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Navigation Equipment, Construction
and Materials & Marine Sanitation
Devices (33 CFR part 159).
OMB Control Number: 1625–0035.
Summary: This information is used by
the Coast Guard to ensure that
regulations governing specific types of
safety equipment, material and Marine
Sanitation Devices (MSDs) installed on
commercial vessels and pleasure craft
are met. Manufacturers are required to
submit drawings, specifications, and
laboratory test reports to the Coast
Guard before any approval is given.
Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306,
3703, and 4302 authorize the Coast
Guard to establish safety equipment and
material regulations. Title 46 CFR parts
159 to 164 prescribe these requirements.
Title 33 U.S.C. 1322 authorizes the
Coast Guard to establish MSD
regulations. Title 33 CFR part 159
prescribes these rules. NVIC 8–01 (Chg
3) prescribes the standards for
navigation equipment. This information
is used to determine whether
manufacturers are in compliance with
Coast Guard regulations. When the
Coast Guard approves any safety
equipment, material or MSD for use on
a commercial vessel or pleasure craft,
the manufacturer is issued a Certificate
of Approval.
Forms: CGHQ–10030, Certificate of
Approval.
Respondents: Manufacturers of safety
equipment, materials and marine
sanitation devices.
Frequency: On occasion.
Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated
burden has decreased from 118,594
hours to 114,586 hours a year due to a
decrease in the estimated annual
number of responses.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: November 14, 2018.
James D. Roppel,
Acting Chief, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of
Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2018–25268 Filed 11–20–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
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[OMB Control Number 1615–0052]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection; Application for
Naturalization
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

60-Day notice.

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
January 22, 2019.
ADDRESSES: All submissions received
must include the OMB Control Number
1615–0052 in the body of the letter, the
agency name and Docket ID USCIS–
2008–0025. 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 eDocket ID number USCIS–2008–0025;
(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
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:
SUMMARY:

Comments
You may access the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information by visiting the
Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:

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http://www.regulations.gov and enter
USCIS–2008–0025 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
responses.
Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Application for Naturalization.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: N–400;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. USCIS uses the information
gathered on Form N–400 to make a
determination as to a respondent’s
eligibility to naturalize and become a
U.S. citizen.

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(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 N–400 (paper) is 567,314 and
the estimated hour burden per response
is 12 hours; the estimated total number
of respondents for the information
collection N–400 (electronic) is 214,186
and the estimated hour burden per
response is 5 hours; and the estimated
total number of respondents for the
information collection Biometrics is
778,000 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 8,788,958.00 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
$346,768,927.50.
Dated: November 15, 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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R8–ES–2018–N141;
FXES11140800000–189–FF08EVEN00]

Habitat Conservation Plan for Seven
Species in the Santa Clara River
Watershed; Categorical Exclusion for
Foothill Feeder Inspection and
Maintenance Activities, Los Angeles
County, California
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), have received
an application from Metropolitan Water
District of Southern California for an
incidental take permit under the
Endangered Species Act. The permit
would authorize take of the federally
endangered unarmored threespine
stickleback, arroyo toad, the federally
threatened California red-legged frog,
and non-listed Santa Ana sucker,
western spadefoot, two-striped garter
snake, and western pond turtle

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incidental to otherwise lawful activities
associated with the inspection and
maintenance of the Foothill Feeder
water conveyance pipeline in the draft
habitat conservation plan prepared for
the project. We invite public comment.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before December 21,
2018.
ADDRESSES:

To obtain documents: You may
download a copy of the draft habitat
conservation plan and draft low-effect
screening form and environmental
action statement at http://www.fws.gov/
ventura/, or you may request copies of
the documents by U.S. mail (below) or
by phone (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
To submit written comments: Please
send us your written comments using
one of the following methods:
• U.S. mail: Send your comments to
Stephen P. Henry, Field Supervisor,
Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, 2493 Portola
Road, Suite B, Ventura, CA 93003.
• Facsimile: Fax your comments to
805–644–3958.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Dellith, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, 805–677–3308 (phone), or at
the Ventura address in ADDRESSES.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have
received an application for an incidental
take permit (ITP) pursuant to section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species
Act, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.). The applicant has developed a
draft habitat conservation plan (HCP) for
the project that includes measures to
mitigate and minimize impacts to seven
covered species: the federally
endangered unarmored threespine
stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus
williamsoni), a fish, and the arroyo toad
(Anaxyrus californicus); the federally
threatened California red-legged frog
(Rana draytonii); and the non-listed
Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus
santaanae), a fish; western spadefoot
(Spea hammondii), a toad; two-striped
garter snake (Thamnophis hammondii);
and western pond turtle (Emys
marmorata). (The non-listed Santa Ana
sucker (Catostomus santaanae) is
federally listed as threatened outside of
the area covered in the habitat
conservation plan.) The permit would
authorize take of any of these species
incidental to otherwise lawful activities
associated with the Foothill Feeder
Inspection and Maintenance Activities
HCP. We invite public comment on the
application, the draft HCP, draft loweffect screening form, and
environmental action statement.

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Background
The unarmored threespine stickleback
was listed by the Service as endangered
on October 13, 1970 (35 FR 16047). The
arroyo toad was listed by the Service as
endangered on December 16, 1994 (59
FR 64859). The California red-legged
frog was listed by the Service as
threatened on May 23, 1996 (61 FR
25813). The Santa Ana sucker was listed
by the Service as threatened, outside of
the area covered by the draft HCP, on
April 12, 2000 (65 FR 19686). The
western spadefoot is currently under the
Service’s review for listing pursuant to
the ESA (80 FR 37568). The two-striped
garter snake is not federally listed, nor
is it being considered for listing
pursuant to the ESA at this time. The
western pond turtle is currently under
the Service’s review for listing pursuant
to the ESA (80 FR 19259). Section 9 of
the ESA and its implementing
regulations prohibit the take of fish or
wildlife species listed as endangered or
threatened. ‘‘Take’’ is defined under the
ESA to include the following activities:
‘‘[T]o harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot,
wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or
to attempt to engage in any such
conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 1532); however,
under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA, we
may issue permits to authorize
incidental take of listed species.
‘‘Incidental take’’ is defined by the ESA
as take that is incidental to, and not the
purpose of, carrying out of an otherwise
lawful activity. Regulations governing
incidental take permits for threatened
and endangered species are in the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR
17.32 and 17.22, respectively. Under the
ESA, protections for federally listed
plants differ from the protections
afforded to federally listed animals.
Issuance of an incidental take permit
also must not jeopardize the existence of
federally listed fish, wildlife, or plant
species. The permittees would receive
assurances under our ‘‘No Surprises’’
regulations ((50 CFR 17.22(b)(5) and
17.32(b)(5)) regarding conservation
activities for the unarmored threespine
stickleback, arroyo toad, California redlegged frog, Santa Ana sucker, western
spadefoot, two-striped garter snake, and
western pond turtle.
Applicant’s Proposed Activities
The applicant has applied for a permit
for incidental take of the unarmored
threespine stickleback, arroyo toad,
California red-legged frog, Santa Ana
sucker, western spadefoot, two-striped
garter snake, and western pond turtle.
Take is likely to occur in association
with activities necessary to inspect and
maintain the Foothill Feeder water

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