[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15120-15121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06235]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

[DT21200000 DST000000.T7AC00.241A]


Proposed Renewal of Information Collection: OMB Control Number 
1035-0004, Trust Funds for Tribes and Individual Indians, 25 CFR Part 
115

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of the Special Trustee for 
American Indians.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, Office of the 
Secretary, Department of the Interior, announces the proposed extension 
of a public information collection and seeks public comments on the 
provisions thereof, regarding, ``Trust Funds for Tribes and Individual 
Indians, 25 CFR 115,'' OMB Control No. 1035-0004.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by May 20, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Send your written comments to Dianne M. Moran, Field 
Operations, Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, 4400 
Masthead St. NE., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109. You may also email 
your comments to: [email protected]. Individuals providing 
comments should reference OMB control number 1035-0004, ``Trust Funds 
for Tribes and Individual Indians, 25 CFR 115.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information 
collection request, any explanatory information and related forms, see 
the contact information provided in the ADDRESSES section above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This notice is for renewal of information collection.
    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 
1320, which implement the Paperwork

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Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 submit to OMB for renewal.
    The American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (the 
Reform Act) (Pub. L. 103-412) makes provisions for the Office of the 
Special Trustee for American Indians to administer trust fund accounts 
for individuals and tribes. The collection of information is required 
to facilitate the processing of deposits, investments, and distribution 
of monies held in trust by the U.S. Government and administered by the 
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians. The collection of 
information provides the information needed to establish procedures to: 
Deposit and retrieve funds from accounts, perform transactions such as 
cashing checks, reporting lost or stolen checks, stopping payment of 
checks, and general verification for account activities.

II. Data

    (1) Title: Trust Funds for Tribes and Individuals Indians, 25 CFR 
115.
    OMB Control Number: 1035-0004.
    Current Expiration Date: July 31, 2016.
    Type of Review: Information Collection Renewal.
    Affected Entities: Individual Indians and Tribes who wish to 
initiate some activity on their trust accounts.
    Obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 85,562.
    Frequency of responses: As needed, estimated 4 per year.
    (2) Annual reporting and recordkeeping burden:
    Total annual reporting per response: 15 minutes.
    Total number of estimated responses: 342,247.
    Total annual reporting: 85,562 hours.
    (3) Description of the need and use of the information: This 
information collection is needed and used to process deposits, 
investments, and distribution of monies from accounts held in trust by 
the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, individual 
Indians in the administration of these accounts. The respondents submit 
information in order to gain or retain a benefit, namely, access to 
funds held in trust.

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 of information 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 
respondents, including the through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    ``Burden'' means the total time, effort, and 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 purposes 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 comments, with names and addresses, will be available for 
public inspection. Before including Personally Identifiable Information 
(PII), such as your address, phone number, email address, or other 
personal information in your comment(s), you should be aware that your 
entire comment (including PII) may be made available to the public at 
any time. If you wish us to withhold your personally identifiable 
information (PII), you must prominently state it at the beginning of 
your comments what information that you want us to withhold from public 
view. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold PII from public 
view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. If you wish to 
view any comments received, you may do so by scheduling an appointment 
with the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, by using 
the contact information in the ADDRESSES section above. A valid picture 
identification is required for entry into the Department of the 
Interior.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
    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: March 10, 2016.
Doug Lords,
Deputy Special Trustee--Field Operations, Office of the Special Trustee 
for American Indians.
[FR Doc. 2016-06235 Filed 3-18-16; 8:45 am]
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