Notice2022-28612
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comment on Fiscal Year 2024 Expirations Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
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January 5, 2023
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), and Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA) are proposing to renew ten (10) information collections. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1076-0017, 1076-0100, 1076- 0172, 1076-0176, 1076-0177, 1076-0179, 1076-0187, 1076-0188, 1076-0195, and 1076-0196.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 879-882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28612]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[Docket No. BIA-2022-0005-0024; 2231A2100DD/AAKC001030/
A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 1076-0017, 1076-0100, 1076-0172,
1076-0176, 1076-0177, 1076-0179, 1076-0187, 1076-0188, 1076-0195, 1076-
0196]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comment on
Fiscal Year 2024 Expirations Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau of Indian Education (BIE),
and Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA) are
proposing to renew ten (10) information collections. Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1076-0017, 1076-0100, 1076-
0172, 1076-0176, 1076-0177, 1076-0179, 1076-0187, 1076-0188, 1076-0195,
and 1076-0196.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
March 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To submit a comment, please visit <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document/BIA-2022-0005-0024">https://www.regulations.gov/document/BIA-2022-0005-0024</a> or <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/docket/BIA-2022-0005">https://www.regulations.gov/docket/BIA-2022-0005</a> or use the search field on
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> to find the ``BIA-2022-0005'' docket.
Please follow the comment instructions on <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> and reference
the applicable OMB Control Number within your comment submission.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Mullen, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c4a7aba9a9a1aab0b784a6ada5eaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fb989496969e958f88bb99929ad59c948d">[email protected]</span></a> or telephone at (202)
924-2650. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind,
hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. 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 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require approval under the PRA. We may not
conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies 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.
We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for the collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How might the agency 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 response.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve the 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.
OMB Control Number 1076-0017
Abstract: We, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to renew
an information collection. The information collection allows BIA to
determine whether an individual is eligible for assistance and services
under 25 CFR part 20 when comparable financial assistance or social
services either are not available or not provided by State, Tribal,
county, local, or other Federal agencies. No third-party notification
or public disclosure burden is associated with this collection.
Title of Collection: Financial Assistance and Social Services
Program.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0017.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individual Indians seeking financial
assistance or social services from BIA.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 140,000 provide
information on the application; of those, 72,000 contribute information
to an employability assessment and ISP.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 196,000.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: One half hour for the
application and 1 hour for the employability assessment and ISP.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 134,000 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Once per respondent.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.
OMB Control Number 1076-0100
Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), are proposing to
renew an
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information collection. Section 5 of the Indian Reorganization Act of
June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5108) and the Indian Land Consolidation Act of
January 12, 1983 (25 U.S.C. 2202) authorize the Secretary of the
Interior (Secretary), in his/her discretion, to acquire lands through
purchase, relinquishment, gift, exchange, or assignment within or
without existing reservations for the purpose of providing land for
Indian Tribes. Other specific laws also authorize the Secretary to
acquire lands for individual Indians and Tribes. Regulations
implementing the acquisition authority are at 25 CFR 151. In order for
the Secretary to acquire land on behalf of individual Indians and
Tribes, the BIA must collect certain information to identify the
party(ies) involved and to describe the land in question. The Secretary
also solicits additional information deemed necessary to make a
determination to accept or reject an application to take land into
trust for the individual Indian or Tribe, as set out in 25 CFR 151.
This information collection allows the BIA to review applications for
compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements. No specific form
is used.
Title of Collection: Acquisition of Trust Land.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0100.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individual Indians and Federally
Recognized Indian Tribes seeking acquisition of land into trust status.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 500.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 500.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Ranges from 100 to 150
hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 55,000.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.
OMB Control Number 1076-0172
Abstract: We, the Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs
(AS-IA), are proposing to renew an information collection. The
information collected includes Tribal-state compacts or compact
amendments entered into by Indian Tribes and State governments. The
Secretary of the Interior reviews this information under 25 CFR 293,
Class III Tribal-State Gaming Compact Process and the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act (IGRA), 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(A), (B) and (C), which
authorizes the Secretary to approve, disapprove, or ``consider
approved'' (i.e., deemed approved) a Tribal-state gaming compact or
compact amendment and publish notice of that approval or considered
approval in the Federal Register.
Title of Collection: Class III Tribal-State Gaming Compact Process.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0172.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Indian Tribes and State governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 40 per year.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 40 per year.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 200 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 8,000 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.
OMB Control Number 1076-0176
Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) are proposing to
renew an information collection. Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations
must submit information to the BIE if they are served by elementary or
secondary schools for Indian children that, through Department of the
Interior, receive allocations of funding under the IDEIA for the
coordination of assistance for Indian children 0 to 5 years of age with
disabilities on reservations. The information must be provided on two
forms. The Part B form addresses Indian children 3 to 5 years of age on
reservations served by Bureau-funded schools. The Part C form addresses
Indian children up to 3 years of age on reservations served by Bureau-
funded schools. The information required by the forms includes counts
of children as of a certain date each year.
Title of Collection: IDEIA Part B and Part C Child Count.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0176.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Indian Tribes and Tribal
organizations.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 118.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 118.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 20 hours per form.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,360 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Twice (once per year for each form).
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.
