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the Arrival and Departure Information 

System (ADIS) maintained by CBP. 

Nonimmigrants may utilize this 

information as proof of departure, 

which is most relevant in the land 

border environment, but may be utilized 

for departures via air and sea if desired. 

As it pertains to the land 

environment, there is no requirement 

for nonimmigrants leaving the United 

States to report their departure to CBP. 

However, as described further below, 

CBP encourages nonimmigrants to 

report their departure to CBP when they 

exit, so that CBP can record their exit 

from the United States. 

Although CBP routinely collects 

biometric data from nonimmigrants 

entering the United States, there 

currently is no comprehensive system in 

place to collect biometrics from 

nonimmigrants departing the country. 

Collecting biometrics at both arrival and 

departure will thus enable CBP and 

DHS to know with better accuracy 

whether nonimmigrants are departing 

the country when they are required to 

depart. Further, collecting biometric 

data will help to reduce visa or travel 

document fraud and improve CBP’s 

ability to identify criminals and known 

or suspected terrorists. CBP has been 

testing various options to collect 

biometrics at departure in the land and 

air environments since 2004. 

At the same time, CBP is also now 

working to fully automate all I–94 

processes. Currently CBP issues 

electronic I–94s to most nonimmigrants 

entering the United States at land border 

ports of entry. 

Currently CBP does not routinely staff 

exit lanes at land border ports of entry, 

nor does CBP possess a single process 

for nonimmigrants subject to I–94 

requirements to voluntarily report their 

departure. Nonimmigrants can currently 

report their departure by any one of the 

following means: (1) stopping at a land 

border port of entry and presenting a 

printed copy of their electronic I–94 to 

a CBP officer; (2) stopping at a land 

border port of entry and placing a 

printed copy of their electronic I–94 in 

a drop box provided by the port where 

available; (3) if exiting by land on the 

northern U.S. border, by turning in a 

paper copy of their electronic I–94 to 

the Canadian Border Services Agency 

(CBSA) when entering Canada (CBSA 

will then return the form to CBP); or (4) 

mailing a copy of their electronic I–94 

and other proof of departure to CBP. 

The current options are burdensome 

and, in many cases, impractical or 

inconvenient due to the location and 

design of the ports. They also lead to 

haphazard record keeping and 

inaccurate data collection with respect 

to the nonimmigrants leaving the 

country. Most land border ports of entry 

provide limited access to the port for 

vehicles exiting the United States and 

have minimal parking available to the 

public. For this reason, most 

nonimmigrants do not report their 

departure when exiting at land border 

ports of entry. In those cases, CBP has 

no way to confirm that a nonimmigrant 

has exited the United States at the time 

of departure. CBP often discovers that a 

nonimmigrant has previously left the 

United States at a later date, when that 

same nonimmigrants attempts to reenter the United States. Having proof of 

an exit via the CBP OneTM app would 

provide nonimmigrants some 

information for CBP officers to consider 

in the event the officer is unsure 

whether a nonimmigrant complied with 

the I–94 requirements provided upon 

their previous entry. 

In additonal, CBP intends to update 

the ESTA application website to require 

applicants to provide a photograph of 

their face, or ‘‘selfie’’, in addition to the 

photo of the passport biographical page. 

These photos would be used to better 

ensure that the applicant is the rightful 

possessor of the document being used to 

obtain an ESTA authorization. 

Currently, applicants are allowed to 

have a third party apply for ESTA on 

their behalf. While this update would 

not remove that option, third parties, 

such as travel agents or family members, 

would be required to provide a 

photograph of the ESTA applicant. 

The ESTA Mobile application 

currently requires applicants to take a 

live photograph of their face, which is 

compared to the passport photo 

collected during the ESTA Mobile 

application process. This change will 

better align the application processes 

and requirements of ESTA website and 

ESTA Mobile applicants. 

Type of Information Collection: Paper 

I–94. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,782,564. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 1,782,564. 

Estimated Time per Response: 8 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 237,675. 

Type of Information Collection: I–94 

website. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

91,411. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 91,411. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,094. 

Type of Information Collection: ESTA 

Mobile Application. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

500,000. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 500,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 22 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 183,333. 

Type of Information Collection: ESTA 

website. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

15,000,000. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 15,000,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 19 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,750,000. 

Type of Information Collection: CBP 

One Mobile Application. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

600,000. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 600,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 20,000. 

