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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Anthony Smith, Office of Information 

Management, telephone 202–475–3532, 

or fax 202–372–8405, for questions on 

these documents. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

This Notice relies on the authority of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. An 

ICR is an application to OIRA seeking 

the approval, extension, or renewal of a 

Coast Guard collection of information 

(Collection). The ICR contains 

information describing the Collection’s 

purpose, the Collection’s likely burden 

on the affected public, an explanation of 

the necessity of the Collection, and 

other important information describing 

the Collection. There is one ICR for each 

Collection. 

The Coast Guard invites comments on 

whether this ICR should be granted 

based on the Collection being necessary 

for the proper performance of 

Departmental functions. In particular, 

the Coast Guard would appreciate 

comments addressing: (1) The practical 

utility of the Collection; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden of the 

Collection; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of 

information subject to the Collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the Collection on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. These 

comments will help OIRA determine 

whether to approve the ICR referred to 

in this Notice. 

We encourage you to respond to this 

request by submitting comments and 

related materials. Comments to Coast 

Guard or OIRA must contain the OMB 

Control Number of the ICR. They must 

also contain the docket number of this 

request, [USCG–2017–0950], and must 

be received by February 21, 2018. 

Submitting Comments 

We encourage you to submit 

comments through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. If your material 

cannot be submitted using http://

www.regulations.gov, contact the person 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document for 

alternate instructions. Documents 

mentioned in this notice, and all public 

comments, are in our online docket at 

http://www.regulations.gov and can be 

viewed by following that website’s 

instructions. Additionally, if you go to 

the online docket and sign up for email 

alerts, you will be notified when 

comments are posted. 

We accept anonymous comments. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. For more about privacy and 

the docket, you may review a Privacy 

Act notice regarding the Federal Docket 

Management System in the March 24, 

2005, issue of the Federal Register (70 

FR 15086). 

OIRA posts its decisions on ICRs 

online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain after the comment period 

for each ICR. An OMB Notice of Action 

on each ICR will become available via 

a hyperlink in the OMB Control 

Number: 1625–0024. 

Previous Request for Comments 

This request provides a 30-day 

comment period required by OIRA. The 

Coast Guard published the 60-day 

notice (82 FR 49038, October 23, 2017) 

required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That 

Notice elicited no comments. 

Accordingly, no changes have been 

made to the Collection. 

Information Collection Request 

Title: Safety Approval of Cargo 

Containers. 

Omb Control Number: 1625–0024. 

Summary: This information collection 

is associated with requirements for 

owners and manufacturers of cargo 

containers to submit information and 

keep records associated with the 

approval and inspection of those 

containers. This information is required 

to ensure compliance with the 

International Convention for Safe 

Containers (CSC), 29 U.S.T. 3707; 

T.I.A.S. 9037. 

Need: This collection of information 

addresses the reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements for 

containers in 49 CFR parts 450 through 

453. These rules are necessary since the 

U.S. is signatory to the CSC. The CSC 

requires all containers to be safety 

approved prior to being used in trade. 

These rules prescribe only the minimum 

requirements of the CSC. 

Forms: None. 

Respondents: Owners and 

manufacturers of containers, and 

organizations that the Coast Guard 

delegates to act as an approval 

authority. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated 

burden has increased from 98,452 hours 

to 117,271 hours a year due to an 

increase in the estimated number of 

responses. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: January 11, 2018. 

James D. Roppel, 

U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of 

Information Management. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

Determination Pursuant to Section 102 

of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 

Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, 

as Amended 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of determination. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Homeland 

Security has determined, pursuant to 

law, that it is necessary to waive certain 

laws, regulations and other legal 

requirements in order to ensure the 

expeditious construction of barriers and 

roads in the vicinity of the international 

land border of the United States near the 

Santa Teresa Land Port of Entry in the 

state of New Mexico. 