OMB Control Number 1076-0177
Abstract: We, the Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs
(AS-IA), are proposing to renew an information collection. The Energy
Policy Act of 2005 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide
assistance to Indian Tribes and Tribal energy resource development
organizations for energy development and appropriates funds for such
projects on a year-to-year basis. See 25 U.S.C. 3502. When funding is
available, the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED)
may solicit proposals for projects for building capacity for Tribal
energy resource development on Indian land from Tribal energy resource
development organizations and Indian Tribes, including Alaska Native
regional and village corporations under the TEDC program. For the
purposes of this program, ``Indian land'' includes: all land within the
boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; any land
outside those boundaries that is held by the United States in trust for
a Tribe or individual Indian or by a Tribe or individual Indian with
restrictions on alienation; and land owned by an Alaska Native regional
or village corporation.
Title of Collection: Tribal Energy Development Capacity Program.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0177.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Indian Tribes and Tribal energy
resource development organizations under 25 U.S.C. 3502.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 26 per year, on
average; 9 project participants each year, on average.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 40 applications per
year, on average; 44 progress reports per year, on average.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 40 hours per application;
1.5 hours per progress report.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,666 hours (1,600
for applications and 66 for progress reports).
Respondent's Obligation: Responses required to receive a benefit.
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Frequency of Collection: Once per year for applications; 4 times
per year for progress reports.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.
OMB Control Number 1076-0179
Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) are proposing to
renew an information collection. The Individuals with Disabilities
Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004, (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.)
requires the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) to establish an Advisory
Board on Exceptional Education. See 20 U.S.C. 1411(h)(6). BIE is
seeking renewal for an information collection that would allow it to
collect information regarding individuals' qualifications to serve on
the Federal advisory committee known as the Advisory Board for
Exceptional Children (Board). This information collection requires
persons interested in being nominated to serve on the Board to provide
information regarding their qualifications. This Board is currently in
operation. This information collection allows BIE to better manage the
nomination process for future appointments to the Board.
Title of Collection: Solicitation of Nominations for the Advisory
Board for Exceptional Children.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0179.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 20, per year.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 20, per year.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 1 hour.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 20 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Once.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.
OMB Control Number 1076-0187
Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) are proposing to
renew an information collection. The BIE is establishing standards for
the appropriate use of lands and facilities by third parties. These
standards address the following: The execution of lease agreements; the
establishment and administration of mechanisms for the acceptance of
consideration for the use and benefit of a Bureau-operated school; the
assurance of ethical conduct; and monitoring the amount and terms of
consideration received, the manner in which the consideration is used,
and any results achieved by such use. The paperwork burden associated
with the rule results from lease provisions; lease violations; and
assignments, subleases, or mortgages of leases.
Title of Collection: Use of Bureau-Operated Schools by Third
Parties.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0187.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and private sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 17.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 24.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: One to three hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 68 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.
OMB Control Number 1076-0188
Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), are proposing to
renew an information collection. Title III of the Indian Trust Asset
Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 5601, et seq.) requires the Secretary of the
Interior to publish minimum qualifications for appraisers of Indian
property and allows the Secretary to accept appraisals performed by
those appraisers without further review or approval. The Secretary has
developed a regulation at 43 CFR 100 to implement these provisions. The
regulation requires appraisers to submit certain information so that
the Secretary can verify that the appraiser meets the minimum
qualifications.
Title of Collection: Appraisals & Valuations of Indian Property.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0188.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individual Indians and Federally
Recognized Indian Tribes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 379.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,137.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: One hour.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,137.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.
OMB Control Number 1076-0195
Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), are proposing to
renew an information collection. This information collection is
authorized under 25 U.S.C. 5135; 70 Stat. 62 and 25 CFR 152.34 which
provides individual Indians owning an individual tract of trust land
the ability to mortgage their land for the purpose of home acquisition
and construction, home improvements, and economic development. The BIA
is required to review the trust mortgage application for conformity to
statutes, policies, and regulations. Mortgage documents submitted to
BIA from the lending institutions will assist BIA staff in their
analysis to approve or disapprove a trust land mortgage application
request.
Title of Collection: Trust Land Mortgage Lender Checklists.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0195.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals/households, Tribal
governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 56.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 131.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 20 to 40 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,840.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.
OMB Control Number 1076-0196
Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), are proposing to
renew an information collection. The Land Title and Records Office
(LTRO) maintains title documents for land that the United States holds
in trust or restricted status for individual Indians or Tribes (Indian
land), much like counties and other localities maintain title documents
for fee land within their jurisdictions. Individuals or entities that
are requesting information regarding title documents--either for
property they own or for property they seek to lease or encumber--must
provide certain information to the LTRO in order for LTRO to accurately
identify the property for which they are seeking information. LTRO uses
the information provided by individuals or entities in order to
identify the property so that they can retrieve the appropriate title
documents and produce reports for that property. The collection of
information
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is found in Sec. 150.305, which provides that anyone requesting title
documents or reports must provide certain information, such as the name
of the reservation where the land is located and the tract number or
legal description.
Title of Collection: Requests for Indian Land Title and Records
Information.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0196.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals, private sector,
government.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 36.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 36.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 19 hours (consisting
of 10 hours for private sector respondents, 3 hours for individual
respondents--rounded up from 2.5 hours, and 6 hours for government
respondents--rounded up from 5.5 hours).
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Occasionally.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $500.
Authority
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 these ICR actions
is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Steven Mullen,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs
and Collaborative, Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-28612 Filed 1-4-23; 8:45 am]
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