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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 29, 2023, at 88 FR 

42094, 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 enter 

USCIS–2007–0029 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 https://

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 

https://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 

Request: Extension, Without Change, of 

a Currently Approved Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: I–864, 

Affidavit of Support Under Section 

213A of the INA; I–864A, Contract 

Between Sponsor and Household 

Member; I–864EZ, Affidavit of Support 

Under Section 213A of the INA; I– 

864W, Request for Exemption for 

Intending Immigrant’s Affidavit of 

Support. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–864; I– 

864A; I–864EZ; I–864W; USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. USCIS uses the data 

collected on Form I–864 to determine 

whether the sponsor has the ability to 

support the sponsored immigrant under 

section 213A of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act. This form standardizes 

evaluation of a sponsor’s ability to 

support the sponsored immigrant and 

ensures that basic information required 

to assess eligibility is provided by 

sponsors. 

Form I–864A is a contract between 

the sponsor and the sponsor’s 

household members. It is only required 

if the sponsor used income of their 

household members to reach the 

required 125 percent of the Federal 

poverty guidelines. The contract holds 

these household members jointly and 

severally liable for the support of the 

sponsored immigrant. The information 

collection required on Form I–864A is 

necessary for public benefit agencies to 

enforce the Affidavit of Support in the 

event the sponsor used income of their 

household members to reach the 

required income level and the public 

benefit agencies are requesting 

reimbursement from the sponsor. 

USCIS uses Form I–864EZ in exactly 

the same way as Form I–864; however, 

USCIS collects less information from the 

sponsors as less information is needed 

from those who qualify in order to make 

a thorough adjudication. 

USCIS uses Form I–864W to 

determine whether the intending 

immigrant meets the criteria for 

exemption from section 213A 

requirements. This form collects the 

immigrant’s basic information, such as 

name and address, the reason for the 

exemption, and accompanying 

documentation in support of the 

immigrant’s claim that they are not 

subject to section 213. 

(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 Form I–864 is 453,345 and 

the estimated hour burden per response 

is 6 hours; the estimated total number 

of respondents for the information 

collection Form I–864A is 215,800 and 

the estimated hour burden per response 

is 1.75 hours; the estimated total 

number of respondents for the 

information collection Form I–864EZ is 

100,000 and the estimated hour burden 

per response is 2.5 hours; the estimated 

total number of respondents for the 

information collection Form I–864W is 

98,119 and the estimated hour burden 

per response is 1 hour. 

(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 3,445,839 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 

$159,608,680. 

Dated: September 1, 2023. 

Samantha L. Deshommes, 

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 THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[DOI–BLM–AK–0000–2021–0006–EIS] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Draft Coastal Plain Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(Leasing SEIS). 

DATES: To afford the joint lead agencies 

the opportunity to consider comments 


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in the Final Leasing SEIS, please ensure 

that the BLM receives your comments 

within 45 days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

publishes its Notice of Availability 

(NOA) of the Draft Leasing SEIS in the 

Federal Register. The EPA publishes 

these NOAs on Fridays. The BLM will 

be holding virtual and in-person public 

meetings. The dates of the comment 

period as well as information about 

public meetings and subsistence 

hearings will be available on the project 

website in the ADDRESSES section. 

ADDRESSES: The Draft Leasing SEIS is 

available for review on the BLM 

ePlanning project website at https://

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2015144/510. 

Written comments related to the Draft 

Leasing SEIS may be submitted via the 

ePlanning project website at https://

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2015144/510. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the BLM Alaska 

State Office, BLM Alaska Arctic District 

Office, and the United States Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS) Arctic 

National Wildlife Refuge Office. 