DATES: This determination takes effect 

on January 22, 2018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

principal mission requirements of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(‘‘DHS’’) include border security and the 

detection and prevention of illegal entry 

into the United States. Border security 

is critical to the nation’s national 

security. Recognizing the critical 

importance of border security, Congress 

has ordered DHS to achieve and 

maintain operational control of the 

international land border. Secure Fence 

Act of 2006, Public Law 109–367, 2, 120 

Stat. 2638 (Oct. 26, 2006) (8 U.S.C. 1701 

note). Congress defined ‘‘operational 

control’’ as the prevention of all 

unlawful entries into the United States, 

including entries by terrorists, other 

unlawful aliens, instruments of 

terrorism, narcotics, and other 

contraband. Id. Consistent with that 

mandate from Congress, the President’s 

Executive Order on Border Security and 

Immigration Enforcement Improvements 

directed executive departments and 

agencies to deploy all lawful means to 

secure the southern border. Executive 

Order 13767, § 1. To achieve this end, 

the President directed, among other 

things, that I take immediate steps to 

prevent all unlawful entries into the 

United States, to include the immediate 

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to prevent illegal entry. Executive Order 

13767, § 4(a). 

Congress has provided the Secretary 

of Homeland Security with a number of 

authorities necessary to carry out DHS’s 

border security mission. One of these 

authorities is found at section 102 of the 

Illegal Immigration Reform and 

Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 

(‘‘IIRIRA’’). Public Law 104–208, Div. C, 

110 Stat. 3009–546, 3009–554 (Sept. 30, 

1996) (8 U.S.C 1103 note), as amended 

by the REAL ID Act of 2005, Public Law 

109–13, Div. B, 119 Stat. 231, 302, 306 

(May 11, 2005) (8 U.S.C. 1103 note), as 

amended by the Secure Fence Act of 

2006, Public Law 109–367, 3, 120 Stat. 

2638 (Oct. 26, 2006) (8 U.S.C. 1103 

note), as amended by the Department of 

Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 

2008, Public Law 110–161, Div. E, Title 

V, § 564, 121 Stat. 2090 (Dec. 26, 2007). 

In section 102(a) of IIRIRA, Congress 

provided that the Secretary of 

Homeland Security shall take such 

actions as may be necessary to install 

additional physical barriers and roads 

(including the removal of obstacles to 

detection of illegal entrants) in the 

vicinity of the United States border to 

deter illegal crossings in areas of high 

illegal entry into the United States. In 

section 102(b) of IIRIRA, Congress has 

called for the installation of additional 

fencing, barriers, roads, lighting, 

cameras, and sensors on the southwest 

border. Finally, in section 102(c) of 

IIRIRA, Congress granted to the 

Secretary of Homeland Security the 

authority to waive all legal requirements 

that I, in my sole discretion, determine 

necessary to ensure the expeditious 

construction of barriers and roads 

authorized by section 102 of IIRIRA. 

Determination and Waiver 

Section 1 

The United States Border Patrol’s El 

Paso Sector is an area of high illegal 

entry. For example, in fiscal year 2016, 

the United States Border Patrol (‘‘Border 

Patrol’’) apprehended over 25,000 illegal 

aliens and seized approximately 67,000 

pounds of marijuana and approximately 

157 pounds of cocaine. Since the 

creation of DHS, and through the 

construction of border infrastructure 

and other operational improvements, 

the Border Patrol has been able to make 

significant gains in border security 

within the El Paso Sector; however, 

more work needs to be done. In fact, in 

recent years, the El Paso Sector has seen 

an increase in apprehensions. The El 

Paso Sector therefore remains an area of 

high illegal entry for which there is an 

immediate need to construct border 

barriers and roads. 

To begin to meet the need for 

enhanced border infrastructure in the El 

Paso Sector, DHS will take immediate 

action to replace existing vehicle barrier 

with bollard wall. Vehicle barrier 

replacement in the El Paso Sector is 

among DHS’s highest priority border 

security requirements. The vehicle 

barrier replacement will take place 

along an approximately twenty mile 

segment of the border that starts at the 

Santa Teresa Land Port of Entry and 

extends westward. This approximately 

twenty mile segment of the border is 

referred to herein as the ‘‘project area’’ 

and is more specifically described in 

Section 2 below. 

Although the existing vehicle barrier 

has aided border enforcement within 

the project area, Border Patrol must 

have a more effective means of deterring 

and preventing illegal crossings. The 

area within Mexico that is situated 

across the border from the project area 

has a population of almost two million 

people, including the city of Ciudad 

Juarez. The close proximity of this 

heavily populated area and its urban 

infrastructure creates opportunities for 

illegal entrants to gain quick and 

immediate access to the border. On the 

United States side of the border, the 

eastern portion of the project area 

includes developed areas where illegal 

aliens can quickly blend into the 

population and have ready access to 

roads, highways, and other 

infrastructure. The western portion of 

the project area is made up of desert 

areas where there is little to no natural 

terrain that deters illegal crossings and 

illegal aliens can quickly access state 

highways as a means of travel into the 

interior of the United States. Replacing 

the existing vehicle barrier with bollard 

wall within the project area will 

improve Border Patrol’s operational 

efficiency and, in turn, further deter and 

prevent illegal crossings. 

