[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36915-36916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13274]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Submission of Information Collection to the Office of Management 
and Budget for Review Under the Paper Work Reduction Act

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved information 
collection.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget a request for approval and renewal of 
information collections, OMB Control No. 1076-0017, Financial 
Assistance and Social Service Program application form.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before June 27, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent directly to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Docket Library 
Attention: Desk Officer Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 
20503.
    Send a copy of your comments to Larry Blair, Office of Tribal 
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Interior, 1849 C 
Street, NW., MS-4660-MIB, Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested persons can obtain 
additional information regarding collection requests with no additional 
charge by contacting Larry Blair, 202-208-2479. Facsimile number (202) 
208-2648.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The information collected is necessary to be in compliance with 25 
CFR part 20. Funding is authorized by 25 U.S.C. 13. The information is 
used to make determinations of eligibility for the BIA's social service 
(financial assistance) programs: General Assistance, Child Welfare 
Assistance, Miscellaneous Assistance, and services only (no cash 
assistance).
    A 60-day notice for public comments was published in the Federal 
Register on February 15, 2002 (67 FR 7190). The only comment received 
was that the form should be lengthened. The justification was not 
adequate to revise the form nor was this consistent with the BIA policy 
to reduce paperwork where possible.

II. Request for Comments

    The Department of the Interior invites comments being sent to OMB 
on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the BIA, including whether the 
information will have practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the BIA's estimate of the burden (including 
hours and cost) of the proposed 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 information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    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. Burden means the total time, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 
or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, 
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of 
collection, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information, to 
search data sources to complete and review the collection of 
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.

III. Data

    Title of the collection of information: Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Financial Assistance and Social Service 
Programs.
    OMB Number: 1076-0017.
    Expiration Date: June 30, 2002.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. The 
information is submitted to obtain or retain benefits and for case 
management/case planning purposes.
    Affected Entities: Individual members of Indian tribes who are 
living on a reservation or within a tribal service area.
    Frequency of responses: One application per year.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 200,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200,000 x 15 min. = 50,000 
hours.

    Dated: May 13, 2002.
Neal A. McCaleb,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-13274 Filed 5-24-02; 8:45 am]
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