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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 9, 2010 / Notices
Dated: February 18, 2010.
Mitchell A. Cheeseman,
Acting Director, Office of Food Additive
Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
National Protection and Programs
Directorate
[Docket No. DHS–2010–0018]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: United States Visitor and
Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
(US–VISIT); Biometric Data Collection
at the Ports of Entry
AGENCY: National Protection and
Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for
comments; Revision of existing
information collection request: 1600–
0006.

The Department of Homeland
Security, National Protection and
Programs Directorate (NPPD), US–
VISIT, has submitted 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 (Pub. L. 104–13,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until May 10, 2010.
This process is conducted in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
questions about this Information
Collection Request should be forwarded
to the NPPD/US–VISIT Program, Attn.:
Steven P. Yonkers,
Steve.Yonkers@dhs.gov. Written
comments should reach the contact
person listed no later than May 10,
2010. Comments must be identified by
DHS–2010–0018 and may be submitted
by one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov .
• E-mail: Steve.Yonkers@dhs.gov.
Include the docket number in the
subject line of the message.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the words ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security’’ and the docket
number for this action. Comments
received will be posted without
alteration at http://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Visitor and Immigrant

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Status Indicator Technology (US–VISIT)
Program was established by the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to meet specific legislative
mandates intended to strengthen border
security, address critical needs in terms
of providing decision-makers with
critical information, and demonstrate
progress toward performance goals for
national security, expediting of trade
and travel, and supporting immigration
system improvements. US–VISIT
collects and disseminates biometric
information (digital fingerprint images
and facial photos) from individuals
during their entry into the United
States. This information is disseminated
to specific DHS components; other
Federal agencies; Federal, State and
local law enforcement agencies; and the
Federal intelligence community to assist
in the decisions they make related to,
and in support of, the homeland
security mission. Beginning on
December 10, 2007, US–VISIT expanded
the collection of fingerprints from two
prints to ten. The new collection time of
35 seconds, an increase from the
previous 15 seconds, is a result of this
change, and includes officer
instructions. Additionally, on December
19, 2008, DHS published a final rule,
entitled ‘‘United States Visitor and
Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
Program (US–VISIT); Enrollment of
Additional Aliens in US–VISIT;
Authority To Collect Biometric Data
From Additional Travelers and
Expansion to the 50 Most Highly
Trafficked Land Border Ports of Entry.’’
73 FR 77473. That rule became effective
on January 18, 2009, and expanded the
population of aliens subject to US–
VISIT requirements.
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,

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Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland
Security, NPPD, US–VISIT.
Title: US–VISIT Program.
Form: N/A.
OMB Number: 1600–0006.
Frequency: One-time collection.
Affected Public: Foreign visitors and
immigrants into the United States.
Number of Respondents: 156,732,422.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 35
seconds.
Total Burden Hours: 1,520,304 annual
burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $53,211,000.
Signed: March 2, 2010.
Thomas Chase Garwood, III,
Chief Information Officer, National Protection
and Programs Directorate, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Scientific Committee—Notice of
Renewal
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of the Outer
Continental Shelf Scientific Committee.
SUMMARY: Following consultation with
the General Services Administration,
notice is hereby given that the Secretary
of the Interior is renewing the OCS
Scientific Committee.
The OCS Scientific Committee
provides advice on the feasibility,
appropriateness, and scientific value of
the OCS Environmental Studies
Program to the Secretary of the Interior
through the Director of the Minerals
Management Service. The Committee
reviews the relevance of the research
and data being produced to meet MMS
scientific information needs for
decisionmaking and may recommend
changes in scope, direction, and
emphasis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Jeryne Bryant, Minerals Management
Service, Offshore Energy and Minerals
Management, Herndon, Virginia 20170–
4817, telephone, (703) 787–1213.

Certification
I hereby certify that the renewal of the
OCS Scientific Committee is in the

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