Section 2 

I determine that the following area in 

the vicinity of the United States border, 

located in the State of New Mexico 

within the United States Border Patrol’s 

El Paso Sector is an area of high illegal 

entry (the ‘‘project area’’): Starting at the 

Santa Teresa Land Port of Entry and 

extending west to Border Monument 10. 

There is presently a need to construct 

physical barriers and roads in the 

vicinity of the border of the United 

States to deter illegal crossings in the 

project area. In order to ensure the 

expeditious construction of the barriers 

and roads in the project area, I have 

determined that it is necessary that I 

exercise the authority that is vested in 

me by section 102(c) of the IIRIRA as 

amended. 

Accordingly, pursuant to section 

102(c) of IIRIRA, I hereby waive in their 

entirety, with respect to the 

construction of roads and physical 

barriers (including, but not limited to, 

accessing the project area, creating and 

using staging areas, the conduct of 

earthwork, excavation, fill, and site 

preparation, and installation and 

upkeep of physical barriers, roads, 

supporting elements, drainage, erosion 

controls, and safety features) in the 

project area, the following statutes, 

including all federal, state, or other 

laws, regulations and legal requirements 

of, deriving from, or related to the 

subject of, the following statutes, as 

amended: The National Environmental 

Policy Act (Pub. L. 91–190, 83 Stat. 852 

(Jan. 1, 1970) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)), 

the Endangered Species Act (Pub. L. 93– 

205, 87 Stat. 884 (Dec. 28, 1973) (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)), the Federal Water 

Pollution Control Act (commonly 

referred to as the Clean Water Act (33 

U.S.C. 1251 et seq.)), the National 

Historic Preservation Act (Pub. L. 89– 

665, 80 Stat. 915 (Oct. 15, 1966), as 

amended, repealed, or replaced by Pub. 

L. 113–287 (Dec. 19, 2014) (formerly 

codified at 16 U.S.C. 470 et seq., now 

codified at 54 U.S.C. 100101 note and 

54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.)), the Migratory 

Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.), 

the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 

U.S.C. 715 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 

U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), the Archeological 

Resources Protection Act (Pub. L. 96–95 

(16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.)), the 

Paleontological Resources Preservation 

Act (16 U.S.C. 470aaa et seq.), the 

Federal Cave Resources Protection Act 

of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), the Safe 

Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et 

seq.), the Noise Control Act (42 U.S.C. 

4901 et seq.), the Solid Waste Disposal 

Act, as amended by the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (42 

U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act (42 

U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Archaeological 

and Historic Preservation Act (Pub. L. 

86–523, as amended, repealed, or 

replaced by Pub. L. 113–287 (Dec. 19, 

2014) (formerly codified at 16 U.S.C. 

469 et seq., now codified at 54 U.S.C. 

312502 et seq.)), the Antiquities Act 

(formerly codified at 16 U.S.C. 431 et 

seq., now codified 54 U.S.C. 320301 et 

seq.), the Historic Sites, Buildings, and 

Antiquities Act (formerly codified at 16 

U.S.C. 461 et seq., now codified at 54 

U.S.C. 3201–320303 & 320101–320106), 

the Farmland Protection Policy Act (7 

U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Federal Land 


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Policy and Management Act (Pub. L. 

94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)), 

National Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 

(Pub. L. 84–1024 (16 U.S.C. 742a, et 

seq.)), the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act (Pub. L. 73–121 (16 

U.S.C. 661 et seq.)), the Administrative 

Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et seq.), the 

Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668 et 

seq.), the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act (25 

U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), and the American 

Indian Religious Freedom Act (42 U.S.C. 

1996). 

This waiver does not repeal the 

previous waiver published in the 

Federal Register on April 8, 2008 (73 FR 

19078). I reserve the authority to make 

further waivers from time to time as I 

may determine to be necessary under 

section 102 of the IIRIRA, as amended. 

Dated: January 10, 2018. 

