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abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. The information furnished on 

Form I–140 will be used by USCIS to 

classify aliens under sections 203(b)(1), 

203(b)(2) or 203(b)(3) of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (Act). 

(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 I–140 is 77,149 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

1.08 hours (1 hour and 5 minutes). 

(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 83,321 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 $32,132,559. 

Dated: February 9, 2016. 

Samantha Deshommes, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Coordination 

Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02915 Filed 2–11–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0111] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Petition for CNMI-Only 

Nonimmigrant Transitional Worker, 

Form I–129CW; Extension, Without 

Change, of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

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 information collection notice 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on September 10, 2015, at 80 

FR 54574, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. USCIS did receive one 

comment in connection with the 60-day 

notice. 

DATES: The purpose of this notice is to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

comments. Comments are encouraged 

and will be accepted until March 14, 

2016. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

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 

directed to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer 

via email at oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Comments may also be 

submitted via fax at (202) 395–5806 

(This is not a toll-free number). All 

submissions received must include the 

agency name and the OMB Control 

Number 1615–0111. 

You may wish to consider limiting the 

amount of personal information that you 

provide in any voluntary submission 

you make. For additional information 

please read the Privacy Act notice that 

is available via the link in the footer of 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 

Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Samantha Deshommes, Acting Chief, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2140, 

Telephone number (202) 272–8377 

(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 Web site at http://

www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS 

National Customer Service Center at 

(800) 375–5283; TTY (800) 767–1833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments 

You may access the information 

collection instrument with instructions, 

or additional information by visiting the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: 

http://www.regulations.gov and enter 

USCIS–2012–0011 in the search box. 

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 

Request: Extension, Without Change, of 

a Currently Approved Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Petition for CNMI-Only Nonimmigrant 

Transitional Worker. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–129CW; 

USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: 

Primary: Business or other for-profit; 

Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; 

Federal Government; or State, local or 

Tribal Government. USCIS uses the data 

collected on this form to determine 

eligibility for the requested immigration 

benefits. An employer uses this form to 

petition USCIS for an alien to 

temporarily enter as a nonimmigrant 

into the CNMI to perform services or 

labor as a CNMI-Only Transitional 

Worker (CW–1). An employer also uses 

this form to request an extension of stay 

or change of status on behalf of the alien 

worker. The form serves the purpose of 

standardizing requests for these 

benefits, and ensuring that the basic 

information required to determine 

eligibility, is provided by the 

petitioners. 

Secondary: Individuals or 

Households. USCIS collects biometrics 

from aliens present in the CNMI at the 

time of requesting initial grant of CW– 

1 status. The information is used to 

verify the alien’s identity, background 

information and ultimately adjudicate 

their request for CW–1 status. 

(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 I–129CW is 18,000 (6,000 

respondents from Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; 

Federal Government; or State, local or 

Tribal Government and the estimated 

hour burden per response is 3 hours; 


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1Links to the prior notices, the text of the 

Appropriations Act, and additional guidance 

prepared by the Department for CDBG–DR grants, 

are available on the HUD Exchange Web site: 

https://www.hudexchange.info/cdbg-dr/cdbg-drlaws-regulations-and-federal-register-notices/. 

12,000 respondents from Individuals or 

Households and the estimated hour 

burden per response is 1.17 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 38,160 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 $2,205,000. 

Dated: February 9, 2016. 

Samantha Deshommes, 

Acting Chief, Regulatory Coordination 

Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02942 Filed 2–11–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5696–N–18] 

Additional Clarifying Guidance, 

Waivers and Alternative Requirements 

for Grantees in Receipt of Community 

Development Block Grant Disaster 

Recovery Funds Under Public Law 

113–2 for the Submission of 

Expenditure Deadline Extension 

Requests and Urgent Need 

Certification Extensions and for the 

Provision of Interim Mortgage 

Assistance by the State of New York 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

additional clarifying guidance for all 

Community Development Block Grant 

Disaster Recovery (CDBG–DR) grantees 

in receipt of funds under the Disaster 

Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (the 

Appropriations Act), with regard to the 

submission of requests for an extension 

of the 2-year expenditure deadline 

established for funds provided under 

the Appropriations Act and the 

continued use of the alternative urgent 

need national objective. This notice also 

provides an alternative requirement for 

New York State as a grantee in receipt 

of CDBG–DR funds under the 

Appropriations Act. This alternative 

requirement addresses the period of 

time in which interim mortgage 

assistance may be provided to 

beneficiaries in the State’s housing 

recovery programs. 

