[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 155 (Wednesday, August 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48334-48335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19753]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
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Proposed Renewal of Information Collection: OMB Control Number
1093-0005, Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act, Statement of Federal
Lands Payments, (43 CFR 44)
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of the Office
of Budget, Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior (DOI),
announces the proposed extension of a public information collection
required by the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act (PILT) and seeks public
comments on the provisions thereof. After public review, the Office of
Budget will submit a renewal request for the information collection to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October
13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your written comments to the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget, Attn. Dionna
Kiernan, 1849 C St. NW., MS 7413 MIB, Washington, DC 20240. Send any
faxed comments to (202) 219-2849, attn Dionna Kiernan. Comments may
also be emailed to [email protected].
Individuals providing comments should reference OMB Control Number
1093-0005, ``Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT Act), Statement of Federal
Land Payments, 43 CFR 44.23(a).'' 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information
collection request, any explanatory information and related forms, see
the contact information provided in the ADDRESSES section above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This notice is for renewal of information collection.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part
1320, which implement the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq., require that interested members of the public and
affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)).
Public Law 97-258 (31 U.S.C. 6901-6907), as amended, the Payments
in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act, was designed by Congress to help local
governments recover some of the expenses they incur in providing
services on public lands. These local governments receive funds under
various Federal land payment programs such as the National Forest
Revenue Act, the Mineral Lands Leasing Act, and the Taylor Grazing Act.
PILT payments supplement the payments that local governments receive
under these other programs. The FY 2016 budget proposes a one-year
extension of the current PILT program, maintaining the existing formula
for calculating payments to counties. That proposal is currently
pending before Congress. This renewal authority is being done in
anticipation of reauthorization by Congress.
The PILT Act requires that the Governor of each State 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 Section 6903 of 31 U.S.C. The Department
of the Interior uses the amounts reported by the States to reduce PILT
payments to units of general local governments from that 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
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transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the Office of the
Secretary of 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 Budget, Office of the
Secretary is now planning to extend the information collection approval
authority in order to enable the Department of the Interior to continue
to comply with the PILT Act.
II. Data
(1) Title: Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT Act), Statement of
Federal Land Payments, 43 CFR 44.
OMB Control Number: 1093-0005.
Current Expiration Date: December 31, 2015.
Type of Review: Information Collection Renewal.
Affected Entities: State, local, or tribal government.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 45.
Frequency of responses: Annual.
(2) Annual reporting and recordkeeping burden:
Total annual reporting per response: 53 hours.
Total number of estimated responses: 45.
Total annual reporting: 2,385 hours.
(3) Description of the need and use of the information: The
statutorily required information is needed to compute payments due
units of general local government under the PILT Act (31 U.S.C. 6901-
6907). The Act requires that the Governor of each State furnish a
statement as to amounts paid to units of general local government under
12 revenue-sharing statutes in the prior fiscal year. The FY 2016
budget proposes a one-year extension of the current PILT program,
maintaining the existing formula for calculating payments to counties.
That proposal is currently pending before Congress. This renewal
authority is being done in anticipation of reauthorization by Congress.
III. Request for Comments
The Departments invite comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agencies, including whether
the information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agencies' estimate of the burden of the
collection of information and the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
``Burden'' means the total time, effort, and financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and use
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able
to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, and
to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit
or otherwise disclose the information.
All written comments, with names and addresses, will be available
for public inspection. If you wish us to withhold your personal
information, you must prominently state at the beginning of your
comment what personal information you want us to withhold. We will
honor your request to the extent allowable by law. If you wish to view
any comments received, you may do so by scheduling an appointment by
using the contact information provided in the ADDRESSES section above.
A valid picture identification is required for entry into the
Department of the Interior.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
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 Office of Management and Budget control number.
Dated: August 5, 2015.
Olivia B. Ferriter,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, Finance, Performance, and
Acquisition.
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