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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–2008–0027 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: 

Notice of Appeal or Motion. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–290B; 

USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. The form serves the 

purpose of standardizing requests for 

motions and appeals and ensures that 

the basic information required to 

adjudicate appeals and motions is 

provided by applicants and petitioners, 

or their attorneys or representatives. 

USCIS uses the data collected on Form 

I–290B to determine whether an 

applicant or petitioner is eligible to file 

an appeal or motion, whether the 

requirements of an appeal or motion 

have been met, and whether the 

applicant or petitioner is eligible for the 

requested immigration benefit. Form I– 

290B can also be filed with Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by 

schools appealing decisions on Form I– 

17 filings for certification to ICE’s 

Student and Exchange Visitor Program 

(SEVP). 

(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 I–290B is 24,878 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

1.5 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 37,317 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 $6,188,403. 

Dated: January 5, 2018. 

Samantha 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 

Office of the Secretary 

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DWK000000.000000,DP61201GS000116] 

U.S. Coral Reef Task Force; Public 

Meeting and Public Comment 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Department of 

the Interior, announce a public meeting 

of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force and a 

request for written comments. This 

meeting, the 39th biannual meeting of 

the task force, provides a forum for 

coordinated planning and action among 

Federal agencies, State and territorial 

governments, and nongovernmental 

partners. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, February 22, 2018, from 

08:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Submit advance public comments by 

January 29, 2018. Submit requests for 

copies of comments given at the meeting 

by March 30, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting will be held at the 

Department of Interior, Main Interior 

Building, 1849 C Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20240. 

Submit advance public comments or 

requests for copies of comments given at 

the meeting to Liza Johnson, U.S. Coral 

Reef Task Force Steering Committee CoChair, U.S. Department of the Interior, 

MS–3530–MIB, 1849 C Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20240; or via email to 

liza_m_johnson@ios.doi.gov; or fax to 

(202) 208–4867. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liza 

Johnson, U.S. Coral Reef Task Force 

Steering Committee Co-Chair, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, MS–3530– 

MIB, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 

20240 (phone: 202–208–1378; fax: 202– 

208–4867; email: liza_m_johnson@

ios.doi.gov); or visit the U.S. Coral Reef 

Task Force website at 

www.coralreef.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Established by Presidential Executive 

Order 13089 in 1998, the U.S. Coral Reef 

Task Force has a mission to lead, 

coordinate, and strengthen U.S. 

government actions to better preserve 

and protect coral reef ecosystems. The 

Departments of Commerce and the 

Interior co-chair the Task Force, whose 

members include leaders of 12 Federal 

agencies, 2 U.S. States, 5 U.S. territories, 

and 3 freely associated States. For more 

information about the meetings, draft 

agendas, and how to register, go to 

www.coralreef.gov. A written summary 


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of the meeting will be posted on the 

website after the meeting. 

Registration To Attend the Meeting 

Attendees can register online before 

the start of the meeting, or on site at the 

registration desk. Registration details 

will be announced on the task force 

website at www.coralreef.gov. 

Public Comments 

Comments may address the meeting, 

the role of the U.S. Coral Reef Task 

Force, or general coral reef conservation 

issues. Advance public comments 

should be submitted by January 29, 

2018. Copies of comments given at the 

meeting can be submitted afterwards in 

writing to Liza Johnson by email, fax, or 

mail (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) by March 30, 2018. 

Public Availability 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. 

Shawn Buckner, 

Acting Director, Office of Policy Analysis, U.S. 

Department of the Interior. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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Notice of Availability for the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Pojoaque Basin Regional Water 

System, Santa Fe County, New Mexico 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary—Water and Science, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior, 

acting through the Bureau of 

Reclamation, announces the availability 

of the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) for the proposed 

Pojoaque Basin Regional Water System, 

as authorized by the Aamodt Litigation 

Settlement Act. The FEIS responds to 

comments received on the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement during 

the comment period that ended on 

February 27, 2017, and identifies 

Alternative E as the preferred alternative 

for the Pojoaque Basin Regional Water 

System. 

