[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 175 (Friday, September 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44212-44213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17656]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[Docket No. BIA-2022-0005; OMB Control Number 1076-0021; 256A2100DD/
AAKP300000/A0A501010.000000]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Electric Power Service
Application
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, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA, we) is proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments, please visit https://www.regulations.gov/docket/BIA-2022-0005/document or use the search
field on https://www.regulations.gov to find the ``BIA-2022-0005''
docket. Please follow the instructions on Regulations.gov for
submitting a comment; and reference the ``OMB Control Number 1076-
0021'' within your comment submission. You may also mail comments to
Indian Affairs, RACA, 1001 Indian School Road NW, Suite 229,
Albuquerque, NM 87104.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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;
[email protected]; (202) 208-5403. 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 https://www.reginfo.gov/public/Forward?SearchTarget=PRA&textfield=1076-0021.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501)
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and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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.
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. 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: The BIA owns, operates, and maintains three electric
power utilities that provide a service to the end user, pursuant to 25
CFR part 175 (``Electric Power Utilities''). The BIA must collect
customer information to identify the individual responsible for
repaying the government its costs for delivering the service and bill
for those costs. The BIA must also collect information to identify the
location of the service delivery (i.e., electrical hook-up). In
addition, the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA), 31 U.S.C.
3701-3733, requires that certain information be collected from
individuals and businesses doing business with the government. This
information includes the taxpayer identification number for possible
future use to recover delinquent debt.
Title of Collection: Electric Power Service Application.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0021.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individual Indians and Indian Tribes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,315.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,315.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 665.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 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 this action is
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501).
Janel Broderick,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Exercising the
delegated authority of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-17656 Filed 9-11-25; 8:45 am]
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