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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
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.

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ACTION:

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 [email protected].
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

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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 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.
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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
60-Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review: Forms G–
1041 and G–1041A, Genealogy Index
Search Request and Genealogy Records
Request.

ACTION:

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
[email protected]. 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.

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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.

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Dated: February 10, 2012.
William Bacon,
Deputy Chief, Office of the Executive
Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services, Department of Homeland Security.
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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
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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
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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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