DATES: The Department of the Interior 

will complete a Record of Decision 

identifying the actions that will be 

implemented no sooner than 30 days 

after publication of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

Notice of Availability in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: The FEIS is available for 

viewing on the following websites: 

http://www.usbr.gov/uc/envdocs/ 

eis.html or www.pojoaquebasineis.com. 

Compact disc copies may be obtained by 

contacting Ms. Sarah Branum, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Albuquerque Area Office, 

555 Broadway NE, Suite 100, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102; or via 

email to pojoaquebasineis@usbr.gov. 

Please see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for additional 

locations where the FEIS is available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sarah Branum, Environmental Project 

Manager, Bureau of Reclamation, 

sbranum@usbr.gov, (505) 462–3591. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above-named 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) 

prepared the FEIS in cooperation with 

the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. 

Indian Health Service, U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Pueblo de San Ildefonso, 

Pueblo of Nambe ́, Pueblo of Pojoaque, 

Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico 

Department of Transportation, Santa Fe 

County, and the City of Santa Fe. The 

FEIS has been updated according to 

public comments received during the 

45-day Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS) public review period 

(January 13–February 27, 2017) and 

other project updates. A summary of 

changes between the DEIS and FEIS is 

included in Chapter 1 of the FEIS. 

Background: The Pojoaque Basin 

Regional Water System (RWS) is 

described in and authorized by the 

Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (Title 

VI of the Claims Resolution Act of 2010; 

Public Law 111–291, Title VI; 124 Stat. 

3065) (‘‘Settlement Act’’). The 

Settlement Act authorizes and ratifies 

the Aamodt Litigation Settlement 

Agreement (Settlement Agreement), 

dated January 19, 2006, as conformed to 

the Settlement Act and amendments. 

The settlement parties are the United 

States; the State of New Mexico; Santa 

Fe County; City of Santa Fe; Pueblo de 

San Ildefonso, Pueblo of Nambe ́, Pueblo 

of Pojoaque, Pueblo of Tesuque 

(Settlement Pueblos); and other 

individuals. The Settlement Agreement 

resolves the water rights claims of the 

Settlement Pueblos. 

Among other provisions, the RWS and 

2,220 acre-feet per year of new water 

supply to the basin are included in the 

Settlement Agreement in exchange for 

the Pueblos agreeing to reduce their 

claims to water within the basin and to 

limit their priority calls against existing 

non-Pueblo water users. The Settlement 

Agreement also addresses funding for 

other water-related projects on the 

Settlement Pueblos. 

Proposed Federal Action: The 

Secretary of the Interior, through 

Reclamation, proposes to plan, design, 

and construct a regional water system in 

accordance with the Settlement 

Agreement, consisting of water 

diversion from the Rio Grande and 

water treatment facilities on the Pueblo 

de San Ildefonso, along with storage 

tanks and transmission and distribution 

pipelines that are necessary to supply 

up to 4,000 acre-feet of water annually 

to customers in the Pojoaque Basin. 

Purpose of and Need for the Proposed 

Federal Action: The purpose of the 

proposed action is to reliably provide a 

firm, safe supply of treated drinking 

water for distribution in the Pojoaque 

Basin, in compliance with the 

Settlement Act. The need for action is 

to reduce reliance on groundwater in 

the Pojoaque Basin and to allow the 

Settlement Pueblos to receive a portion 

of the water provided under the 

Settlement Act. The proposed action 

would also enable the Settlement 

Pueblos to use funding made available 

in the Settlement Act for certain waterrelated infrastructure improvements, if 

requested. This funding can be 

requested prior to substantial 

completion of the RWS and, if approved 

by the Secretary, used for water-related 

improvements that would be more cost 

effective when implemented in 

conjunction with RWS construction 

(Settlement Act, Section 

615[d][7][A][ii]). 

The FEIS Analyzes Five Alternatives: 

The FEIS assesses the potential 

environmental effects of five 

alternatives for the RWS. These include 

the No Action Alternative (Alternative 

A), and four action alternatives 

(Alternatives B, C, D, and E) that vary 

in six main components or project 

elements: 

1. Firm, reliable water supply. 


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