[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3814-3815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02201]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

[199D1114PT DS62100000 DPTA00000; OMB Control Number 1093-0005]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Payments in Lieu of 
Taxes (PILT) Act, Statement of Federal Lands Payments

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the Office of Budget, Office of the Secretary are proposing to renew an 
information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
April 15, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to the Office of Budget, Office of the Secretary, Attn: 
Dionna Kiernan, 1849 C Street NW, MS 7413 MIB, Washington, DC 20240 or 
by email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control 
Number 1093-0005 in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Dionna Kiernan by email at 
[email protected], or by telephone at 202-513-7783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and 
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact 
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information 
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired 
format.
    We are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described 
below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the 
following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper 
functions of the Office of Budget; (2) will this information be 
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden 
accurate; (4) how might the Office of Budget enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how 
might the Office of Budget minimize the burden of this collection on 
the respondents, including through the use of information technology.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone 
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in 
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including 
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available 
at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Abstract: 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 local governments receive under 
these other programs.
    The PILT Act requires the Governor of each state to 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 6903 of 31 U.S.C. The Department 
of the Interior uses the amounts reported by 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 (69 FR 70557). The Office of Budget, Office of the 
Secretary 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.
    Title of Collection: Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act, 
Statement of Federal Lands Payments.
    OMB Control Number: 1093-0005.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 49.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 49.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 46 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,254 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.

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    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 OMB control number.
    The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).

Jeffrey Parrillo,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-02201 Filed 2-12-19; 8:45 am]
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