Notice2022-20813
Agency Information Collection Activities; Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act, Statement of Federal Lands Payments
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Published
September 27, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget is proposing to renew an information collection with revisions.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58528-58529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20813]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Payments in Lieu of
Taxes (PILT) Act, Statement of Federal Lands Payments
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget is proposing to renew an
information collection with revisions.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 27, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by mail to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Budget, Attn: Dionna Kiernan, 1849 C Street NW, MS
4106 MIB, Washington, DC 20240 or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d1b5beb88ea1b8bda591b8bea2ffb5beb8ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="680c0701371801041c2801071b460c0701460f071e">[email protected]</span></a>.
Please reference OMB Control Number 1093-0005 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Dionna Kiernan by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c181315230c1510083c15130f52181315521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="03676c6a5c736a6f77436a6c702d676c6a2d646c75">[email protected]</span></a>, or by telephone at 202-513-7783. Individuals in
the United States who are deaf, blind, hard of hearing or have a speech
disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or Tele Braille) to access
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
You may also view the ICR at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, we provide the public and other Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting
burden. It also helps the public understand our information collection
requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
May 12, 2022 (87 FR 29176), by the Office of the Secretary, Office of
Budget, soliciting comments from the public and other interested
parties. No public comments were received.
We are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) is the collection necessary to the proper
functions of the Office of Budget; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden
accurate; (4) how might the Office of Budget enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Office of Budget minimize the burden of this collection on
the respondents, including through the use of information technology.
Comments you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve this ICR.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Abstract: ``Payments in Lieu of Taxes'' (PILT) are Federal payments
to local governments that help offset losses in property taxes due to
non-taxable Federal lands within their boundaries. The original law is
Public Law 94-565, dated October 20, 1976. This law was rewritten and
amended by Public Law 97-258 on September 13, 1982, and codified at
chapter 69, Title 31 of the United States Code. The law recognizes the
financial impact of the inability of local governments to collect
property taxes on Federally owned land.
The PILT Act requires the Governor of each State to furnish the
Department of the Interior with a listing of payments disbursed to
local governments by the States on behalf of the Federal Government
under 12 statutes described in 31 U.S.C. chapter 69, section 6903. The
Department uses the amounts reported by States to determine if the
payment received should be factored into the individual payment
calculation for units of general local governments which they might
otherwise receive. If such listings were not furnished by the Governor
of each affected State, the Department would not be able to compute the
PILT payments to units of general local government within the States in
question.
In fiscal year 2004, administrative authority for the PILT program
was transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the Office of the
Secretary within the Department of the Interior. Applicable DOI
regulations pertaining to the PILT program to be administered by the
Office of the Secretary were published as a final rule in the Federal
Register on December 7, 2004 (69 FR 70557). The Office of the
Secretary, Office of Budget, is now planning to extend the information
collection approval authority to enable the Department of the Interior
to continue to comply with the PILT Act.
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In a revision of this ICR, States are directed to a secure, web-
based portal (PILT Portal) to provide the required ``Statement of
Federal Land Payments'' information versus using a spreadsheet. The
data collected remains the same and provides details on payment amounts
passed through to counties and/or units of local government during the
prior Federal fiscal year.
Title of Collection: Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act,
Statement of Federal Lands Payments.
OMB Control Number: 1093-0005.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 46.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 46.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 55 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,530 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct, or sponsor and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Jeffrey Parrillo,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-20813 Filed 9-26-22; 8:45 am]
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