[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40397-40398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13761]


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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

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of submission of information collection to the Office of 
Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting the 
information collection on Indian Service Population and Labor Force 
Estimates for review and renewal as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995. The OMB Control Number is 1076-0147.

DATES: Submit comments on or before August 12, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to the 
Desk Officer for Department of the Interior at the Office of Management 
and Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395-6566 or you may send an e-mail 
to: OIRA--DOCKET@ omb.eop.gov.
    Please send copy of your comments to Mr. Harry Rainbolt, Assistant 
to the Deputy Bureau Director, Tribal Services, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1951 Constitution Avenue, Mail 
Stop 320-SIB, NW., Washington, DC 20240; Telephone (202) 513-7640, 
Facsimile (202) 208-3112.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may request further information or 
obtain copies of the information collection request submission from Mr. 
Rainbolt, as identified in the ADDRESSES section.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information is mandated by Congress through 
Public Law 102-477, Indian Employment, Training and Related Services 
Demonstration Act (Act) of 1992, section 17. The Bureau of Indian 
Affairs (BIA) is submitting the information collection for renewal. The 
Act requires the Secretary to develop, maintain and publish, not less 
than biennially, a report on the population by gender, income level, 
age, and availability for work. The report will be submitted to the 
Senate Indian Affairs Committee, as required by the Act, other Federal 
agencies and will be available to tribes and the general public upon 
request.
    A request for comments on this information collection request 
appeared in the Federal Register on March 9, 2005 (70 FR 11687). No 
comments were received in response to the announcement.

Request for Comments

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs requests you to send your comments on 
this collection to the two locations listed in the ADDRESSES section. 
Your comments should address:
    (a) The necessity of this information collection 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 (hours and 
cost) of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Ways we could enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (d) Ways we could minimize the burden of the collection of the 
information on the respondents, such as through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Please note that an agency may not sponsor or request, and an 
individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it 
has a valid OMB Control Number.
    It is our policy to make all comments available to the public for 
review at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section, room 320-SIB, 
during the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., e.s.t., Monday through Friday, 
except for legal holidays. If you wish to have your name and/or address 
withheld, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your 
comments. We will honor your request according to the requirements of 
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law. All comments from organizations or representatives will be 
available for review. We may withhold comments from review for other 
reasons.
    OMB has up to 60 days to make a decision on the submission for 
renewal, but may make the decision after 30 days. Therefore, to receive 
the best consideration of your comments, you should submit them closer 
to 30 days than 60 days.

Information Collection Abstract

    OMB Control Number: 1076-0147.
    Type of review: Renewal.
    Title: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian 
Service Population and Labor Force Estimates.
    Brief Description of collection: The Office of Tribal Services 
contacted 10 of the 562 federally recognized Indian tribes. The 10 
tribes contacted ranged in size from small (less than 500 members) to 
large tribes (more than 20,000 members). The estimated time it took 
each tribe to respond to the biennial report was between 1 hour and 4 
days depending on the sophistication of the tribal government. All 
things considered, it takes each tribe an estimated 8 hours to complete 
the survey.
    Respondents: American Indian Tribes.
    Number of Respondents: 562.
    Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Biennially.
    Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 4496 hours biennially.
    Total Annual Cost to Respondents: N/A.

    Dated: July 5, 2005.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-13761 Filed 7-12-05; 8:45 am]
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