[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 31, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16174-16175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7174]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Navajo Partitioned 
Lands Grazing Permits; Request for Comments

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting the information collection, titled 
``Navajo Partitioned Lands Grazing Permits, 25 CFR 161'' to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal. The information collection 
is currently authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0162, which expires 
March 31, 2010. The information collection requires the Navajo Nation, 
members of the Navajo Nation, and tribal organizations authorized by 
the Navajo Nation to submit certain information in order to obtain, 
modify, or assign a grazing permit.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
April 30, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to the 
Desk Officer for 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: [email protected]. Please send a copy of your comments to 
David Edington, Office of Trust Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 4655, 
Washington, DC 20240, facsimile: (202) 219-0006, or e-mail 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may request further information or 
obtain copies of the information collection request submission from 
David Edington, telephone: (202) 513-0886.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The BIA is seeking renewal of the approval for the information 
collection conducted under 25 CFR part 161, implementing the Navajo-
Hopi Settlement Act of 1974, 24 U.S.C. 640d-6402-31, as amended by the 
Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Amendments Acts of 1980, 94 Stat. 929, 
and the Federal court decisions of Healing v. Jones, 174 F. Supp.211 
(D. Ariz. 1959) (Healing I), Healing v. Jones, 210 F. Suppl 126 (D. 
Ariz. 1962), aff'd 363 U.S. 758 (1963) (Healing II), Hopi Tribe v. 
Watt, 530 F. Supp. 1217 (D. Ariz. 1982), and Hopi Tribe v. Watt, 719 
F.2d 314 (9th Cir. 1983).
    This information collection allows BIA to receive the information 
necessary to determine whether an applicant to obtain, modify, or 
assign a grazing permit on Navajo-partitioned lands is eligible and 
complies with all applicable grazing requirements. No third party 
notification or public disclosure burden is associated with this 
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 the agencies' 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.
    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.
    As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
February 24, 2010 (75 FR 8731). No comments were received. This notice 
provides the public with an additional 30 days in which to comment on 
the following information collection activity.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1076-0162.
    Title: Navajo Partitioned Lands Grazing Permits, 25 CFR 161.
    Brief Description of Collection: Submission of this information is 
required for Navajo Nation representatives, members, and authorized 
tribal organizations to obtain, modify or assign a grazing permit on 
Navajo partitioned lands. Response is required to obtain a benefit.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Respondents: Tribes, tribal organizations, and individual Indians.
    Number of Respondents: 700.
    Total Number of Responses: 3,120.
    Estimated Time per Response: Varies, from 15 minutes to 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,188 hours.

Alvin Foster,
Acting Chief Information Officer--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-7174 Filed 3-30-10; 8:45 am]
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