[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19384-19385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8868]


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OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS

[FR00N-0001]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians.

ACTION: Notice of Requests for Extension of Information Collection 
Approvals.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

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U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians (OST) announces the following Information Collection Requests 
(ICRs) have been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval: Application for Technical Assistance, OMB No. 
1035-0001; Application for Technical Assistance to Withdraw Tribal 
Funds from Trust Status (General), OMB No. 1035-0002; and Application 
to Withdraw Tribal Funds from Trust Status, OMB No. 1035-0003. The ICRs 
describe the nature of the information collections and their expected 
burdens and costs; where appropriate, they include the actual data 
collection instruments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 11, 2000.
    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. OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collection but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comments 
should be submitted to OMB within 30 days to assure maximum 
consideration. We solicit your specific comments as to:
    (1) Whether the proposed information collections are necessary for 
the proper performance of our agency's functions, including whether the 
information has practical usefulness.
    (2) The accuracy of our burden estimates of the collections of 
information.
    (3) How to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected.
    (4) How to minimize the burden of the collections of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Yepa at OST by phone at (505) 
248-5711, by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Titles: Application for Technical Assistance, OMB No. 1035-0001; 
Application for Technical Assistance to Withdraw Tribal Funds from 
Trust Status (General), OMB No. 1035-0002; and Application to Withdraw 
Tribal Funds from Trust Status, OMB No. 1035-0003. The requests to OMB 
are to extend these currently approved collections for three years.
    Abstract: 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. 
Section 1200.13 tells tribes how to submit an application to withdraw 
their money and Section 1200.14 tells them how they can apply for 
technical assistance and financial assistance. These information 
collections allow 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. Responses to these 
collections of information are required to obtain or retain a benefit. 
A Federal Register notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on proposed renewal of these collections of information, was 
published on 12/21/99 (FR99N-0001); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The current information collection authorizations 
expire March 31, 2000. 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):

Respondents: American Indian Tribes
Annual Respondents and Responses--12
Estimated Burden Per Response--39 hours
Estimated Annual Burden--468 hours
    2. OMB No. 1035-0002, OST Form No. SF-424, Application for 
Technical Assistance to Withdraw Tribal Funds from Trust Status 
(General):
Respondents: American Indian Tribes
Annual Respondents and Responses--12
Estimated Burden Per Response--13 hours
Estimated Annual Burden--156 hours
    3. OMB No. 1035-0003, Application to Withdraw Tribal Funds from 
Trust Status
Respondents: American Indian Tribes
Annual Respondents and Responses--12
Estimated Burden Per Response--342 hours
Estimated Annual Burden--4104 hours
    Addresses: Please address your comments to: Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: 
Desk Officer for the Interior Department, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.
    Please also send a copy of your comments to: Ms. Sarah Yepa, Office 
of Trust Funds Management, Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians, 505 Marquette, N.W., Suite 1000, Albuquerque, NM 87102.

    Dated: March 30, 2000.
Donna Erwin,
Director, Office of Trust Funds Management.
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