[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 140 (Friday, July 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43889-43893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15755]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[2231A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 1076-0136, 
1076-0157, 1076-0161, 1076-0167, 1076-0174, 1076-0180, 1076-0181, 1076-
0186, 1076-0191, 1076-0192, 1076-0193]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comment on 
Fiscal Year 2023 Expirations Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

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ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), 
and Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA) are 
proposing to renew eleven (11) information collections. Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1076-0136, 1076-0157, 1076-
0161, 1076-0167, 1076-0174, 1076-0180, 1076-0181, 1076-0186, 1076-0191, 
1076-0192, and 1076-0193.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 20, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to Steven Mullen, Information Collection Clearance 
Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action--Indian 
Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1001 Indian School Road NW, 
Suite 229, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104; or by email to 
[email protected]. Please reference the relevant OMB Control Number in 
the subject line of your email.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Mullen, Information Collection 
Clearance Officer, by email at [email protected] or telephone at (202) 
924-2650. 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. 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 the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for the 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 the 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.

OMB Control Number 1076-0136

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to 
renew an information collection. The Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA) authorizes and directs the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs (BIA) to contract or compact with and fund Indian Tribes 
and Tribal organizations that choose to take over the operation of 
programs, services, functions and activities (PSFAs) that would 
otherwise be operated by the BIA. These PSFAs include programs such as 
law enforcement, social services, and tribal priority allocation 
programs. The data is maintained by BIA's Office of Indian Services, 
Division of Self-Determination.

    Title of Collection: Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0136.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Federally recognized Indian Tribes, 
Tribal organizations and contractors.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 567.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 7,063.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 4 hours to 122 
hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 127,127 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

OMB Control Number 1076-0157

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to 
renew an information collection. The ``American Indian Agricultural 
Resource Management Act,'' (AIARMA), 25 U.S.C. 3701 et seq., authorizes 
the Secretary of the Interior, in participation with the beneficial 
owner of the land, to manage Indian agricultural lands in a manner 
consistent with identified Tribal goals and priorities for 
conservation, multiple use, sustained yield, and consistent with trust 
responsibilities. The regulations at 25 CFR 166, Grazing Permits; 
implement the AIARMA and include the specific information collection 
requirements. Submission of this information allows individuals or 
organizations to acquire or modify a grazing permit on Tribal land, 
individually-owned Indian land, or government land and to meet bonding 
requirements.

    Title of Collection: Grazing Permits.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0157.
    Form Number: Form 5-5423--Performance Bond, Form 5-5514--Bid for 
Grazing Privileges, 5-5515 Grazing Permit, Form 5-5516--Grazing Permit 
for Organized Tribes, Form 5-5517--Free Grazing Permit, Form 5-5519--
Cash Penal Bond, Form 5-5520--Power of Attorney, Form 5-5521--
Certificate and Application for On-and-Off Grazing Permit, Form 5522--
Modification of Grazing Permit, Form 5-5523--Assignment of Grazing 
Permit, Form 5-5524--Application for Allocation of Grazing Privileges, 
5-5525 Authority to Grant Grazing Privileges on Allotted Lands, Form 5-
5528--Livestock Crossing Permit, and Form 5-5529--Removable Range 
Improvement Records.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Tribes, Tribal organizations, 
individual Indians, and non-Indian individuals and associations.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 7,810.

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    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 7,810.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 20 minutes to 
one hour, with an average of less than one hour per response.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,701.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

OMB Control Number 1076-0161

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs are proposing to renew 
an information collection. The information submitted by Tribes allows 
them to participate in planning the development of transportation needs 
in their area; the information provides data for administration, 
documenting plans, and for oversight of the program by the Department. 
Some of the information such as the providing inventory updates (25 CFR 
170.444), the development of a long-range transportation plan (25 CFR 
170.411 and 170. 412), the development of a Tribal transportation 
improvement program (25 CFR 170.421), and annual report (25 CFR 
170.420) are mandatory to determine how funds will allocated to 
implement the Tribal Transportation Program.