• BLM Alaska State Office Public Room, 

222 W 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 

99513 

• BLM Alaska Arctic District Office, 222 

University Avenue, Fairbanks, AK 

99709 

• USFWS Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge Office, 101 12th Avenue, 

Room 235, Fairbanks, AK 99701 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Serena Sweet, BLM Supervisory 

Planner, telephone (907) 271–4345, or 

email ssweet@blm.gov; Stephanie 

Kuhns, BLM Planning and 

Environmental Specialist, telephone 

(907) 271–4208, email skuhns@blm.gov; 

or Bobbie Jo Skibo, Coastal Plain Oil 

and Gas Program Coordinator, telephone 

(907) 441–1539, email bobbiejo_skibo@

fws.gov. 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 for 

contacting Ms. Sweet, Ms. Kuhns, or 

Ms. Skibo. 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: The Draft 

Leasing SEIS was developed by the BLM 

and USFWS as joint lead agencies to 

address deficiencies in the 2019 Coastal 

Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

the 2020 Record of Decision approving 

the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 

Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program (85 FR 51754). 

The joint lead agencies prepared this 

Draft Leasing SEIS in accordance with 

NEPA to implement an oil and gas 

leasing program in the Coastal Plain of 

the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 

(Coastal Plain). This Draft Leasing SEIS 

serves to inform BLM’s implementation 

of the Public Law 115–97, Section 

20001(c)(1) requirement to hold two 

lease sales. It may also inform 

management of post-lease activities, 

including seismic surveys, exploratory 

drilling, oil and gas development, and 

transportation of oil and gas in and from 

the Coastal Plain. Specifically, the Draft 

Leasing SEIS considers and analyzes the 

environmental impacts of various 

leasing alternatives and the indirect 

impacts that could result from 

hypothetical development. 

This Draft Leasing SEIS does not 

permit oil and gas extraction activities. 

It considers three action alternatives for 

implementation of an oil and gas leasing 

program in the Coastal Plain. The 

decisions to be made include which 

lands to offer for lease and what terms 

and conditions would apply to leases. 

The decisions evaluated would not 

authorize any on-the-ground activity 

associated with the exploration or 

development of oil and gas resources on 

the Coastal Plain. Future on-the-ground 

actions requiring BLM approval, 

including proposed exploration plans 

and development proposals, would 

require further NEPA analysis based on 

the site-specific proposal. 

Although sections 20001(a)(2) and 

(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 115–97 assign 

responsibility to the BLM for 

administering the oil and gas program 

on the Coastal Plain, it is understood 

that all activities, including plan 

development, study development, and 

consideration of exceptions, 

modifications, waivers, or any 

operations conducted on the surface of 

the Coastal Plain, would include close 

coordination with the USFWS as the 

surface management agency. In 

addition, the BLM would coordinate 

with other appropriate Federal, State, 

and North Slope Borough agencies; 

Tribal Governments; ANCSA 

corporations; and other Native 

organizations as appropriate. 

All comments received during the 

comment period will be considered and 

evaluated, and substantive comments 

will be addressed in the Final Leasing 

SEIS to be completed in 2024. The most 

useful comments are ones that are 

specific and address one or more of the 

following: 

• Identification of new information 

that would have a bearing on the 

analysis. 

• Inaccuracies or discrepancies in 

information or any errors in our 

portrayal of the resources and uses of 

the program area. 

• Suggestions for improving 

implementation of an oil and gas leasing 

program on the Coastal Plain, consistent 

with the purposes of the Arctic National 

Wildlife Refuge. 

• Identification of new impacts, 

alternatives, or potential mitigation 

measures. 

When you share your comments with 

us, please be as specific as possible. 

Identify the specific concern or 

correction you are suggesting, where it 

appears in the Draft Leasing SEIS, and 

the modification you feel is necessary or 

appropriate. If you have an idea for a 

potential mitigation measure, please tell 

us what it is and the benefits it would 

provide. 

Information about public meetings 

and subsistence hearings will be 

available on the project website listed in 

the ADDRESSES section, and will be 

announced through additional, public 

notices, news releases, and mailings. 

The BLM and USFWS will continue 

to consult with Indian Tribal Nations 

and Alaska Native corporations in 

accordance with Executive Order 13175, 

BLM MS 1780, and other Departmental 

policies. Tribal concerns, including 

impacts on Indian trust assets, impacts 

to subsistence resources, and potential 

impacts to cultural resources, will be 

given due consideration. 

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 review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10) 

Steven M. Cohn, 

BLM Alaska State Director. 

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