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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Form I–361, Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection; Comment Request 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review: Form I–361, 

Affidavit of Financial Support and 

Intent To Petition for Legal Custody for 

Public Law 97–359 Amerasian. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS), will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

information collection notice is 

published in the Federal Register to 

obtain comments from the public and 

affected agencies. Comments are 

encouraged and will be accepted for 

sixty days until April 16, 2012. 

During this 60-day period, USCIS will 

be evaluating whether to revise the 

Form I–361. Should USCIS decide to 

revise Form I–361 we will advise the 

public when we publish the 30-day 

notice in the Federal Register in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The public will then 

have 30 days to comment on any 

revisions to the Form I–361. 

Written comments and suggestions 

regarding items contained in this notice 

and especially with regard to the 

estimated public burden and associated 

response time should be directed to the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory 

Products Division, Office of the 

Executive Secretariat, Clearance Office, 

20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2020. 

Comments may also be submitted to 

DHS via facsimile to 202–272–0997, or 

via email at uscisfrcomment@dhs.gov. 

When submitting comments by email 

please add the OMB Control Number 

1615–0021 in the subject box. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the 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 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

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 of a currently approved 

information collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Affidavit of Financial Support and 

Intent to Petition for Legal Custody for 

Public Law 97–359 Amerasian. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Form I–361. 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals and 

households. The information on this 

form is used in support of Form I–360 

(Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or 

Special Immigrant) to ensure financial 

support for Public Law 97–359 

Amerasian. The affidavit is used only to 

sponsor individuals eligible for 

immigration under Public Law 97–359. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 50 responses at 30 minutes 

(.50) per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 25 annual burden hours. 

If you have additional comments, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

information collection instrument, 

please visit the USCIS Web site at: 

http://www.regulations.gov/. 

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, 

Regulatory Products Division, Office of 

the Executive Secretariat, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2020, 

Telephone number 202–272–8377. 

Dated: February 10, 2012. 

William Bacon, 

Deputy, Office of the Executive Secretariat, 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3668 Filed 2–15–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Forms G–1041 and G– 

1041A, Extension of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review: Forms G– 

1041 and G–1041A, Genealogy Index 

Search Request and Genealogy Records 

Request. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

information collection notice is 

published in the Federal Register to 

obtain comments from the public and 

affected agencies. Comments are 

encouraged and will be accepted for 

sixty days until April 16, 2012. 

During this 60 day period, USCIS will 

be evaluating whether to revise forms 

G–1041 and G–1041A. Should USCIS 

decide to revise forms G–1041 and G– 

1041A, we will advise the public when 

we publish the 30-day notice in the 

Federal Register in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. The public 

will then have 30 days to comment on 

any revisions to forms G–1041 and G– 

1041A. 

Written comments and suggestions 

regarding items contained in this notice 

and especially with regard to the 

estimated public burden and associated 

response time should be directed to the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory 

Products Division, 20 Massachusetts 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529– 

2020. Comments may also be submitted 

to DHS via facsimile to 202–272–8352, 

or via email at 

uscisfrcomment@dhs.gov. When 

submitting comments by email, please 

add the OMB Control Number 1615– 

0096 in the subject box. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the 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 


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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 of an existing information 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Forms/Collections: 

Genealogy Index Search Request and 

Genealogy Records Request. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Forms G– 

1041 and G–1041A. U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals and 

households. USCIS will use these forms 

will to facilitate an accurate and timely 

response to genealogy index search and 

records requests. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: Form G–1041—2,570 

responses (electronically submitted) at 

.50 hours (30 minutes) per response and 

1,080 responses (submitted by mail) at 

.58 hours (35 minutes). 

Form G–1041A—1,683 responses 

(electronically submitted) at 1 hour (60 

minutes) per response and 823 

responses (submitted by mail) at 1.08 

hours (68 minutes). 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 4,483.4 annual burden hours. 

If you have additional comments, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

information collection instrument, 

please visit: http://www.regulations.gov/ 

search/index.jsp. 

