[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 82 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25289-25290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09058]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

[22XD4523WS; DS67010000; DWSNF0000.XD0000; DP67012; OMB Control Number 
1093-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Access and Consent 
Forms

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, 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 the Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary, 
Department of the Interior are proposing to seek compliance for an 
information collection in use without approval.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
June 27, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to Teri Barnett, Departmental Privacy Officer, U.S. 
Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Room 7112, Washington, DC 
20240, or email her at [email protected]. Please reference Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1093-NEW in the subject 
line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Teri Barnett, Departmental Privacy Officer, 
U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Room 7112, 
Washington, DC 20240, or email her at [email protected], or by 
telephone at 202-208-1605. Individuals in the United States who are 
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 
711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay 
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay 
services offered within their country to make international calls to 
the point-of-contact in the United States. You may also view the ICR at 
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all 
information collections require approval under the PRA. We may not 
conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection 
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies 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 especially interested in public comment addressing the 
following:
    (1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) How might the agency 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 technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of response.
    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 personally identifiable information 
(PII) in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your PII--may be made publicly available at any time. While 
you can ask us in your comment to withhold your PII from public review, 
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Abstract: The Department of the Interior (DOI) developed the DI-
4016, Request for Individual Access to Records Protected under the 
Privacy Act, and DI-4017, Consent for Disclosure of Records Protected 
under the Privacy Act, forms for individuals to submit requests for 
accessing, and consenting to the disclosure of, records protected under 
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a. The DI-4016, 
Request for Individual Access to Records Protected under the Privacy 
Act, form is used by individuals seeking access to their records and 
any information pertaining to them that are maintained in DOI's systems 
of records. The DI-4017, Consent for Disclosure of Records Protected 
under the Privacy Act, form provides written consent of the individual 
to whom the record pertains when disclosing records to another person 
or an agency. The Privacy Act provides that ``the parent of any minor, 
or the legal guardian of any individual who has been declared to be 
incompetent due to physical or mental incapacity or age by a court of 
competent jurisdiction, may act on behalf of the individual.'' 
Therefore, these forms may also be used by a parent or legal guardian.
    These forms were based on the templates provided in the OMB 
Memorandum M-21-04, Modernizing Access to and Consent for Disclosure of 
Records Subject to the Privacy Act, issued on November 12, 2020, which 
implements the requirements of the Creating Advanced Streamlined 
Electronic Services for Constituents Act of 2019 (``CASES Act''). The 
CASES Act was issued in an effort to modernize the Privacy Act request 
process by requiring agencies to accept access and consent forms from 
individuals properly identity-proofed and authenticated remotely 
through a digital service option in addition to an agency's existing 
process. The CASES Act also requires the forms to be posted on the 
agency website's privacy program page and the website updated to 
include instructions on how individuals may submit requests digitally.
    Title of Collection: Access and Consent Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 1093-NEW.
    Form Number: DI-4016 and DI-4017.
    Type of Review: New, In use without OMB approval.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,325.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,325.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 331 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.

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    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    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. 2022-09058 Filed 4-27-22; 8:45 am]
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