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property. The information is
particularly used by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs in:
(a) Instructing an individual in
starting the probate process;
(b) Preparing a probate package for
review;
(c) Filing claims;
(d) Disbursing assets; and
(e) Filing appeals for adverse
decisions.
Request for Comments
A notice requesting comments was
published in the Federal Register
November 1, 2006 (71 FR 64391). No
comments were received. The Bureau of
Indian Affairs now requests your
comments on this collection be sent to
the Desk Officer for the Department of
Interior at the Office of Management and
Budget. Please address the following:
(a) The necessity of this information
collection 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 (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
facilitating use of automation for
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that an agency may not
sponsor or request, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number.
OMB has 60 days in which to make
a decision about this collection but may
act after 30 days. Therefore, to ensure
maximum consideration of your
comments, please send close to the 30
days after publication.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0156.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Title: Probate of Indian Estates, Except
for Members of the Five Civilized
Tribes, 25 CFR 15.
Brief Description of Collection:
Information is collected through the
probate process when BIA learns of a
decedent’s death from a neighbor,
friend, or any other interested person
who provides a copy of decedent’s
obituary notice from a local newspaper
or when BIA receives an affidavit of
death prepared by someone who knows
about the decedent. BIA also requires
other documents to process the probate
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inform BIA if any of the documents or
information identified are not available.
Respondents: Possible respondents
include: Individual tribal members,
individual non-Indians, individual
tribal member-owned businesses, nonIndian owned businesses, tribal
governments, and land owners who are
seeking a benefit.
Number of Responses: 208,073
annually.
Annual hours: 1,129,157.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
from 1/2 to 44.25 hours.
Frequency of Response: As required.
Dated: February 23, 2007.
Grayford Payne,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Documented Petitions for Federal
Acknowledgment as an Indian Tribe,
Submission to OMB for Renewal
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 is
submitted to Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget for extension.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
March 30, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send your written
comments to Attention: Desk Officer for
the Department of the Interior, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
either by facsimile to 202–395–6566 or
by e-mail to
[email protected]. Please
send a duplicate copy to R. Lee Fleming,
Director, Office of Federal
Acknowledgment, Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs, 1951 Constitution
Avenue, NW., MS–34B SIB,
Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional 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.
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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. No
respondents made any comments
regarding this information collection.
II. Method of Collection
The acknowledgment regulations at
25 CFR Part 83 contain seven criteria
(§ 83.7) which unrecognized groups
seeking Federal acknowledgment as
Indian tribes must demonstrate that they
meet. Information collected from
petitioning groups under these
regulations provides 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. BIA forms 8304, 8305,
and 8306 are optional in providing a
complete list of members of the group
seeking recognition. Respondents are
not required to retain copies of
information submitted to the
Department of the Interior but will
probably maintain copies for their own
use. No periodic reports are required.
III. Data
Title: Documents for Petition for
Federal Acknowledgment as an Indian
Tribe, 25 CFR Part 83.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0104.
Current Expiration Date: February 28,
2007.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Entities: Groups petitioning
for Federal acknowledgment as Indian
tribes.
Response: Respondents are seeking to
obtain a benefit.
Estimated Annual Number of
Petitioners: 10.
Estimated Time per Petition: 2,075
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 20,750.
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
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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 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
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.
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.
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.
Dated: February 23, 2007.
Grayford Payne,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended;
Amendment of an Existing System of
Records
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Proposed amendment of an
existing system of records.
AGENCY:

Under the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the
Office of the Secretary is issuing public
notice of our intent to amend the
existing Privacy Act system of records
entitled, LLM–2 ‘‘Range Management
System.’’ The system notice is
published in its entirety below. Editorial
changes have been made to ‘‘Categories
of individuals covered by the system’’
and ‘‘Categories of Records in the
System’’ to clarify who is covered and
the type of information in the system.
Under ‘‘Routine Uses,’’ there are
changes in the provisions for
‘‘Disclosures outside the Department of
the Interior.’’
Changes are also made to the ‘‘Record
access procedures’’ and ‘‘Retention and
disposal’’ under ‘‘Policies and practices
for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining, and disposing of records in
the system.’’
The Department of the Interior is
issuing public notice of its intent to
amend portions of an existing Privacy
Act system of records subject to the
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a).
This action is necessary to meet the
requirements of the Privacy Act to
publish in the Federal Register notice of
amendment of an existing records
system maintained by the agency (5
U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)).
DATES: 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11) requires that
the public be provided a 30-day period
in which to comment on the agency’s
intended use of the information in the
system of records. The Office of
Management and Budget, in its Circular
A–130, requires an additional 10-day
period (for a total of 40 days) in which
to make these comments. Any persons
interested in commenting on this
proposed amendment may do so by
submitting comments in writing to the
Privacy Act Officer, Bureau of Land
Management, U.S. Department of the
Interior, 1849 C Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20240. Comments
received within 40 days of publication
in the Federal Register will be
considered. The system will be effective
as proposed at the end of the comment
period unless comments are received
that would require a contrary
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determination. The Department will
publish a revised notice if changes are
made based upon a review of comments
received.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Roudabush, Acting Division
Chief, Rangeland Resources Division,
1849 C St., NW., Room 201 LS,
Washington, DC 20240, phone number
202–785–6569, or e-mail
[email protected]
The intent
of amending this system notice is to
align the LLM–2 system more closely
with the mission of the BLM Rangeland
Management Program, to address
administrative changes and the current
needs of the bureau, and to correct
minor typographical errors. The
following changes are being proposed to
LLM–2.
The BLM is updating this system
notice to delete the overly broad
language of a Routine Use disclosure to
certain members of the general public.
BLM is further rewriting Routine Use (2)
to assist Federal, State and local
agencies to better manage their activities
related to grazing programs.
Under ‘‘Categories of individuals
covered by the system,’’ ‘‘Individuals
owning grazing leases and permits
issued by BLM’’ is changed to
‘‘Individuals to whom BLM issues
grazing leases and permits.’’
The ‘‘Categories of Records in the
System’’ has been rewritten to clarify
the types of information in the system
and to make explicit that both paper and
electronic records are included.
Routine Uses have been renumbered
to reflect the deletion of one Routine
Use.
A previous Routine Use that stated
that the records would be released ‘‘to
a member of the general public in
response to a specific request for
pertinent information,’’ did not provide
a discernable standard for determining
the scope of the Routine Use.
Routine Use (2) has been revised to
provide for release of information from
the system to Federal, State and local
agencies to enable them to adequately
manage their activities relating to the
BLM’s grazing program. The changes to
this Routine Use will assist in the
efficient administration of Federal, State
and local activities related to the BLM
grazing program and is therefore
compatible with the purpose for which
we collected the information.
Under ‘‘Retention and disposal,’’ we
have updated the BLM manual section
reference to the current manual section.
Under ‘‘Records Access Procedures,’’
we have deleted the phrase ‘‘as
specifically as possible.’’ The Access

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