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ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) invites 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment upon this 

proposed revision of a currently 

approved collection of information. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the 

information collection notice is 

published in the Federal Register to 

obtain comments regarding the nature of 

the information collection, the 

categories of respondents, the estimated 

burden (i.e. the time, effort, and 

resources used by the respondents to 

respond), the estimated cost to the 

respondent, and the actual information 

collection instruments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 30 days until 

October 11, 2023. 

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 

submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal website at http://

www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID 

number USCIS–2006–0028. All 

submissions received must include the 

OMB Control Number 1615–0001 in the 

body of the letter, the agency name and 

Docket ID USCIS–2006–0028. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 

Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone 

number (240) 721–3000 (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 website 

at https://www.uscis.gov, or call the 

USCIS Contact Center at 800–375–5283 

(TTY 800–767–1833). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments 

The information collection notice was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on June 12, 2023, at 88 FR 

38084, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. USCIS did not receive 

any comments 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: 

https://www.regulations.gov and 

entering USCIS–2006–0028 in the 

search box. The comments submitted to 

USCIS via this method are visible to the 

Office of Management and Budget and 

comply with the requirements of 5 CFR 

1320.12(c). All submissions will be 

posted, without change, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov, and will include 

any personal information you provide. 

Therefore, submitting this information 

makes it public. You may wish to 

consider limiting the amount of 

personal information that you provide 

in any voluntary submission you make 

to DHS. DHS may withhold information 

provided in comments from public 

viewing that it determines may impact 

the privacy of an individual or is 

offensive. For additional information, 

please read the Privacy Act notice that 

is available via the link in the footer of 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

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, 

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: 

Revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Petition for Alien Fiance ́(e). 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–129F; 

USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. Form I–129F must be filed 

with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (USCIS) by a citizen of the 

United States to petition for an alien 

spouse, fiance ́(e), or child. 

(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–129F is 48,533 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

3.12 hours; The estimated total number 

of respondents for the information 

collection of Biometrics is 48,533 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 204,047 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 $8,865,825. 

Dated: August 28, 2023. 

Jerry L Rigdon, 

Deputy Chief, Regulatory Coordination 

Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–NWRS–2023–N050; 

FXRS12610800000–234–FF08R04000] 

San Luis and Merced National Wildlife 

Refuges and Grasslands Wildlife 

Management Area, CA; Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan/ 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce the 

availability of a draft comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and draft 

environmental assessment (EA) for San 

Luis and Merced National Wildlife 

Refuges and the Grasslands Wildlife 

Management Area (collectively, the 

refuges) for review and comment. The 

draft CCP/EA, prepared under the 

National Wildlife Refuge Improvement 

Act of 1997, and in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, describes how the Service 

proposes to manage the refuges for the 

next 15 years. Draft compatibility 

determinations for multiple existing and 


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proposed uses, a revised hunt plan, and 

a visitor services plan are also available 

for review and public comment. We 

invite comment from the public and 

local, State, Tribal, and Federal 

agencies. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

October 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Accessing Documents: You 

may obtain electronic copies of the draft 

CCP/EA, the revised hunt plan, the 

visitor services plan, and the draft 

compatibility determinations on San 

Luis Refuge’s website, at https://

www.fws.gov/refuge/san-luis/what-wedo. Hard copies of the draft CCP/EA 

may be viewed in person during regular 

business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, at San Luis 

NWR Complex Headquarters, 7376 S 

Wolfsen Road, Los Banos, CA 93635. 

Submitting Comments: Please submit 

comments by only one of the following 

methods. 

• Email: Address comments to 

fw8plancomments@fws.gov. Include 

‘‘San Luis CCP’’ in the subject line of 

the message. 

