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information should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the 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 

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 submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of an existing information 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: H–2 

Petitioner’s Employment Related or Fee 

Related Notification. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: No form 

number. U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals and 

households. The notification 

requirement is necessary to ensure that 

alien workers maintain their 

nonimmigrant status and will help 

prevent H–2 workers from engaging in 

unauthorized employment. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 1,700 respondents at 30 

minutes (.50) per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 850 annual burden hours. 

If you need a copy of the information 

collection instrument, please visit: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

We may be contacted at: USCIS, 

Regulatory Products Division, 111 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2210, telephone 

number 202–272–8377. 

Dated: April 9, 2009. 

Stephen Tarragon, 

Deputy Chief, Regulatory Products Division, 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–8491 Filed 4–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1827– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2008–0018] 

New York; Amendment No. 1 to Notice 

of a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of New York (FEMA–1827–DR), 

dated March 4, 2009, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 24, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of New York is hereby amended to 

include the following areas among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the event declared a major 

disaster by the President in his 

declaration of March 4, 2009. 

Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, 

Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, 

Schoharie, and Washington Counties for 

Public Assistance [Category E] (already 

designated for Categories A, B, C, F, and G), 

including direct Federal Assistance, under 

the Public Assistance program. 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant. 

Nancy Ward, 

Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E9–8547 Filed 4–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2009–0271] 

Towing Safety Advisory Committee; 

Meetings 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory 

Committee (TSAC) and its working 

groups on the Revision of Navigation 

and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 

04–01, and on the Clarification of 

Current Licensing Regulations 

pertaining to Apprentice Mates 

(Steersmen) will meet in Dania Beach, 

FL. The Committee will also discuss 

various issues relating to shallow-draft 

inland and coastal waterway navigation 

and towing safety. All meetings will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: The working groups will meet on 

Wednesday, May 6, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 

5 p.m. The full TSAC Committee will 

meet on, Thursday, May 7, 2009, from 

8 a.m. to 3 p.m. These meetings may 

close early if all business is finished. 

Written material and requests to make 

oral presentations at the meetings 

should reach the Coast Guard on or 

before April 24, 2009. Requests to have 

a copy of your material distributed to 

each member of the Committee or 

working groups should reach the Coast 

Guard electronically on or before April 

24, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The working groups and 

TSAC will meet at the American 

Maritime Officers STAR Center; 2 West 

Dixie Highway, Dania Beach, FL 33004; 

Phone: 954–921–7254. TSAC is utilizing 

the Ft. Lauderdale International Airport 

(FLL) which is nearby. 

Send written material and requests to 

make oral presentations to TSAC’s 

Assistant Designated Federal Officer 

(ADFO) in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section below. This notice is 

available on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov under the docket 

number USCG–2009–0271. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Gerald P. Miante, ADFO, TSAC; U.S. 

Coast Guard Headquarters, CG–5221, 

Room 1210; 2100 Second Street, SW., 


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