DATES: Effective Date: February 17, 

2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stanley Gimont, Director, Office of 

Block Grant Assistance, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street SW., Room 7286, Washington, 

DC 20410, telephone number 202–708– 

3587. Persons with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

via TTY by calling the Federal Relay 

Service at 800–877–8339. Facsimile 

inquiries may be sent to Mr. Gimont at 

202–401–2044. (Except for the ‘‘800’’ 

number, these telephone numbers are 

not toll-free.) Email inquiries may be 

sent to disaster_recovery@hud.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers, and 

Alternative Requirements 

III. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

IV. Finding of No Significant Impact 

I. Background 

The Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 113– 

2, approved January 29, 2013) made 

available $16 billion in CDBG–DR funds 

for necessary expenses related to 

disaster relief, long-term recovery, 

restoration of infrastructure and 

housing, and economic revitalization in 

the most impacted and distressed areas, 

resulting from a major disaster declared 

pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5121 

et. seq.) (Stafford Act) due to Hurricane 

Sandy and other eligible events in 

calendar years 2011, 2012, and 2013. On 

March 1, 2013, the President issued a 

sequestration order pursuant to section 

251A of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act, as 

amended (2 U.S.C. 901a), and reduced 

the amount of funding for CDBG–DR 

grants under the Appropriations Act to 

$15.18 billion. To date, a total of $15.18 

billion has been allocated or set aside: 

$13 billion in response to Hurricane 

Sandy, $514 million in response to 

disasters occurring in 2011 or 2012, 

$655 million in response to 2013 

disasters, and $1 billion set aside for the 

National Disaster Resilience 

Competition. 

This notice applies to all CDBG–DR 

grantees in receipt of allocations under 

the Appropriations Act, which are 

described within the Federal Register 

notices published by the Department on 

March 5, 2013 (78 FR 14329), April 19, 

2013 (78 FR 23578), May 29, 2013 (78 

FR 32262), August 2, 2013 (78 FR 

46999), November 18, 2013 (78 FR 

69104), December 16, 2013 (78 FR 

76154), March 27, 2014 (79 FR 17173), 

June 3, 2014 (79 FR 31964), July 11, 

2014 (79 FR 40133), October 7, 2014 (79 

FR 60490), October 16, 2014 (79 FR 

62182), January 8, 2015 (80 FR 1039), 

April 2, 2015 (80 FR 17772), May 11, 

2015 (80 FR 26942), August 25, 2015 (80 

FR 51589), and November 18, 2015 (80 

FR 72102), referred to collectively in 

this notice as the ‘‘prior notices.’’ The 

requirements of the prior notices 

continue to apply, except as modified 

by this notice.1

II. Applicable Rules (Including 

Clarifying Guidance), Statutes, 

Waivers, and Alternative Requirements 

The Appropriations Act authorizes 

the Secretary to waive, or specify 

alternative requirements for, any 

provision of any statute or regulation 

that the Secretary administers in 

connection with HUD’s obligation, or 

use by the recipient, of these funds 

(except for requirements related to fair 

housing, nondiscrimination, labor 

standards, and the environment). 

Waivers and alternative requirements 

are based upon a determination by the 

Secretary that good cause exists and that 

the waiver or alternative requirement is 

not inconsistent with the overall 

purposes of title I of the Housing and 

Community Development Act of 1974 

(42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (HCD Act). 

Regulatory waiver authority is also 

provided by 24 CFR 5.110, 91.600, and 

570.5. 

For the waivers and alternative 

requirements described in this notice, 

the Secretary has determined that good 

cause exists and that the waiver and 

alternative requirements are not 

inconsistent with the overall purpose of 

the HCD Act. Grantees may request 

waivers and alternative requirements 

from the Department as needed to 

address specific needs related to their 

recovery activities. Under the 

requirements of the Appropriations Act, 

waivers must be published in the 

Federal Register at least 5 days before 

the effective date of such waiver. 

1. Timeline for the submission of 

expenditure deadline extension 

requests. The Appropriations Act 

requires the Department to obligate all 

funds provided under the 

Appropriations Act by September 30, 

2017, and requires grantees to expend 

funds within 24-months of the date on 

which the Department obligates funds to 

a grantee. The Appropriations Act also 

authorizes the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to grant waivers of 

the 24-month expenditure deadline. 


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