Notice2025-16223
Agency Information Collection Activities; Leases and Permits
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Published
August 25, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentIndian Affairs Bureau
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is proposing to renew an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 162 (Monday, August 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41403-41404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16223]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[Docket No. BIA-2022-0005; OMB Control Number 1076-0155; 256A2100DD/
AAKP300000/A0A501010.000000]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Leases and Permits
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, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 24, 2025.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments, please visit <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
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instructions on <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> for submitting a comment; and reference
the ``OMB Control Number 1076-0155'' within your comment submission.
You may also mail comments to Indian Affairs, RACA, 1001 Indian School
Road NW, Suite 229, Albuquerque, NM 87104.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Mullen, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative
Action--Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1001 Indian
School Road NW, Suite 229, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c2a1adafafa7acb6b182a0aba3eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ae9e5e7e7efe4fef9cae8e3eba4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>; (202) 208-5403. 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="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/Forward?SearchTarget=PRA&textfield=1076-0155">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/Forward?SearchTarget=PRA&textfield=1076-0155</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), we
provide the general 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.
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. We
are especially interested in public comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 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. 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: Generally, trust and restricted land may be leased by
Indian landowners, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
except when specified by statute. Submission of this information allows
BIA to review applications for obtaining, modifying, and assigning
leases and permits of land that the United States holds in trust or
restricted status for individual Indians and Indian Tribes under 25 CFR
part 162. The information is used to determine approval of a lease,
amendment, assignment, sublease, mortgage, or related document. A
response is required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Title of Collection: 25 CFR Part 162, ``Leases and Permits.''
OMB Control Number: 1076-0155.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individual Indians and Indian Tribes
seeking to lease their trust or restricted land and businesses that
lease trust and restricted land.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 99,340.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 99,340.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 2
hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 81,899.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: In general, once per approval per lease.
Some collections occur upon request for modification or assignment or
upon a trespass violation, which occur, on average, fewer than once per
lease. Additionally, rent payments occur, on average, once per month.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $1,813,000.
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 this action is
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Scott J. Davis,
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, Exercising the
delegated authority of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-16223 Filed 8-22-25; 8:45 am]
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