[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44043-44044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12491]
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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, DOI.
ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: The proposal for the collection of information listed below
has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). Copies of the proposed information collection request may
be obtained by contacting the Office of the Special Trustee at the
phone number listed below in the For Further Information Contact
section. Comments and suggestions on this proposal should be made
directly to the Office of Management and Budget. A copy of the comments
and suggestions should also be sent to the Office of the Special
Trustee, at the address listed below.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information
collection, but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, public comments
should be submitted to OMB by September 5, 2006, in order to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send your written comments to Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention,
Department of the Interior Desk Officer, by fax to 202-395-6566, or by
e-mail to [email protected]. Send a copy of your written
comments to Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, Office
of External Affairs, Attn: Carrie Moore, Department of the Interior, MS
5140 MIB, 1849 C St., NW., Washington, DC 20240. Individuals providing
comments should reference OMB control number 1035-0003, ``Application
to Withdraw Tribal Funds from Trust Status, 25 CFR 1200.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information
collection request (``Application to Withdraw Tribal Funds from Trust
Status, 25 CFR 1200,'' OMB control number 1035-0003), and explanatory
information, contact Office of the Special Trustee for American
Indians, Office of External Affairs, Attn: Carrie Moore, Department of
the Interior, MS 5140 MIB, 1849 C St., NW., Washington, DC 20240, or
phone 202-208-4866.
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 submit to OMB for extension or re-
approval.
Public Law 103-412, The American Indian Trust Fund Management
Reform Act of 1994, allows Indian tribes on a voluntary basis to take
their funds out of trust status within the Department of the Interior
(and the Federal Government) in order to manage such funds on their
own. 25 CFR Part 1200, Subpart B, Section 1200.13, ``How does a tribe
apply to withdraw funds?'' describes the requirements for application
for withdrawal. The Act covers all tribal trust funds including
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judgment funds as well as some settlement funds, but excludes funds
held in Individual Indian Money accounts. Both the Act and the
regulation state that upon withdrawal of the funds, the Department of
the Interior (and the Federal Government) have no further liability for
such funds. Accompanying their application for withdrawal of trust
funds, tribes are required to submit a Management Plan for managing the
funds being withdrawn, to protect the funds once they are out of trust
status.
This information collection allows the Office of the Special
Trustee to collect the tribes' applications for withdrawal of funds
held in trust by the Department of the Interior. 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 tribes would not be able to withdraw funds held for them in
trust by the Department of the Interior.
II. Data
(1) Title: Application to Withdraw Tribal Funds from Trust Status,
25 CFR Part 1200.
OMB Control Number: 1035-0003.
Current Expiration Date: 08/31/2006.
Type of Review: Information Collection: Renewal.
Affected Entities: State, local, or tribal government.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 4.
Frequency of response: Once per respondent.
(2) Annual reporting and recordkeeping burden.
Total annual reporting per respondent: 400 hours.
Total annual reporting: 1600 hours.
(3) Description of the need and use of the information: The
statutorily-required information is needed to provide a vehicle for
tribes to withdraw funds from accounts held in trust for them by the
United States Government.
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 25, 2006.
Carrie Moore,
Director, Office of External Affairs, Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians.
[FR Doc. E6-12491 Filed 8-2-06; 8:45 am]
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