[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8656]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
for Student Transportation Mileage Form, OMB #1076-0134, has been 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval 
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
25).

DATES: Submit comments and suggestions on or before May 10, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent directly to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior, Docket 
Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503. Send 
copy of your comments to Dalton J. Henry, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Office of Indian Education Programs, 1849 C Street, NW, MS-3512 MIB, 
Washington, DC 20240-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the collection of 
information may be obtained by contacting Dalton J. Henry, (202) 208-
3550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The information collection is needed to collect transportation 
mileage for Bureau funded schools for the purpose of allocating 
transportation funds. A request for comments on this information 
collection was published in the Federal Register on November 7, 1997 
(62 FR 60255). No comments were received by the Bureau. After a review 
of the Burden of Hours, decision was made to change the Annual burden 
of hours from 158 to 696 and the 1.5 hours of completion time to fill 
the form was changed to 6 hours. This is not an actual increase in 
burden because it reflects a more accurate description of the number of 
buses and also the increasing number of tribes contracting for the 
school operation.

II. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited 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 (hours and cost) of the 
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 the information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    The Office of Management and Budget has up to 60 days to approve or 
disapprove the information collection but may respond after 30 days; 
therefore, comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted to OMB within 30 days in order to assure their maximum 
consideration.

III. Data

    Title: Office of Indian Education Programs Indian School 
Equalization Program (ISEP) Student Transportation.
    OMB approval number: 1076-0134.
    Frequency: Annually, during student count week.
    Description of respondents: Tribal schools administrators.
    Estimated completion time: 6 hours.
    Annual responses: 116.
    Annual burden hours: 696.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Nancy Jemison, 202-208-4174.

    Dated: March 31, 1999.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-8656 Filed 4-7-99; 8:45 am]
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