[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21007-21008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9803]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of 
Management and Budget Review, Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection.

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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are soliciting 
comments on an information collection titled Office of Indian Royalty 
Assistance Customer Satisfaction Survey, OMB 1010-0098, which expires 
on November 30, 2000. We are preparing an information collection 
request, which we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), for a 3-year extension of this information collection.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before June 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The mailing address for written comments regarding this 
information collection is David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and Publications 
Staff, Minerals Management Service, Royalty Management Program, P.O. 
Box 25165, MS 3021, Denver, Colorado 80225. Courier address is Building 
85, Room A-613, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225. The 
Internet address is [email protected].

Public Comment Procedure If you wish to comment, you may submit your 
comments by any one of several methods and to the mailing addresses 
stated in the ADDRESSES section of this Notice. Please submit Internet 
comments as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and 
any form of encryption. Please also include Attn: Office of Indian 
Royalty Assistance Customer Satisfaction Survey, OMB Control Number 
1010-0098, and your name and return address in your Internet message. 
If you do not receive a confirmation from the system that we have 
received your Internet message, contact David S. Guzy directly (303) 
231-3432.
    We will post public comments after the comment period closes on the 
Internet at http://www.rmp.mms.gov. You may arrange to view paper 
copies of the comments by contacting David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and 
Publications

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Staff, telephone (303) 231-3432, FAX (303) 231-3385. Our practice is to 
make comments, including names and addresses of respondents, available 
for public review on the Internet and during regular business hours at 
our offices in Lakewood, Colorado. Individual respondents may request 
that we withhold their home address from the rulemaking record, which 
we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be 
circumstances in which we would withhold from the rulemaking record a 
respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold 
your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at the 
beginning of your comment. However, we will not consider anonymous 
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available 
for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis C. Jones, Rules and 
Publications Staff, phone (303) 231-3046, FAX (303) 231-3385, email 
[email protected]. A copy of the information collection is 
available to you without charge upon request.
    Title: Office of Indian Royalty Assistance Customer Satisfaction 
Survey, OMB Control Number 1010-0098.
    Abstract: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
requires each agency ``to provide notice * * * and otherwise consult 
with members of the public and affected agencies concerning each 
proposed collection of information * * *'' Agencies must specifically 
solicit comments to: (a) evaluate whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the agency to perform its duties, 
including whether the information is useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden on the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    The Department of the Interior (DOI) is responsible for matters 
relevant to mineral resource development on Federal and Indian Lands 
and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The Secretary of the Interior 
(Secretary) is responsible for managing the production of minerals from 
Federal and Indian Lands and the OCS; for collecting royalties from 
lessees who produce minerals; and for distributing the funds collected 
in accordance with applicable laws. The Secretary also has an Indian 
trust responsibility to manage Indian lands and seek advice and 
information from Indian beneficiaries. MMS performs the royalty 
management functions and assists the Secretary in carrying out his 
Indian trust responsibility.
    Executive Order 12862 requires Federal agencies to develop and 
implement customer service standards. As part of these standards, the 
Office of Indian Royalty Assistance (OIRA) pledges to ``work 
continuously to streamline and improve our services.'' When individual 
Indian mineral owners request assistance from OIRA offices, we include 
a postage-paid Customer Satisfaction Survey card when responding to the 
owner's request. This survey card asks Indian mineral owners several 
questions regarding the quality of service that our offices are 
providing to them.
    The information collected from these Customer Satisfaction Survey 
cards helps us determine the effectiveness of our office and guides us 
in developing and implementing new procedures to improve our service.
    We receive approximately 300 completed survey cards annually. Based 
on this response rate and the 2 minutes required to complete the survey 
card, we estimate the annual reporting and recordkeeping ``hour'' 
burden is 10 hours; there is no ``non-hour'' burden.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 300 individual 
Indian mineral owners.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 10 
hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour'' Burden: 0 
hours.

    Dated: April 12, 2000.
R. Dale Fazio,
Acting Associate Director for Royalty Management.
[FR Doc. 00-9803 Filed 4-18-00; 8:45 am]
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