Kirstjen M. Nielsen, 

Secretary of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00996 Filed 1–19–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[CIS No. 2616–18; DHS Docket No. USCIS– 

2008–0034] 

RIN 1615–ZB71 

Termination of the Designation of El 

Salvador for Temporary Protected 

Status 

Correction 

In notice document 2018–00885, 

appearing on pages 2654 through 2660 

in the issue of Thursday, January 18, 

2018, make the following correction: 

On page 2655, in the first column, in 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, 

twenty-one lines from the bottom, 

‘‘January 19, 2018’’ should read 

‘‘January 18, 2018’’. 

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BILLING CODE 1301–00–D 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2017–N139; 

FXES11130100000C4–178–FF01E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status 

Reviews for 18 Species in Hawaii, 

Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and 

Canada 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of initiation of reviews; 

request for information. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), are initiating 

5-year status reviews for 18 species in 

Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and 

Canada under the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended (Act). A 5-year 

status review is based on the best 

scientific and commercial data available 

at the time of the review; therefore, we 

are requesting submission of any new 

information on these species that has 

become available since the last review. 

DATES: To ensure consideration in our 

reviews, we are requesting submission 

of new information no later than March 

23, 2018. However, we will continue to 

accept new information about any listed 

species at any time. 

ADDRESSES: Submit information on any 

of the 12 species in Hawaii (see table 

under What Species Are Under 

Review?) via U.S. mail to: Field 

Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific 

Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 300 

Ala Moana Blvd., Room 3–122, 

Honolulu, HI 96850, or by email to 

pifwo_admin@fws.gov. 

For the Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, 

Castilleja levisecta, Hackelia venusta, 

and Sidalcea oregana var. calva, submit 

information via U.S. mail to: Field 

Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, 

510 Desmond Dr. SE, Suite 102, Lacey, 

WA 98503, or by email to WFWO_LR@

fws.gov. 

For the Snake River physa snail, 

submit information via U.S. mail to: 

Field Supervisor; Attention: 5-Year 

Review; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 

Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office; 1387 S. 

Vinnell Way, Suite 368, Boise, ID 83709, 

or by email to greg_burak@fws.gov. 

For the white sturgeon, submit 

information via U.S. mail to: Field 

Supervisor; Attention: 5-Year Review, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northern 

Idaho Field Office, 11103 East 

Montgomery Dr., Spokane, WA 99206, 

or by email to jason_flory@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Koob, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Pacific Islands Fish and 

Wildlife Office (see ADDRESSES), 808– 

792–9400 (for species in Hawaii); Tom 

McDowell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Washington Fish and Wildlife 

Office, 360–753–9440 (for Columbia 

Basin pygmy rabbit, Castilleja levisecta, 

Hackelia venusta, and Sidalcea oregana 

var. calva); or Tracy Melbihess, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Idaho Fish 

and Wildlife Office, 208–378–5287 (for 

white sturgeon and Snake River physa 

snail). Individuals who are hearing 

impaired or speech impaired may call 

the Federal Relay Service at 800–877– 

8339 for TTY assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Why do we conduct 5-year reviews? 

Under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.; Act), we maintain lists of 

endangered and threatened wildlife and 

plant speciess (referred to as the List) in 

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 

50 CFR 17.11 (for wildlife) and 17.12 

(for plants). Section 4(c)(2) of the Act 

requires us to review each listed 

species’ status at least once every 5 

years. For additional information about 

5-year reviews, go to http://

www.fws.gov/endangered/what-we-do/ 

recovery-overview.html, scroll down to 

‘‘Learn more about 5-Year Reviews,’’ 

and click on the ‘‘5-Year Reviews’’ link. 

What information do we consider in 

our review? 

A 5-year review considers all new 

information available at the time of the 

review. In conducting these reviews, we 

consider the best scientific and 

commercial data that have become 

available since the listing determination 

or most recent status review, such as: 

(A) Species biology, including but not 

limited to population trends, 

distribution, abundance, demographics, 

and genetics; 

(B) Habitat conditions, including but 

not limited to amount, distribution, and 

suitability; 

(C) Conservation measures that have 

been implemented that benefit the 

species; 

(D) Threat status and trends in 

relation to the five listing factors (as 

defined in section 4(a)(1) of the Act); 

and 

(E) Other new information, data, or 

corrections, including but not limited to 

taxonomic or nomenclatural changes, 

identification of erroneous information 

contained in the List, and improved 

analytical methods. 

Any new information will be 

considered during the 5-year review and 


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