[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 43 (Thursday, March 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 10255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4851]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Submission of Information Collection for Probate to the Office of
Management and Budget
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Submission to Office of Management and Budget for
renewal.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget the information
collection found in the general Probate of Indian Decedents' Estates,
Except for Members of the Five Civilized Tribes regulations. The
purpose of this data collection is to ensure that Probate regulations
are administered for the benefit of individual Indians and any persons
having claims against an Indian decedent's estate.
DATES: Submit comments or suggestions on or before April 5, 2004 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by e-mail to [email protected] or by
facsimile to (202) 395-6566.
Send a copy of the comments to Ben Burshia, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Office of the Deputy Bureau Director--Trust Services, Division
of Real Estate Services, MS 4512-MIB, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC
20240. Comments may also be telefaxed to (202) 219-1255. We cannot
accept E-mail comments at this time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela D. Pittman, (202) 208-4861.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information provided through collection
requirements is used by the Department of the Interior, BIA, to
determine heirs and divide any funds held by the BIA for an Indian
decedent and to divide the decedent's trust and restricted real
property. The information is particularly used by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs in:
(a) Instructing an individual in starting the probate process;
(b) Preparing a probate package for review;
(c) Filing claims;
(d) Disbursing assets; and
(e) Filing appeals for adverse decisions.
Request for Comments
A notice requesting comments was published in the Federal Register
on July 22, 2003 (68 FR 43365). No comments were received. The Bureau
of Indian Affairs now requests your comments on this collection be sent
to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at the Office of
Management and Budget. Please address the following:
(a) The necessity of this information collection 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 (hours and
cost) of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways we could enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways we could minimize the burden of the collection of the
information on the respondents, such as facilitating use of automation
for collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Please note that an agency may not sponsor or request, and an
individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it
has a valid OMB Control Number.
It is our policy to make all comments available to the public for
review at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section, Room 4522,
during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday
except for legal holidays. If you wish to have your name and/or address
withheld, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your
comments. We will honor your request according to the requirements of
the law. All comments from organizations or representatives will be
available for review. We may withhold comments from review for other
reasons.
OMB has up to 60 days to make a decision on the submission for
renewal, but may make the decision after 30 days. Therefore, to receive
the best consideration of your comments, you should submit them closer
to 30 days than 60 days.
Information Collection Abstract
OMB Control Number: 1076-0156.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Title: 25 CFR 15, Probate of Indian Estates, Except for Members of
the Five Civilized Tribes.
Brief Description of Collection: Information is collected through
the probate process when BIA learns of decedent's death from a
neighbor, friend, family, or any other interested person by providing a
copy of decedent's obituary notice from a local newspaper; or an
affidavit of death prepared by someone who knows about the decedent's
death. BIA also requires other documents to process the probate
package. An interested party must inform BIA if any of the documents or
information identified are not available.
Respondents: Possible respondents include: individual tribal
members, individual non-Indians, individual tribal member-owned
businesses, non-Indian owned businesses, tribal governments, and land
owners who are seeking a benefit.
Number of Respondents: 32,589 annually.
Annual hours: 156,407.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours.
Frequency of Response: As required.
Dated: February 27, 2004.
Dave Anderson,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 04-4851 Filed 3-3-04; 8:45 am]
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