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, 

Regulatory Products Division, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2020, telephone 

number 202–272–8377. 

Dated: February 10, 2012. 

William Bacon, 

Deputy Chief, Office of the Executive 

Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3666 Filed 2–15–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–R–2011–N212; FF06R06000– 

FXRS1265066CCP0S2–123] 

Establishment of Dakota Grassland 

Conservation Area, North Dakota and 

South Dakota 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service) has established the Dakota 

Grassland Conservation Area, the 554th 

unit of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System. The Service established the 

Dakota Grassland Conservation Area on 

September 21, 2011, with the purchase 

of a 318.18-acre grassland easement in 

Walworth County, South Dakota. 

ADDRESSES: A map depicting the 

approved Refuge boundary and other 

information regarding the Refuge is 

available on the Internet at http:// 

www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/ 

planning/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick 

Kaczor, Planning Team Leader, Division 

of Refuge Planning, USFWS, P.O. Box 

25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225. http:// 

www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/ 

planning/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Service established the Dakota 

Grassland Conservation Area in the 

eastern parts of North Dakota and South 

Dakota, which cover all counties north 

and east of the Missouri River except 

those in the existing Dakota Tallgrass 

Prairie Wildlife Management Area. The 

Service will continue to conserve 

wetland and grassland resources in the 

conservation area, primarily through the 

purchase of perpetual easements from 

willing sellers. These wetland and 

grassland easements will connect and 

expand existing lands under 

conservation protection. 

The area’s strong and vibrant rural 

lifestyle, of which agriculture is the 

dominant land use, is one of the key 

components to ensuring habitat integrity 

and wildlife resource protection. Based 

on anticipated levels of landowner 

participation, objectives for the 

conservation area are to protect 240,000 

acres of wetland and 1.7 million acres 

of critical grassland habitat. The 

conservation area is a landscape-scale 

effort to conserve populations of priority 

species in a highly diverse and 

endangered ecosystem over an area of 

approximately 29.6 million acres. 

Therefore, it is important to incorporate 

the elements of strategic habitat 

conservation (SHC) to ensure effective 

conservation. SHC entails strategic 

biological planning and conservation 

design, integrated conservation delivery, 

monitoring, and research at ecoregional 

scales. 

This conservation area allows the 

Service to purchase critical wetland and 

grassland easements, using the 

acquisition authority of the Fish and 

Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a–j). 

In response to comments received 

during the public review of the draft 

environmental assessment (EA) and 

land protection plan (LPP), the Service 

included the authority of the Migratory 

Bird Conservation Act of 1929 (16 

U.S.C. 715–715d, 715e, 715f–r). The 

Federal money used to acquire 

conservation easements is from the 

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 

of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 

through 11; funds received under this 

act are derived primarily from oil and 

gas leases on the Outer Continental 

Shelf, motorboat fuel taxes, and the sale 

of surplus Federal property), and the 

sale of Federal Duck Stamps [Migratory 

Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp 

Act (16 U.S.C. 718–718j, 48 Stat. 452)]. 

Additional funding to acquire lands, 

water, or interests for fish and wildlife 

conservation purposes could be 

identified by Congress or donated by 

nonprofit organizations. The purchase 

of easements from willing sellers will be 

subject to available money. 

The Service has involved the public, 

agencies, partners, and legislators 

throughout the planning process for the 

easement program. At the beginning of 

the planning process, the Service 

initiated public involvement for the 

proposal to protect habitats primarily 

through acquisition of wetland and 

grassland conservation easements for 

management as part of the Refuge 

System. The Service spent time 

discussing the proposed project with 

landowners; conservation organizations; 

Federal, State and county governments; 

tribes and other interested groups and 

individuals. The Service held three 

open-house meetings on December 14, 

15, and 16, 2010, at Minot, North 

Dakota; Jamestown, North Dakota; and 

Huron, South Dakota; respectively. 

These open houses were announced in 

local media. 


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