[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72506-72507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25633]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[2231A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 1076-0155]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Leases and 
Permits

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), are proposing renew an information 
collection.

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

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Please provide a 
copy of your comments 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 OMB Control Number 1076-0155 in 
the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Mullen, Information Collection 
Clearance Officer, [email protected], (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, 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.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
September 10, 2021 (86 FR 50737). No comments were received.
    As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other 
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. 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. 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: 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. A response is 
required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Title of Collection: Leases and Permits.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0155.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individual Indians and Indian Tribes 
seeking to lease their trust or restricted land and businesses that 
lease trust and restricted land.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 99,340.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 99,340.

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    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 2 
hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 81,899.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: In general, once per approval per lease. 
Some collections occur upon request for modification or assignment or 
upon a trespass violation, which occur, on average, fewer than once per 
lease. Additionally, rent payments occur, on average, once per month.
    Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: $1,813,000.
    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).

Steven Mullen,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs 
and Collaborative Action--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-25633 Filed 11-23-22; 8:45 am]
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