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or additional information by visiting the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: 

https://www.regulations.gov and 

entering USCIS–2010–0008 in the 

search box. 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: 

Extension, Without Change, of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Request for Fee Waiver. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–912; 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 this form to verify that the 

applicant is unable to pay for the 

immigration benefit being requested. 

USCIS will consider waiving a fee for an 

application or petition when the 

applicant or petitioner clearly 

demonstrates that he or she is unable to 

pay the fee. Form I–912 standardizes the 

collection and analysis of statements 

and supporting documentation provided 

by the applicant with the fee waiver 

request. Form I–912 also streamlines 

and expedites USCIS’s review, approval, 

or denial of the fee waiver request by 

clearly laying out the most salient data 

and evidence necessary for the 

determination of inability to pay. 

Officers evaluate all factors, 

circumstances, and evidence supplied 

in support of a fee waiver request when 

making a final determination. Each case 

is unique and is considered on its own 

merits. If the fee waiver is granted, the 

application will be processed. If the fee 

waiver is not granted, USCIS will notify 

the applicant and instruct them to file 

a new application with the appropriate 

fee. 

(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–912 is 594,000 and 

the estimated hour burden per response 

is 1.17. The estimated total number of 

respondents for the information 

collection non-form request for fee 

waiver is 8,400 and the estimated hour 

burden per response is 1.17. The 

estimated total number of respondents 

for the information collection 8 CFR 

103.7(d) Director’s exception request is 

128 and the estimated hour burden per 

response is 1.17. 

(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 704,958 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 $2,259,480. 

Dated: November 3, 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 HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0052] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection: Application for 

Naturalization 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The purpose of this notice is to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until December 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 https://

www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID 

number USCIS–2008–0025. All 

submissions received must include the 

OMB Control Number 1615–0052 in the 

body of the letter, the agency name and 

Docket ID USCIS–2008–0025. 

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 http://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 April 20, 2023, at 88 FR 

24438, allowing for a 60-day public 


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comment period. USCIS did receive 27 

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: 

http://www.regulations.gov and enter 

USCIS–2008–0025 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 

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: 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Application for Naturalization. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: N–400; 

USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. Naturalization is the 

process by which U.S. citizenship is 

granted to a foreign citizen or national 

after he or she fulfills the requirements 

established by Congress in the INA. 

Form N–400, Application for 

Naturalization, allows USCIS to fulfill 

its mission of fairly adjudicating 

naturalization applications and only 

naturalizing statutorily eligible 

individuals. 

USCIS uses the data collected on this 

form to verify that the applicant is 

eligible for a reduced fee for the 

immigration benefit being requested. 

(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 N–400 (paper) is 454,850 and 

the estimated hour burden per response 

is 8.73 hours; the estimated total 

number of respondents for the 

information collection N–400 (e-file) is 

454,850 and the estimated hour burden 

per response is 3.92 hours; and the 

estimated total number of respondents 

for the information collection biometrics 

is 909,700 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 6,818,202 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 

$423,351,638. 

Dated: November 3, 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 

[BLM_CO_FRN_MO4500174063] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Resource Management Plan 

Amendment and Environmental Impact 

Statement for Big Game Habitat 

Conservation for Oil and Gas 

Management, Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLMPA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 

prepared a Draft Resource Management 

Plan (RMP) Amendment and Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for Big Game Habitat Conservation for 

Oil and Gas Management and by this 

notice is providing information 

announcing the opening of the comment 

period on the Draft RMP Amendment/ 

EIS. 

DATES: This notice announces the 

opening of a 90-day comment period for 

the Draft RMP Amendment/EIS 

beginning with the date following the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) publication of its Notice of 

Availability (NOA) in the Federal 

Register. The EPA usually publishes its 

NOAs on Fridays. 

To afford the BLM the opportunity to 

consider comments in the Proposed 

RMP Amendment/Final EIS, please 

ensure your comments are received 

prior to the close of the 90-day comment 

period or 15 days after the last public 

meeting, whichever is later. 

ADDRESSES: The Draft RMP 

Amendment/EIS is available for review 

on the BLM ePlanning project website at 

https://go.usa.gov/xzXxY. 

Written comments related to Big 

Game Habitat Conservation for Oil and 

Gas Management may be submitted by 

any of the following methods: 

• Website: https://go.usa.gov/xzXxY. 

• Mail: BLM Colorado State Office, 

Attn: Big Game Habitat Conservation 

amendment/EIS, Denver Federal Center 

Building 40, Lakewood, CO 80225. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined online at https://

go.usa.gov/xzXxY and at the BLM 

Colorado State Office, Denver Federal 

Center, Building 1A, Lakewood, 

Colorado. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Bittner, Deputy State Director, 


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