[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 879-882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28612]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[Docket No. BIA-2022-0005-0024; 2231A2100DD/AAKC001030/
A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 1076-0017, 1076-0100, 1076-0172, 
1076-0176, 1076-0177, 1076-0179, 1076-0187, 1076-0188, 1076-0195, 1076-
0196]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comment on 
Fiscal Year 2024 Expirations Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

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), Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), 
and Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA) are 
proposing to renew ten (10) information collections. Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1076-0017, 1076-0100, 1076-
0172, 1076-0176, 1076-0177, 1076-0179, 1076-0187, 1076-0188, 1076-0195, 
and 1076-0196.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
March 6, 2023.

ADDRESSES: To submit a comment, please visit https://www.regulations.gov/document/BIA-2022-0005-0024 or https://www.regulations.gov/docket/BIA-2022-0005 or use the search field on 
https://www.regulations.gov to find the ``BIA-2022-0005'' docket. 
Please follow the comment instructions on Regulations.gov and reference 
the applicable OMB Control Number within your comment submission.

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 1076-0017

    Abstract: We, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to renew 
an information collection. The information collection allows BIA to 
determine whether an individual is eligible for assistance and services 
under 25 CFR part 20 when comparable financial assistance or social 
services either are not available or not provided by State, Tribal, 
county, local, or other Federal agencies. No third-party notification 
or public disclosure burden is associated with this collection.
    Title of Collection: Financial Assistance and Social Services 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0017.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individual Indians seeking financial 
assistance or social services from BIA.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 140,000 provide 
information on the application; of those, 72,000 contribute information 
to an employability assessment and ISP.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 196,000.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: One half hour for the 
application and 1 hour for the employability assessment and ISP.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 134,000 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Once per respondent.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

OMB Control Number 1076-0100

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), are proposing to 
renew an

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information collection. Section 5 of the Indian Reorganization Act of 
June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5108) and the Indian Land Consolidation Act of 
January 12, 1983 (25 U.S.C. 2202) authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior (Secretary), in his/her discretion, to acquire lands through 
purchase, relinquishment, gift, exchange, or assignment within or 
without existing reservations for the purpose of providing land for 
Indian Tribes. Other specific laws also authorize the Secretary to 
acquire lands for individual Indians and Tribes. Regulations 
implementing the acquisition authority are at 25 CFR 151. In order for 
the Secretary to acquire land on behalf of individual Indians and 
Tribes, the BIA must collect certain information to identify the 
party(ies) involved and to describe the land in question. The Secretary 
also solicits additional information deemed necessary to make a 
determination to accept or reject an application to take land into 
trust for the individual Indian or Tribe, as set out in 25 CFR 151. 
This information collection allows the BIA to review applications for 
compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements. No specific form 
is used.
    Title of Collection: Acquisition of Trust Land.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0100.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individual Indians and Federally 
Recognized Indian Tribes seeking acquisition of land into trust status.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 500.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 500.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Ranges from 100 to 150 
hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 55,000.
    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 1076-0172

    Abstract: We, the Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs 
(AS-IA), are proposing to renew an information collection. The 
information collected includes Tribal-state compacts or compact 
amendments entered into by Indian Tribes and State governments. The 
Secretary of the Interior reviews this information under 25 CFR 293, 
Class III Tribal-State Gaming Compact Process and the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (IGRA), 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(A), (B) and (C), which 
authorizes the Secretary to approve, disapprove, or ``consider 
approved'' (i.e., deemed approved) a Tribal-state gaming compact or 
compact amendment and publish notice of that approval or considered 
approval in the Federal Register.
    Title of Collection: Class III Tribal-State Gaming Compact Process.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0172.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Indian Tribes and State governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 40 per year.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 40 per year.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 200 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 8,000 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

OMB Control Number 1076-0176

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) are proposing to 
renew an information collection. Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations 
must submit information to the BIE if they are served by elementary or 
secondary schools for Indian children that, through Department of the 
Interior, receive allocations of funding under the IDEIA for the 
coordination of assistance for Indian children 0 to 5 years of age with 
disabilities on reservations. The information must be provided on two 
forms. The Part B form addresses Indian children 3 to 5 years of age on 
reservations served by Bureau-funded schools. The Part C form addresses 
Indian children up to 3 years of age on reservations served by Bureau-
funded schools. The information required by the forms includes counts 
of children as of a certain date each year.
    Title of Collection: IDEIA Part B and Part C Child Count.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0176.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Indian Tribes and Tribal 
organizations.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 118.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 118.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 20 hours per form.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,360 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Twice (once per year for each form).
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

