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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 229 / Wednesday, November 28, 2012 / Notices

‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated
with this collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
you are not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Comments: We are soliciting
comments as to: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the
information is useful; (b) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information;
(c) how to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) how
to minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Please note that the comments
submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask OMB in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that it will
be done.
Dated: November 20, 2012.
Bruce Peterjohn,
Chief, Bird Banding Lab, USGS.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Renewal of Agency Information
Collection for Tribal Self-Governance
Program
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs is
submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request for renewal
for the collection of information for
Tribal Self-Governance Program. The
information collection is currently
authorized by OMB Control Number
1076–0143, which expires November
30, 2012.

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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 28, 2012.
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 Ken
Reinfeld, Office of Self-Governance,
1951 Constitution Avenue NW., Mail
Stop 355–G SIB, Washington, DC 20240;
email: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken
Reinfeld, Senior Policy Analyst, (202)
208–5734. You may review the
information collection request online at
http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by
OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATE:

I. Abstract
The Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs is seeking comments on the
information collection entitled ‘‘Tribal
Self-Governance Program, 25 CFR
1000,’’ as we prepare to renew this
collection as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The information
collected will be used to establish
requirements for entry into the pool of
qualified applicants for Self-Governance
and to meet reporting requirements of
the Tribal Self-Governance Act.
II. 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.
Please note that an agency may not
conduct or sponsor, 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.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address or other
personally identifiable information in
your comment, you should be aware

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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 your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076–0143.
Title: Tribal Self-Governance
program, 25 CFR 1000.
Brief Description of Collection: The
Self-Governance program is authorized
by the Tribal Self-Governance Act of
1994, Public Law 103–413 (the Act), as
amended. Indian tribes interested in
entering into Self-Governance must
submit certain information as required
by the Act. In addition, those tribes and
tribal consortia that have entered into
Self-Governance funding agreements
will be requested to submit certain
information as described in 25 CFR
1000. This information will be used to
justify a budget request submission on
their behalf and to comport with section
405 of the Act that calls for the
Secretary to submit an annual report to
the Congress. Responses are required to
obtain or retain a benefit or are
voluntary, depending upon the part of
the program being addressed.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Federally recognized
Indian tribes and tribal consortia
participating or wishing to enter into
Tribal Self-Governance.
Number of Respondents: 85.
Number of Responses: 94.
Estimated Time per Response:
Completion times vary from 15 minutes
to 400 hours, with an average of
approximately 55 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
or annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
4,662 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden:
$10,500 is the estimated total annual
cost burden for tribes and tribal
consortia first entering the SelfGovernance program; this includes
capital and start-up costs to obtain
equipment and materials necessary to
assume the program and activities for
which they are entering the SelfGovernance program.
Dated: November 21, 2012.
John T. Ashley,
Acting Assistant Director for Information
Resources.
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