[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 47042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22401]


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NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION


Information Collection; Comment Request

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 issuance of 
a certificate of self-regulation for class II gaming to Indian tribes 
conducting gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The OMB will 
consider comments from the public on this information collection 
activity.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: 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 October 15, 
2001. When providing comment, a respondent should specify the 
particular collection activity to which the comment pertains. 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: Issuance of Certificates of Self Regulation to Tribes for 
Class II Gaming.
    OMB Number: 3141-0008.
    Abstract: The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., 
allows any Indian tribe that has conducted class II gaming for at least 
three years to petition the NIGC for a certificate of self-regulation 
for its class II gaming operations. The NIGC will issue the certificate 
if it determines from available information that the tribe has 
conducted its gaming activity in a manner which has resulted in an 
effective and honest accounting of all revenues, a reputation for safe, 
fair, and honest operation of the activity, and an enterprise free of 
evidence of criminal or dishonest activity. The tribe must also have 
adopted and implemented proper accounting, licensing, and enforcement 
systems and conducted the gaming operation on a fiscally or 
economically sound basis. The implementing regulation of the NIGC, 25 
CFR part 518, requires a tribe interested in receiving the certificate 
to file a petition with the NIGC describing the tribe's gaming 
operations, its regulatory process, its tribal revenue allocation plan, 
and its accounting and record keeping systems for the gaming operation. 
The tribe must also provide copies of various documents in support of 
the petition. Submission of the petition and supporting documentation 
is voluntary. The NIGC will use the information submitted by the 
respondent tribe in making a determination on whether to issue the 
certificate of self-regulation.
    Respondents: Indian tribes conducting class II gaming.
    Estimated Number of Potential Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Annual Voluntary of Responses: 5.
    Estimated Annual Burden Per Voluntary Respondent: 130.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Voluntary Respondents: 650.

Jacqueline Agtuca,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 01-22401 Filed 9-7-01; 8:45 am]
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