37524 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 120 / Thursday, June 23, 2022 / Notices 

Dated: June 8, 2022. 

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security. 

Dated: June 8, 2022. 

Antony J. Blinken, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13472 Filed 6–21–22; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Office of the Secretary 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

Exercise of Authority Under Section 

212(d)(3)(B)(i) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOS; 

Office of the Secretary, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of determination. 

Following consultations with the 

Attorney General, the Secretary of State 

and the Secretary of Homeland Security 

have determined that the grounds of 

inadmissibility at section 212(a)(3)(B) of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B), bar certain 

individuals who do not pose a national 

security or public safety risk from 

admission to the United States and from 

obtaining immigration benefits or other 

status. Accordingly, consistent with 

prior exercises of the exemption 

authority, the Secretary of State and the 

Secretary of Homeland Security hereby 

conclude, as a matter of discretion in 

accordance with the authority granted 

by section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) of the INA, 8 

U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)(i), as amended, 

after considering the foreign policy and 

national security interests deemed 

relevant in these consultations, that 

section 212(a)(3)(B) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 

1182(a)(3)(B), excluding subclause 

(i)(II), shall not apply with respect to an 

individual who was employed as a civil 

servant in Afghanistan at any time from 

September 27, 1996 to December 22, 

2001, or from August 15, 2021, or 

thereafter, if the individual establishes 

that they did not voluntarily and 

knowingly engage in terrorist activity on 

behalf of the Taliban or another 

designated terrorist organization, and 

provided that the individual satisfies 

the relevant agency authority that the 

individual: 

(a) Is seeking a benefit or protection 

under the INA and has been determined 

to be otherwise eligible for the benefit 

or protection; 

(b) Has undergone and passed all 

relevant background and security 

checks; 

(c) Has fully disclosed, to the best of 

their knowledge, in all relevant 

applications and interviews with U.S. 

government representatives and agents, 

the nature and circumstances of any 

activities or associations falling within 

the scope of section 212(a)(3)(B) of the 

INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B); 

(d) Has not participated in, or 

provided material support for the 

commission of, a terrorist activity that 

they knew or reasonably should have 

known targeted noncombatant persons 

or U.S. interests; 

(e) Is not otherwise inadmissible 

under section 212(a)(3)(B) of the INA, 8 

U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B), for which no 

exemption applies; 

(f) Poses no danger to the safety and 

security of the United States; and 

(g) Warrants an exemption from the 

relevant inadmissibility provision(s) in 

the totality of the circumstances. 

Implementation of this determination 

will be made by U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS), in 

consultation with U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE), or by U.S. 

consular officers, as applicable, who 

shall ascertain, to their satisfaction, and 

in their discretion, that the particular 

applicant meets each of the criteria set 

forth above. 

This exercise of authority supersedes 

a similar exercise of authority by then 

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh 

Johnson and then Secretary of State 

John Kerry signed on January 18, 2017, 

expanding the covered time period of 

employment as a civil servant in 

Afghanistan to include the period from 

‘‘August 15, 2021, or thereafter,’’ in 

addition to the period from September 

27, 1996 to December 22, 2001. This 

exercise of authority may be revoked as 

a matter of discretion and without 

notice at any time with respect to any 

and all persons subject to it. Any 

determination made under this exercise 

of authority as set out above can inform 

but shall not control a decision 

regarding any subsequent benefit or 

protection application, unless such 

exercise of authority has been revoked. 

This exercise of authority shall not be 

construed to prejudice, in any way, the 

ability of the U.S. government to 

commence subsequent criminal or civil 

proceedings in accordance with U.S. 

law involving any beneficiary of this 

exercise of authority (or any other 

person). This exercise of authority 

creates no substantive or procedural 

right or benefit that is legally 

enforceable by any party against the 

United States or its agencies or officers 

or any other person. 

In accordance with section 

212(d)(3)(B)(ii) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 

1182(d)(3)(B)(ii), a report on the 

individuals to whom this exercise of 

authority is applied, on the basis of 

case-by-case decisions by the U.S. 

Department of State or by the U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security, shall 

be provided to the specified 

congressional committees not later than 

90 days after the end of the fiscal year. 

