[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31879-31880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12404]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Western Shoshone Application Form, Submission to Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Submission of Information Collection.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for the renewal of a tribal 
enrollment information collection as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The information, collected under OMB Control No. 1076-
0165, will be used to establish that the applicants meet the 
eligibility requirements to share in the Western Shoshone judgment fund 
distribution.

DATES: Submit comments on or before July 7, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to the 
Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at the Office of 
Management and Budget, by facsimile at (202) 395-6566 or you may send 
an e-mail to: [email protected]. Please send copy of comments to 
Iris Drew, Office of Indian Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001 
Indian School Road, NW., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104. Fax number: 
(505) 563-3060.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Iris Drew, Tribal Relations 
Specialist, Tribal Government Services. Telephone: (505) 563-3530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This collection was authorized by the Act of 
July 7, 2004, Public Law 108-270 and originally approved and assigned 
OMB Control No. 1076-0165 when it was submitted with a proposed 
rulemaking, 25 CFR part 61, which was published in the Federal Register 
on May 19, 2005, at 70 FR 28859. The final rule was published in the 
Federal Register on March 5, 2007, at 72 FR 9836. A request for 
comments on this information collection request appeared in the Federal 
Register (73 FR 10461) on February 27, 2008. No comments were received 
during or before the close of the public comment period of April 28, 
2008.
    Request for Comments: Please send your comments on this collection 
to the two locations listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your comments 
should be about the proposed collection to evaluate:
    (a) The necessity of the information collection for proper 
performance of the bureau functions, including its practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the burden hours, including the validity of the 
methodology use and assumptions made;
    (c) The quality, utility and clarity of the of the information to 
be collected; and
    (d) Suggestions to reduce the burden including use of automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    The public is advised that an agency may not sponsor or request, 
and an individual need not respond to, a collection of information 
unless it has a valid OMB Control Number.
    Please submit your comments to the persons listed in the ADDRESSES 
section. Please note that all comments received will be available for 
public review two weeks after comment period closes. Before including 
your address, phone number, e-mail address or other personally 
identifiable information, be advised that your entire comment--
including your personally identifiable information--may be made public 
at any time. While you may request that we withhold your personally 
identifiable information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to 
do so. We do not consider anonymous comments. All comments from 
representatives of businesses or organizations will be made public in 
their entirety.
    OMB has up to 60 days to make a decision on the submission for 
renewal, but may make the decision after 30 days. Therefore, to receive 
the best consideration of your comments, you should submit them closer 
to 30 days than 60 days.
    OMB Approval Number: 1076-0165.
    Title: Application to Share in the Western Shoshone Funds as a 
Lineal

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Descendant of the Western Shoshone Identifiable Group, 25 CFR Part 61.
    Brief Description of Collection: The information collected is 
required for individuals to participate in the per capita distribution 
pursuant to the Act of July 7, 2004, Public Law 108-270. Subsection 
3(b) of Public Law 108-270, requires the Secretary of the Interior to 
prepare a Western Shoshone judgment roll consisting of all individuals 
who--(a) have a least 1/4 degree of Western Shoshone blood; (b) are 
citizens of the United States; and (c) are living on July 7, 2004.
    Ineligible Individuals: Any individual that is certified by the 
Secretary to be eligible to receive a per capita payment from any other 
judgment funds based on an aboriginal land claim awarded by the Indian 
Claims Commission, the United States Claims Court, or the United States 
Court of Federal Claims, that was appropriated on or before July 7, 
2004, will not be listed on the judgment roll.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Respondents: Individual Indians able to prove lineal descendency of 
the Western Shoshone Identifiable group pursuant to the Act of July 7, 
2004, Public Law 108-270.
    Number of Respondents: We have received approximately 7,000 
applications since the application period opened in April 2007. We 
expect to receive an additional 6,000 applications over a three-year 
period.
    Estimated Time per Response: The burden of preparing and submitting 
an application to share in the judgment funds distribution will vary 
widely, depending upon the applicant's age and family history. The time 
will vary from 1 hour for older individuals to 20 hours for younger or 
non enrolled individuals. We are using 11 hours as an average per 
individual response.
    Frequency of Response: Each applicant will be required to file only 
once.
    Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 2,000 requests per year at 11 
hours per response, for a total reporting and record keeping annual 
burden of 22,000 hours.
    Additional Costs per Application: An average cost of $23.75 per 
applicant for document reproduction with a total annual burden of 
$47,500.

    Dated: May 28, 2008.
Sanjeev ``Sonny'' Bhagowalia,
Chief Information Officer--Indian Affairs.
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