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instructions or additional information, 

please contact John N. Blum, Acting 

General Counsel, Executive Office for 

Immigration Review, U.S. Department of 

Justice, Suite 2600, 5107 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, Virginia 22041; telephone: 

(703) 305–0470. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

agency’s functions, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

—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: 

Revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Notice of Entry of Appearance as 

Attorney or Representative Before the 

Board of Immigration Appeals. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: Form Number: EOIR–27. 

Executive Office for Immigration 

Review, United States Department of 

Justice. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Attorneys and 

qualified representatives notifying the 

Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) 

that they are representing an alien in 

immigration proceedings. Other: None. 

Abstract: This information collection is 

necessary to allow an attorney or 

representative to notify the Board that 

he or she is representing an alien before 

the Board. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: It is estimated that 33,980 

respondents will complete the form 

annually with an average of six minutes 

per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: There are an estimated 3,398 

total burden hours associated with this 

collection annually. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Lynn Bryant, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building, 

Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: January 27, 2009. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United 

States Department of Justice. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

[OMB Number 1121–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comments Requested 

ACTION: 60-day notice of information 

collection under review. 

Civil Justice Survey of State Courts 

Trials on Appeal. 

The Department of Justice, Office of 

Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice 

Statistics, will be submitting the 

following information collection request 

for review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The proposed information 

collection is published to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for ‘‘sixty days’’ until 

March 31, 2009. This process is 

conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 

1320.10. 

If you have additional comments, 

especially on the estimated public 

burden or associated response time, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

proposed information collection 

instrument with instructions or 

additional information, please contact: 

Thomas H. Cohen, (202) 514–8344, 

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of 

Justice Programs, Department of Justice, 

810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20531 or 

Thomas.H.Cohen@usdoj.gov. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

—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; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

—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 

(1) Type of information collection: 

New information collection, Civil 

Justice Survey of State Courts Trials on 

Appeal. 

(2) The title of the form/collection: 

Civil Justice Survey of State Courts 

Trials on Appeal. 

(3) The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

The form labels are CJSSCTA–IAC, 

CJSSCTA–COLR, and CJSSCTA–ADR, 

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of 

Justice Programs, U.S. Department of 

Justice. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: State Appellate 

Courts. The purpose of the CJSSCTA 

project is to provide detailed statistical 

information on civil cases adjudicated at 

the appellate level in state courts. The 

project will collect information from 

court records on individual civil cases 

disposed in a sample of state 

intermediate appellate courts and courts 

of last resort. The types of information 

collected will include the types of civil 

cases appealed after trial to an 

intermediate appellate court or court of 

last resort, the impact of the appellate 

process on trial court outcomes, the 

extent that appellate claims are 

dismissed or withdrawn before being 

decided on the merits, the types of legal 

issues raised on appeal, the number of 

appeals ending in a published opinion, 

and the rate of judicial dissent at the 

appellate level. The survey will also 

collect aggregate count information on 

the number of appeals referred to and 

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settled through court annexed 

alternative dispute resolution programs. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond/reply: It is estimated that 

information will be collected on 1,500 

civil cases concluded by trial in 2005 in 

which either the plaintiff or defendant 

filed a notice of appeal to an 

intermediate appellate court or court of 

last resort. Information will also be 

collected on the number of cases filed 

and disposed in court annexed 

alternative dispute resolution programs. 

Annual cost to the respondents is based 

on the number of hours involved in 

providing information from court 

records for the intermediate appellate 

court, court of last resort, and 

alternative dispute resolution forms. 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 1.5 hours per data collection 

form for the intermediate appellate 

court and court of last resort forms and 

2 hours for the alternative dispute 

resolution forms. The estimate of hour 

burden is based on prior civil justice 

data collections and pre-tests of the 

current forms. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The estimated public burden 

associated with this collection is 830 

hours. It is estimated that on-site data 

collection will be necessary for about 

500 of the 1,500 civil appeals. Hence, 

the estimated burden hour to complete 

each of the appellate data collection 

forms will result in a total of 750 burden 

hours to complete the CJSSCTA (500 

data collection forms multiplied by 1.5 

hours per form = 750 burden hours). In 

addition to the case level appellate data 

collection forms, it is estimated that 40 

appellate courts will have some form of 

court—annexed alternative dispute 

resolution (ADR) program. The 

estimated burden hour to complete the 

ADR spreadsheets for the participating 

appellate courts will result in a total of 

80 burden hours to complete the ADR 

portion of this project: (40 appellate 

courts with ADR programs multiplied 

by 2 hours per coding spreadsheet = 80 

burden hours). Therefore, the total 

burden hours for the CJSSCTA amounts 

to 830 burden hours (750 burden hours 

to complete the case level appellate 

forms +80 hours to complete the ADR 

spreadsheets). 

If additional information is required 

contact: Ms. Lynn Byrant, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: January 27, 2009. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United 

States Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. E9–2091 Filed 1–29–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

[OMB Number 1121–0111] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Extension of a Currently 

Approved Collection; Comments 

Requested 

ACTION: 60-day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review: National 

Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). 

The Department of Justice (DOJ), 

Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of 

Justice Statistics 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 of 1995. The proposed 

information collection is published to 

obtain comments from the public and 

affected agencies. Comments are 

encouraged and will be accepted for 

‘‘sixty days’’ until March 31, 2009. 

This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

If you have comments especially on 

the estimated public burden or 

associated response time, suggestions, 

or need a copy of the proposed 

information collection instrument with 

instructions or additional information, 

please contact Katrina Baum, 

Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 

Office of Justice Programs, Department 

of Justice, 810 7th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20531, or facsimile 

(202) 307–1463. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

—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; 

—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; 

—Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

—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 

(1) Type of information collection: 

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

National Crime Victimization Survey. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

department sponsoring the collection: 

NCVS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract. Primary: Persons 12 years or 

older living in NCVS sampled 

households located throughout the 

United States. The National Crime 

Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects, 

analyzes, publishes, and disseminates 

statistics on the criminal victimization 

in the U.S. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond/reply: An estimate of the total 

number of respondents is 77,600. It will 

take the average interviewed respondent 

an estimated 23 minutes to respond, the 

average non-interviewed respondent an 

estimated 7 minutes to respond, the 

estimated average follow-up interview is 

12 minutes, and the estimated average 

follow-up for a non-interview is 1 

minute. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The total respondent burden 

is approximately 53,510 hours. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Lynn Bryant, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, United States 

Department of Justice, Patrick Henry 

Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: January 27, 2009. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United 

States Department of Justice. 

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