This determination is based on an 

assessment related to the national 

security and foreign policy interests of 

the United States as they apply to the 

particular persons described herein and 

shall not have any application with 

respect to other persons or to other 

provisions of U.S. law. 

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)(i). 

Dated: June 8, 2022. 

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security. 

Dated: June 8, 2022. 

Antony J. Blinken, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13474 Filed 6–21–22; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCO933000.L16100000. 

LXSILITI0000.DO0000.22X] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Colorado River 

Valley Field Office and Grand Junction 

Field Office Resource Management 

Plans, Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Colorado River Valley Field Office 

(CRVFO), Silt, Colorado, and Grand 

Junction Field Office (GJFO), Grand 

Junction, Colorado, intend to prepare a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement (EIS) for the CRVFO and GJFO 

Resource Management Plans (RMPs). 

This notice announces the beginning of 

the scoping process to solicit public 

involvement and identify issues. 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the supplemental 


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EIS. Comments concerning the scope of 

analysis, potential alternatives, and 

identification of relevant issues may be 

submitted in writing until July 25, 2022. 

All comments must be received by July 

25, 2022. Scoping meetings will be held 

virtually and will be announced at least 

15 days in advance through local media, 

newspapers and the BLM website at: 

https://go.usa.gov/xtrgf. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to this planning effort 

electronically via the ePlanning website 

at https://go.usa.gov/xtrgf. Comments 

may also be sent to BLM Upper 

Colorado River District, Attn: 

Supplemental EIS, 2518 H Road, Grand 

Junction, CO 81506. Documents 

pertinent to this proposal may be 

examined online at https://go.usa.gov/ 

xtrgf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bruce Krickbaum, Project Manager, 

email ucrd-seis@blm.gov, telephone 

970–240–5399; or at the mailing address 

shown earlier (see ADDRESSES). Persons 

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: This 

document provides notice that the BLM 

CRVFO and GJFO intend to prepare a 

joint supplemental EIS for their 

respective RMPs. The planning area is 

in Garfield, Mesa, Eagle, Pitkin, Routt, 

Rio Blanco and Montrose counties, 

Colorado, and encompasses 

approximately 1.56 million acres of 

public land and 1.95 million acres of 

Federal mineral estate. 

Purpose and Need 

The purpose of the supplemental EIS 

is to supplement the EISs completed in 

2014 for the CRVFO RMP and 2015 for 

the GJFO RMP by considering one or 

more additional alternatives with 

respect to the lands that are allocated as 

open or closed to oil and gas leasing in 

the planning decision areas, and to 

provide additional analysis of 

greenhouse gas emissions associated 

with the fluid mineral management 

alternatives considered in the final EISs 

and the supplemental EIS. 

The need for this supplemental EIS is 

to address the issues identified by the 

court in litigation involving the 

Colorado River Valley RMP (Wilderness 

Workshop v. BLM, 16–cv–01822), as 

described in settlement agreements in 

that case and a related oil and gas 

leasing case (Wilderness Workshop v. 

BLM, 18–cv–00987), and to revisit the 

Grand Junction RMP, as described in 

BLM’s motion for voluntary remand in 

litigation involving that RMP (Center for 

Biological Diversity v. BLM, 19–cv– 

02869). 

Preliminary Alternatives 

The BLM has identified the following 

preliminary issues that may arise in the 

consideration of alternatives with 

different acreages potentially eligible for 

oil and gas leasing and is accepting 

public input during the scoping period 

consistent with 43 CFR 1610.4–1: 

environmental consequences of 

downstream combustion of the oil and 

gas resources; economic impacts; 

impacts to affected biological, physical, 

and heritage resources, resource uses, 

and special designations; and impacts to 

recreation. A potential new alternative 

for each RMP would have no future oil 

and gas leasing in areas with no-known, 

low, and moderate fluid mineral 

potential. Under the potential new 

alternative, high and very high fluid 

mineral potential areas would remain 

open for oil and gas leasing, except for 

areas that were considered for closure in 

the conservation alternative (alternative 

C) from the proposed RMP/final EISs. 

