[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2268-2269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-337]


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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 request for renewal.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice 
announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs is submitting an 
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
renewal. The collection concerns the Application for admission to 
Haskell Indian Nations University and to Southwestern Indian 
Polytechnic Institute. We are requesting a renewal of clearance and 
requesting comments on this information collection.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 13, 
2006.

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 
[email protected].
    Please send copies of comments to the Office of Indian Education 
Programs, 1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop 3609-MIB, Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Redman, (202) 208-4397.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs is providing the admission forms for 
Haskell Indian Nations University and the Southwestern Indian 
Polytechnic Institute for review and comment. These admission forms are 
used in

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determining program eligibility of American Indian and Alaska Native 
students for educational services. These forms are authorized pursuant 
to Blood Quantum Act, Public Law 99-228; the Snyder Act, Chapter 115, 
Public Law 67-85; and, the Indian Appropriations of the 48th Congress, 
Chapter 180, page 91, For Support of Schools, July 4, 1884.

II. Request for Comments

    A 60-day notice requesting comments was published on July 11, 2005 
(70 FR 39787). There were no comments received regarding that notice. 
You are invited to comment on the following items to the Desk Officer 
at OMB at the citation in ADDRESSES section:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary 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 (including 
the hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumption 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.
    We will not request nor sponsor a collection of information, and 
you need not respond to such a request, if there is no valid Office of 
Management and Budget Control Number.

III. Data

    Title: Application for Admission to Haskell Indian Nations 
University and to Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0114.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Brief Description of Collection: These eligibility application 
forms are necessary to determine a student's eligibility for 
educational services.
    Respondents: Students attending, or seeking admission to, Haskell 
Indian Nations University (HINU) and to Southwestern Indian Polytechnic 
Institute (SIPI).
    Number of Respondents: 3,943.
    Estimated Time per Response: Approximately 30 minutes per 
application for SIPI, and 40 minutes per application for HINU.
    Frequency of Response: At the time of enrollment.
    Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 2,214 hours.
    Filing fee: $10 per application for HINU; no fee for SIPI.

    Dated: December 29, 2005
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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