[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 185 (Friday, September 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49001-49002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23117]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Proposed Renewal of Information Collection: OMB Control 
Number 1093-0005, Payments in Lieu of Taxes

AGENCY: Office of Budget, Interior.

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 Budget, Office of the Secretary, 
Department of the Interior (DOI), announces that it has submitted a 
request for proposed extension of an information collection to the 
Office of Management and Budget and requests public comments on this 
submission.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collection request, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public 
comments should be submitted to OMB by October 26, 2009, in order to be 
assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Send your written comments by 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806 or e-mail ([email protected]) to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Department of the Interior Desk Officer (1093-0005). 
Also, please send a copy of your comments to U.S. Department of the 
Interior, Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget, Attn. Brian Yost, 
1849 C St., NW., MS 4119 MIB, Washington, DC 20240, or fax to (202) 
208-3911, or via e-mail to [email protected]. Individuals 
providing comments should reference OMB control number 1093-0005, 
``Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT Act), Statement of Federal Land 
Payments (43 CFR 44).''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information on 
this information collection should be directed to Brian Yost at U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget, 
1849 C St., NW., MS 4119 MIB, Washington, DC 20240. You may also fax 
requests for further information to (202) 208-3911, or e-mail him at 
[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 parties 
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 Secretary, 
Office of Budget has submitted to OMB for renewal.
    Public Law 97-258 (31 U.S.C. 6901-6907), as amended, the Payments 
in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act, was designed by Congress to help local 
governments recover some of the expenses they incur in providing 
services on public lands. These local governments receive funds under 
various Federal land payment programs such as the National Forest 
Revenue Act, the Mineral Lands Leasing Act, and the Taylor Grazing Act. 
PILT payments supplement the payments that local governments receive 
under theses other programs.
    The PILT Act requires that the Governor of each State furnish the 
Department of the Interior with a listing of payments disbursed to 
local governments by the States on behalf of the Federal Government 
under 12 statutes described in Section 4 of the Act (31 U.S.C. 6903). 
The Department of the Interior uses the amounts reported by the States 
to reduce PILT payments to units of general local governments from that 
which they might otherwise receive. If such listings were not furnished 
by the Governor of each affected State, the Department would not be 
able to compute the PILT payments to units of general local government 
within the States in question.
    In fiscal year 2004, administrative authority for the PILT program 
was transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the Office of the 
Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Applicable DOI regulations 
pertaining to the PILT program to be administered by the Office of the 
Secretary were published as a final rule in the Federal Register on 
December 7, 2004. The OMB granted a three-year extension to the 
information collection by the Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget 
on December 21, 2006. This Office is now planning to extend the 
information collection approval authority in order to enable the 
Department of the Interior to continue to comply with the PILT Act.

II. Data

    (1) Title: Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT Act), Statement of 
Federal Land Payments (43 CFR 44).
    OMB Control Number: 1093-0005.
    Current Expiration Data: December 31, 2009.
    Type of Review: Information Collection Renewal.

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    Affected Entities: State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 43.
    Frequent of response: Annual.
    (2) Annual reporting and record keeping burden:
    Average annual reporting burden per respondent: 75 hours
    Total annual reporting: 3,225 hours.
    (3) Description of the need and use of the information: The 
statutorily-required information is needed to compute payments due 
units of general local government under the PILT Act (31 U.S.C. 6901-
6907). The Act requires that the Governor of each State furnish a 
statement as to amounts paid to units of general local government under 
12 revenue-sharing statutes in the prior fiscal year.
    (4) As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 
soliciting comments on the information collection was published on June 
17, 2009 (74 FR 28717). No comments were received. This notice provides 
the public with an additional 30 days in which to comment on the 
proposed information collection activity.

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.
    All written comments, with names and addresses, will be available 
for public inspection in the Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street, 
NW., Washington, DC during normal business hours, excluding legal 
holidays. If you wish us to withhold your personal information, you 
must prominently state at the beginning of your comment what personal 
information you want us to withhold. We will honor your request to the 
extent allowable by law. For an appointment to inspect comments, please 
contact Brian Yost by telephone on (202) 208-7409, or by e-mail at 
[email protected]. A valid picture identification is required for 
entry into the Department of the Interior.
    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: September 18, 2009.
Pam Haze,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget and Business Management.
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