Dated: February 20, 2024. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03772 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–OC–2023–N088; 

FXGO16600926000–FF09X60000–245] 

Hunting and Wildlife Conservation 

Council; Charter Re-Establishment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior and U.S. Department of 

Agriculture are re-establishing the 

Hunting and Wildlife Conservation 

Council (Council). The Council provides 

recommendations to the Federal 

Government, through the Secretaries, 


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regarding the establishment and 

implementation of existing and 

proposed policies and authorities with 

regard to wildlife and habitat 

conservation endeavors that benefit 

wildlife resources; encourage 

partnership among the public, sporting 

conservation organizations, and Federal, 

State, Tribal, and Territorial 

governments; and benefit recreational 

hunting and recreational shooting 

sports. 

DATES: Comments regarding the reestablishment of the Council charter 

must be submitted no later than March 

12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

via email to doug_hobbs@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas Hobbs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Designated Federal Officer, by 

telephone at (703) 358–2336, or by 

email at doug_hobbs@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. 

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 

Hunting and Wildlife Conservation 

Council (Council) is re-established 

under the authority of the Secretary of 

the Interior and regulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended 

(FACA; 5 U.S.C. Ch. 10). The Council’s 

duties are strictly advisory and consist 

of, but are not limited to, providing 

recommendations for implementation of 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13443, 

Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and 

Wildlife Conservation; E.O. 14008, 

Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 

Abroad; and Secretarial Order 3362, 

Improving Habitat Quality in Western 

Big Game Winter Range and Migration 

Corridors. Duties include, but are not 

limited to: 

A. Assessing and quantifying 

implementation of E.O. 13443, E.O. 

14008, and Secretarial Order 3362 

across relevant departments, agencies, 

and offices and making 

recommendations to enhance and 

expand their implementation as 

identified; 

B. Making recommendations 

regarding policies and programs that 

accomplish the following objectives: 

1. Conserve and restore wetlands, 

grasslands, forests, and other important 

wildlife habitats, and improve 

management of rangelands and 

agricultural lands to benefit wildlife; 

2. Promote opportunities for fair chase 

hunting and safe recreational shooting 

sports and wildlife-associated recreation 

on public and private lands; encourage 

hunting and recreational shooting sports 

safety, including by developing 

sighting-in ranges on public lands; 

recruit and retain hunters; and increase 

public awareness of the importance of 

wildlife conservation and the social and 

economic benefits of fair chase hunting, 

safe recreational shooting sports, and 

wildlife-associated recreation; and 

3. Encourage coordination among the 

public; the hunting and shooting sports 

communities; wildlife conservation 

groups; wildlife-associated recreation 

interests; and Federal, State, Tribal, and 

territorial governments. 

The Council will meet at least two 

times per year. 

Public Disclosure of Comments: 

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. 

Certification Statement: I hereby 

certify that the Hunting and Wildlife 

Conservation Council is necessary, in 

the public interest, and is in connection 

with the performance of duties imposed 

on the Department of the Interior and 

the Department of Agriculture under 43 

U.S.C. 1457 and provisions of the Fish 

and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 

742a), the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1996 (43 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.), the National Forest 

Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 

1600 et seq.), the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee), and 

Executive Order 13443, Facilitation of 

Hunting Heritage and Wildlife 

Conservation. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. 

Deb Haaland, 

Secretary, Department of the Interior. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2024–0030; 

FXIA16710900000–245–FF09A30000] 

Foreign Endangered Species; Receipt 

of Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on applications to conduct 

certain activities with foreign species 

that are listed as endangered under the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA). With 

some exceptions, the ESA prohibits 

activities with listed species unless 

Federal authorization is issued that 

allows such activities. The ESA also 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing permits for any activity 

otherwise prohibited by the ESA with 

respect to any endangered species. 

DATES: We must receive comments by 

March 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining Documents: The 

applications, application supporting 

materials, and any comments and other 

materials that we receive will be 

available for public inspection at 

https://www.regulations.gov in Docket 

No. FWS–HQ–IA–2024–0030. 

Submitting Comments: When 

submitting comments, please specify the 

name of the applicant and the permit 

number at the beginning of your 

comment. You may submit comments 

by one of the following methods: 

• Internet: https://

www.regulations.gov. Search for and 

submit comments on Docket No. FWS– 

HQ–IA–2024–0030. 

• U.S. Mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–HQ– 

IA–2024–0030; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Headquarters, MS: PRB/3W; 

5275 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803. 

For more information, see Public 

Comment Procedures under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Timothy MacDonald, by phone at 703– 

358–2185 or via email at DMAFR@

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. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 


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