[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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