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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 97647-97648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28784]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0107]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently 
Approved Collection: H-2 Petitioner's Employment Related or Fee Related 
Notification

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of 
Homeland Security.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow an 
additional 30 days for public comments. The changes to this information 
collection are related to the ongoing rulemaking, Modernizing H-2 
Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections, proposed rule, 
and are contingent on its successful conclusion.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until January 8, 
2025.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) 
contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public 
burden and associated response time, must be submitted via the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal website at http://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket 
ID number USCIS-2009-0015. All submissions received must include the 
OMB Control Number 1615-0107 in the body of the letter, the agency name 
and Docket ID USCIS-2009-0015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone 
number (240) 721-3000 (This is not a toll-free number. Comments are not 
accepted via telephone message). Please note contact information 
provided here is solely for questions regarding this notice. It is not 
for individual case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information 
about the status of their individual cases can check Case Status 
Online, available at the USCIS website at https://www.uscis.gov, or 
call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments

    The information collection notice was previously published in the 
Federal Register on October 3, 2024, at 89 FR 80589, allowing for a 60-
day public comment period. USCIS received three comments in connection 
with the 60-day notice.
    You may access the information collection instrument with 
instructions or additional information by visiting the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal site at: https://www.regulations.gov and entering 
USCIS-2009-0015 in the search box. Comments must be submitted in 
English, or an English translation must be provided. The comments 
submitted to USCIS via this method are visible to the Office of 
Management and Budget and comply with the requirements of 5 CFR 
1320.12(c). All submissions will be posted, without change, to the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will 
include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting 
this information makes it public. You may wish to consider limiting the 
amount of personal information that you provide in any voluntary 
submission you make to DHS. DHS may withhold information provided in 
comments from public viewing that it determines may impact the privacy 
of an individual or is offensive. For additional information, please 
read the Privacy Act notice that is available via the link in the 
footer of http://www.regulations.gov. Written comments and suggestions 
from the public and affected agencies should address one or more of the 
following four points:
    (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 
submission of responses.

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Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a Currently 
Approved 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 
DHS sponsoring the collection: I-129N; USCIS.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for-profit. 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: The estimated 
total number of respondents for the information collection H-2 
Petitioner's Employment Related Notification (email) is 8,893 and the 
estimated burden per response is 0.4167 hours and the H-2 Petitioner's 
Employment Related Notification (mail) is 371 and the estimated burden 
per response is 0.5 hours.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden associated 
with this collection is 3,891 hours.
    (7) An estimate of the total public burden (in cost) associated 
with the collection: The estimated total annual cost burden associated 
with this collection of information is $1,852.80.
    DHS is proposing changes to this information collection to align 
with the regulatory changes proposed in Modernizing H-2 Program 
Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections, proposed rule, 88 FR 
65040 (Sep. 20, 2023) and are contingent on the successful completion 
of that rulemaking.

    Dated: December 3, 2024.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-28784 Filed 12-5-24; 8:45 am]
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