[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44642-44643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21474]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-350-1430-PF-01-24 1A]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Approval Number 
1004-0190

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect certain 
information from Indians eligible to apply for an allotment with the 
BLM office that has jurisdiction over the lands covered by the 
application. BLM uses Form 2530-3, Indian Allotment Application, to 
collect this information to determine if the Indian applicant qualifies 
for an Indian allotment on public lands and public domain lands within 
national forests. The regulations under 43 CFR 2530 authorize BLM to 
issue an Indian allotment to eligible Indians who apply and qualify.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before October 23, 2001. BLM will not necessarily consider any comments 
received after the above date.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to: Regulatory Affairs Group (630), 
Bureau of Land Management, Mailstop 401LS, 1849 C Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20240.
    You may send comments via Internet to: [email protected]. Please 
include ``ATTN: 1004-0190'' and your name and return address in your 
Internet message.
    You may deliver comments to the Bureau of Land Management, 
Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620 L Street, NW, Washington, DC.
    Comments will be available for public review at the L Street 
address during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.) Monday 
through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Alzata L. Ransom, 
Realty Use Group, on (202) 452-7772 (Commercial or FTS). Persons who 
use a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1-800-877-8330, 24 hours a day, 
seven days a week, to contact Ms. Ransom.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 
60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning a collection of 
information to solicit comments on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper functioning of the agency, including whether the information 
will have practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of our estimates of the information collection 
burden, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions we 
use;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the information collection burden on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,

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mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    Section 4 of the Indian General Allotment Act of February 8, 1887 
(43 U.S.C. 1740) provides that, if you are an Indian eligible for an 
allotment, you may apply for an allotment. To establish you are 
eligible, you must furnish documentation from the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs (BIA) showing you are an Indian who meets the requirements of 
the Act. If you are eligible, your minor child also qualifies to file 
for an allotment under the Act. You must apply to the BLM office having 
jurisdiction over the lands covered by your application.
    BLM uses Form 2530-3 to collect the following information:
    (1) The name and address of the applicant; if a minor child, the 
name, age of child, and the applicant's relationship to the child;
    (2) The name of the Indian tribe to which the applicant belongs or 
is eligible to belong;
    (3) A Certificate of Indian Blood from the BIA and the name of the 
recognized Indian tribe to which you claim membership or be eligible 
for membership to a recognized Indian tribe;
    (4) A legal land description of the lands applied for (by township, 
range, meridian, section, subdivision, and State);
    (5) A plan of development that describes the proposed agricultural 
or grazing land use and a description of the improvements that the 
applicant plans to place on the lands;
    (6) Any allotments that the applicant received previously from BLM; 
and
    (7) The applicant must certify their knowledge of the lands, is the 
person named in the BIA Certificate of Indian Blood, and makes true, 
accurate, and good faith statements on the application.
    BLM uses the information to determine whether or not to issue an 
Indian allotment. Without this information, BLM would not be able to 
properly administer Indian allotments on public lands and public domain 
lands within national forests.
    Based upon BLM experience and recent tabulations of activity, we 
process approximately 16 applications each year. The public reporting 
information collection burden varies from 30 minutes to 2 hours to 
complete. The estimated number of responses per year is 16. The 
estimated total annual burden is 13 hours.
    BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include them in 
the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of 
public record.

    Dated: July 31, 2001.
Michael H. Schwartz,
BLM Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-21474 Filed 8-23-01; 8:45 am]
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