[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50776-50777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20294]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Leases and Permits 
on Trust or Restricted Land; Request for Comments

AGENCIES: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Submission to OMB.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting the collection of 
information for leases and permits on trust and restricted land 
pursuant to 25 CFR part 162 to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for renewal. The information collection is currently authorized 
by OMB Control Number 1076-0155, which expires August 31, 2010.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 16, 2010.

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 to (202) 395-5806 or you may send 
an e-mail to: OIRA--DOCKET@ omb.eop.gov. Please send a copy of your 
comments to Ben Burshia, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Real 
Estate Services, Mail Stop 4639-MIB, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20240; facsimile: (202) 219-1195; e-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Burshia (202) 208-7737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    BIA is seeking renewal of the approval for the information 
collection conducted under 25 CFR 162, Leases and Permits, for the 
review and approval of leases and permits on land the United States 
holds in trust or restricted status for individual Indians and Indian 
tribes. This information collection allows BIA to review applications 
for leases and permits, modifications, and assignments and to 
determine:
    (a) Whether or not a lease may be approved or granted;
    (b) The value of each lease;
    (c) The appropriate compensation to landowners; and
    (d) Provisions for violations of trespass.
    Approval for this collection expires August 31, 2010. No third 
party notification or public disclosure burden is associated with this 
collection. There is no change to the approved burden hours for this 
information collection.

II. Request for Comments

    The BIA requests that you send your comments on this collection to 
the locations listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your comments should 
address: (a) The necessity of the information collection for the proper 
performance of the agencies, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden 
(hours and cost) of the collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways we could 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (d) ways we could minimize the burden of the collection 
of the information on the respondents, such as through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Please note that an agency may not sponsor or conduct, and an 
individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it 
has a valid OMB Control Number.
    It is our policy to make all comments available to the public for 
review at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section during the hours 
of 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday except for legal 
holidays. 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.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1076-0155.
    Title: Leases and Permits, 25 CFR 162.
    Brief Description of Collection: This collection of information is 
being renewed with substantially no change. Generally trust and 
restricted land may be leased by Indian land owners, with the approval 
of the Secretary of the Interior, except when specified by statute. 
Submission of this information allows BIA to review applications for 
obtaining, modifying and assigning leases and permits of land that the 
United States holds in trust or restricted status for individual 
Indians and Indian tribes. The information is used to determine 
approval of a lease, amendment, assignment, sublease, mortgage or 
related document. Response is required to obtain a benefit.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Respondents: Individual Indians and Indian tribes seeking to lease 
their trust or restricted land and businesses that lease trust and 
restricted land.
    Number of Respondents: 14,500.
    Total Number of Responses: 121,140.
    Frequency of Response: One approval per lease, other collections 
occur fewer than once per lease, on average, upon request for 
modification or assignment or upon a trespass violation.
    Estimated Time per Response: Ranges from 15 minutes to 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 106,065 hours.

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    Total Annual Fees from Respondents: BIA collects fees for 
processing submitted documents, as set forth in section 162.241 or 
section 162.616. The minimum administrative fee is $10.00 and the 
maximum administrative fee is $500.00. The average total administrative 
fees collected is $250.00 of which is collected approximately 7,252 
times, totaling $1,813,000.

    Dated: August 10, 2010.
Alvin Foster,
Acting Chief Information Officer--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-20294 Filed 8-16-10; 8:45 am]
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