[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 20023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10071]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Submission to OMB for Approval of Tribal Self-Governance Program 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs is submitting a request for an 
extension of an information collection from potential Self-Governance 
Tribes, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The information 
collected under OMB Clearance Number 1076-0143 will be used to 
establish requirements for entry into the pool of qualified applicants 
for self-governance, to provide information for awarding planning and 
negotiation grants, and to meet reporting requirements of the Self-
Governance Act.

DATES: Submit comments on or before May 23, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments can be sent to: The Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: 
Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503. A copy should be sent to William Sinclair, Office 
of Self-Governance, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 2548 MIB, Washington, 
DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may obtain copies of the 
information collection request submission and the Federal Register 
notice by contacting William Sinclair, (202) 219-0244.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Register notice of proposed 
information collection activities was published in the Federal Register 
on November 27, 2002 (67 FR 70964). No comments were received. You are 
advised that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 
required to respond to, a collection of information that does not 
display a valid OMB clearance number. For the Self-Governance 
collection of information, the response is voluntary, to obtain or 
retain a benefit, depending upon the parts of the program being 
addressed.
    The Self-Governance program was authorized by the Tribal Self-
Governance Act of 1994, Public Law 103-413, as amended. Tribes 
interested in entering into Self-Governance must submit certain 
information as required by Public Law 103-413, as amended, to support 
their admission into Self-Governance. In addition, those tribes and 
tribal consortia who have entered into self-governance compacts will be 
requested to submit certain information as described in the negotiated 
rules published in final form on December 15, 2000 (65 FR 78688). This 
information will be used to justify a budget request submission on 
their behalf and to comport with section 405 of the Act that calls for 
the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress.
    You may submit comments about the collection to evaluate the 
following:
    (a) The accuracy of the burden hours, including the validity of the 
methodology used and assumptions made;
    (b) The necessity of the information for proper performance of the 
bureau functions, including its practical utility;
    (c) The quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and,
    (d) Suggestions to reduce the burden including use of automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    Please submit your comments to the persons listed in the ADDRESSES 
section. Please note that comments, names and addresses of 
commentators, will be available for public review during regular 
business hours. If you wish your name and address withheld from the 
public, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your 
comments. We will honor your request to the extent allowable by law.
    OMB is required to make a decision concerning this information 
collection request between 30 and 60 days after publication of this 
document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment will receive the 
best consideration by OMB if it is submitted early during this comment 
period.
    Type of review: Renewal.
    Title: Tribal Self-Governance Program--25 CFR 1000.
    OMB Control No.: 1076-0143.
    Affected Entities: Tribes and tribal consortiums wishing to enter 
into a self-governance compact.
    Size of Respondent Pool: 95.
    Number of Annual Responses: 213.
    Average Hours per Response: 48 hours.
    Yearly Hour Burden: 10,498 hours.
    Annual Non-Hourly Burden Cost: $16,000.

    Dated: April 15, 2003.
Aurene M. Martin,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-10071 Filed 4-22-03; 8:45 am]
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