[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50927-50928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20194]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[1651-0111]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Arrival and Departure
Record (Forms I-94 and I-94W) and Electronic System for Travel
Authorization
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for comments; extension of an
existing collection of information.
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SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of
Homeland Security 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: CBP
Form I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record), CBP Form I-94W (Nonimmigrant Visa
Waiver Arrival/Departure), and the Electronic System for Travel
Authorization (ESTA). CBP is proposing that this information collection
be extended with a change to the burden hours. This document is
published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before October 27,
2014 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and Rulings, Office of
International Trade, 90 K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-
1177.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Tracey Denning, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, 90
K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177, at 202-325-0265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information
collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L.
104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3507). The comments should address: (a) Whether the
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden including the use of automated collection
techniques or the use of other forms of information technology; and (e)
the annual cost burden to respondents or record keepers from the
collection of information (total capital/startup costs, and operations
and maintenance costs). The comments that are submitted will be
summarized and included in the CBP request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of public record. In this document, CBP
is soliciting comments concerning the following information collection:
Title: Arrival and Departure Record, Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver
Arrival/Departure, and Electronic System for Travel Authorization
(ESTA).
OMB Number: 1651-0111.
Form Numbers: I-94 and I-94W.
Abstract: CBP Forms I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record) and I-94W
(Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Arrival/Departure Record) are used to
document a traveler's admission into the United States. These forms are
filled out by aliens and are used to collect information on
citizenship, residency, and contact information. The data elements
collected on these forms enable the DHS to perform its mission related
to the screening of alien visitors for potential risks to national
security, and the determination of admissibility to the United States.
The Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) applies to aliens
traveling to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) and
requires that VWP travelers provide information electronically to CBP
before embarking on travel to the United States. Travelers who are
entering under the VWP in the air or sea environment, and who have a
travel authorization obtained through ESTA, are not required to
complete the paper Form I-94W.
Pursuant to an interim final rule published on March 27, 2013 in
the Federal Register (78 FR 18457) related to Form I-94, CBP has
partially automated the Form I-94 process. CBP now gathers data
previously collected on the paper Form I-94 from existing automated
sources in lieu of requiring passengers arriving by air or sea to
submit a paper I-94 upon arrival. Passengers can access and print their
electronic I-94 via the Web site at www.cbp.gov/I94.
ESTA can be accessed at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/esta/. Samples of CBP Forms I-94 and I-94W can be viewed at: http://www.cbp.gov/document/forms/form-i-94-arrivaldeparture-record and http://www.cbp.gov/document/forms/form-i-94w-visa-waiver-arrivaldeparture-record.
Current Actions: This submission is being made to extend the
expiration date with a change to the burden hours resulting from
revised estimates of the number of respondents using ESTA and filing
Form I-94W. There are no changes to the information collected on Form
I-94, Form I-94W, ESTA or the I-94 Web site.
Type of Review: Extension (with change).
Affected Public: Individuals, Carriers, and the Travel and Tourism
Industry.
Form I-94 (Arrival and Departure Record):
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,387,550.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 minutes.
Estimated Burden Hours: 583,544.
Estimated Annual Cost to Public: $26,325,300.
I-94 Web site:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,047,681.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 333,147.
Form I-94W (Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Arrival/Departure):
Estimated Number of Respondents: 868,521.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 115,513.
Estimated Annual Cost to the Public: $5,211,126.
Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA):
Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,960,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,740,500.
Estimated Annual Cost to the Public: $264,460,000.
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Dated: August 20, 2014.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2014-20194 Filed 8-25-14; 8:45 am]
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