[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35672-35673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14443]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-350-1430-PF-01-24 1A]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 
1004-0190

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) is requesting the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to extend and existing approval to collect certain 
information from Indians eligible to apply for an allotment with the 
BLM office that has jurisdiction over the lands covered by the 
application. BLM uses Form 2530-3, Indian Allotment Application, to 
collect this information to determine if the Indian applicant qualifies 
for an Indian allotment on public lands and public domain lands within 
national forests. The regulations at 43 CFR 2530 authorize BLM to issue 
an Indian allotment to eligible Indians who apply and qualify.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before August 24, 2004. BLM will not necessarily consider any comments 
received after the above date.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to: Bureau of Land Management, (WO-
630), Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, Virginia 
22153.
    You may send comments via Internet to: [email protected]. Please 
include ``ATTN: 1004-0190'' and your name and return 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 Alzata L. Ransom, 
Realty Use Group, on (202) 452-7772 (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 Ms. Ransom.

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:

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    (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.
    Section 4 of the Indian General Allotment Act of February 8, 1887 
(43 U.S.C. 1740) provides that, if you are an eligible Indian you may 
apply for an allotment. To establish you are eligible, you must furnish 
documentation from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) showing you are 
an Indian who meets the requirements of the Act. If you are eligible, 
your minor child also qualifies to file for an allotment under the Act. 
You must apply to the BLM office having jurisdiction over the lands 
covered by your application.
    BLM uses Form 2530-3 to collect the following information:
    (1) The name and address of the applicant; if a minor child, the 
name, age of child, and the applicant's relationship to the child;
    (2) The name of the Indian tribe to which the applicant belongs or 
is eligible to belong;
    (3) A Certificate of Indian Blood from the BIA and the name of the 
recognized Indian tribe to which you claim membership of be eligible 
for membership to a recognized Indian tribe;
    (4) A legal land description of the lands applied for (by township, 
range, meridian, section, subdivision, and State);
    (5) A plan of development that describes the proposed agricultural 
or grazing land use and a description of the improvements that the 
applicant plans to place on the lands;
    (6) Any allotments that the applicant received previously from BLM; 
and
    (7) The applicant must certify their knowledge of the lands, is the 
person named in the BIA Certificate of Indian Blood, and makes true, 
accurate, and good faith statements on the application.
    BLM uses the information to determine whether or not to issue an 
Indian allotment. Without this information, BLM would not be able to 
properly administer Indian allotments on public lands and public domain 
lands within national forests.
    Based upon BLM experience and recent tabulations of activity, we 
estimate it takes 2 hours to complete. The estimated number of 
responses per year is 6 and the total annual information burden is 12 
hours.
    Any member of the public may request and obtain, without charge, a 
copy of Form 2530-3 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 
public record.

    Dated: June 22, 2004.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-14443 Filed 6-24-04; 8:45 am]
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