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recognized American Indian tribes
seeking to retain universities and
colleges, private consulting firms, nonacademic/non-profit entities, or others
to prepare studies of economic
development opportunities or plans.
These studies and plans will empower
American Indian tribes and tribal
businesses to make informed decisions
regarding their economic futures.
Studies may concern the viability of an
economic development project or
business or the practicality of a
technology a tribe may choose to
pursue. The DED will specifically
exclude from consideration proposals
for research and development projects,
requests for funding of salaries for tribal
government personnel, funding to pay
legal fees, and requests for funding for
the purchase or lease of structures,
machinery, hardware or other capital
items. Plans may encompass future
periods of five years or mo and include
one or more economic development
factors including but not limited to land
and retail use, industrial development,
tourism, energy, resource development
and transportation.
This is an annual program whose
primary objective is to create jobs and
foster economic activity within tribal
communities. The DED will administer
the program within IEED; and studies
and plans as described herein will be
sole discretionary projects DED will
consider or fund absent a competitive
bidding process. When funding is
available, DED will solicit proposals for
studies and plans. To receive these
funds, tribes may use the contracting
mechanism established by Public Law
93–638, the Indian Self-Determination
Act or may obtain adjustments to their
funding from the Office of SelfGovernance. See 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.
Interested applicants must submit a
tribal resolution requesting funding, a
statement of work describing the project
for which the study is requested or the
scope of the plan envisioned, the
identity of the academic institution or
other entity the applicant wishes to
retain (if known) and a budget
indicating the funding amount
requested and how it will be spent. The
DED expressly retains the authority to
reduce or otherwise modify proposed
budgets and funding amounts.
Applications for funding will be
juried and evaluated on the basis of a
proposed project’s potential to generate
jobs and economic activity on the
reservation.
II. Request for Comments
The IEED requests your comments on
this collection concerning: (a) The
necessity of this information collection

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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 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 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: 1076–0178.
Title: Native American Business
Development Institute (NABDI) Funding
Solicitations and Reporting.
Brief Description of Collection: Indian
tribes that would like to apply for
NABDI funding must submit an
application that includes certain
information. A complete application
must contain:
• A duly-enacted, signed resolution
of the governing body of the tribe;
• A proposal describing the planned
activities and deliverables products; and
• The identity (if known) of the
academic institution, private consultant,
non-profit/non-academic entity, or other
entity the tribe has chosen to perform
the study or prepare the plan; and
• A detailed budget estimate,
including contracted personnel costs,
travel estimates, data collection and
analysis costs, and other expenses,
through DED reserves authority to
reduce or otherwise modify this budget.
The DED requires this information to
ensure that it provides funding only to
those projects that meet the economic
development and job creation goals for
which NABDI was established.
Applications will be evaluated on the
basis of the proposed project’s potential
to generate jobs and economic activity
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the funded project, a tribe must then
submit a final report summarizing
events, accomplishments, problems
and/or results in executing the project.
A response is required to obtain a
benefit.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Indian tribes with trust
or restricted land.
Number of Respondents: 20
applicants per year; 20 project
participants each year, on average.
Frequency of Response: Once per year
for applications and final report.
Estimated Time per Response: 40
hours per application; 1.5 hours per
report.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
830 hours (800 for applications and 30
for final reports).
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Dollar Cost: $0.
Dated: March 19, 2014.
John Ashley,
Acting Assistant Director for Information
Resources.
[FR Doc. 2014–06554 Filed 3–24–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[145A2100DD.AADD001000.A0E501010.
999900]

Renewal of Agency Information
Collection for No Child Left Behind Act
Implementation
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is
seeking comments on the renewal of
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval for the collection of
information for the No Child Left
Behind Act authorized by OMB Control
Number 1076–0163. This information
collection expires March 31, 2014.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 24,
2014.
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: OIRA_
[email protected]. Please send a
copy of your comments to Jeffrey
Hamley, Bureau of Indian Education,
Division of Performance and
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Accountability, 1011 Indian School
Road NW., Suite 332, Albuquerque, NM
87104; facsimile: (505) 563–5281; email:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey Hamley, telephone: (505) 563–
5255. 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:

