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the ten Centers of Excellence and 

Expertise via email with multiple zip 

files or shared secured folders. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) enforces section 307 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), which 

states that ‘‘all goods, wares, articles, 

and merchandise mined, produced, or 

manufactured wholly or in part in any 

foreign country by convict labor or/and 

forced labor or/and indentured labor 

under penal sanctions shall not be 

entitled to entry at any of the ports of 

the United States, and the importation 

thereof is hereby prohibited . . .’’ 

In addition, the Trade Facilitation and 

Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (TFTEA) 

(Pub. L. 114–125), signed into law on 

February 24, 2016, removed the 

‘‘consumptive demand clause’’ for the 

enforcement of 19 U.S.C. 1307, and 

mandated CBP to create a division to 

oversee forced labor enforcement and 

create a process for the investigation of 

allegations. 

CBP also enforces the Countering 

America’s Adversaries Through 

Sanctions Act (CAATSA) (Pub. L. 115– 

44 (August 2, 2017), (22 U.S.C. 9241a)) 

where goods produced by North Korean 

nationals or citizens are presumed to be 

produced under forced labor and are 

prohibited from entering the U.S. 

commerce under 19 U.S.C. 1307. 

Recently, the Uyghur Forced Labor 

Prevention Act (UFLPA) (Pub. L. 117–78 

(December 23, 2021)) established that 

any goods produced wholly or in part in 

the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 

Region (XUAR) of China, or by entities 

on the UFLPA Entity List are presumed 

to be made with forced labor and thus 

prohibited from importation into the 

U.S. under 19 U.S.C. 1307. This law 

allows for the collection of supply chain 

documentation to substantiate that 

forced labor was not used in the 

production of imported goods under an 

exception review or UFLPA does not 

apply to the detained shipment under 

an applicability review. 

Sections 12.42 through 12.45 of title 

19 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) contain methods for CBP to 

collect information on forced labor, 

conduct investigations, and initiate 

withhold release orders (WRO) or 

findings to enforce 19 U.S.C. 1307 as 

well as allow for the collection of 

information from importers on detained 

shipments for admissibility review 

under a WRO. 

Individuals, companies (domestic and 

international), civil society 

organizations, and nongovernmental 

organizations may submit allegations of 

forced labor, request for admissibility, 

applicability, and exception reviews 

with CBP under these laws and 

regulations. 

The new Forced Labor Allegation 

Portal and the Forced Labor Portal will 

consolidate the various abovementioned methods of submission into 

one centralized location, increasing 

efficiency and reducing the burden of 

collection to both CBP and the public. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Allegations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

200. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 200. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 34. 

Type of Information Collection: WRO 

Admissibility Reviews. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,900. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 1,900. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 950. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Modifications/Revocations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

25. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 25. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4. 

Type of Information Collection: 

UFLPA Exception Requests. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 4. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 4. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2. 

Type of Information Collection: 

UFLPA Applicability Reviews. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,500. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 10. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 15,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 7,500. 

Type of Information Collection: 

CAATSA Exception Reviews. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 2. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 0.33. 

Dated: October 9, 2024. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23778 Filed 10–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket Number DHS–2024–0035] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Securing the Cities Field 

Operator Stakeholder Feedback 

Survey 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security will submit the following 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until December 16, 

2024. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number Docket # 

DHS–2024–0035, at: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number Docket # DHS–2024– 

0035. All comments received will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this survey is to collect 

qualitative stakeholder feedback 

information from current law 

enforcement personnel regarding their 

experience supporting the Securing the 

Cities (STC) program, specifically the 


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use of personal radiation detectors 

(PRDs). This survey is anonymous and 

voluntary, and the information collected 

will be used to improve future STC 

products or services. Responses to the 

survey will be used as a key component 

to the STC PRD Post Implementation 

Report (PIR). The PIR is conducted after 

an acquisition capability has been 

fielded long enough to gather sufficient 

feedback from the end user on whether 

the system is meeting performance 

objectives and operating satisfactorily. 

