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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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incidental take of the covered species 

would occur from lawful, non-Federal 

activities from groundwater 

withdrawals from registered wells (nonexempt) in the Edwards Aquifer that are 

authorized and regulated under the 

BSEACD’s permitting program and 

activities necessary to manage potential 

habitat for the covered species within 

the permit area (covered activities). The 

BSEACD HCP Plan Area includes Hays 

and Travis Counties, Texas. The final 

EIS considers the direct, indirect, and 

cumulative effects of implementing the 

HCP, including the measures that will 

be implemented to minimize and 

mitigate such impacts to the maximum 

extent practicable. 

Section 9 of the ESA and its 

implementing regulations in title 50 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

prohibit ‘‘take’’ of fish and wildlife 

species listed as endangered or 

threatened under the ESA. The ESA 

defines ‘‘take’’ as ‘‘to harass, harm, 

pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, 

capture, or collect listed animal species, 

or attempt to engage in such conduct’’ 

(16 U.S.C. 1533). The term ‘‘harm’’ is 

defined in the regulations as significant 

habitat modification or degradation that 

results in death or injury to listed 

species by significantly impairing 

essential behavioral patterns, including 

breeding, feeding, or sheltering (50 CFR 

17.3). However, we may, under 

specified circumstances, issue permits 

that allow the take of federally listed 

species, provided that the take is 

incidental to, but not the purpose of, 

otherwise lawful activity. Regulations 

governing ITPs for endangered and 

threatened species are at 50 CFR 17.22 

and 17.32, respectively. 

On July 18, 2017, we issued a draft 

EIS and requested public comment on 

our evaluation of the potential impacts 

associated with issuance of an ITP for 

implementation of the BSEACD HCP 

and to evaluate alternatives (82 FR 

32861). We held a public meeting in 

Austin, Texas, August 22, 2017. The 

public comment period closed on 

September 18, 2017. 

We identified key issues and relevant 

factors through public scoping and 

meetings, working with other agencies 

and groups, and reviewing comments 

from the public. We received responses 

from one local government agency and 

two nongovernmental agencies. We 

believe these comments are addressed 

and reasonably accommodated in the 

final documents, and we have included 

the public’s comments and our 

responses in Appendix A5–1 of the final 

EIS. 

Decision 

We intend to issue an ITP allowing 

the applicants to implement the 

BSEACD HCP. Our decision is based on 

a thorough review of the alternatives 

and their environmental consequences. 

Implementing this decision entails 

issuing an ITP to BSEACD and full 

implementation of the HCP by the 

applicants, including minimization and 

mitigation measures, monitoring and 

adaptive management, and complying 

with all terms and conditions in the ITP. 

A final ITP decision will be made no 

sooner than 30 days after the 

publication of this notice of availability 

and completion of the record of 

decision. 

EPA’s Role in the EIS Process 

In addition, EPA published a notice 

on July 13, 2018, in the Federal Register 

announcing the EIS for the April 2018 

Habitat Conservation Plan for Managed 

Groundwater Withdrawals from the 

Barton Springs Segment of the Edwards 

Aquifer, as required under the Clean Air 

Act, section 309. The EPA’s publication 

date of the notice of availability is the 

official beginning of the public review 

period. The EPA is charged with 

reviewing all Federal agencies’ EISs and 

commenting on the adequacy and 

acceptability of the environmental 

impacts of proposed actions in EISs. 

The EPA also serves as the repository 

(EIS database) for EISs, which Federal 

agencies prepare. All EISs must be filed 

with EPA, which publishes a notice of 

availability on Fridays in the Federal 

Register. For more information, see 

https://www.epa.gov/nepa. You may 

search for EPA comments on EISs, along 

with EISs themselves, at https://

cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/ 

action/eis/search. 

Authority: We provide this notice 

under section 10(c) of the ESA (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its 

implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.22 

and 17.32) and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.) and its implementing regulations 

(40 CFR 1506.6). 

Amy L. Lueders 

Regional Director, Southwest Region, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15222 Filed 7–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 731–TA–739 (Fourth 

Review)] 

Clad Steel Plate From Japan; 

Scheduling of a Full Five-Year Review 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of a full review 

pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the 

Act’’) to determine whether revocation 

of the antidumping duty order on clad 

steel plate from Japan would be likely 

to lead to continuation or recurrence of 

material injury within a reasonably 

foreseeable time. The Commission has 

determined to exercise its authority to 

extend the review period by up to 90 

days. 

DATES: July 10, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Dushkes ((202) 205–3229), 

Office of Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 

500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 

20436. Hearing-impaired persons can 

obtain information on this matter by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal on 202–205–1810. Persons 

with mobility impairments who will 

need special assistance in gaining access 

to the Commission should contact the 

Office of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (https://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

this review may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—On Monday April 9, 

2018, the Commission determined that 

circumstances related to the subject 

five-year review were such that a full 

review should proceed (83 FR 17446, 

April 19, 2018); accordingly, a full 

review is being scheduled pursuant to 

section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 

1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)). A record of 

the Commissioners’ votes, the 

Commission’s statement on adequacy, 

and any individual Commissioner’s 

statements are available from the Office 

of the Secretary and at the 

Commission’s website. 

Participation in the review and public 

service list.—Persons, including 

industrial users of the subject 

merchandise and, if the merchandise is 

sold at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations, wishing to 

participate in this review as parties 


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