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code, and any free-standing single heir
rule are subject to the approval of the
Secretary if they contain provisions
governing trust lands. This statute also
establishes the basics of review and
approval of tribal probate codes. This
information collection covers tribes’
submission of tribal probate codes,
amendments, and free-standing single
heir rules containing provisions
regarding trust lands to the Secretary for
approval. We are adjusting the
estimated number of respondents down
to 10, based on the number of
submissions received per year since
AIPRA was passed.
II. Request for Comments
The BIA requests that you send your
comments on this collection to the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section.
Your comments should address: (a) The
necessity of the information collection
for the proper performance of the
agencies, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of our 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 through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that an agency may not
sponsor or conduct, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number. Approval for this
collection expires November 30, 2011.
Response to the information collection
is required to obtain a benefit.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section
during the hours of 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday
except for legal holidays. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address or other personally
identifiable information, be advised that
your entire comment—including your
personally identifiable information—
may be made public at any time. While
you may request that we withhold your
personally identifiable information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076–0168.
Title: Tribal Probate Codes, 25 CFR
18.
Brief Description of Collection:
Submission of this information is

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required to comply with ILCA, as
amended by AIPRA, 25 U.S.C. 2201 et
seq., which provides that Indian tribes
must obtain Secretarial approval for all
tribal probate codes, amendments, and
free-standing single heir rules that
govern the descent and distribution of
trust or restricted lands.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents: Indian tribes.
Number of Respondents: 10 per year,
on average.
Total Number of Responses: One per
respondent, on occasion.
Estimated Time per Response: Onehalf hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5
hours.
Dated: November 10, 2011.
Alvin Foster,
Assistant Director for Information Resources.
[FR Doc. 2011–30646 Filed 11–28–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Renewal of Agency Information
Collection for Probate of Indian
Estates
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.
AGENCIES:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs is submitting to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for renewal for the
collection of information titled ‘‘Probate
of Indian Estates, Except for Members of
the Osage Nation and the Five Civilized
Tribes.’’ The information collection is
currently authorized by OMB Control
Number 1076–0169, which expires
November 30, 2011.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 29, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the information collection to the
Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior at the Office of Management and
Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806
or you may send an email to:
[email protected]. Please
send a copy of your comments to
Charlene Toledo, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Director, Special Projects, BIA
Division of Probate Services, 2600 N
Central Ave STE MS102, Phoenix, AZ
85004; email: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charlene Toledo, Bureau of Indian
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Affairs, Director, Special Projects, at
(505) 563–3371. You may review the
ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to review
Department of the Interior collections
under review by OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
The Secretary of the Interior probates
the estates of individual Indians owning
trust or restricted property in
accordance with 25 U.S.C. 372, 373. In
order to compile the probate file, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) must
obtain information regarding the
deceased from individuals and the tribe.
This renewal does not make any
adjustments to the estimated burden
hours or otherwise change the approved
information collection.
II. Request for Comments
The BIA requests that you send your
comments on this collection to the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section.
Your comments should address: (a) The
necessity of the information collection
for the proper performance of the
agencies, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of our 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 through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that an agency may not
sponsor or conduct, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number. Approval for this
collection expires November 30, 2011.
Response to the information collection
is required to obtain a benefit.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section
during the hours of 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday
except for legal holidays. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address or other personally
identifiable information, be advised that
your entire comment—including your
personally identifiable information—
may be made public at any time. While
you may request that we withhold your
personally identifiable information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.

