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notice announces a meeting of the
Trinity Adaptive Management Working
Group (TAMWG).

Dated: August 22, 2007.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E7–21301 Filed 10–29–07; 8:45 am]

Dated: October 16, 2007.
Randy A. Brown,
Designated Federal Officer, Arcata Fish and
Wildlife Office, Arcata, CA.
[FR Doc. E7–21296 Filed 10–29–07; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Trinity Adaptive Management Working
Group

Proposed Information Collection
Activities, Request for Comments

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.

AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Trinity Adaptive
Management Working Group (TAMWG)
affords stakeholders the opportunity to
give policy, management, and technical
input concerning Trinity River
(California) restoration efforts to the
Trinity Management Council (TMC).
Primary objectives of the meeting will
include discussion of the following
topics: Trinity River Restoration
Program (TRRP) decision-making
process, TRRP budget, TRRP science
program, TRRP implementation
planning and progress, and legislative
developments. Completion of the
agenda is dependent on the amount of
time each item takes. The meeting could
end early if the agenda has been
completed. The meeting is open to the
public.
DATES: The Trinity Adaptive
Management Working Group will meet
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday,
December 6, 2007 and from 8:30 to 12
noon on Friday, December 7, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Weaverville Victorian Inn, 1709
Main St., 299 West, Weaverville, CA
96093.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Randy A. Brown of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 1655 Heindon Road,
Arcata, CA 95521. Telephone: (707)
822–7201. Randy A. Brown is the
working group’s Designated Federal
Officer. For background information and
questions regarding the Trinity River
Restoration Program, please contact
Douglas Schleusner, Executive Director,
P.O. Box 1300, 1313 South Main Street,
Weaverville, CA 96093. Telephone:
(530) 623–1800, E-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), this

SUMMARY: This notice announces that
the Information Collection Request for
the Housing Assistance Application
requires renewal. The proposed
information collection requirement,
with no appreciable changes, described
below will be submitted to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget for
review after a public comment period as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act. The Bureau is soliciting public
comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
December 31, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments
regarding this proposal. Comments
should refer to the proposal by name
and/or OMB Control Number and
should be sent to Les Jensen, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Department of Interior,
1849 C Street, NW., MS–4513–MIB,
Washington, DC 20240. Telephone:
(907) 586–7397.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the collection of information
form or requests for additional
information should be directed to Les
Jensen, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Department of Interior, 1849 C Street,
NW., MS–4513–MIB, Washington, DC
20240. Telephone: (907) 586–7397.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.

I. Abstract
The information is needed to establish
an applicant’s eligibility to receive
services under the Housing
Improvement Program and to establish
the priority order in which eligible
applicants may receive services under
the program.
II. Method of Collection
The housing regulations at 25 CFR
Part 256 contain the program eligibility

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and selection criteria (§ § 256.6, 256.8,
256.9, 256.10, 256.13, 256.14), which
must be met by prospective applicants
seeking program services. Information
collected from applicants under these
regulations provides eligibility and
selection data used by the local
servicing housing office to establish
whether an applicant is eligible to
receive services. The local servicing
housing office may be a tribal housing
office under a Public Law 93–638,
Indian Self-Determination contract or a
Self-Governance annual funding
agreement, or part of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs. Additionally, the data is
used by the Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs to establish whether a request for
waiver of a specific housing regulation
is in the best interest of the applicant
and the Federal Government.
III. Data
(1) Title of the Collection of
Information: 25 CFR 256, Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Housing Assistance Application.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0084.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2007.
Type of Review: Renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
(2) Summary of the Collection of
Information: The collection of
information provides pertinent data
concerning an applicant’s eligibility to
receive services under the Housing
Improvement Program and includes:
A. Applicant Information including:
Name, Current Address, Telephone
Number, Date of Birth, Social Security
Number, Tribe, Roll Number,
Reservation, Marital Status, Name of
Spouse, Date of Birth of spouse, Tribe of
spouse, and Roll Number of Spouse.
B. Family Information including:
Name, Date of Birth, Relationship to
Applicant, and Tribe/Roll Number.
C. Income Information: Earned and
Unearned Income.
D. Housing Information including:
Location of the house to be repaired,
constructed, or purchased. Description
of housing assistance for which
applying. Knowledge of receipt of prior
Housing Improvement Program
assistance, amount to whom and when.
Ownership or rental; availability of
electricity and name of electric
company. Type of sewer system. Water
source. Number of bedrooms. Size of
house, and Bathroom facilities.
E. Land Information including:
Landowner; Legal status of land; or
Type of interest in land.
F. General Information including:
Prior receipt of services under the
Housing Improvement Program and
description of such; Ownership of other