• In-Person Drop off: You may drop 

off comments during regular business 

hours at San Luis NWR Complex 

Headquarters (address above). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Kurtz, Conservation Planner, via email 

at john_kurtz@fws.gov, or Chris Harper, 

San Luis NWRC Project Leader, via 

email at chris_harper@fws.gov, or by 

phone at (209) 826–3508. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee), which amended the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, requires the 

Service to develop a CCP for each 

national wildlife refuge. The purpose in 

developing a CCP is to provide refuge 

managers with a 15-year plan for 

achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing toward the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and our policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation and photography, 

and environmental education and 

interpretation. We will review and 

update the CCP at least every 15 years 

in accordance with the Improvement 

Act. 

Introduction 

With this notice, we continue the CCP 

process for San Luis National Wildlife 

Refuge, Merced National Wildlife 

Refuge, and Grasslands Wildlife 

Management Area (collectively, ‘‘the 

refuges’’), which we began by 

publishing a notice of intent in the 

Federal Register on September 8, 2008 

(73 FR 52063). We hosted three public 

scoping meetings, two in Los Banos on 

September 24, 2008, and one in Merced, 

on September 25, 2008. In addition to 

the Federal Register notice of intent, 

our outreach included two planning 

updates, two initial public scoping 

meetings, and a CCP web page. The 

scoping comment period ended on 

October 23, 2008. Over 100 comments 

were received at the meetings, via email, 

and by postal mail. For more about the 

initial process and the history of the 

Refuge, see the September 8, 2008, 

notice. 

Background 

The San Luis and Merced National 

Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) and 

Grasslands Wildlife Management Area 

(WMA) are in Merced County, 

California, adjacent to the communities 

of Los Banos and Merced. They are 

situated within the San Joaquin River 

watershed in the San Joaquin Valley. 

Along with San Joaquin River National 

Wildlife Refuge, they make up the San 

Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex; 

however, San Joaquin River National 

Wildlife Refuge is covered under a 

separate CCP (2006). 

Collectively, San Luis, Merced, and 

Grasslands contain one of the largest 

remaining contiguous freshwater 

wetlands remaining in California, which 

provides important winter habitat for 

millions of migratory birds, as well as 

assemblages of other native wetlandand grassland-dependent wildlife. 

The Merced NWR was established in 

1951 and consists of 10,262 acres (ac). 

The San Luis NWR was established in 

1967 and consists of 26,878 ac. The 

Grasslands WMA was established in 

1979 and contains more than 190 

privately owned parcels under Service 

conservation easements, totaling 

approximately 90,000 ac, within an 

approved acquisition boundary of 

230,000 ac. All three areas are part of 

the Grasslands Ecological Area, which is 

a 160,000-ac mosaic of Central Valley 

floor habitats located primarily within 

Merced County between I–5 and I–99 in 

the northern San Joaquin Valley, west of 

a line between Modesto and Fresno. 

Additional Information 

The draft CCP/EA, revised hunt plan, 

visitor services plan and draft 

compatibility determinations can be 

found at https://www.fws.gov/refuge/ 

san-luis/what-we-do. The draft CCP 

includes detailed information about the 

planning process, history of the refuges, 

management issues, ecological context, 

and management opportunities. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

Compliance 

The draft EA was prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 43 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). The draft EA 

identifies and evaluates three 

alternatives for managing the refuges for 

the next 15 years. The alternative that 

appears to best meet the refuges’ 

purposes is identified as the proposed 

action. The proposed action is identified 

based on the analysis presented in the 

draft CCP/EA, which may be modified 

following the completion of the public 

comment period, based on comments 

received from other agencies, Tribal 

governments, nongovernmental 

organizations, or individuals. 

Under Alternative A (no action 

alternative), the current management 

actions, including habitat management, 

wildlife management, wildlife-oriented 

recreation opportunities, and 

environmental education, would be 

continued on Merced and San Luis 

NWRs. Habitat and wildlife 

management activities would include 

habitat management, with a focus on 

wetlands for migratory bird use, habitat 

restoration projects, vernal pool 

management, grassland management, 

invasive plant management, wildlife 

and habitat surveys, and ungulate 

management. We would continue to 

offer a wide variety of wildlife-oriented 

recreation opportunities to the public, 

including several auto-tour routes; 

numerous nature trails, and a large 

recreational waterfowl hunt program, as 

well as environmental education 

activities for schools. Existing 

restoration and management plans 

would continue to be implemented. For 

the remaining available acquisition 

authority in the Grasslands WMA, the 

Service would seek to acquire 

additional wildlife conservation 

easements from willing sellers within 

the approved acquisition boundary. 

