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provided in this Federal Register Notice 

also include the time and cost burden 

estimates that are associated with the 

H–1B Selection Final Rule. On February 

8, 2021, USCIS published a rule 

delaying the effective date of the H–1B 

Selection Final Rule to December 31, 

2021, titled, Modification of Registration 

Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To 

File Cap-Subject H–1B Petitions; Delay 

of Effective Date (86 FR 8543). The H– 

1B Selection Final Rule related changes 

to the information collection instrument 

will not be implemented before that 

rule’s new effective date, December 31, 

2021. 

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–2008–0014 in the 

search box. All submissions will be 

posted, without change, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at https://

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 

https://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. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: H–1B 

Registration Tool. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: OMB–64; 

USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. USCIS will use the data collected 

through the H–1B Registration Tool to 

select a sufficient number of 

registrations projected to meet the 

applicable H–1B cap allocations and to 

notify registrants whether their 

registration was selected. 

(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 

business or other for-profit respondents 

for the information collection H–1B 

Registration Tool is 35,500 with an 

estimated 3 responses per respondents 

and an estimated hour burden per 

response of 1.083 hours. The estimated 

total number of attorney respondents for 

the information collection H–1B 

Registration Tool is 4,500 with an 

estimated 38 responses per respondents 

and an estimated hour burden per 

response of 1.083 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 300,533 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 $0. Any 

costs to respondents are captured in the 

Form I–129 information collection 

(OMB control number 1615–009). 

Dated: August 27, 2021. 

Samantha L. Deshommes, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18850 Filed 8–31–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7036–N–09] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: CDBG Urban County 

Qualification/New York Towns 

Qualification/Requalification Process; 

OMB Control No: 2506–0170 

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning 

and Development, Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 

1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Anna Guido, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 

20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5535 

(this is not a toll-free number) or email 

at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov for a copy of 

the proposed forms or other available 

information. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gloria Coates, Senior Community 

Planning and Development Specialist, 

Entitlement Communities Division, 

Office of Block Grant Assistance, 451 

7th Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, 

DC 20410; email Gloria Coates at 

Gloria.L.Coates@hud.gov or telephone 

(202) 708–1577 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval form OMB for the 

information collection described in 

Section A. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Community Development Block Grant 

(CDBG) Urban County Qualification/ 

New York Towns Qualification/ 

Requalification Processes. 

OMB Approval Number: 2506–0170. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Form numbers: N/A. 


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Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

Housing and Community Development 

Act of 1974, as amended (the Act), at 

sections 102(a)(6) and 102(e) requires 

that any county seeking qualification as 

an urban county notify each unit of 

general local government within the 

county that such unit may elect to have 

its population excluded from that of the 

urban county. Section 102(d) of the Act 

specifies that the period of qualification 

will be three years. Based on these 

statutory provisions, counties seeking 

qualification or requalification as urban 

counties under the CDBG program must 

provide information to HUD every three 

years identifying the units of general 

local governments (UGLGs) within the 

county participating as a part of the 

county for purposes of receiving CDBG 

funds. The population of UGLGs for 

each eligible urban county is used in 

HUD’s allocation of CDBG funds for all 

entitlement and State CDBG grantees. 

New York Towns may qualify as 

metropolitan cities if they are able to 

secure the participation of all of the 

villages located within their boundaries. 

Any New York Town that is located in 

an urban county may choose to leave 

that urban county when that county is 

requalifying. That New York Town will 

be required to notify the urban county 

in advance of its decision to decline 

participation in the urban county’s 

CDBG program and complete the 

metropolitan city qualification process. 

Respondents: (i.e., affected public): 

Urban counties that are eligible as 

entitlement grantees of the CDBG 

program. 

Estimation Number of Respondents: 

There are currently 192 qualified urban 

counties participating in the CDBG 

program that must requalify every three 

years. 

Frequency of Response: On average, 

two new counties qualify each year. The 

burden on new counties is greater than 

for existing counties that requalify. The 

Department estimates new grantees use, 

on average, 115 hours to review 

instructions, contact communities in the 

county, prepare and review agreements, 

obtain legal opinions, have agreements 

executed at the local and county level, 

and prepare and transmit copies of 

required documents to HUD. The 

Department estimates that counties that 

are requalifying use, on average, 67 

hours to complete these actions. The 

time savings on requalification is 

primarily a result of a grantee’s ability 

to use agreements with no specified end 

date. Use of such ‘‘renewable’’ 

agreements enables the grantee to 

merely notify affected participating 

UGLGs in writing that their agreement 

will automatically be renewed unless 

the UGLG terminates the agreement in 

writing, rather than executing a new 

agreement every three years. 

Average of 2 new urban counties qualify 

per year: 2 × 115 hrs = 230 hrs. 

192 grantees requalify on triennial basis; 

average annual number of 

respondents = 63: 63 × 67 hrs. = 

4,221 hrs. 

Total combined burden hours: 4,451 

hours. 

This total number of combined 

burden hours can be expected to 

increase annually by 1,200 hours, given 

the average of two new urban counties 

becoming eligible entitlement grantees 

each year. 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond; including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

C. Authority 

Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

Chapter 35. 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Community Planning and 

Development, James Arthur Jemison II, 

having reviewed and approved this 

document, is delegating the authority to 

electronically sign this document to 

submitter, Aaron Santa Anna, who is 

the Federal Register Liaison for HUD, 

for purposes of publication in the 

Federal Register. 

Aaron Santa Anna, 

Federal Liaison for the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18840 Filed 8–31–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2021–N013; 

FXES11130100000–212–FF01E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for 

Umtanum Desert Buckwheat 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for review and public comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, announce the 

availability of the Draft Recovery Plan 

for Umtanum Desert buckwheat 

(Eriogonum codium), listed as 

threatened under the Endangered 

Species Act, and endemic to Benton 

County, Washington. We request review 

and comment on this draft recovery 

plan from Federal, State, and local 

agencies; Native American Tribes; and 

the public. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments on the draft recovery plan 

must be received on or before November 

1, 2021. However, we will accept 

information about any species at any 

time. 

ADDRESSES: 

Document availability: Obtain the 

recovery plan on the internet at http:// 

www.fws.gov/endangered/species/ 

recovery-plans.html or http://

www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/ 

endangered/recovery/plans.html. 

Comment submission: You may 

submit written comments and materials 

by one of the following methods: 

• U.S. Mail: Jeff Krupka, Central 

Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, 

215 Melody Lane, Suite 103, 

Wenatchee, WA 98801–8122. 

• Email: WFWO_LR@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad 

Thompson, State Supervisor, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Washington Fish 

and Wildlife Office, 510 Desmond Drive 

SE, Suite 101, Lacey, WA 98502; 

telephone 360–753–9440. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf, 

call the Federal Relay Service at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), 

announce the availability of the Draft 

Recovery Plan for Umtanum Desert 

Buckwheat (Eriogonum codium). The 

species, listed as threatened under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

is a plant endemic to Umtanum Ridge 

of Benton County, Washington. The 

draft recovery plan includes specific 


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