[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 44 (Monday, March 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 10066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4841]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


60-Day Notice of Intention to Request Clearance of Collection of 
Information; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
and 5 CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the 
National Park Service (NPS) invites public comments on a proposed 
extension of a currently approved collection of information (OMB 
1024-0144).

DATES: Public comments on this Information Collection Request (ICR) 
will be accepted on or before May 8, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA 
Program, National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW, 8th floor, 
Washington, DC 20005; or via fax at 202/354-5179; or via e-mail at 
[email protected]. Also, you may send comments to Leonard E. Stowe, 
NPS Information Collection Clearance Officer, 1849 C St., NW., (2605), 
Washington, DC 20240; or via e-mail at [email protected]. All 
responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request 
for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 
will become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA 
Program, National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW, 8th floor, 
Washington, DC 20005; or via phone at 202/354-1479; or via fax at 202/
354-5179; or via e-mail at [email protected]. You are entitled to a 
copy of the entire ICR package free of charge.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation 
Regulations, 43 CFR Part 10.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0144.
    Current Expiration Date: August 31, 2009.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of 
information that was reinstated in February 2009 based on an emergency 
submission to OMB.
    Description of Need: The Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), requires museums to compile certain 
information (summaries, inventories, and notices) regarding Native 
American cultural items in their possession or control and provide that 
information to lineal descendants, culturally affiliated Indian tribes 
and Native Hawaiian organizations, and the National Park Service 
(acting on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior).
    Description of respondents: Museums, defined in NAGPRA as any 
institution that receives Federal funds and has possession of or 
control over Native American cultural items.
    Estimated average number of respondents: To date, 1,202 museums 
have completed summaries, inventories, or notices. NPS estimates about 
50 new submissions or revision of previous submissions each year.
    Estimated average burden hours per response: Public reporting 
burden for this collection of information is expected to average 100 
hours for the exchange of summary/inventory information between a 
museum or Federal agency and an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization and six hours per response for the notification to the 
Secretary, including time for reviewing instructions, searching 
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and 
completing and reviewing the collected information.
    Frequency of Response: Information collection requirements are done 
on an as-needed basis, with summaries due within six months of either 
receipt of a new collection or acknowledgement of a new Indian tribe, 
and inventories due within two years of either receipt of a new 
collection or acknowledgement of a new Indian tribe. An institution 
receiving Federal funds for the first time must provide a summary 
within three years and an inventory within five years.
    Estimated total annual reporting burden: 5,224 hours.
    Comments are invited on: (1) the practical utility of the 
information being gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden hour 
estimate; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden hour 
to respondents, including use of automated information techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

    Dated: March 3, 2009
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-4841 Filed 3-6-09; 8:45 am]
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