[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44663-44664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15280]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Final Rule To Implement Title V of the Tribal Self-
Governance Amendments of 2000

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), as part of 
its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, 
conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general 
public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed 
and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This 
program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the 
desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is 
minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the 
impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly 
assessed. Currently, the Indian Health Service (IHS) is providing a 60-
day advance opportunity for public comment on a proposed extension of 
current information collection activity to be submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget for review.
    Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0026, ``Final Rule to Implement 
Title V of the Tribal Self-Governance Amendments of 2000''. Type of 
Information Collection Request: Extension, without revision, of 
currently approved information collection, 0917-0026, ``Final Rule to 
Implement Title V of the Tribal Self-Governance Amendments of 2000''. 
Form Number: None. Forms: None. Need and Use of Information Collection: 
The ``Tribal Self-Governance Amendments of 2000'', Pub. L. 106-206 (the 
act), repeals Title III of the Indian Self-Determination Act, Pub. L. 
93-638, as amended, (ISDA) and enacts Title V that established a 
permanent Self-Governance program within DHHS. Thus, Indian and Alaska 
Native Tribes are now able to compact for the operation, control, and 
redesign of various IHS activities on a permanent basis. The final rule 
has been negotiated among representatives of Self-Governance and non-
Self-Governance Tribes and the DHHS. The final rule included provision 
governing how DHHS/IHS carries out its responsibility to Indian Tribes 
under the Act and how Indian Tribes carry out their responsibilities 
under the Act. As required by section 517(b) of the Act, the Department 
has developed this final rule with active Tribal participation of 
Indian Tribes, inter-Tribal consortia, Tribal organizations and 
individual Tribal members, using the guidance of the Negotiated 
Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. 561 et seq. Health status reporting 
requirements will be negotiated on an individual Tribal basis and 
included in individual compacts of funding agreements. Response to the 
data collection continues to be voluntary; however, submission of the 
data is essential to participation in the Tribal Self-Governance 
process. Self-Governance Tribes have the option of participating in a 
voluntary national uniform data collection effort with the IHS. The 
department is seeking

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continued OMB approval of the collection of information identified in 
the following sections of regulations: subpart C--Selection of Tribes 
for Participation in Self-Governance, subpart D and E--Compact and 
Funding Agreement, subpart N--Construction Projects, and Subpart P--
Appeals. Affected Public: Individual Tribes. Type of Respondents: 
Tribal representatives.
    The table below provides the estimated burden hours for this 
information collection:

                                      Table.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Avg. burden
                  CFR Section                      Est. No. of    Responses per      hour per      Total annual
                                                   respondents     respondent        response       burden Hrs.
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Subpart C--Eligibility criteria................              50               1             10.0             500
Subpart D--Self-governance compact and Subpart               50               1             34.0           1,700
 E--Funding agreement..........................
Subpart N--Construction........................              30               1             40             1,200
Subpart P--Appeals.............................               8               1             40               320
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    Total Annual Burden........................  ..............  ..............  ...............           3,720
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    There are no Capital Costs, Operating costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the 
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency 
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in 
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate 
(the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to 
provide the requested information); (d) whether the methodology and 
assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being 
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use 
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: Send your 
written comments and requests for more information on the proposed 
collection or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection 
instrument(s) and instructions to: Mrs. Chris Rouleau, IHS Reports 
Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 
20852-1601, call non-toll free (301) 443-5938, send via facsimile to 
(301) 443-2316, or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return 
address to: [email protected].
    Comment Due Date: your comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having their full effect if received 
within 60-days of the date of this publication.

    Dated: July 28, 2005.
Charles W. Grim,
Assistant Surgeon General Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 05-15280 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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