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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076–0169.
Title: Probate of Indian Estates, Except
for Members of the Osage Nation and
the Five Civilized Tribes, 25 CFR part
15.
Brief Description of Collection: This
part contains the procedures that the
Secretary of the Interior follows to
initiate the probate of the trust estate for
a deceased person who owns an interest
in trust or restricted property. The
Secretary must perform the information
collection requests in this part to obtain
the information necessary to compile an

Number of Respondents: 64,915.
Frequency of Collection: One per
respondent each year with the exception
of tribes that may be required to provide
enrollment information on an average of
approximately 10 times/year.
Description of Respondents: Indians,
businesses, and tribal authorities.
Estimated Hours per Response:
Ranges from 0.5 hour to 45.5 hour (see
table below).
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
76,685.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,037,493.
Number of
responses
per yr

Hours per
response

Total burden
hours

CFR Section

Description of info collection requirement

15.9 ..........................
15.9 ..........................
15.104 ......................
15.105 ......................
15.203 ......................
15.301 ......................
15.305 ......................

File affidavit to self-prove will, codicil, or revocation .............................
File supporting affidavit to self-prove will, codicil, or revocation ...........
Reporting req.- death certificate ............................................................
Provide probate documents ...................................................................
Provide tribal information for probate file ..............................................
Reporting funeral expenses ...................................................................
Provide info on creditor claim (6 per probate) ......................................

1,000
2,000
5,850
21,235
5,650
5,850
35,100

0.5
0.5
5
45.5
2
2
0.5

500
1,000
29,250
966,193
11,300
11,700
17,550

Total .................

................................................................................................................

76,685

........................

1,037,493

Dated: November 10, 2011.
Alvin Foster,
Assistant Director for Information Resources.
[FR Doc. 2011–30662 Filed 11–28–11; 8:45 a.m.]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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Alaska Native Claims Selection
Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.
Notice of Decision Approving
Lands for Conveyance.

ACTION:

As required by 43 CFR
2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
will issue an appealable decision to
Kuitsarak, Inc. The decision approves
the surface estate in the lands described
below for conveyance pursuant to the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). The subsurface
estate in these lands will be conveyed
to Calista Corporation when the surface
estate is conveyed to Kuitsarak, Inc. The
lands are in the vicinity of Goodnews
Bay, Alaska, and are located in:

SUMMARY:

Seward Meridian, Alaska
T. 10 S., R. 72 W.,
Secs. 2 and 10.
Containing 1,280 acres.

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The
BLM by phone at (907) 271–5960 or by
email at [email protected].
Persons who use a Telecommunications
Device for the Deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1-(800) 877–8339 to contact
the BLM during normal business hours.
In addition, the FIRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
message or question with the BLM.
The BLM will reply during normal
business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Any party claiming a property
interest in the lands affected by the
decision may appeal the decision within
the following time limits:
1. Unknown parties, parties unable to
be located after reasonable efforts have
been expended to locate, parties who
fail or refuse to sign their return receipt,
and parties who receive a copy of the
decision by regular mail which is not
certified, return receipt requested, shall
have until December 29, 2011 to file an
appeal.
2. Parties receiving service of the
decision by certified mail shall have 30
days from the date of receipt to file an
appeal.
3. Notices of appeal transmitted by
electronic means, such as facsimile or
email, will not be accepted as timely
filed.
Parties who do not file an appeal in
accordance with the requirements of 43
CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed
to have waived their rights.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may
be obtained from: Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office, 222
West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage,
Alaska 99513–7504.
DATES:

Bureau of Land Management

AGENCY:

T. 11 S., R. 72 W.,
Sec. 2.
Containing 35 acres.
Aggregating 1,315 acres.

Notice of the decision will also be
published four times in The Delta
Discovery.

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accurate and complete probate file. This
file will be forwarded to the Office of
Hearings and Appeals (OHA) for
disposition. Responses to these
information collection requests are
required to create a probate file for the
decedent’e estate so that OHA can
determine the heirs of the decedent and
order distribution of the trust assets in
the decedent’s estate.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents: Indians, businesses, and
tribal authorities.

Ralph L. Eluska Sr.,
Land Transfer Resolution Specialist, Branch
of Land Transfer Adjudication II.
[FR Doc. 2011–30738 Filed 11–28–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Meeting, Rio Grande Natural
Area Commission
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and the Federal
Advisory Committee Act of 1972
(FACA), the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management

SUMMARY:

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