[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 71494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32898]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians
[Docket No. FR99N-0001]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.) The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (OST) 
announces a request for public comment from Indian Tribes concerning 
the renewal of Information Collection authorization. We will be 
submitting a request to the Office of Management and Budget to extend 
authorization for OMB Control Nos. 1035-0001, 1035-0002, and 1035-0003. 
The information collection allows us to collect documents associated 
with tribes withdrawing their funds held in trust and applying for 
technical assistance to withdraw funds under 25 CFR 1200.

Request for Comments

    You may send or deliver comments to the addressee in the Addresses 
section below. Please put the document number on your comments found in 
brackets in the heading of this notice. Your comments will be 
summarized and included in the request to OMB for approval and will 
become public record. We solicit your specific comments as to:
    (1) Whether the proposed information collection is necessary for 
the proper performance of our agency's functions, including whether the 
information has practical usefulness.
    (2) Whether the accuracy of our burden estimate of the collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used is reasonable.
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to 
be collected.
    (4) How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology.

DATES: You must send your comments so they are received on or by 
February 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand deliver your comments to: Sarah Yepa, 
Office of Trust Funds Management, Office of the Special Trustee for 
American Indians, 505 Marquette, NW, Suite 1000, Albuquerque New Mexico 
87102.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alley David, Branch of Directives and 
Regulatory Management, at (505) 248-5751, Fax (505) 248-5782, or 
electronically at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The American Indian Trust Fund Management 
Reform Act of 1994 (the Reform Act) allows tribes to withdraw their 
money held in trust by the U.S. Government. To withdraw their money, 
tribes must first submit an application and get approval from the 
Secretary of the Interior. The Reform Act also allows tribes to apply 
for technical assistance and financial assistance to complete the 
application. Financial assistance may not always be available. Section 
1200.13 tells tribes how to submit an application to withdraw their 
money and Sec. 1200.14 tells them how they can apply for technical and 
financial assistance.

Burden Statement

    The current information collection authorizations expire December 
31, 1999. A Federal 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 OMB control number. The application forms 
and burden estimates are:

1. OMB No. 1035-0001, OST Form No. SF-424A, Application for 
Technical Assistance to Withdraw Tribal Funds from Trust Status 
(Specific Budget):
    Estimate Burden Hours--468
    Annual Respondents--12
    Estimate Burden Per Response--39
2. OMB No. 1035-0002, OST Form No. SF-424, Application for Technical 
Assistance to Withdraw Tribal Funds from Trust Status (General):
    Estimate Burden Hours--156
    Annual Respondents--12
    Estimate Burden Per Response--13
3. OMB No. 1035-0003, Application to Withdraw Tribal Funds from 
Trust Status:
    Estimate Burden Hours--4,104
    Annual Respondents--12
    Estimate Burden Per Response--342
    Total Burden Hours for all Information Collections--4,728

    Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended to disclose or provide information to a federal agency and 
includes the time needed to review instructions, gather, process and 
submit the information.
Donna Erwin,
Director, Office of Trust Funds Management.
[FR Doc. 99-32898 Filed 12-20-99; 8:45 am]
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