[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44042-44043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12490]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians


Notice of Proposed Information Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians, Department of the Interior, announces the proposed extension 
of a public information collection required by The American Indian 
Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994, ``Trust Funds for Tribes and 
Individual Indians, 25 CFR part 115,'' OMB Control No. 1035-0004, and 
that it is seeking comments on its provisions. After public review, the 
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians will submit the 
information collection to Office of Management and Budget for review 
and approval.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October 
2, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the Office of the Secretary, 
Information Collection Budget Officer, Sue Ellen Sloca, 1951 
Constitution Avenue, NW., MS 120 SIB, Washington, DC 20240. Individuals 
providing comments should reference OMB Control Number 1035-0004, 
``Trust Funds for Tribes and Individual Indians, 25 CFR part 115,'' OMB 
Control No. 1035-0004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instrument, please write to the above address, or 
call Sue Ellen Sloca, on 202-208-6045, or e-mail her on [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 
1320, which implement the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-
13), require that interested members of the public and affected 
agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and 
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d)). This notice identifies 
an information collection activity that the Office of the Special 
Trustee for American Indians will

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submit to OMB for extension or re-approval.
    Public Law 103-412, The American Indian Trust Fund Management 
Reform Act of 1994, makes provision for the Office of the Special 
Trustee for American Indians, within the Office of the Secretary, to 
administer trust funds on behalf of individual Indians and of Indian 
tribes. This information collection, which covers three different 
forms, and six different non-form occasions on which the Office of the 
Special Trustee is required by law to collect information from 
individual Indians and Indian Tribes, allows the Office of the Special 
Trustee to collect the information needed to establish and maintain 
trust accounts for individual Indians and Indian tribes. If this 
information were not collected, the Office of the Special Trustee would 
not be able to comply with The American Indian Trust Fund Management 
Reform Act of 1994, and the Office of the Special Trustee would not be 
able to carry out its fiduciary responsibilities to individual Indians 
and Indian tribes with respect to trust funds.

II. Data

    (1) Title: Trust Funds for Tribes and Individual Indians, 25 CFR 
part 115.
    OMB Control Number: 1035-0004.
    Current Expiration Date: 10/31/2006.
    Type of Review: Information Collection: Renewal.
    Affected Entities: State, local, or tribal government.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 285,000.
    Frequency of response: As needed.
    (2) Annual reporting and recordkeeping burden.
    Estimated number of responses annually: 677,675.
    Total annual reporting: 472,214.
    (3) Description of the need and use of the information: The 
statutorily-required information is needed to provide the Office of the 
Special Trustee with a vehicle to collect the information needed to 
establish and maintain trust accounts for individual Indians and Indian 
tribes.
    III. Request for Comments
    The Department of the Interior invites comments on:
    (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 of the 
collection and 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.
    Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 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 collecting, validating and 
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able 
to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to 
complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or 
otherwise disclose the information.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.

    Dated: July 27, 2006.
Ross O. Swimmer,
Special Trustee for American Indians.
 [FR Doc. E6-12490 Filed 8-2-06; 8:45 am]
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