: 

PART 1280—LAMB PROMOTION, 

RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 1280 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7411–7425 and 7 

U.S.C. 7401. 

■ 2. In § 1280.217, paragraph (e) is 

revised to read as follows: 

§ 1280.217 Lamb purchases. 

* * * * * 

(e) Rate. Except as otherwise 

provided, the rate of assessment shall be 

seven-tenths of a cent ($0.007) per 

pound on all live lambs sold. The rate 

of assessment may be raised or lowered 

no more than twenty-hundredths of a 

cent ($0.002) in any one year. The Board 

may recommend any change to the 

Department. Prior to a change in the 

assessment rate, the Department will 

provide notice by publishing in the 

Federal Register any proposed changes 

with interested parties allowed to 

provide comment. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Section 1280.219 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 1280.219 First handlers. 

Each first handler, in addition to 

remitting the assessment collected 

pursuant to § 1280.217, shall pay an 

assessment equal to forty-two cents 

($0.42) per head of lambs purchased by 

the first handler for slaughter or 

slaughtered by such first handler 

pursuant to a custom slaughter 

arrangement. The rates of assessment for 

first handlers shall be increased or 


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1For purposes of this notice, the term ‘‘attorney’’ 

refers to any individual meeting the definition of 

‘‘attorney’’ in 8 CFR 1001.1(f), except any attorney 

who represents the Federal Government before 

EOIR. 

2An accredited representative is a non-attorney 

who is designated by a recognized organization and 

accredited by the Board pursuant to 8 CFR 

1292.2(d) to represent individuals before the 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS), or before 

both DHS and EOIR. All accredited representatives 

must be affiliated with an organization established 

in the United States that has received recognition 

by the Board pursuant to 8 CFR 1292.2(a). For 

purposes of this notice, the term ‘‘accredited 

representative’’ refers only to an accredited 

representative who is accredited to appear before 

both EOIR and DHS. See 8 CFR 1292.2(d). 

3The electronic registration requirement does not 

apply to representatives who appear before EOIR’s 

Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer. 

4A registered attorney or accredited 

representative will be able to provide the answers 

to these questions in order to reset a forgotten 

password. 

5Registrants will be able to provide more than 

one email address, when appropriate, i.e., an email 

address for eRegistry account-related emails and an 

email address for case specific correspondence. 

6As indicated in the final rule, registry applicants 

will be able to appear at an immigration court or 

the Board’s Clerk’s Office to present specified photo 

identification, so that EOIR can verify the 

registrant’s identity. In addition, EOIR anticipates 

decreased proportionately if the 

assessment paid by producers, 

seedstock producers, and feeders is 

increased or decreased. Such 

assessment shall be remitted with the 

assessments collected pursuant to 

§ 1280.217. 

Dated: May 8, 2013. 

David R. Shipman, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11390 Filed 5–13–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Executive Office for Immigration 

Review 

8 CFR Part 1292 

[Docket No. EOIR 138] 

RIN 1125–AA39 

Registry for Attorneys and 

Representatives 

AGENCY: Executive Office for 

Immigration Review, Department of 

Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of implementation of 

registration requirement. 

SUMMARY: The Executive Office for 

Immigration Review (EOIR) has 

established a mandatory electronic 

registry for attorneys and accredited 

representatives who practice before 

EOIR’s immigration courts and Board of 

Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board). 

This notice provides additional 

instructions regarding the registration 

process. 

DATES: Attorneys and accredited 

representatives will be able to register 

beginning on June 10, 2013. After 

December 10, 2013, attorneys and 

accredited representatives must be 

registered in order to practice before 

EOIR’s immigration courts and the 

Board and may be subject to 

administrative suspension for failure to 

register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Rosenblum, General Counsel, Executive 

Office for Immigration Review, 5107 

Leesburg Pike, Suite 2600, Falls Church, 

Virginia 22041, telephone (703) 305– 

0470 (not a toll-free call). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On April 1, 2013, the Department 

published in the Federal Register a final 

rule that establishes a mandatory 

electronic registry (eRegistry) for 

attorneys 1 and accredited 

representatives 2 who practice before 

EOIR’s immigration courts and the 

Board.3 See 78 FR 19400 (April 1, 2013). 

The final rule amends 8 CFR part 1292 

by establishing a new paragraph in 

§ 1292.1(f) that provides for attorneys 

and accredited representatives to 

register electronically with EOIR in 

order to practice before its immigration 

courts and the Board. 

eRegistry is part of a long-term agency 

plan to create an electronic case access 

and filing system for the immigration 

courts and the Board. The eRegistry will 

individually and uniquely identify each 

registered attorney or accredited 

representative and associate the 

information provided during 

registration with that attorney or 

accredited representative. This will 

increase efficiency by reducing system 

errors in scheduling matters and 

providing improved notice to attorneys 

and accredited representatives. Further, 

registration will ultimately enable an 

electronic filing system that will reduce 

the time and expense presently incurred 

with paper filings. 

II. Who Must Register 

All attorneys and accredited 

representatives who practice before 

EOIR’s immigration courts or the Board 

must register with EOIR’s eRegistry. See 

8 CFR 1292.1(a)(1), (a)(4), (f). At this 

time, the electronic registration 

requirements apply only to attorneys 

and to accredited representatives who 

are authorized to appear before EOIR. 

(This includes attorneys and accredited 

representatives who appear before both 

EOIR and DHS, but the registration 

requirements only pertain to their 

practice before EOIR.) Accordingly, 

accredited representatives authorized to 

appear only before DHS, law students, 

law graduates, reputable individuals, or 

accredited foreign government officials 

will not be able to register at this time. 

Similarly, law firms and recognized 

organizations will not be able to register. 

III. How To Register 

Registration is a two-step process, 

which consists of an online registration 

and an identity validation. Both steps 

must be completed in order for an 

attorney or accredited representative to 

be registered before EOIR. 

Attorneys and accredited 

representatives will begin the online 

registration process by selecting their 

relevant account type, creating an 

individual UserID and password, and 

providing answers to password-related 

security questions.4 Thereafter, 

attorneys and accredited representatives 

will follow on-screen instructions to 

enter and submit the requested 

information. After registering, a registry 

applicant will need to appear at an 

immigration court location or the Board 

to present photo identification, so that 

EOIR can verify the applicant’s identity. 

Once that step is completed, EOIR will 

notify the registrant that his or her 

account has been activated. 

Attorneys will be required to provide 

the following information when 

registering: full name; date of birth; 

business address(es); business telephone 

number(s); email address(es)5; and bar 

admission information for all the 

jurisdictions in which they are licensed 

to practice, including those in which 

they are inactive. If they are licensed in 

a jurisdiction that does not provide bar 

numbers, they will not be required to 

submit a bar number for that 

jurisdiction. Attorneys may also enter 

the name of their business or law firm. 

Accredited representatives will be 

required to provide the following 

information when registering: full name; 

date of birth; business address(es); 

business telephone number(s); email 

address(es); and name(s) of all the 

recognized organization(s) that have 

obtained accreditation for the 

representative to appear before EOIR. 

EOIR will process the submitted 

information and then communicate with 

the registry applicant via email. First, 

EOIR will send an email to the registry 

applicant with instructions for the 

identity validation process.6 After the 


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