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housing and description of such;
Identification of Housing and Urban
Development funded house and current
status of project; Identification of other
sources of housing assistance for which
the applicant has applied and been
denied assistance if applying for a new
housing unit or purchase of an existing
standard unit; and advisement and
description of any severe health
problem, handicap or permanent
disability.
G. Applicant Certification including:
Signature of Applicant and Date, and
Signature of Spouse and Date.
(3) Description of the need for the
information and proposed use of the
information: Submission of this
information is required in order to
receive services under the Housing
Improvement Program. The information
is collected to determine applicant
eligibility for services and applicant
priority order to receive services under
the program.
(4) Description of Likely Respondents,
including the estimated number of likely
respondents, and proposed frequency of
response to the collection of
information:
Description of Affected Entities:
Individual members of Federally
recognized Indian tribes who are living
within a designated tribal or legally
defined service area and who apply for
assistance under the Housing
Improvement Program.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
8,000.
Proposed Frequency of Response:
Annually or less frequently, depending
on length of waiting list, funding
availability and dynamics of service
population.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 8,000.
Estimated Time per Application: 1
hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 8,000 hours.

mechanical or other forms of
information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
the comments will also become a matter
of public record. All written comments
will be available for public inspection in
Room 335B of the Main Interior
Building, 1849 C Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20240, from 9 a.m.
until 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays.
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.
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, be advised that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold from the public review your
personal identifying information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.

IV. Request for Comments
We specifically request your
comments concerning the following:
1. Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the BIA,
including whether the information will
have practical utility;
2. The accuracy of the BIA’s estimate
of the burden to collect the information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. The quality, utility and clarity of
the information to be collected; and,
4. How to minimize the burden of the
information collection on those who are
to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated electronic,

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs
is seeking comments from the public on
an extension of an information
collection from persons seeking proof of
American Indian or Alaska Native
blood, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The information
collected under OMB Control Number
1076–0153 will be used to establish that
the applicants meet requirements for
official recognition as an American
Indian or Alaska Native for purposes of
eligibility determination and
participation in programs administered
through the U. S. Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
December 31, 2007.

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Dated: October 1, 2007.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Certificate of Degree of Indian or
Alaska Native Blood Information
Collection, Comment Request
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Agency
Information Collection.
AGENCY:

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Written comments can be
sent to Ms. Daisy West, Chief, Division
of Tribal Government Services, Office of
Indian Services, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, 1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop
4513 MIB, Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Daisy West, Chief, Division of Tribal
Government Services, (202) 513–7626.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
collection was originally approved and
assigned OMB Control No. 1076–0153
when it was submitted with a proposed
rulemaking, 25 CFR Part 70, which was
published in the Federal Register on
April 18, 2000 (66 FR 20775). The
proposed rulemaking has not been
finalized due to various reasons. We are
in the process of developing guidance
for processing applications for
Certificates of Degree of Indian or
Alaska Native Blood (CDIB).
ADDRESSES:

Request for Comments
We are requesting comments about
the proposed collection to evaluate:
(a) The accuracy of the burden hours,
including the validity of the
methodology used and assumptions
made;
(b) The necessity of the information
for proper performance of the bureau
functions, including its practical utility;
(c) The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and,
(d) Suggestions to reduce the burden
including use of automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other forms of
information technology.
The public is advised that an agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB clearance number.
For example, this collection is listed by
OMB as Control No. 1076–0153, and it
expires 11/30/2007. The response is
voluntary to obtain or retain a benefit.
Please submit your comments to the
person listed in the ADDRESSES section.
Please note that comments, names and
addresses of commentators, are open for
public review during the hours of 8 a.m.
to 3 p.m., EST, Monday through Friday
except for legal holidays. If you wish
your name and address withheld, you
must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comments. We will
honor your request to the extent
allowable by law.
Information Collection Abstract
OMB control number: 1076–0153.
Type of review: Renewal.
Brief description of collection: The
information will be used to establish
that the applicants have Indian or
Alaska Native ancestry from a tribe

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