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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 209 / Monday, October 30, 2006 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Federal Acknowledgment of Tribes
Proposed Information Collection
Renewal; Comment Request
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice announces that
the Information Collection Request for
Documented Petitions for Federal
Acknowledgment as an Indian Tribe
will expire December 31, 2006. As
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, we are seeking comments
on this information collection before we
request extension from the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
December 29, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Send your written
comments to R. Lee Fleming, Director,
Office of Federal Acknowledgment,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs,
1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., MS–
34B SIB, Washington, DC 20240. If you
wish to submit comments by facsimile,
the number is (202) 219–3008. Please
mention OMB Number 1076–0104.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information or copies of
the information collection submission
should be directed to R. Lee Fleming,
Director, Office of Federal
Acknowledgment, Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs, 1951 Constitution
Avenue, NW., MS–34B SIB,
Washington, DC 20240. You may also
call (202) 513–7650.
All written comments will be
available for public inspection in Room
34 of the South Interior Building, 1951
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
The information collection is needed
to establish whether a petitioning group
has the characteristics necessary to be
acknowledged as having a governmentto-government relationship with the
United States. Federal recognition
makes the group eligible for benefits
from the Federal government.
II. Method of Collection
The acknowledgment regulations at
25 CFR part 83 contain seven criteria
(§ 83.7) which unrecognized groups
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Indian tribes must demonstrate that they
meet. Information collected from
petitioning groups under these
regulations provide anthropological,
genealogical and historical data used by
the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs
to establish whether a petitioning group
has the characteristics necessary to be
acknowledged as having a governmentto-government relationship with the
United States. Respondents are not
required to retain copies of information
submitted to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs but will probably maintain
copies for their own use. No periodic
reports are required which would
impose a recordkeeping requirement.
III. Data
Title: Collection of Information for
Federal Acknowledgment Under 25 CFR
Part 83.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0104.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2006.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Entities: Groups petitioning
for Federal acknowledgment as Indian
tribes.
Estimated Number of Petitioners: 10.
Estimated Time per Petition: 2,075
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 20,750.
Estimated Annual Costs: $830,000
(2,075 hours × $40.00 per hour).
IV. Request for Comments
You are invited to comment 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 (including hours
and cost) of the proposed collection of
information, including 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 the forms of
information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, or 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

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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.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record. Individual respondents may
request confidentiality. If you wish to
request that we consider withholding
your name, street address, and other
contact information (such as Internet
address, FAX, or phone number) from
public review or from disclosure under
the Freedom of Information Act, you
must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comment. We will
make available for public inspection in
their entirety all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses.
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 OMB
control number.
Dated: October 20, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Request for Comments on Navajo
Partitioned Lands (NPL) Grazing
Regulations Information Collection
Renewal
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed collection.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we are renewing
the information collection found in the
NPL grazing regulations. The purpose of
this data collection is to ensure that
grazing regulations are administered for
the benefit of the Navajo Nation and
individual Navajo tribal members. We
invite your comments on this renewal of
OMB Control No. 1076–0162.
DATES: Comments on this proposed
information collection must be received
by December 29, 2006.

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