[Federal Register: February 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 39)]
[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
Submission of Information Collection to the Office of Management
and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) the information collection, titled
Grazing Permits, 25 CFR 166, OMB Control Number 1076-0157, for renewal.
The purpose of this data collection is to collect information for 25
CFR 166 General Grazing Regulations as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
DATES: Submit comments on or before March 30, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to the
Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior, by facsimile at (202)
395-6566 or you may send an e-mail to: OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov.
Please send a copy of your comments to James R. Orwin, BIA, Office
of Trust Services, Division of Natural Resources, Mail Stop 4655-MIB,
1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240, or by Fax 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 at (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. The information
is used by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to determine:
(a) Whether or not a permit for grazing may be approved or granted;
(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 on October 30, 2006 (71 FR 63346). No
comments were received. An administrative fee of up to 3 percent 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 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) Ways we could enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) 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.
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.
Information Collection Abstract
OMB Control Number: 1076-0157.
Type of review: Renewal.
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.
Respondents: Possible respondents include: individual tribal
members, individual non-Indians, and tribal governments. 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: 2,570.
Total Annual Hourly Burden to Respondents: 856 hours.
Total Filing/Administrative Fees: $175,000 per year.
Dated: February 22, 2007.
Grayford Payne,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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