    Title of Collection: Tribal Transportation Program, 25 CFR 170.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0161.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Federally recognized Indian Tribes.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 281 on average (each 
year).
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,504 on average (each 
year).
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 0.5 hours to 40 
hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 20,928 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Some of the information, such as public 
hearing requirements, is necessary for public notification and 
involvement (25 CFR 170.437 and 170.438), while other information, such 
as a request for exception from design standards (25 CFR 170.456), is 
voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

OMB Control Number 1076-0167

    Abstract: We, the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA) are 
proposing to renew an information collection. Submission of this 
information is required for federally recognized Indian Tribes to apply 
for, implement, reassume, or rescind a Tribal Energy Resource Agreement 
(TERA) that has been entered into under 25 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq., and 25 
CFR 224. This collection also requires the Tribe to notify the public 
of certain actions and allows a petition from the public to be 
submitted to Interior to inform of possible noncompliance with a TERA.

    Title of Collection: Tribal Energy Resource Agreements, 25 CFR 224.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0167.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Federally recognized Indian Tribes and 
the public.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1 on average (each 
year).
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 11 on average (each 
year).
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 32 hours to 432 
hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,960 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $18,100.

OMB Control Number 1076-0174

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs are proposing to renew 
an information collection. The Office of Indian Economic Development 
(OIED) administers and manages the energy resource development grant 
program under the Energy and Minerals Development Program (EMDP). 
Congress may appropriate funds to EMDP on a year-to-year basis. When 
funding is available, OIED may solicit proposals for energy resource 
development projects from Indian Tribes and Tribal energy resource 
development organizations for use in carrying out projects to promote 
the integration of energy resources, and to process, use or develop 
those energy resources on Indian land. The projects may be in the areas 
of exploration, assessment, development, feasibility, or market 
studies. Indian Tribes that would like to apply for an EMDP grant must 
submit an application. Quarterly reports assist OIED staff with project 
monitoring of the EMDP program and ensure that projects are making 
adequate progress in achieving the project's objectives.

    Title of Collection: Energy and Mineral Development Program Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0174.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Federally recognized Indian Tribes 
with Indian land.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 83 applicants per 
year; 25 project participants each year.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 83 per year for 
applications; 100 per year for progress reports.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 100 hours per application; 
1.5 hours per progress report.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 8,450 hours (8,300 
for applications and 150 for progress reports).
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Once per year for applications; 4 times 
per year for progress reports.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

OMB Control Number 1076-0180

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to 
renew an information collection. Congress passed legislation 
specifically addressing oil and gas leasing on Osage lands and 
requiring Secretarial approval of leases. See 34 Stat. 543, section 3, 
as amended. The regulations art 25 CFR 226 implement that statute by 
specifying what information a lessee must provide related to drilling, 
development, and production of oil and gas on Osage reservation land. 
The oil, gas, and land are assets that the United States holds in trust 
or restricted status for Indian beneficiaries. The information 
collections in 25 CFR 226 are necessary to ensure that the beneficial 
owners of the mineral rights are provided the royalties due them, 
ensure that the oil and gas trust assets are protected, and to ensure 
that the surface estate assets are protected.

    Title of Collection: Leasing of Osage Reservation lands for Oil and 
Gas Mining.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0180.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individual Indians, businesses, and 
Tribal authorities.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,001.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 48,539.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 
eight hours.

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    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 22,731.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Varies from yearly to monthly.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $4,535.

OMB Control Number 1076-0181

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to 
renew an information collection. This information collection is 
necessary for BIA to authorize rights-of-way to cross land held in 
trust or restricted status on behalf of individual Indians and tribes, 
for a specific purpose, including but not limited to building and 
operating a line or road. The statutory authority for this program is 
at 25 U.S.C. 323-328. The regulations at 25 CFR 169 implement the 
statutory authority. BIA uses the information it collects to determine 
whether or not to grant a right-of-way, the value of the right-of-way, 
the appropriate compensation due to landowners, the amount of 
administrative fees that must be levied, and the penalties, if any, 
that should be assessed for violations of the right-of-way provisions.