Apart from oil and gas management 

planning, this potential alternative 

would retain existing management as 

described in the 2015 CRVFO and GJFO 

RMP Records of Decision and applicable 

amendments. The supplemental EIS 

will include an updated analysis of 

greenhouse gas emissions associated 

with fluid mineral management 

planning decisions. The BLM welcomes 

comments on the potential new 

alternative as well as suggestions for 

additional alternatives. 

Planning Criteria 

The BLM has identified the following 

preliminary planning criteria and is 

accepting public input during the 

scoping period consistent with 43 CFR 

1610.4–2(c): 

• The supplemental EIS will comply 

with NEPA, FLPMA, and other 

applicable laws, executive orders, 

regulations, and policy; 

• Lands covered in the supplemental 

EIS will be Federal lands where BLM 

makes mineral leasing eligibility 

decisions and split-estate lands with 

Federal minerals; 

• The supplemental EIS will address 

the issues identified by the court in 

Wilderness Workshop v. BLM, 16–cv– 

01822, by considering whether lands 

will be open or closed to Federal fluid 

mineral leasing (‘‘reasonable 

alternatives to oil and gas leasing’’) and 

analyzing the effects that combustion of 

oil and gas produced in the planning 

decision area may have on greenhouse 

gas emissions, as well as related 

mitigation; 

• The scope of analysis will be 

appropriate to the planning scale and in 

accordance with Bureau-wide standards 

and program guidance; and 

• The BLM will consider Tribal, 

State, and local plans that are germane 

in the development of land use plans for 

public lands, and specifically, the 

planning decisions considered in the 

supplemental EIS, to the extent the 

plans are consistent with the purposes, 

policies, and programs of Federal laws 

and regulations applicable to public 

lands. 

Summary of Expected Impacts 

The supplemental EIS will evaluate 

impacts from potential oil and gas 

leasing and future development to the 

extent they are reasonably foreseeable at 

the planning stage. Impacts are not 

known at this time except as described 

in the 2014 and 2015 final EISs. The 

analysis in the supplemental EIS may 

consider potential effects on wildlife, 

threatened and endangered species 

habitat, recreation, visual resources, 

water resources, air quality, cultural 

resources, special designations, social 

and economic conditions, fluid 

minerals, and other resources and uses. 

The BLM will use an interdisciplinary 

approach that incorporates the expertise 

of specialists in the relevant resource 

fields. 

Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process 

The BLM will provide additional 

opportunities for public participation 

consistent with the NEPA and land use 

planning processes, including a 90-day 

comment period on the draft 

supplemental EIS and a 30-day public 

protest period and a 60-day Governor’s 

consistency review on the final 

supplemental EIS. The draft 

supplemental EIS is anticipated to be 

available for public review in Spring 

2023 and the final supplemental EIS is 

anticipated to be available for public 

protest in Winter 2023/2024 with a 

Record of Decision in Spring 2024. 

Public Scoping Process 

The BLM encourages comments 

concerning the scope of the analysis in 

the supplemental EIS, the potential new 

alternative, other potential alternatives, 

identification of issues for analysis, and 

any other information relevant to this 

project. You may submit comments by 

using one of the methods listed in the 


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ADDRESSES section of this Notice. Public 

scoping meetings will be conducted 

virtually to explain project details. 

Representatives from BLM will be 

available to answer questions. All 

comments must be received by the date 

shown in the DATES section. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The BLM is the lead Federal agency 

for the supplemental EIS. The BLM has 

invited the following to participate as 

cooperating agencies: the seven counties 

that are entirely or partially in the 

planning area, municipalities that 

participated as cooperating agencies 

during the RMPs/EISs, Colorado 

Department of Natural Resources, 

Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Colorado 

River Water Conservation District, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. 

Bureau of Reclamation. 

Responsible Official 

The Colorado State Director is the 

deciding official for this planning effort. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The nature of the decision to be made 

will be the State Director’s selection of 

land use planning decisions for 

managing BLM-administered lands 

under the principles of multiple use and 

sustained yield in a manner that best 

addresses the purpose and need. The 

decision resulting from this 

supplemental EIS will specify which 

areas are allocated as open or closed to 

oil and gas leasing in the decision area. 

