[Federal Register: June 2, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 105)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Federal Acknowledgment of Tribes Proposed Information Collection
Renewal; Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request
for Documented Petitions for Federal Acknowledgment as an Indian Tribe
will expire September 30, 2003. As required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, we are seeking comments on this information collection
before we request extension from the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
DATES: Submit comments on or before August 1, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Send your written comments to R. Lee Fleming, Chief, Branch
of Acknowledgment and Research, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C
Street, NW., MS-4660 MIB, Washington, DC 20240. If you wish to submit
comments by facsimile, the number is (202) 219-3008. You may submit
comments electronically by contacting R. Lee Fleming at (202) 208-3592.
Please mention OMB Number 1076-0104.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information or copies of the information collection
submission should be directed to R. Lee Fleming, Chief, Branch of
Acknowledgment and Research, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street,
NW., MS-4660 MIB, Washington, DC 20240. You may also call (202) 208-
3592.
All written comments will be available for public inspection in
Room 10 of the South Interior Building, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The information collection is needed to establish whether a
petitioning group has the characteristics necessary to be acknowledged
as having a sovereign-to-sovereign relationship with the United States.
Federal acknowledgment makes the group eligible for benefits from the
Federal government.
II. Method of Collection
The Federal acknowledgment regulations at 25 CFR Part 83 contain
seven criteria (Sec. 83.7) which groups seeking Federal acknowledgment
as Indian tribes must demonstrate that they meet. Information collected
from petitioning groups under these regulations provide
anthropological, genealogical and historical data used by the Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs to establish whether a petitioning group has
the characteristics necessary to be acknowledged as having a sovereign-
to-sovereign relationship with the United States. Respondents are not
required to retain copies of information submitted to the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, but will probably maintain copies for their own use. No
periodic reports are required.
III. Data
Title: Collection of Information for Federal Acknowledgment Under
25 CFR Part 83.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0104.
Expiration Date: September 30, 2003.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Entities: Groups petitioning for Federal acknowledgment as
Indian tribes.
Estimated Number of Petitioners: 10.
Estimated Time per Petition: 2,237.7 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 22,377.
Estimated Annual Costs: $895,080 (2,237.7 hours x $40.00 per hour x
10).
IV. Request for Comments
You are invited to comment on:
(a) 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;
(b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (including
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information, including
the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
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(d) Ways to 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 collection techniques or
the forms of information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able
to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to
complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record. Individual
respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to request that we
consider withholding your name, street address, and other contact
information (such as Internet address, fax, or phone number) from
public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act,
you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We
will make available for public inspection in their entirety all
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses.
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.
Dated: May 22, 2003.
Aurene M. Martin,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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