[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49198-49199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24035]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Paperwork Reduction Act Requests, Submission to OMB

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Requests 
for the Bureau of Indian Affairs Higher Education Grant Program Annual 
Report Form, OMB No. 1076-0106, and the Higher Education Grant Program 
Application, OMB No. 1076-0101 require reinstatement. The information 
collection requirements, with no appreciable changes, described below 
are being submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Submit your comments and suggestions on or before October 26, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent directly to Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for 
Department of the Interior. Please submit copies of any comments to 
Garry R. Martin, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Indian Education 
Programs, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240-0001, or hand deliver 
to Room 3526-MIB at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the information collection 
may be obtained by contacting Garry R. Martin, 202-208-3478. Comments 
can be reviewed at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section between 
the hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Abstract

    The information collection is necessary to request applications for 
this program and to assess the need for this program as required by 25 
CFR 40. One comment was received during the comment period for the 60-
day Federal Register notice (66 FR 21174). The commenter believes that 
this documentation is critical to support their future requests for 
increased funding of student grants.

Comments

    Comments are invited on:
    (a) Whether these information collections are necessary for the 
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performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (hours and 
cost) of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of the 
information on the respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Please note that an 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. Each proposed 
information collection contains the following: Type of Review 
requested, e.g., new, revision, extension, reinstatement, existing; 
Title; Summary of collection; Description of the need for, and proposed 
use of, the information; respondents and frequency of collection; 
Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement.
    Title: Higher Education Grant Program Annual Report Form.
    This is a compilation of data from tribes, tribal organizations 
that participate in the Bureau of Indian Affairs Higher Education Grant 
Program. The information is used to account for the funds appropriated 
for this program.
    OMB approval number: 1076-0106.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Description of respondents: Tribes, Tribal Organizations.
    Estimated completion time: 3 hours.
    Number of Annual responses: 125.
    Annual Burden hours: 375 hours.

    Type of Review: Reinstatement.
    Title: Higher Education Grant Program Application.
    The information is used by the tribe or tribal organization to 
determine the eligibility of the respondents for this program.
    OMB approval number: 1076-0101.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Description of respondents: Eligible American Indian and Alaska 
Native students.
    Estimated completion time: 1 hour.
    Number of Annual responses: 14,000.
    Annual Burden hours: 14,000 total hours.

    Dated: September 4, 2001.
Neal A. McCaleb,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 01-24035 Filed 9-25-01; 8:45 am]
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