[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59075-59077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20330]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Proposed Information Collection: Final Rule To Implement Title V 
of the Tribal Self-Governance Amendments of 2000; Request for Public 
Comment: 30-Day Notice

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

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ACTION: Request for Public Comment: 30-day Proposed Information 
Collection: Final Rule to Implement Title V of the Tribal Self-
Governance Amendments of 2000.

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SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service (IHS), 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. As 
required by section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Act, the proposed information 
collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The IHS received no comments in response 
to the 60-day Federal Register notice (70 FR 44663) published on August 
3, 2005. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days 
for public comment to be submitted directly to OMB.
    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'', Public Law 106-206 
(the act), repeals Title III of the Indian Self-Determination Act, 
Public Law 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 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 continued OMB approval of the collection of 
information identified in the following sections of the 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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                                                    Estimated                     Average burden
                  CFR section                       number of     Responses per      hour per      Total annual
                                                   respondents     respondent        response      burden hours
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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 function; (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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions 
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice, 
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, directly to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Allison Eydt, Desk Officer for IHS.
    Send requests for more information on the proposed collection or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and instructions to: 
Mrs. Christina Rouleau, IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson 
Avenue, TMP 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].
    For Further Information directly pertaining to the proposed data 
collection instrument and/or the process, please contact Tena Larney, 
Reyes Building, 801 Thompson Avenue, Suite 200, Rockville, MD 20852-
1627, Telephone (301) 443-7821.

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    Comment Due Date: You comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having their full effect if received 
within 30 days of the date of this publication.

    Dated: October 4, 2005.
Robert G. McSwain,
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 05-20330 Filed 10-7-05; 8:45 am]
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