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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0028]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Petition To
Classify Orphan as an Immediate
Relative; Application for Advance
Processing of an Orphan Petition;
Supplement 1, Listing of an Adult
Member of the Household; Supplement
2, Consent To Disclose Information
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration (USCIS) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment upon this proposed revision of
a currently approved collection of
information or new collection of
information. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the information collection notice
is published in the Federal Register to
obtain comments regarding the nature of
the information collection, the
categories of respondents, the estimated
burden (i.e., the time, effort, and
resources used by the respondents to
respond), the estimated cost to the
respondent, and the actual information
collection instruments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
September 17, 2018.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received
must include the OMB Control Number
1615–0028 in the body of the letter, the
agency name and Docket ID USCIS–
2008–0020. To avoid duplicate
submissions, please use only one of the
following methods to submit comments:
(1) Online. Submit comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal website at
http://www.regulations.gov under
e-Docket ID number USCIS–2008–0020;
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
DHS, USCIS, Office of Policy and
Strategy, Chief, Regulatory Coordination
Division, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20529–2140.
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

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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–2008–0020 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
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Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Petition to Classify Orphan as an
Immediate Relative; Application for
Advance Processing of an Orphan
Petition; Supplement 1, Listing of an
Adult Member of the Household;
Supplement 2, Consent to Disclose
Information.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: Form I–600,
Form I–600A, Form I–600A Supplement
1, Form I–600A Supplement 2; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. A U.S. adoptive parent may
file a petition to classify an orphan as
an immediate relative through Form I–
600 under section 101(b)(1)(F) of the
INA.A U.S. prospective adoptive parent
may file Form I–600A in advance of the
Form I–600 filing and USCIS will make
a determination regarding the
prospective adoptive parent’s eligibility
to file Form I–600A and their suitability
and eligibility to properly parent an
orphan. A U.S. adoptive parent may file
a petition to classify an orphan as an
immediate relative through Form I–600
under section 101(b)(1)(F) of the INA. If
a U.S. prospective/adoptive parent has
an adult member of his or her
household, as defined at 8 CFR 204.301,
the prospective/adoptive parent must
include the Supplement 1 when filing
both Form I–600A and Form I–600. The
U.S. prospective/adoptive parent files
Supplement 2 to authorize USCIS to
disclose case-related information to
adoption service providers that would
otherwise be protected under the
Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a. Authorized
disclosures will assist USCIS in the
adjudication of Forms I–600A and I–
600.
(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 Form I–600 is 1,200 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
1 hour; the estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection Form I–600A is 2,000 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
1 hour; the estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection Form I–600A Supplement 1 is
301 and the estimated hour burden per
response is 1 hour; the estimated total
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information collection Form I–600A
Supplement 2 is 1,260 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
0.25 hours; the estimated total number
of respondents for the Home Study
information collection is 2,500 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
25 hours; the estimated total number of
respondents for the Biometrics
information collection is 2,520 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
1.17 hours; the estimated total number
of respondents for the Biometrics—DNA
information collection is 2 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
6 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 35,451 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
$110,871,772.
Dated: July 3, 2018.
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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BILLING CODE 9111–97–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS–R2–ES–2016–0141;
FXES11140200000–189–FF02ENEH00]

Final Environmental Impact Statement
and Draft Record of Decision on the
Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer
Conservation District Habitat
Conservation Plan for Two Salamander
Species in Travis and Hays Counties,
Texas
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, under the National
Environmental Policy Act, make
available the final environmental impact
statement and draft record of decision
analyzing the impacts of issuance of an
incidental take permit for
implementation of the Barton Springs/
Edwards Aquifer Conservation District
(BSEACD) Habitat Conservation Plan
(HCP). Our decision is to issue a 20-year
incidental take permit for
implementation of the BSEACD HCP,

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which authorizes incidental take of two
listed salamanders under the
Endangered Species Act.
DATES: We will finalize the record of
decision and issue a permit no sooner
than August 13, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of
the documents in the following formats:
• Electronic:
Æ http://www.regulations.gov, in
Docket No. FWS–R2–ES–2016–0141.
Æ http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/
AustinTexas.
Æ CD–ROM: Contact Mr. Adam
Zerrenner (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
Æ Telephone: 512–490–0057.
• Hard copy: You may review the
documents at the following locations
(by appointment only):
Æ Department of the Interior, Natural
Resources Library, 1849 C Street NW,
Washington, DC 20240. Call (202) 208–
5815.
Æ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 500
Gold Avenue SW, Room 6034,
Albuquerque, NM 87102. Call (505)
248–6920.
Æ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
10711 Burnet Road Suite 200, Austin,
TX 78758. Call (512) 490–0057.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Adam Zerrenner, Field Supervisor, by
phone at 512–490–0057, via fax at 512–
490–0974, or by U.S. mail at U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 10711 Burnet
Road, Suite 200, Austin, TX 78758.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
announce the availability of several
documents related to an incidental take
permit (ITP) application under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
The final environmental impact
statement (EIS) and draft record of
decision (ROD) were developed in
compliance with the agency decisionmaking requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and are based on
the habitat conservation plan (HCP) as
submitted by the Barton Springs/
Edwards Aquifer Conservation District
(BSEACD, or applicants). We described
all four alternatives in detail, which
were fully evaluated and analyzed in
our 2018 final EIS. The draft ROD
documents the rationale for our
decision.
Our proposed action is to issue an ITP
to the applicants under section
10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA that authorizes
incidental take of the Barton Springs
salamander (Eurycea sosorum) and
Austin blind salamander (Eurycea
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Edwards Aquifer. The aquifer is the
primary water supply for more than
70,000 people in the region and the
source water for the Barton Springs
complex. The applicants requested a
term of 20 years from the date of
issuance. The applicants will fully
implement minimization and mitigation
measures to offset impacts to the
covered species according to their HCP.
The minimization measures include:
Providing the most efficient use of
groundwater, controlling and preventing
waste of groundwater, addressing
conjunctive surface water management
issues, addressing natural resource
management issues, addressing drought
conditions, addressing demand
reduction through conservation,
addressing supply through structural
enhancement, and quantitatively
addressing established desired future
conditions.
The mitigation measures include a
commitment to:
• Support the operations of an
existing refugium through in-kind,
contracted support, cash provision, or
other appropriate means;
• conduct a feasibility study of
dissolved oxygen augmentation and, if
warranted, implement a pilot project at
Main Spring at Barton Springs;
• maintain and operate the Antioch
Recharge Enhancement Facility for the
permit term;
• establish a new reserve fund for
closing abandoned wells to eliminate
high-risk abandoned wells as potential
conduits for contaminants from the
surface or adjacent formations into the
aquifer, with priority given to
problematic wells close to the Barton
Springs outlets or those associated with
water chemistry concerns under severe
drought conditions; and
• provide leadership and technical
assistance to other government entities,
organizations, and individuals when
prospective land-use and groundwater
management activities in those entities’
purview will, in the District’s
assessment, significantly affect the
quantity or quality of groundwater in
the Aquifer.
In addition to this notice, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
published a notice announcing the EIS
on July 13, 2018, as required under the
Clean Air Act, section 309 (42 U.S.C.
7401 et seq.; see EPA’s Role in the EIS
Process below).
Background
The applicants have applied for an
ITP (TE10607C–0) under the ESA that
would authorize incidental take of two
covered species and would be in effect
for a period of 20 years. The proposed

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