    Title of Collection: Rights-of-Way on Indian Land.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0181.
    Form Number: Right-of-Way Application.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Tribes, Indian landowners and the 
public.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 3,200.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,200.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 
35 hours (for the application).
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 39,050.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $1,100,000.

OMB Control Number 1076-0186

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to 
renew an information collection. The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA or 
Act), 25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq., imposes certain requirements for child 
custody proceedings that occur in State court when a child is an 
``Indian child.'' The regulations, primarily located in Subpart I of 25 
CFR 23, provide procedural guidance for implementing ICWA, which 
necessarily involves information collections to determine whether the 
child is Indian, provide notice to the Tribe and parents or Indian 
custodians, and maintain records. The information collections are 
conducted during a civil action (i.e., a child custody proceeding). 
While these civil actions occur in State court, and the U.S. is not a 
party to the civil action, the civil action is subject to the Federal 
statutory requirements of ICWA, which the Secretary of the Interior 
oversees under the Act and general authority to manage Indian affairs 
under 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9.

    Title of Collection: Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Proceedings in 
State.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0186.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals/households and State/
Tribal governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 7,556.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 98,069.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 
12 hours, depending on the activity.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 301,811.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $309,955.

OMB Control Number 1076-0191

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) are proposing to 
renew an information collection. This information collection is 
necessary to implement the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds 
Act (ESSA). The ESEA requires all schools, including BIE-funded and 
operated schools, to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and 
significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, 
at a minimum, proficiency on challenging academic standards and aligned 
assessments. In order to accomplish these goals, the Secretary will 
develop or implement standards, assessments, and an accountability-
system requirements for BIE-funded schools. Tribal governing bodies and 
school boards are able to waive the Secretary's requirements, in part 
in or whole. However, such entities are required to submit a proposal 
for alternative requirements for approval by the Secretary and the 
Secretary of Education prior to implementation of such alternative 
requirements.

    Title of Collection: Standards, Assessments, and Accountability 
System Waiver.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0191.
    Form Number:
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Indian Tribes and BIE-funded school 
boards.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 2.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 500 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,000 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

OMB Control Number 1076-0192

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) are proposing to 
renew an information collection. The BIE supports efforts to revitalize 
and maintain Native languages and expand the use of language immersion 
programs in its schools. The funding opportunity is offered under the 
authority of the Snyder Act, 25 U.S.C. 13-1, to expend funds 
appropriated by Congress on Indian education programming. BIE uses the 
information provided by BIE-funded schools in their application to 
determine whether they are eligible for the Native language immersion 
grant and to determine whether the school is using the funding for the 
stated purpose of promoting Native language immersion programs.

    Title of Collection: Native Language Immersion Grant.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0192.
    Form Number: SF 424A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: BIE-funded schools.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 15.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 270.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 1 to 67 hours, 
depending on activity.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,335.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

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OMB Control Number 1076-0193

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) are proposing to 
renew an information collection. The regulations at 25 CFR 273, Subpart 
E, implement in section 7(c) Contracting Party Student Count Reporting 
Compliance, of the Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education 
Program Modernization Act (JOM Modernization Act). These regulations 
require the BIE to implement an annual reporting requirement for 
existing JOM contractors to report a student count served by each 
contracting party, and an accounting of the amounts and purposes for 
which the contract funds were expended. The information received from 
the annual reporting requirements of the contractor will allow the 
Secretary to provide an annual report, including the most recent 
determination of the number of eligible Indian students served by each 
contracting party, recommendation on appropriate funding levels, and an 
assessment of the contracts receiving JOM contracts, to the appropriate 
Committee and Subcommittees in the Senate and of the House of 
Representatives.

    Title of Collection: Johnson O'Malley Student Count Annual Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0193.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Tribal organizations, States, public 
school districts, Indian corporations.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 312.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,197.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Ranges from 2 to 80 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 11,450.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

Authority

    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 these ICR actions 
is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Steven Mullen,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs 
and Collaborative, Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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