Additional Information 

The BLM will identify, analyze, and 

consider mitigation to address the 

reasonably foreseeable impacts to 

resources from all reasonable 

alternatives and, in accordance with 40 

CFR 1502.14(f), include appropriate 

mitigation measures not already 

included in the alternatives. Mitigation 

may include avoidance, minimization, 

rectification, reduction, or elimination 

over time, and compensation; and may 

be considered at multiple scales, 

including the landscape scale. 

The BLM will utilize and coordinate 

the NEPA and land use planning 

processes for this planning effort to help 

support procedural requirements under 

the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 

1536) and Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 

306108) as provided in 36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3), including public 

involvement requirements of Section 

106. The information about historic and 

cultural resources and threatened and 

endangered species within the area 

potentially affected by the proposed 

plan will assist the BLM in identifying 

and evaluating impacts to such 

resources. 

The BLM will consult with Indian 

Tribes on a government-to-government 

basis in accordance with Executive 

Order 13175, BLM Manual section 1780, 

and other Departmental policies. Tribal 

concerns, including impacts on Indian 

trust assets and potential impacts to 

cultural resources, will be given due 

consideration. Federal, State, and local 

agencies, along with Tribes and 

stakeholders that may be interested in or 

affected by the supplemental EIS that 

the BLM is evaluating, are invited to 

participate in the scoping process and, 

if eligible, may request or be requested 

by the BLM to participate in the 

development of the environmental 

analysis as a cooperating agency. 

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. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2) 

Stephanie Connolly, 

Acting BLM Colorado State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[223 LLUTP00000 L17110000.AQ0000 

BOC:253Y00] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Grand 

Staircase-Escalante National 

Monument Advisory Committee, Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act, as amended, the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, and the Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management’s (BLM) Grand 

Staircase-Escalante National Monument 

Advisory Committee will meet as 

indicated below. 

DATES: The Grand Staircase-Escalante 

National Monument Advisory 

Committee will hold virtual meetings on 

July 12, 2022; October 18, 2022; and 

December 13, 2022. All meetings will 

occur from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Public 

comments will be received on July 12, 

2022 at 3:30 p.m., October 18, 2022 at 

2:45 p.m., and on December 13, 2022 at 

1:45 p.m. The meetings are open to the 

public. 

ADDRESSES: The agenda and meeting 

access information (including how to 

log in and participate in virtual 

meetings) will be announced on the 

Grand Staircase-Escalante National 

Monument Advisory Committee web 

page 15 days before the meeting at 

https://go.usa.gov/xuq2U. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Hercher, Paria River District 

Public Affairs Specialist, 669 S Highway 

89A, Kanab, UT 84741, via email with 

the subject line ‘‘GSENM MAC’’ to 

escalante_interagency@blm.gov, or by 

calling the Grand Staircase-Escalante 

National Monument Office at (435) 644– 

1200. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Presidential Proclamation 6920, as 

modified by Presidential Proclamations 

9682 and 10286, established the Grand 

Staircase-Escalante National Monument 

Advisory Committee to provide advice 

and information to the Secretary of the 

Interior through the Director of the BLM 

to consider for managing the Grand 

Staircase-Escalante National Monument. 

The 15-member committee represents a 

wide range of interests including local 

and state government, paleontological 

and archaeological expertise, the 

conservation community, livestock 

grazing permittees, Tribal members, 

developed and dispersed recreation 

interests, private landowners, local 

business owners, and the public at large. 

Planned agenda items for the July 

meeting include: administrative 

business; introduction of the Oct. 8, 

2021, Proclamation 10286, as the 

foundational legal instrument for the 

management of the Monument; 

presentation of the interim guidance 

issued by the BLM Dec. 16, 2021, as 

providing interim management 

direction for land managers, while a 

new Monument management plan is 

being developed; and the role of the 

guidance in ongoing management. 

Additional agenda items include 

introduction of the National Landscape 

Conservation System 15-Year Strategy 

(2010–2025) and how this strategy will 

apply to Monument management, 

review of the status of BLM efforts 

toward preparing and adopting a 

science plan for the Monument, and a 

brief update on other ongoing National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

planning within the Monument. 

Planned agenda items for the October 


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