[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 48938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18888]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-960-1410-PB-24-1A]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Approval Number 
1004-0191

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) requests the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect information from 
Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans interested in applying for a 160-
acre allotment of Federal lands in Alaska. BLM uses Form AK 2561-10 to 
collect the requested information to determine if they qualify and are 
eligible to obtain a 160-acre allotment of Federal land in Alaska.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before September 24, 2002. BLM will not necessarily consider any 
comments received after the above date.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to: Regulatory Affairs Group (WO-630), 
Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, Virginia 22153.
    You may send comments via Internet to: [email protected]. Please 
include ``Attn: 1004-0191'' and your name and address with your 
comments.
    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 Dennis Benson, Alaska 
State Office, on (907) 271-3248 (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 Mr. Benson.

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, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    Under Section 432 of the Veterans Administration and Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Act (Public Law 105-276), the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act was amended to include a new section which 
allows certain Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans to apply for native 
allotments. The implementing regulations are 43 CFR 2568--Alaska Native 
Allotments for Certain Veterans.
    Based on BLM's experience administering this program, we estimate 
the public reporting burden to complete Form AK 2561-10 is 30 minutes 
and 27 hours and 30 minutes to gather and complete the required 
information such as marking the corners of the lands applied for, and 
requesting/completing a cadastral survey of the lands. BLM estimates 
that we receive 732 applications annually, with a total annual burden 
of 20,496 hours. The respondents are Alaskan Native Vietnam Era 
Veterans. The frequency of response is once for each applicant.
    Any member of the public may request and obtain, without charge, a 
copy of BLM Form AK 2561-10 by contacting the person identified under 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include them in 
the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of a 
public record.

    Dated: July 16, 2002.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-18888 Filed 7-25-02; 8:45 am]
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