Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comments Requested; Application for Cancellation of Removal for Certain Permanent Residents (42A) and Application for Cancellation of Removal and Adjustment of Status for Certain Nonpermanent Residents (42B)

Federal Register, Volume 79 Issue 95 (Friday, May 16, 2014)

Federal Register Volume 79, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2014)

Notices

Pages 28551-28552

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2014-11340

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

OMB Number 1125-0001

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comments Requested; Application for Cancellation of Removal for Certain Permanent Residents (42A) and Application for Cancellation of Removal and Adjustment of Status for Certain Nonpermanent Residents (42B)

AGENCY: Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 30-day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 79, Number 51, page 14734, on March 17, 2014, allowing for a 60 day comment period.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional 30 days until June 16, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have comments especially on the estimated public burden or associated

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response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact Jeff Rosenblum, General Counsel, USDOJ-EOIR-OGC, Suite 2600, 5107 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia, 20530; telephone: (703) 305-0470.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following four points:

--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;

--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;

--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

--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: Extension of a currently approved collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Cancellation of Removal for Certain Permanent Residents, and Application for Cancellation of Removal and Adjustment of Status for Certain Nonpermanent Residents.

(3) Agency form number: EOIR-42A and EOIR-42B

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individual aliens determined to be removable from the United States. Other: None. Abstract: This information collection is necessary to determine the statutory eligibility of individual aliens who have been determined to be removable from the United States for cancellation of their removal, as well as to provide information relevant to a favorable exercise of discretion.

(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated that 34,815 respondents will complete the form annually with an average of 5 hours, 50 minutes per response.

(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: There are an estimated 202,971 total annual burden hours associated with this collection annually.

If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., Room 3E.405B, Washington, DC 20530.

Jerri Murray,

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.

FR Doc. 2014-11340 Filed 5-15-14; 8:45 am

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