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or additional information by visiting the
Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
https://www.regulations.gov and
entering USCIS–2010–0008 in the
search box. All submissions will be
posted, without change, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://
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
https://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:
Extension, Without Change, of a
Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Request for Fee Waiver.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–912; 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 data
collected on this form to verify that the
applicant is unable to pay for the
immigration benefit being requested.
USCIS will consider waiving a fee for an
application or petition when the
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applicant or petitioner clearly
demonstrates that he or she is unable to
pay the fee. Form I–912 standardizes the
collection and analysis of statements
and supporting documentation provided
by the applicant with the fee waiver
request. Form I–912 also streamlines
and expedites USCIS’s review, approval,
or denial of the fee waiver request by
clearly laying out the most salient data
and evidence necessary for the
determination of inability to pay.
Officers evaluate all factors,
circumstances, and evidence supplied
in support of a fee waiver request when
making a final determination. Each case
is unique and is considered on its own
merits. If the fee waiver is granted, the
application will be processed. If the fee
waiver is not granted, USCIS will notify
the applicant and instruct them to file
a new application with the appropriate
fee.
(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–912 is 594,000 and
the estimated hour burden per response
is 1.17. The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection non-form request for fee
waiver is 8,400 and the estimated hour
burden per response is 1.17. The
estimated total number of respondents
for the information collection 8 CFR
103.7(d) Director’s exception request is
128 and the estimated hour burden per
response is 1.17.
(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 704,958 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 $2,259,480.
Dated: November 3, 2023.
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 HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[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.
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 purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until December 11,
2023.
SUMMARY:
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
submitted via the Federal eRulemaking
Portal website at https://
www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID
number USCIS–2008–0025. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division,
Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone
number (240) 721–3000 (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 https://www.uscis.gov, or call the
USCIS Contact Center at 800–375–5283
(TTY 800–767–1833).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
Comments
The information collection notice was
previously published in the Federal
Register on April 20, 2023, at 88 FR
24438, allowing for a 60-day public
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comment period. USCIS did receive 27
comments in connection with the 60day notice.
You may access the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information by visiting the
Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
https://www.regulations.gov and enter
USCIS–2008–0025 in the search box.
The comments submitted to USCIS via
this method are visible to the Office of
Management and Budget and comply
with the requirements of 5 CFR
1320.12(c). All submissions will be
posted, without change, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://
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
https://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.
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. Naturalization is the
process by which U.S. citizenship is
granted to a foreign citizen or national
after he or she fulfills the requirements
established by Congress in the INA.
Form N–400, Application for
Naturalization, allows USCIS to fulfill
its mission of fairly adjudicating
naturalization applications and only
naturalizing statutorily eligible
individuals.
USCIS uses the data collected on this
form to verify that the applicant is
eligible for a reduced fee for the
immigration benefit being requested.
(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 454,850 and
the estimated hour burden per response
is 8.73 hours; the estimated total
number of respondents for the
information collection N–400 (e-file) is
454,850 and the estimated hour burden
per response is 3.92 hours; and the
estimated total number of respondents
for the information collection biometrics
is 909,700 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 6,818,202 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
$423,351,638.
Dated: November 3, 2023.
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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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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_CO_FRN_MO4500174063]
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Resource Management Plan
Amendment and Environmental Impact
Statement for Big Game Habitat
Conservation for Oil and Gas
Management, Colorado
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
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 (FLMPA), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has
prepared a Draft Resource Management
Plan (RMP) Amendment and Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for Big Game Habitat Conservation for
Oil and Gas Management and by this
notice is providing information
announcing the opening of the comment
period on the Draft RMP Amendment/
EIS.
DATES: This notice announces the
opening of a 90-day comment period for
the Draft RMP Amendment/EIS
beginning with the date following the
Environmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA) publication of its Notice of
Availability (NOA) in the Federal
Register. The EPA usually publishes its
NOAs on Fridays.
To afford the BLM the opportunity to
consider comments in the Proposed
RMP Amendment/Final EIS, please
ensure your comments are received
prior to the close of the 90-day comment
period or 15 days after the last public
meeting, whichever is later.
ADDRESSES: The Draft RMP
Amendment/EIS is available for review
on the BLM ePlanning project website at
https://go.usa.gov/xzXxY.
Written comments related to Big
Game Habitat Conservation for Oil and
Gas Management may be submitted by
any of the following methods:
• Website: https://go.usa.gov/xzXxY.
• Mail: BLM Colorado State Office,
Attn: Big Game Habitat Conservation
amendment/EIS, Denver Federal Center
Building 40, Lakewood, CO 80225.
Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined online at https://
go.usa.gov/xzXxY and at the BLM
Colorado State Office, Denver Federal
Center, Building 1A, Lakewood,
Colorado.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan Bittner, Deputy State Director,
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[OMB Control Number 1615-0052]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Application for Naturalization
AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until December 11,
2023.
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 submitted via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal website at https://www.regulations.gov under e-
Docket ID number USCIS-2008-0025. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone
number (240) 721-3000 (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 https://www.uscis.gov, or call
the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
The information collection notice was previously published in the
Federal Register on April 20, 2023, at 88 FR 24438, allowing for a 60-
day public
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comment period. USCIS did receive 27 comments in connection with the
60-day notice.
You may access the information collection instrument with
instructions, or additional information by visiting the Federal
eRulemaking Portal site at: https://www.regulations.gov and enter USCIS-
2008-0025 in the search box. The comments submitted to USCIS via this
method are visible to the Office of Management and Budget and comply
with the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.12(c). All submissions will be
posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://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 https://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.
Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a
foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements
established by Congress in the INA. Form N-400, Application for
Naturalization, allows USCIS to fulfill its mission of fairly
adjudicating naturalization applications and only naturalizing
statutorily eligible individuals.
USCIS uses the data collected on this form to verify that the
applicant is eligible for a reduced fee for the immigration benefit
being requested.
(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 454,850 and the estimated hour burden per response is 8.73
hours; the estimated total number of respondents for the information
collection N-400 (e-file) is 454,850 and the estimated hour burden per
response is 3.92 hours; and the estimated total number of respondents
for the information collection biometrics is 909,700 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 6,818,202 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 $423,351,638.
Dated: November 3, 2023.
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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