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[Federal Register: March 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 44)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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60-Day Notice of Intention to Request Clearance of Collection of=20
Information; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995=20
and 5 CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the=20
National Park Service (NPS) invites public comments on a proposed=20
extension of a currently approved collection of information (OMB=20
1024-0144).

DATES: Public comments on this Information Collection Request (ICR)=20
will be accepted on or before May 8, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA=20
Program, National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW, 8th floor,=20
Washington, DC 20005; or via fax at 202/354-5179; or via e-mail at=20
Sherry_Hutt@nps.gov. Also, =
you may send comments to Leonard E. Stowe,=20
NPS Information Collection Clearance Officer, 1849 C St., NW., (2605),=20
Washington, DC 20240; or via e-mail at Leonard_Stowe@nps.gov. All=20
responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request=20
for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All comments=20
will become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA=20
Program, National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW, 8th floor,=20
Washington, DC 20005; or via phone at 202/354-1479; or via fax at 202/
354-5179; or via e-mail at Sherry_Hutt@nps.gov. You are =
entitled to a=20
copy of the entire ICR package free of charge.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation=20
Regulations, 43 CFR Part 10.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0144.
    Current Expiration Date: August 31, 2009.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of=20
information that was reinstated in February 2009 based on an emergency=20
submission to OMB.
    Description of Need: The Native American Graves Protection and=20
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), requires museums to compile certain=20
information (summaries, inventories, and notices) regarding Native=20
American cultural items in their possession or control and provide that=20
information to lineal descendants, culturally affiliated Indian tribes=20
and Native Hawaiian organizations, and the National Park Service=20
(acting on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior).
    Description of respondents: Museums, defined in NAGPRA as any=20
institution that receives Federal funds and has possession of or=20
control over Native American cultural items.
    Estimated average number of respondents: To date, 1,202 museums=20
have completed summaries, inventories, or notices. NPS estimates about=20
50 new submissions or revision of previous submissions each year.
    Estimated average burden hours per response: Public reporting=20
burden for this collection of information is expected to average 100=20
hours for the exchange of summary/inventory information between a=20
museum or Federal agency and an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian=20
organization and six hours per response for the notification to the=20
Secretary, including time for reviewing instructions, searching=20
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and=20
completing and reviewing the collected information.
    Frequency of Response: Information collection requirements are done=20
on an as-needed basis, with summaries due within six months of either=20
receipt of a new collection or acknowledgement of a new Indian tribe,=20
and inventories due within two years of either receipt of a new=20
collection or acknowledgement of a new Indian tribe. An institution=20
receiving Federal funds for the first time must provide a summary=20
within three years and an inventory within five years.
    Estimated total annual reporting burden: 5,224 hours.
    Comments are invited on: (1) the practical utility of the=20
information being gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden hour=20
estimate; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the=20
information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden hour=20
to respondents, including use of automated information techniques or=20
other forms of information technology.

    Dated: March 3, 2009
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-4841 Filed 3-6-09; 8:45 am]

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