Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Federal Register: December 12, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 240)

Notices

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Agency Information Collection Activities: Complaint Management

System

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland

Security.

ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for comments; Request for a new collection of information.

SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of

Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: Complaint

Management System. This is a new collection of information collection.

This document is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register (73 FR 58253) on October 6, 2008, allowing for a 60-day comment period. One public comment was received.

This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before January 12, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the OMB Desk Officer for Customs and Border Protection,

Department of Homeland Security, and sent via electronic mail to oira_ submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395-6974.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encourages the general public and affected Federal agencies to submit written comments and suggestions on proposed and/or continuing information collection requests pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act

(Pub. L. 104-13). Your comments should address one 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/ component, including whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies/components' 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 collections of information on those who are to respond, including 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.

Title: Complaint Management System.

Form Number: None.

Abstract: CBP is creating the Complaint Management System (CMS) in order to allow anybody who has interacted with CBP, either as a result of importing or exporting goods, traveling to or from the U.S., seeking a job, or simply living in an area where CBP conducts operations such as border patrol checkpoints, to file a complaint or comment about their CBP experience through an on-line portal.

Current Actions: This submission is being made to establish a new collection of information.

Type of Review: New collection of information.

Affected Public: Individuals and businesses.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000.

Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,000.

Estimated Time per Response: 23 minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,199.

If additional information is required contact: Tracey Denning, U.S.

Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 3.2.C, Washington, DC 20229, at 202-344-1429.

Dated: December 4, 2008.

Tracey Denning,

Agency Clearance Officer, Customs and Border Protection.

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