STC is a program supported by the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass 

Destruction (CWMD) office. The STC 

program helps State and local agencies 

in several regions detect radiological 

and nuclear materials that could be used 

in a terrorist attack. STC funds, for 

example, provide for the purchase of 

wearable radiation detectors for police 

officers. Having deployed thousands of 

radiation detection devices to STC sites, 

CWMD seeks customer feedback as to 

the integration of these devices into 

local law enforcement operations and 

any potential challenges related to the 

devices or the training that can be 

addressed to improve mission 

operations locally and across all STC 

regions. 

This collection of information is 

necessary to enable CWMD to garner 

stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with 

DHS’s commitment to improving service 

delivery, by which we mean systematic 

review of the operation of a program 

compared to a set of explicit or implicit 

standards, as a means of contributing to 

the continuous improvement of the 

program. In this case, the STC program 

exists within DHS’s CWMD Office. The 

information collected from STC 

stakeholders will help ensure that 

participants have an effective and 

efficient experience with this DHS 

CWMD program. Feedback will provide 

insights into STC stakeholder 

perceptions, experiences, and 

expectations, thus providing early 

indication of issues with program 

operations, or focus attention on areas 

where communication, training, 

technology, or changes in operations 

might improve local (within one STC 

region) or national (across all STC 

regions) program effectiveness. These 

collections will allow for ongoing, 

collaborative, and actionable 

communications between DHS and its 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

Participants represent State and local 

agencies across 10 STC regions. All 

respondents have received training in 

the use of DHS-funded radiation 

equipment (e.g., personal radiation 

detector (PRD)) and are, or have been, 

using that equipment consistent with 

the STC program goals and under 

provisions set forth in cooperative 

agreements between DHS and each 

respective STC region. The CWMD 

Office maintains distribution lists for its 

programs and participant jurisdictions/ 

entities and will coordinate with each 

STC region to ensure currency of 

contact information for prospective 

survey respondents. 

DHS estimates the hour burden cost to 

the local or State government law 

enforcement operating in an STC region 

by multiplying the hour burden times 

the fully loaded hourly compensation 

wage for 100 workers. DHS uses a fully 

loaded compensation wage of $60.56 to 

represent the respondents for purposes 

of this information collection request 

(ICR). The fully loaded compensation 

wage is based on data presented by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov) for 

State and local government workers. 

DHS estimates an annual hour burden 

cost of $504.46 (8.33 hours × $60.56 

compensation wage) to Local or State 

government law enforcement operating 

in an STC region for purposes of this 

ICR. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

1. 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; 

2. 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; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. 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 submissions 

of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). 

Title: Securing the Cities Field 

Operator Stakeholder Feedback Survey. 

OMB Number: 1601–0014. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Local or State 

government law enforcement operating 

in a STC region. 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 5 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 8.33. 

Robert Dorr, 

Executive Director, Business Management 

Directorate. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23757 Filed 10–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9112–FL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7093–N–03] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Office of the Chief Human 

Capital Officer (OCHCO) Personnel 

Security Integrated System for 

Tracking (PerSIST); OMB Control No.: 

2501–0038 

AGENCY: Office of Administration, Office 

of the Chief Human Capital Officer 

(OCHCO), 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 

information. The purpose of this notice 

is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 

16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection can be sent 

within 60 days of publication of this 

notice to www.regulations.gov. 

Interested persons are also invited to 

submit comments regarding this 

proposal by name and/or OMB Control 

Number and should be sent to: Anna 

Guido, Management Analyst, REE, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 

8210, Washington, DC 20410–5000; 

telephone (202) 402- 5535 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or email: 

PaperworkReductionActOffice@hud.gov 

for a copy of the proposed forms or 

other available information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frederick A. Smith, Director, Human 

Capital Information Systems, OCHCO, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW, 


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