33248 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 137 / Tuesday, July 17, 2018 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0028] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection: Petition To 

Classify Orphan as an Immediate 

Relative; Application for Advance 

Processing of an Orphan Petition; 

Supplement 1, Listing of an Adult 

Member of the Household; Supplement 

2, Consent To Disclose Information 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration (USCIS) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment upon this proposed revision of 

a currently approved collection of 

information or new 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 60 days until 

September 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: All submissions received 

must include the OMB Control Number 

1615–0028 in the body of the letter, the 

agency name and Docket ID USCIS– 

2008–0020. To avoid duplicate 

submissions, please use only one of the 

following methods to submit comments: 

(1) Online. Submit comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal website at 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

e-Docket ID number USCIS–2008–0020; 

(2) Mail. Submit written comments to 

DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy and 

Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination 

Division, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20529–2140. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 

Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20529–2140, telephone 

number 202–272–8377 (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 National Customer Service 

Center at 800–375–5283 (TTY 800–767– 

1833). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments 

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–2008–0020 in the search box. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, 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 to Classify Orphan as an 

Immediate Relative; Application for 

Advance Processing of an Orphan 

Petition; Supplement 1, Listing of an 

Adult Member of the Household; 

Supplement 2, Consent to Disclose 

Information. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: Form I–600, 

Form I–600A, Form I–600A Supplement 

1, Form I–600A Supplement 2; USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. A U.S. adoptive parent may 

file a petition to classify an orphan as 

an immediate relative through Form I– 

600 under section 101(b)(1)(F) of the 

INA.A U.S. prospective adoptive parent 

may file Form I–600A in advance of the 

Form I–600 filing and USCIS will make 

a determination regarding the 

prospective adoptive parent’s eligibility 

to file Form I–600A and their suitability 

and eligibility to properly parent an 

orphan. A U.S. adoptive parent may file 

a petition to classify an orphan as an 

immediate relative through Form I–600 

under section 101(b)(1)(F) of the INA. If 

a U.S. prospective/adoptive parent has 

an adult member of his or her 

household, as defined at 8 CFR 204.301, 

the prospective/adoptive parent must 

include the Supplement 1 when filing 

both Form I–600A and Form I–600. The 

U.S. prospective/adoptive parent files 

Supplement 2 to authorize USCIS to 

disclose case-related information to 

adoption service providers that would 

otherwise be protected under the 

Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a. Authorized 

disclosures will assist USCIS in the 

adjudication of Forms I–600A and I– 

600. 

(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–600 is 1,200 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

1 hour; the estimated total number of 

respondents for the information 

collection Form I–600A is 2,000 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

1 hour; the estimated total number of 

respondents for the information 

collection Form I–600A Supplement 1 is 

301 and the estimated hour burden per 

response is 1 hour; the estimated total 

number of respondents for the 


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information collection Form I–600A 

Supplement 2 is 1,260 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

0.25 hours; the estimated total number 

of respondents for the Home Study 

information collection is 2,500 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

25 hours; the estimated total number of 

respondents for the Biometrics 

information collection is 2,520 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

1.17 hours; the estimated total number 

of respondents for the Biometrics—DNA 

information collection is 2 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

6 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 35,451 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 

$110,871,772. 

Dated: July 3, 2018. 

Samantha L. Deshommes, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15214 Filed 7–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R2–ES–2016–0141; 

FXES11140200000–189–FF02ENEH00] 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

and Draft Record of Decision on the 

Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer 

Conservation District Habitat 

Conservation Plan for Two Salamander 

Species in Travis and Hays Counties, 

Texas 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, under the National 

Environmental Policy Act, make 

available the final environmental impact 

statement and draft record of decision 

analyzing the impacts of issuance of an 

incidental take permit for 

implementation of the Barton Springs/ 

Edwards Aquifer Conservation District 

(BSEACD) Habitat Conservation Plan 

(HCP). Our decision is to issue a 20-year 

incidental take permit for 

implementation of the BSEACD HCP, 

which authorizes incidental take of two 

listed salamanders under the 

Endangered Species Act. 

