[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3103]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request
for Documented Petitions for Federal Acknowledgment as an Indian Tribe
requires renewal. Before submitting a request for reinstatement,
without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval
has expired to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the
Department of the Interior is soliciting comments on this information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public
Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 8, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Holly Reckord, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW, MS-4603,
Washington, D.C. 20240.
All written comments will be available for public inspection in
Room 4603 of the Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington,
D.C. from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instructions should be directed to
Holly Reckord, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior,
1849 C Street, NW, MS-4603, Washington, D.C. 20240, and 202/208-3592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Abstract
The information collection is needed to establish whether a
petitioning group has the characteristics necessary to be acknowledged
as having a government-to-government relationship with the United
States.
2. Method of Collection
The acknowledgment regulations at 25 CFR Part 83 contain seven
criteria (Sec. 83.7) which unrecognized groups seeking Federal
acknowledgment as Indian tribes must demonstrate that they meet.
Information collected from petitioning groups under these regulations
provides anthropological, genealogical and historical data used by the
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs to establish whether a petitioning
group has the characteristics necessary to be acknowledged as having a
government-to-government relationship with the United States.
3. Data
Title: Collection of Information for Federal Acknowledgment Under
25 CFR Part 83.
OMB Number: 1076-0104.
Expiration Date: January 31, 1997.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of approved collection.
Affected Entities: Groups petitioning for Federal acknowledgment as
Indian tribes.
Estimated Number of Petitioners: 10.
Estimated Time per Petition: 2,175 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 21,750.
Estimated Annual Costs: $870,000 (2,175 hours x $40.00 per hour).
4. Request for Comments
The Department of the Interior invites comment on:
(a) 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;
(b) The accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden (including
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information, including
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
those who are to respond, 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, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose 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, to
complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
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: January 16, 1997.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-3103 Filed 2-6-97; 8:45 am]
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