OMB Control Number 1076-0177

    Abstract: We, the Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs 
(AS-IA), are proposing to renew an information collection. The Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
assistance to Indian Tribes and Tribal energy resource development 
organizations for energy development and appropriates funds for such 
projects on a year-to-year basis. See 25 U.S.C. 3502. When funding is 
available, the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED) 
may solicit proposals for projects for building capacity for Tribal 
energy resource development on Indian land from Tribal energy resource 
development organizations and Indian Tribes, including Alaska Native 
regional and village corporations under the TEDC program. For the 
purposes of this program, ``Indian land'' includes: all land within the 
boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; any land 
outside those boundaries that is held by the United States in trust for 
a Tribe or individual Indian or by a Tribe or individual Indian with 
restrictions on alienation; and land owned by an Alaska Native regional 
or village corporation.
    Title of Collection: Tribal Energy Development Capacity Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0177.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Indian Tribes and Tribal energy 
resource development organizations under 25 U.S.C. 3502.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 26 per year, on 
average; 9 project participants each year, on average.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 40 applications per 
year, on average; 44 progress reports per year, on average.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 40 hours per application; 
1.5 hours per progress report.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,666 hours (1,600 
for applications and 66 for progress reports).
    Respondent's Obligation: Responses required to receive a benefit.

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    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 1076-0179

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) are proposing to 
renew an information collection. The Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004, (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) 
requires the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) to establish an Advisory 
Board on Exceptional Education. See 20 U.S.C. 1411(h)(6). BIE is 
seeking renewal for an information collection that would allow it to 
collect information regarding individuals' qualifications to serve on 
the Federal advisory committee known as the Advisory Board for 
Exceptional Children (Board). This information collection requires 
persons interested in being nominated to serve on the Board to provide 
information regarding their qualifications. This Board is currently in 
operation. This information collection allows BIE to better manage the 
nomination process for future appointments to the Board.
    Title of Collection: Solicitation of Nominations for the Advisory 
Board for Exceptional Children.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0179.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 20, per year.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 20, per year.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 20 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

OMB Control Number 1076-0187

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) are proposing to 
renew an information collection. The BIE is establishing standards for 
the appropriate use of lands and facilities by third parties. These 
standards address the following: The execution of lease agreements; the 
establishment and administration of mechanisms for the acceptance of 
consideration for the use and benefit of a Bureau-operated school; the 
assurance of ethical conduct; and monitoring the amount and terms of 
consideration received, the manner in which the consideration is used, 
and any results achieved by such use. The paperwork burden associated 
with the rule results from lease provisions; lease violations; and 
assignments, subleases, or mortgages of leases.
    Title of Collection: Use of Bureau-Operated Schools by Third 
Parties.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0187.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and private sector.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 17.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 24.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: One to three hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 68 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

OMB Control Number 1076-0188

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), are proposing to 
renew an information collection. Title III of the Indian Trust Asset 
Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 5601, et seq.) requires the Secretary of the 
Interior to publish minimum qualifications for appraisers of Indian 
property and allows the Secretary to accept appraisals performed by 
those appraisers without further review or approval. The Secretary has 
developed a regulation at 43 CFR 100 to implement these provisions. The 
regulation requires appraisers to submit certain information so that 
the Secretary can verify that the appraiser meets the minimum 
qualifications.
    Title of Collection: Appraisals & Valuations of Indian Property.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0188.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individual Indians and Federally 
Recognized Indian Tribes.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 379.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,137.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: One hour.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,137.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

OMB Control Number 1076-0195

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), are proposing to 
renew an information collection. This information collection is 
authorized under 25 U.S.C. 5135; 70 Stat. 62 and 25 CFR 152.34 which 
provides individual Indians owning an individual tract of trust land 
the ability to mortgage their land for the purpose of home acquisition 
and construction, home improvements, and economic development. The BIA 
is required to review the trust mortgage application for conformity to 
statutes, policies, and regulations. Mortgage documents submitted to 
BIA from the lending institutions will assist BIA staff in their 
analysis to approve or disapprove a trust land mortgage application 
request.
    Title of Collection: Trust Land Mortgage Lender Checklists.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0195.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals/households, Tribal 
governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 56.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 131.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 20 to 40 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,840.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.

OMB Control Number 1076-0196

    Abstract: We, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), are proposing to 
renew an information collection. The Land Title and Records Office 
(LTRO) maintains title documents for land that the United States holds 
in trust or restricted status for individual Indians or Tribes (Indian 
land), much like counties and other localities maintain title documents 
for fee land within their jurisdictions. Individuals or entities that 
are requesting information regarding title documents--either for 
property they own or for property they seek to lease or encumber--must 
provide certain information to the LTRO in order for LTRO to accurately 
identify the property for which they are seeking information. LTRO uses 
the information provided by individuals or entities in order to 
identify the property so that they can retrieve the appropriate title 
documents and produce reports for that property. The collection of 
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is found in Sec.  150.305, which provides that anyone requesting title 
documents or reports must provide certain information, such as the name 
of the reservation where the land is located and the tract number or 
legal description.
    Title of Collection: Requests for Indian Land Title and Records 
Information.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0196.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals, private sector, 
government.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 36.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 36.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 19 hours (consisting 
of 10 hours for private sector respondents, 3 hours for individual 
respondents--rounded up from 2.5 hours, and 6 hours for government 
respondents--rounded up from 5.5 hours).
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Occasionally.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $500.

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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