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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.
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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:

Comments

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.

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,

U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
SUMMARY:

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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:
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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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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.

I. Background
II. Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers, and
Alternative Requirements
III. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
IV. Finding of No Significant Impact

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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
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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.

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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

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SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

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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.
1 Links 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/.

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