[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62807-62808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25619]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Indian Education Programs


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

AGENCY: Office of Indian Education Programs, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice 
announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs is submitting an 
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget for 
renewal. The collection concerns the enrollment applications for two 
Bureau operated post secondary schools: Haskell Indian Nations 
University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute. We are 
requesting a renewal of clearance and requesting comments on this 
information collection.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 7, 
2002.

ADDRESSES: You are requested to send any comments to Attention: Desk 
Officer for the Department of the Interior, Office of Management and 
Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Please send a copy 
of your written comments to Kenneth Whitehorn, Department of the 
Interior, Office of Indian Education Programs, Branch of Planning, MS 
Room 3512 MIB, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240. You may fax 
your written comments to (202) 208-3312.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Whitehorn, (202) 208-4976.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published in exercise of 
authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs under 25 
U.S.C. 2 and 9 and 209 DM 8.

I. Abstract

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting the admission 
forms for Haskell Indian Nations University and the Southwestern Indian 
Polytechnic Institute for review by OMB. These admission forms are 
useful in determining program eligibility of American Indian and Alaska 
Native students for educational services. The forms have been changed 
to include a Paperwork Reduction Act and Public Burden statements, a 
Privacy Act statement, and an Effects of Non Disclosure statement.
    These forms are utilized pursuant to Blood Quantum Act, Public Law 
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228; the Snyder Act, Chapter 115, Public Law 67-85; and, the Indian 
Appropriations of the 48th Congress, Chapter 180, page 91, For Support 
of Schools, July 4, 1884.

II. Request for Comments

    A notice announcing the emergency clearance and requesting comments 
was published on April 23, 2002 (67 FR 19770). There were no comments 
received regarding that notice, however, the Department of the Interior 
invites comments on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper 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 (including 
the hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumption 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.
    Burden means the total time, effort, 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 collecting, 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.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection. They also will become a matter of public record.
    All written comments will be available for public inspection in 
Room 3512 of the Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW., 
Washington, DC, from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. If you wish to have your name or address 
withheld from public view, you must state this prominently at the 
beginning of your comments. We will honor your request to the extent 
allowed by law.
    We will not request nor sponsor a collection of information, and 
you need not respond to such a request, if there is no valid Office of 
Management and Budget Control Number.

III. Data

    Title: Applications for Admission to Haskell Indian Nations 
University and to Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.
    OMB approval number: 1076-0114.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Description: These eligibility application forms are mandatory in 
determining a student's eligibility for educational services. This 
collection is at no cost to the public.
    Total Number of Respondents: 2,281.
    Total Number of Annual responses: 3,943.
    Total Annual Burden hours: 15 minutes per response x 3,943 annual 
responses = 986 hours.

    Dated: October 1, 2002.
Neal A. McCaleb,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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