[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 136 (Monday, July 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 41234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14019]


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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 Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget a request for approval and renewal of 
information collections, OMB Control No. 1076-0017, Financial 
Assistance and Social Service Program application form 5-6601.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before August 17, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior, Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Regulatory Affairs via facsimile to 202-395-6566, or by e-mail to 
[email protected].
    Send a copy of your comments to Larry Blair, Office of Tribal 
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Interior, 1951 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Mail Stop 320-SIB, Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested persons can obtain 
additional information regarding collection requests with no additional 
charge by contacting Larry Blair, 202-513-7621. Facsimile number (202) 
208-2648.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs needs the information collected to 
make determinations of eligibility for the BIA's social service 
(financial assistance) programs: General Assistance, Child Welfare 
Assistance, Miscellaneous Assistance, and services only (no cash 
assistance). Funding of these programs is authorized by 25 U.S.C. 13.
    A 60-day notice for public comments was published in the Federal 
Register on March 3, 2005 (70 FR 10407). No comments were received 
regarding this form.

II. Request for Comments

    The Department of the Interior invites comments being sent to OMB 
on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the BIA, including whether the 
information will have practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the BIA's estimate of the burden (including 
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information, including 
the validity of the methodology and assumptions 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.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.
    Burden means the total time 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 collection, 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.

III. Data

    Title of the collection of information: Financial Assistance and 
Social Service Programs, 25 CFR 20.
    OMB Number: 1076-0017.
    Expiration Date: July 31, 2005.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. The 
information is submitted to obtain or retain benefits and for case 
management/case planning purposes.
    Affected Entities: Individual members of Indian tribes who are 
living on a reservation or within a tribal service area.
    Frequency of responses: One application per year.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 200,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200,000 x 15 min. = 50,000 
hours.

    Dated: June 13, 2005.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-14019 Filed 7-15-05; 8:45 am]
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