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I. Abstract
The BIE is seeking renewal of the
approval for the information collection
conducted under 25 CFR parts 30, 37,
39, 42, 44, and 47 under OMB Control
Number 1076–0163. This information
collection is necessary to implement
Public Law 107–110, No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The NCLB
requires all schools, including Bureaufunded and operated schools, to ensure
that all children have a fair, equal, and
significant opportunity to obtain a highquality education and reach, at a
minimum, proficiency on challenging
academic achievement standards and
assessments. The BIE has promulgated
several regulations implementing the
NCLB Act. This OMB Control Number
addresses the following regulations.
• 25 CFR part 30—Adequately Yearly
Progress (AYP). Tribes/school boards
may request an alternative to the
established AYP definition or standards.
Tribes/school boards may provide
evidence that BIE made an error in
identifying the school for improvement.
Achievement, attendance and
graduation rates are collected from
schools to facilitate yearly calculation of
AYP.
• 25 CFR part 37—Geographic
Boundaries. This part establishes
procedures for confirming, establishing,
or revising attendance areas for each
Bureau-funded and operated school.
Tribes and school boards must submit
certain information to BIE to propose a
change in geographic boundaries.
• 25 CFR 39—Indian School
Equalization Program (ISEP). This part
provides for the uniform direct funding
of Bureau-operated and tribally operated
day schools, boarding schools, and
dormitories. Auditors of schools, to
ensure accountability in student counts
and student transportation, must certify
that they meet certain qualifications and
have conducted a conflict of interest
check. Schools must submit information
to BIE to apply for funds in the event
of an emergency or unforeseen
contingency.

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• 25 CFR part 42—Student Rights.
The purpose of this part is to govern
student rights and due process
procedures in disciplinary proceedings
in all Bureau-funded and operated
schools. This part requires all the
schools to provide notice of disciplinary
charges, provide a copy of the hearing
of record, and provide a student
handbook.
• 25 CFR part 44—Grants under the
Tribally Controlled Schools Act. The
purpose of this part is to establish who
is eligible for a grant and requires tribes
to submit information to BIE to
retrocede a program to the Secretary.
• 25 CFR part 47—Uniform Direct
Funding and Support for Bureauoperated Schools. This part contains the
requirements for developing local
educational financial plans in order to
receive direct funding from the Bureau.
This part requires school supervisors to
submit quarterly reports to school
boards; submit a notice of appeal to the
BIE for a decision where agencies
disagree over expenditures; make
certain certifications in financial plans;
and send the plan and documentation to
the BIE or submit a notice of appeal.
There are no forms associated with
collection. No third party notification or
public disclosure burden is associated
with this collection.
II. Request for Comments
The BIE 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 displays 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 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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying

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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076–0163.
Title: No Child Left Behind.
Brief Description of Collection:
Pursuant to NCLB implementing
regulations, Bureau-funded and
operated schools must provide certain
information if they wish to use
alternative AYP standards, change their
geographic boundaries, obtain
contingency funds, retrocede a program,
or obtain direct funding from the Bureau
through submission of a local
educational financial plan. For these
items, a response is required to obtain
a benefit (continued supplementary
program funding). In addition, all
Bureau-funded and operated schools
must provide students with written
notice of disciplinary charges, a copy of
the hearing record, and student
handbook. These items are mandatory
information collections.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Bureau-funded and
operated schools.
Number of Respondents: 183.
Number of Responses: 14,554.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly,
annually, or on occasion, depending on
the item.
Estimated Time per Response: Ranges
from 1/2 hour to 480 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
27,355 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Dollar Cost: $0.
Dated: March 19, 2014.
John Ashley,
Acting Assistant Director for Information
Resources.
[FR Doc. 2014–06553 Filed 3–24–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLMTC 00900.L16100000.DP0000]

Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern
Montana Resource Advisory Council
Meeting
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

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

SUMMARY:

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