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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

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Dated: September 13, 2016.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0032]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Application for Waiver of
Grounds of Inadmissibility, Form
I–690; Extension, Without Change, of a
Currently Approved Collection
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) will be
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection notice
was previously published in the Federal
Register on July 1, 2016, at 81 FR 43221,
allowing for a 60-day public comment
period. USCIS received 1 comment in
connection with the 60-day notice.
DATES: The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments. Comments are encouraged
and will be accepted until October 19,
2016. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially
regarding the estimated public burden
and associated response time, must be
directed to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer
via email at oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Comments may also be
submitted via fax at (202) 395–5806
(This is not a toll-free number). All
submissions received must include the
agency name and the OMB Control
Number [1615–0032].
You may wish to consider limiting the
amount of personal information that you
provide in any voluntary submission
you make. For additional information
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division,
Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2140,
Telephone number (202) 272–8377
(This is not a toll-free number.
Comments are not accepted via
telephone message). Please note contact
SUMMARY:

(1) Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Application for Asylum and for
Withholding of Removal.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–589; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. Form I–589 is necessary to
determine whether an alien applying for
asylum and/or withholding of removal
in the United States is classified as
refugee, and is eligible to remain in the
United States.
(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–589 is approximately
157,372 and the estimated hour burden
per response is 12 hours per response;
and the estimated number of
respondents providing biometrics is
97,152 and the estimated hour burden
per response is 1.17 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 2,002,132 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 $61,689,824.

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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 Web site 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–2006–0047 in the search box.
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
Request: Extension, Without Change, of
a Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Application for Waiver of Grounds of
Inadmissibility.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–690; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. USCIS will use this form to
determine whether applicants are
eligible for admission to the United
States under sections 210 and 245A of
the Act.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
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respond: 22 responses (Form I–690) at
approximately 3 hours per response; 11
responses (Supplement 1) at
approximately 2 hours per response.
(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 88 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 $3,316.50.
Dated: September 14, 2016.
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
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R3–ES–2016–N128];
[FVES59420300000F2 14X FF03E00000]

Draft Environmental Impact Statement;
Indiana Department of Natural
Resources Habitat Conservation Plan
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement; notice
of scoping meeting; and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (NEPA), we are advising the
public that we intend to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
on a proposed Endangered Species Act
(ESA) incidental take permit (ITP)
application from the Indiana
Department of Natural Resources
(IDNR), Division of Forestry (DoF) for
the federally endangered Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis). We are also
announcing the initiation of a public
scoping process to engage Federal,
Tribal, State, and local governments;
special interest groups; and the public
in the identification of issues and
concerns, potential impacts, and
possible alternatives to the proposed
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SUMMARY:

Public scoping will begin with
the publication of this NOI in the
Federal Register and will continue
through October 19, 2016. We will
consider all comments on the scope of
the EIS analysis that are received or
postmarked by this date. Comments

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received or postmarked after this date
will be considered to the extent
practicable. We will conduct a public
scoping meeting during the scoping
period. The scoping meeting will
provide the public with an opportunity
to ask questions, discuss issues with
Service staff regarding the EIS, and
provide written comments.
• September 30th, 6:00–9:00 p.m. at
the Forestry Training Center on MorganMonroe State Forest. Directions: from
the Forest Office at 6220 Forest Road,
Martinsville, IN (see Google Maps), go
0.2 miles north on Forest Road and take
the first road to the left (West), go 0.4
miles and park at 2nd building on the
right. The Forestry Training Center is
located approx. 6 miles south of
Martinsville, IN.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments via
U.S. mail to the Field Supervisor, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Bloomington
Field Office, 620 South Walker Street,
Bloomington, IN 47403–2121; by
facsimile to 812–334–4273; or by
electronic mail to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew King, by telephone at 812–334–
4261, extension 1216, or email at
[email protected]. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf,
please call the Federal Information
Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
Indiana bats were listed as an
endangered species under the ESA in
1967. The decline of this species has
historically been attributed to loss and
degradation of winter hibernation
habitat and summer roosting habitat,
human disturbance during hibernation,
and possibly pesticides. A recent new
threat to Indiana bats is white-nose
syndrome (WNS), a disease caused by
the fungus Pseudogymnoascus
destructans. WNS has caused significant
population declines throughout much of
the Indiana bat’s range, particularly in
the Northeast and Appalachian regions.
The DoF conducts management
activities on 13 State Forests and 2 State
Recreation Areas covering
approximately 158,000 acres of stateowned forest land in Indiana. These
activities include maintenance of
recreation trails, timber harvest, tree
plantings, prescribed burning, and the
use of specific chemicals such as
herbicides and fertilizers. Management
activities on these lands are designed for
long-term sustainability and to enhance
forest health and diversity, create
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local and state economies. While many
forest management activities benefit the
conservation and recovery of the
Indiana bat, some activities may
adversely impact this species and their
habitat during certain life stages.
The net effect of forest management
on Indiana bats may vary depending on
the type, scale, and timing of various
practices. Unlike forest conversion
where habitat is permanently removed,
the DoF’s forest management practices
are designed to promote and sustain
suitable forested bat habitat on the
landscape, and adverse impacts
typically are temporary in nature. The
primary potential benefit of forest
management to the species is
perpetuating forests on the landscape
that provide suitable roosting and
foraging habitat. Impacts from timber
harvest, which can range from the
selective removal of individual trees to
small clearcuts, can range from positive
(e.g., maintaining or increasing suitable
roosting and foraging habitat within
Indiana bat home ranges) to neutral
(e.g., minor amounts of timber harvest,
areas outside Indiana bats summer
home ranges, away from hibernacula) to
negative (e.g., death of adult female bats
and/or pups resulting from accidental
felling of occupied maternity roost
trees). Therefore, the DoF is developing
a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) in
support of an ITP that would authorize
the incidental take of Indiana bats from
certain forest management activities on
State Forest lands within the State of
Indiana.
The HCP will incorporate avoidance,
minimization, mitigation, monitoring,
and reporting measures aimed at
addressing the impact of take caused by
certain forest and property management
activities occurring on approximately
158,000 acres of state-owned land
managed by the DoF. The forest and
property management activities
included in the DoF HCP are timber
harvesting, prescribed burning, timber
stand improvement, and the
construction and maintenance of roads,
trails, and recreation and operational
facilities. Potential measures to avoid,
minimize, and mitigate impacts to
Indiana bats may include, but are not
limited to, retention of potential roost
trees, sustained supply of future roost
trees, protection of known roost trees,
leave-tree designation near perennial
streams, seasonal tree-felling restrictions
around known hibernacula, and setback distances for the protection of
hibernacula entrances. The requested
term of the ITP is 20 years.

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