DATES: We will finalize the record of 

decision and issue a permit no sooner 

than August 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of 

the documents in the following formats: 

• Electronic: 

Æ http://www.regulations.gov, in 

Docket No. FWS–R2–ES–2016–0141. 

Æ http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/ 

AustinTexas. 

Æ CD–ROM: Contact Mr. Adam 

Zerrenner (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

Æ Telephone: 512–490–0057. 

• Hard copy: You may review the 

documents at the following locations 

(by appointment only): 

Æ Department of the Interior, Natural 

Resources Library, 1849 C Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20240. Call (202) 208– 

5815. 

Æ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 500 

Gold Avenue SW, Room 6034, 

Albuquerque, NM 87102. Call (505) 

248–6920. 

Æ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

10711 Burnet Road Suite 200, Austin, 

TX 78758. Call (512) 490–0057. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Adam Zerrenner, Field Supervisor, by 

phone at 512–490–0057, via fax at 512– 

490–0974, or by U.S. mail at U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 10711 Burnet 

Road, Suite 200, Austin, TX 78758. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), 

announce the availability of several 

documents related to an incidental take 

permit (ITP) application under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

The final environmental impact 

statement (EIS) and draft record of 

decision (ROD) were developed in 

compliance with the agency decisionmaking requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and are based on 

the habitat conservation plan (HCP) as 

submitted by the Barton Springs/ 

Edwards Aquifer Conservation District 

(BSEACD, or applicants). We described 

all four alternatives in detail, which 

were fully evaluated and analyzed in 

our 2018 final EIS. The draft ROD 

documents the rationale for our 

decision. 

Our proposed action is to issue an ITP 

to the applicants under section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA that authorizes 

incidental take of the Barton Springs 

salamander (Eurycea sosorum) and 

Austin blind salamander (Eurycea 

waterlooensis) during management of 

the Barton Springs segment of the 

Edwards Aquifer. The aquifer is the 

primary water supply for more than 

70,000 people in the region and the 

source water for the Barton Springs 

complex. The applicants requested a 

term of 20 years from the date of 

issuance. The applicants will fully 

implement minimization and mitigation 

measures to offset impacts to the 

covered species according to their HCP. 

The minimization measures include: 

Providing the most efficient use of 

groundwater, controlling and preventing 

waste of groundwater, addressing 

conjunctive surface water management 

issues, addressing natural resource 

management issues, addressing drought 

conditions, addressing demand 

reduction through conservation, 

addressing supply through structural 

enhancement, and quantitatively 

addressing established desired future 

conditions. 

The mitigation measures include a 

commitment to: 

• Support the operations of an 

existing refugium through in-kind, 

contracted support, cash provision, or 

other appropriate means; 

• conduct a feasibility study of 

dissolved oxygen augmentation and, if 

warranted, implement a pilot project at 

Main Spring at Barton Springs; 

• maintain and operate the Antioch 

Recharge Enhancement Facility for the 

permit term; 

• establish a new reserve fund for 

closing abandoned wells to eliminate 

high-risk abandoned wells as potential 

conduits for contaminants from the 

surface or adjacent formations into the 

aquifer, with priority given to 

problematic wells close to the Barton 

Springs outlets or those associated with 

water chemistry concerns under severe 

drought conditions; and 

• provide leadership and technical 

assistance to other government entities, 

organizations, and individuals when 

prospective land-use and groundwater 

management activities in those entities’ 

purview will, in the District’s 

assessment, significantly affect the 

quantity or quality of groundwater in 

the Aquifer. 

In addition to this notice, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

published a notice announcing the EIS 

on July 13, 2018, as required under the 

Clean Air Act, section 309 (42 U.S.C. 

7401 et seq.; see EPA’s Role in the EIS 

Process below). 

Background 

The applicants have applied for an 

ITP (TE10607C–0) under the ESA that 

would authorize incidental take of two 

covered species and would be in effect 

for a period of 20 years. The proposed 


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