60 day FR notice for probate

Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 211 / Wednesday, November 1, 2006 / Notices
Description of respondents:
Educational institutions, profit and nonprofit organizations, individuals, and
agencies of local or State governments.
Annual responses: 300.
Annual burden hours: 12,000 hours.
Bureau clearance officer: Fred
Travnicek, 703–648–7231.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Lemersal, U.S. Geological
Survey, MS905 National Center, Reston,
Virginia 20192, (703) 648–6717.
Dated: October 26, 2006.
John Haines,
Acting, Associate Director for Geology, U.S.
Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 06–8996 Filed 10–31–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Proposed Information Collection Under
the Paperwork Reduction Act;
Comment Request
AGENCY:

Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.
Notice of proposed collection.

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we are renewing
the information collection found in the
general Probate of Indian Decedents’
Estates, Except for Members of the Five
Civilized Tribes regulations. The
purpose of this data collection is to
ensure that Probate regulations are
administered for the benefit of
individual Indians and any persons
having claims against an Indian
decedent’s estate.
DATES: Comments on this proposed
information collection must be received
by January 2, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to William
Titchywy, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Office of Trust Services, Special Projects
Office, 10th Floor, P.O. Box 10, Phoenix,
AZ 85001–0010. Comments may also be
telefaxed to (602) 379–4005. We cannot
accept E-mail comments at this time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Titchywy, 602–379–4002.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information provided through collection
requirements is used by the Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA), to determine heirs and divide any
funds held by the BIA for an Indian
decedent and to divide the decedent’s
trust and restricted real property. The
information is specifically used by the
BIA in:
(a) Instructing an individual in
starting the probate process;

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(b) Preparing a probate package for
review;
(c) Filing claims;
(d) Disbursing assets; and
(e) Filing appeals for adverse
decisions.
Request for Comments
The BIA requests your comments on
this collection concerning:
(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.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section,
10th Floor, during the hours of 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. MST, Monday through Friday
except for legal holidays. If you wish to
have your name and/or address
withheld, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comments. We will honor your request
according to the requirements of the
law. All comments from organizations
or representatives will be available for
review. We may withhold comments
from review for other reasons.
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 the BIA learns of
a decedent’s death from a family
member, neighbor, friend or any other
person or agency. The information,
together with specific documents, is
used to determine if the decedent
owned a trust estate, to prepare a
probate package and to distribute estate
assets. Respondents must inform the
BIA if any of the required information
or documents are not available.
Respondents: Possible respondents
include: Individual tribal members,

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individual non-Indians, individual
tribal member-owned businesses, nonIndian owned businesses, tribal
governments, and land owners who are
seeking a benefit.
Number of Respondents: 37,477
annually.
Annual hours: 179,868.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
hours.
Frequency of Response: As required.
Dated: October 27, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6–18399 Filed 10–31–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Availability of a Record of
Decision for the Fort King Special
Resource Study
SUMMARY: Congress, in the Interior
Appropriations Act of 2000, authorized
the Fort King Special Resource Study
and Final Environmental Impact
Statement (‘‘Study’’). The legislation
directed the National Park Service (NPS)
to determine whether Fort King is
nationally significant and, if so, whether
it is suitable and feasible as a new unit
of the National Park System.
Acknowledging the site’s National
Historic Landmark (NHL) status, the
Study determined that Fort King is
nationally significant. In addition, the
Study determined that Fort King is
suitable and feasible for inclusion in the
National Park System because its
interpretive themes are
underrepresented in the current system
and the property is of sufficient size and
shape to protect resources and
accommodate public use. The study
does not, however, propose an active
NPS management role at the site.
Rather, existing programs such as Save
America’s Treasures and Preserve
America are used to exemplify the types
of NPS assistance available to future
non-Federal managers of the Fort King
property.
The Final Study was distributed for
public review in August 2006. The NPS
has prepared a Record of Decision
(ROD) on the Study to document the
decision made, the background of the
project, other alternatives considered,
the basis for the decision, the
environmentally preferable alternative,
and the public involvement in the
decision-making process.
The 1998 Omnibus Parks
Management Act (Pub. L. 105–391

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