[Federal Register: October 29, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 209)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Request for Comments on Grazing Regulations Information
Collection Renewal
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Submission of Information Collection to the Office of
Management and Budget.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting to OMB the
information collection, titled Grazing Permits, OMB Control Number
1076-0157 for renewal; or, for review and approval. The purpose of this
data collection is to update and renew the information collected for 25
CFR 166 General Grazing Regulations as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
DATES: Submit comments on or before November 28, 2003.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to the
Please send copy of comments to Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of
Trust Services, Division of Natural Resources, MS-3061-MIB, 1849 C
Street NW., Washington, DC 20240, or by facsimile at (202) 219-0006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may request further information or
obtain copies of the information collection request submission from
James R. Orwin, (202) 208-6464, at the BIA Central Office in
Washington, DC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This collection of information is authorized
under Public Law 103-177, the ``American Indian Agricultural Resource
Management Act,'' as amended. Tribes, tribal organizations, individual
Indians, and those entering into permits with tribes or individual
Indians submit information required by the regulation. This information
is used by the BIA to determine:
(a) Whether or not a permit for grazing may be approved or granted,
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(b) The value of each permit,
(c) The appropriate compensation to landowners, and
(d) Provisions for violations of permit and trespass.
A request for comments on this information collection request
appeared in the Federal Register May 27, 2003 (68 FR 28836). No
comments were received. Further research has guided a change in the
total annual burden hours and the total annual cost to respondents as
shown on the 60 days notice. These changes are a result of additional
information received from the field offices. The number of annual
responses was changed from 4,200 to 6,670, the total annual burden to
respondents was changed from 500 hours to 861 hours, and the total
annual cost to respondents was changed from $2,500.00 to $4,305.00. An
administrative fee of up to 3% of the annual grazing rental is
collected to reimburse the BIA for administration of the grazing permit
program. In recent years, administrative fees have generated
approximately $175,000.00 per year.
Request for Comments: The Bureau of Indian Affairs requests you to
send your comments on this collection to the locations listed in the
ADDRESSES section. Your comments should address:
(a) The necessity of this information collection for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (hours and
cost) of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) The ways we could enhance the quality, utility and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
(d) The ways we could minimize the burden of the collection of the
information on the respondents, such as through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Please note that an agency may not sponsor or request, and an
individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it
has a valid OMB Control Number.
It is our policy to make all comments available to the public for
review at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section, room 3061,
during the hours of 8 a.m.-4 p.m., EST Monday through Friday except for
legal holidays. If you wish to have your name and/or address withheld,
you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. We
will honor your request according to the requirements of the law. All
comments from organizations or representatives will be available for
review. We may withhold comments from review for other reasons.
OMB has up to 60 days to make a decision on the submission for
renewal, but may make the decision after 30 days. Therefore, to receive
the best consideration of your comments, you should submit them closer
to 30 days than 60 days.
OMB Approval Number: 1076-0157.
Title: Grazing Permits 25 CFR 166.
Brief Description of collection: Information is collected through a
grazing permit application. Respondent supplies all information needed
to prepare a grazing permit, including: name, address, range unit
requested, number of livestock, season of use, livestock owner's brand,
kind of livestock, mortgage holder information, ownership of livestock,
and requested term of permit. Response is mandatory for respondents to
supply the above information in order to obtain a grazing permit.
Type of review: Renewal.
Respondents: Possible respondents include: individual tribal
members, individual non-Indians, individual tribal member-owned
business, non-Indian owned businesses, tribal governments and
landowners. Response is mandatory for respondents who wish to obtain a
grazing permit.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 20 minutes (1/3 hour).
Frequency of Response: Annually and as needed.
Total Annual Responses: 6,670.
Total Annual Hourly Burden to Respondents: 861 hours.
Dated: October 23, 2003.
Aurene M. Martin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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