[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16764]


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NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION


Paperwork Reduction Act; Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, is submitting to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and extend approval 
for the information collection activity associated with the payment 
annual fees by Indian tribes conducting gaming under the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act. The OMB will consider comments from the public on this 
information collection activity.

DATES: Comments regarding the NIGC's evaluation of the information 
collection activity and its request to OMB to extend approval for the 
information collection must be received by August 1, 2001. When 
providing comment, a respondent should specify the particular 
collection activity to which the comment pertains.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (Attn: Desk Officer for the National Indian Gaming Commission), 
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20503. The NIGC regulation to which the information collection pertains 
is available on the NIGC website, www.nigc.gov. The regulation is also 
available by written request to the NIGC (Attn: Ms. Cindy Altimus), 
1441 L Street, NW., Suite 9100, Washington, DC 20005, or by telephone 
request at (202) 632-7003. This is not a toll-free number. All other 
requests for information should be submitted to Ms. Altimus at the 
above address for the NIGC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Annual Fees Payable by Indian Gaming 
Operations. OMB Number: 3141-0007. Abstract: The Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., authorizes the NIGC to 
establish a schedule of fees to be paid to the NIGC by each gaming 
operation under the jurisdiction of the NIGC. Fees are computed using 
rates set by the NIGC and the assessable gross revenues of each gaming 
operation. The total of all fees assessed annually cannot exceed 
$8,000,000. Under its implementing regulation for the fee payment 
program, 25 CFR part 514, the NIGC relies on a quarterly statement of 
gross gaming revenues provided by each gaming operation that is subject 
to the fee requirement. The required information is needed for the NIGC 
to both set and adjust fee rates and to support the computation of fees 
paid by each gaming operation. Respondents: Indian tribal gaming 
operations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 320. Estimated Annual 
Responses: 1280. Estimated Annual Burden Hours per Respondent: 8. 
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,560 hours.

Jacqueline Agtuca,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 01-16764 Filed 7-3-01; 8:45 am]
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