[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44042-44043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12490]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians
Notice of Proposed Information Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Special Trustee for American
Indians, Department of the Interior, announces the proposed extension
of a public information collection required by The American Indian
Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994, ``Trust Funds for Tribes and
Individual Indians, 25 CFR part 115,'' OMB Control No. 1035-0004, and
that it is seeking comments on its provisions. After public review, the
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians will submit the
information collection to Office of Management and Budget for review
and approval.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October
2, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed
information collection should be sent to the Office of the Secretary,
Information Collection Budget Officer, Sue Ellen Sloca, 1951
Constitution Avenue, NW., MS 120 SIB, Washington, DC 20240. Individuals
providing comments should reference OMB Control Number 1035-0004,
``Trust Funds for Tribes and Individual Indians, 25 CFR part 115,'' OMB
Control No. 1035-0004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instrument, please write to the above address, or
call Sue Ellen Sloca, on 202-208-6045, or e-mail her on [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part
1320, which implement the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-
13), require that interested members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d)). This notice identifies
an information collection activity that the Office of the Special
Trustee for American Indians will
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submit to OMB for extension or re-approval.
Public Law 103-412, The American Indian Trust Fund Management
Reform Act of 1994, makes provision for the Office of the Special
Trustee for American Indians, within the Office of the Secretary, to
administer trust funds on behalf of individual Indians and of Indian
tribes. This information collection, which covers three different
forms, and six different non-form occasions on which the Office of the
Special Trustee is required by law to collect information from
individual Indians and Indian Tribes, allows the Office of the Special
Trustee to collect the information needed to establish and maintain
trust accounts for individual Indians and Indian tribes. If this
information were not collected, the Office of the Special Trustee would
not be able to comply with The American Indian Trust Fund Management
Reform Act of 1994, and the Office of the Special Trustee would not be
able to carry out its fiduciary responsibilities to individual Indians
and Indian tribes with respect to trust funds.
II. Data
(1) Title: Trust Funds for Tribes and Individual Indians, 25 CFR
part 115.
OMB Control Number: 1035-0004.
Current Expiration Date: 10/31/2006.
Type of Review: Information Collection: Renewal.
Affected Entities: State, local, or tribal government.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 285,000.
Frequency of response: As needed.
(2) Annual reporting and recordkeeping burden.
Estimated number of responses annually: 677,675.
Total annual reporting: 472,214.
(3) Description of the need and use of the information: The
statutorily-required information is needed to provide the Office of the
Special Trustee with a vehicle to collect the information needed to
establish and maintain trust accounts for individual Indians and Indian
tribes.
III. Request for Comments
The Department of the Interior invites comments 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 of the
collection and the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(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
other forms of information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 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.
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 Office of Management and Budget control number.
Dated: July 27, 2006.
Ross O. Swimmer,
Special Trustee for American Indians.
[FR Doc. E6-12490 Filed 8-2-06; 8:45 am]
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