[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50776-50777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20294]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Leases and Permits
on Trust or Restricted Land; Request for Comments
AGENCIES: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Submission to OMB.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting the collection of
information for leases and permits on trust and restricted land
pursuant to 25 CFR part 162 to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for renewal. The information collection is currently authorized
by OMB Control Number 1076-0155, which expires August 31, 2010.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 16, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to the
Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at the Office of
Management and Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395-5806 or you may send
an e-mail to: OIRA--DOCKET@ omb.eop.gov. Please send a copy of your
comments to Ben Burshia, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Real
Estate Services, Mail Stop 4639-MIB, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC
20240; facsimile: (202) 219-1195; e-mail: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Burshia (202) 208-7737.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
BIA is seeking renewal of the approval for the information
collection conducted under 25 CFR 162, Leases and Permits, for the
review and approval of leases and permits on land the United States
holds in trust or restricted status for individual Indians and Indian
tribes. This information collection allows BIA to review applications
for leases and permits, modifications, and assignments and to
determine:
(a) Whether or not a lease may be approved or granted;
(b) The value of each lease;
(c) The appropriate compensation to landowners; and
(d) Provisions for violations of trespass.
Approval for this collection expires August 31, 2010. No third
party notification or public disclosure burden is associated with this
collection. There is no change to the approved burden hours for this
information collection.
II. Request for Comments
The BIA requests that you send your comments on this collection to
the locations listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your comments should
address: (a) The necessity of the information collection for the proper
performance of the agencies, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of our 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 conduct, 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 during the hours
of 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday except for legal
holidays. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address
or other personally identifiable information, be advised that your
entire comment--including your personally identifiable information--may
be made public at any time. While you may request that we withhold your
personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee that we will
be able to do so.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076-0155.
Title: Leases and Permits, 25 CFR 162.
Brief Description of Collection: This collection of information is
being renewed with substantially no change. Generally trust and
restricted land may be leased by Indian land owners, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior, except when specified by statute.
Submission of this information allows BIA to review applications for
obtaining, modifying and assigning leases and permits of land that the
United States holds in trust or restricted status for individual
Indians and Indian tribes. The information is used to determine
approval of a lease, amendment, assignment, sublease, mortgage or
related document. Response is required to obtain a benefit.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents: Individual Indians and Indian tribes seeking to lease
their trust or restricted land and businesses that lease trust and
restricted land.
Number of Respondents: 14,500.
Total Number of Responses: 121,140.
Frequency of Response: One approval per lease, other collections
occur fewer than once per lease, on average, upon request for
modification or assignment or upon a trespass violation.
Estimated Time per Response: Ranges from 15 minutes to 3 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 106,065 hours.
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Total Annual Fees from Respondents: BIA collects fees for
processing submitted documents, as set forth in section 162.241 or
section 162.616. The minimum administrative fee is $10.00 and the
maximum administrative fee is $500.00. The average total administrative
fees collected is $250.00 of which is collected approximately 7,252
times, totaling $1,813,000.
Dated: August 10, 2010.
Alvin Foster,
Acting Chief Information Officer--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-20294 Filed 8-16-10; 8:45 am]
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