Alternative B, which has a wetland 

wildlife focus, also includes those 

actions in Alternative A. In addition to 

those activities occurring in Alternative 

A, we would seek 28,000 ac-feet of 

additional water to manage existing and 

additional wetlands on San Luis and 

Merced NWRs. The Service would also 

restore 600 ac of seasonal wetlands and 

increase the value of these habitats to 

migratory birds. Under Alternative B, 


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we would also restore 100 ac of riparian 

woodlands and 1,700 ac of vernal pool 

habitat on the Snobird unit of the 

Merced NWR. 

Under Alternative C (proposed 

action), the Service would manage with 

a biodiversity focus that would include 

both wetland and upland habitats for 

wildlife. We would manage wetlanddependent wildlife and wetland habitats 

on San Luis and Merced NWRs 

essentially the same as under 

Alternative B, except moist soil 

wetlands (the most common wetland 

habitat at the Complex) would continue 

to be managed under an 8-year 

disturbance cycle. Grassland 

management activities would increase at 

the San Luis and Merced NWRs, to 

focus on providing nesting habitat for 

migratory birds and other wildlife and 

suitable grazing/foraging habitat for 

migratory birds, including geese, cranes 

and curlew, and on restoring native 

plants and natural processes to 

grasslands. Inventory, monitoring, and 

research programs of natural resources 

would be expanded. We would shift 

some of the wildlife easement 

acquisition authority to fee-title 

acquisition authority within the 

Grasslands Wildlife Management Area 

acquisition boundary to allow greater 

flexibility for conserving important 

wildlife habitat (i.e., wetlands, vernal 

pools). We would expand wildlife 

observation opportunities by adding an 

additional riparian focused nature trail, 

a children’s interactive nature 

exploration area, and an additional 

boardwalk section. We would also host 

visitor workshops on wildlife 

identification/observation and 

photography. Interpretation and 

environmental education opportunities 

would also be improved and expanded. 

Public Meetings 

The locations, dates, and times of 

public meetings will be listed in a 

public communications release 

distributed to the project mailing list 

and posted on the refuge website at 

https://www.fws.gov/refuge/san-luis. 

Review and Comment 

At the end of the review and comment 

period for the draft CCP/EA, comments 

will be analyzed by the Service and 

addressed in the final CCP/EA. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public view, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Kaylee Allen, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest 

Region, Sacramento, California. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX23GK009970000; OMB Control Number 

1028–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Landslide Hazards Risk 

Reduction Grants Program 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) is proposing a new information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 13, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to USGS, Information 

Collections Clearance Officer, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, 

VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_

collections@usgs.gov. Please reference 

OMB Control Number 1028–NEW 

Landslide Hazards Risk Reduction 

Grants Program in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Stephen Slaughter by 

email at sslaughter@usgs.gov, or by 

telephone at 720–483–3945. Individuals 

in the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA, (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all 

information collections require 

approval. We may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor are you required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on new, 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

collections of information. This helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand our 

information collection requirements and 

provide the requested data in the 

desired format. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How the agency might 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 response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personally 

identifiable information (PII) in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

PII—may be made publicly available at 

any time. While you can ask us in your 

comment to withhold your PII from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Abstract: USGS Cooperative 

Landslide Hazard Mapping and 

Assessment Program priorities reflect 

the National Landslide Preparedness 

Act (Public Law 116–323), which 

supports the mission of the USGS 

Landslide Hazards Program to reduce 

loss of lives and property from 

landslides and improve public safety 

and community resilience for the 

Nation. Proposed risk-reduction 

activities should advance landslide 

science and communication that 

underlie the priorities of the National 

Landslide Preparedness Act by focusing 

on landslide hazard planning, 

coordination, education, outreach, 

mapping, and assessments. The 


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