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to a Bureau or office within the
Department of the Interior or the
Department of Health and Human
Services and that continues to perform
functions formerly performed as part of
the BIA and IHS. You are eligible for
preference if (a) you are a member of a
federally recognized Indian tribe; (b)
you are a descendent of a member and
you were residing within the present
boundaries of any Indian reservation on
June 1, 1934; (c) you are an Alaska
native; or (d) you possess one-half
degree Indian blood derived from tribes
that are indigenous to the United States.
No changes are being made to the form.
II. Request for Comments
On July 18, 2014, BIA published a
notice announcing the renewal of this
information collection and provided a
60-day comment period in the Federal
Register (79 FR 42031). There were no
comments received in response to this
notice.
The BIA requests your comments on
this collection concerning: (a) The
necessity of the information collection
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agencies, 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
sponsor or conduct, 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
during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday except for legal holidays. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address or other personally
identifiable information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personally identifiable information—
may be made publicly available at any
time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personally
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.

Brief description of collection:
Submission of this information by
Indian applicants for jobs with BIA and
IHS allows the Personnel Offices of BIA
and IHS to verify that the individual
meets the requirements for Indian
preference in hiring. Response is
required to obtain the benefit of
preferential hiring. The collection of
this information is voluntary. Response
is required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents: Qualified Indian
persons who are seeking preference in
employment with the BIA and IHS.
Number of Respondents: 5,000 per
year, on average.
Number of Responses: 5,000 per year,
on average.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Time per response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
2,500 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Dollar Cost: $6,920 (postage and
copying costs). This reflects an increase
to the non-hour cost burden by $400
(from $6,520 to $6,920) to reflect the
increase in postage costs.
Dated: November 4, 2014.
Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014–26539 Filed 11–6–14; 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 Sovereignty in Indian
Education Grant Program
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
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 Sovereignty in
Indian Education Grant Program
authorized by OMB Control Number
1076–0182. This information collection
expires January 31, 2015.
III. Data
DATES: Submit comments on or before
January 6, 2015.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0160.
Title: Verification of Indian preference ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
for Employment in the BIA and IHS.
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Wendy Greyeyes, Bureau of Indian
Education, 1849 C Street NW., MS–
4655–MIB, Washington, DC 20240;
Email: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Wendy Greyeyes, telephone: (202) 208–
5810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
In 2013, the Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Education
convened an American Indian
Education Study Group to diagnose the
systemic challenges facing the Bureau of
Indian Education (BIE) and to propose
a comprehensive plan for reform to
ensure that all students attending BIEfunded schools receive a world-class
education.
The Study Group drafted a framework
for reform based on several listening
sessions last fall with tribal leaders,
Indian educators and others throughout
Indian Country on how to facilitate
tribal sovereignty in American Indian
education and how to improve
educational outcomes for students at
BIE-funded schools. The Study Group
incorporated feedback it received from
tribal leaders and other BIE stakeholders
into the final ‘‘Blueprint for Reform,’’
released on June 13, 2014.
Acting on the recommendations in the
Blueprint, BIE will award competitive
grants to tribes and their tribal
education agencies to promote tribal
control and operation of BIE-funded
schools on their Indian reservations.
The purpose of the grants is to support
the tribe’s capacity to manage and
operate tribally controlled schools as
defined in the Tribally Controlled
Schools Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100–297).
These funds will (a) support
development of a school-reform plan to
improve educational outcomes for
students and (b) improve efficiencies
and effectiveness in the operation of
BIE-funded schools within a
reservation.
The grants will provide funds for the
tribe to:
• Develop an implementation plan
that will reform a tribe’s current
organizational structure towards an
expert and independent tribal education
agency that will support schools and
students; and
• Cover the execution of the
implementation plan with identified
staffing, projected timelines, proposed
budgets, and activities.
Each proposal must include a project
narrative, a budget narrative, a work
plan outline, and a Project Director to
manage the execution of the grant. The
Project Directors will participate in

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monthly collaboration meetings, submit
quarterly budget updates, ensure an
annual report is submitted at the end of
each project year, and ultimately ensure
that the tribal education agency fulfills
the obligations of the grant. A response
is required to obtain and/or retain a
benefit.
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
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076–0182.
Title: Sovereignty in Indian Education
Grant Program.
Brief Description of Collection: Indian
Tribes and Tribal Organizations may
submit proposals to support their efforts
to take control and operate BIE-funded
schools located on the tribe’s
reservation. Each proposal must include
a project narrative, a budget narrative, a
work plan outline, and a Project
Director to manage the execution of the
grant. The Project Directors will
participate in monthly collaboration
meetings, submit quarterly budget
updates, ensure an annual report is
submitted at the end of each project
year, and ultimately ensure that the
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Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Indian Tribes and/or
Tribal Education Departments.
Number of Respondents: 11 per year.
Frequency of Response: Proposals and
Annual reports once per year; Budget
Reports are submitted 4 times per year;
and Monthly meetings are 12 times per
year.
Estimated Time per Response: Ranges
from 1 hour to 40 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
682 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Dollar Cost: $0.
Dated: November 4, 2014.
Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014–26537 Filed 11–6–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWO320000.L19900000.PO0000; OMB
Control Number 1004–0169]

Renewal of Approved Information
Collection
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has submitted an
information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to continue the collection of
information pertaining to the use and
occupancy of public lands in
accordance with various mining laws.
The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) has assigned control number
1004–0169 to this collection.
DATES: The OMB is required to respond
to this information collection request
within 60 days but may respond after 30
days. For maximum consideration
written comments should be received
on or before December 8, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments
directly to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (OMB #1004–
0169), Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, fax 202–395–5806,
or by electronic mail at OIRA_
[email protected]. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
BLM via mail, fax, or electronic mail.
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C
Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention:
Jean Sonneman, Washington, DC 20240.
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Fax: to Jean Sonneman at 202–245–
0050.
Electronic mail: Jean_Sonneman@
blm.gov.
Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–0169’’
regardless of the form of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Merrill, Division of Solid
Minerals, at 202–912–7044. Persons
who use a telecommunication device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1–
800–877–8339, to leave a message for
Mr. Merrill. You may also review the
information collection request online at
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501–3521) and OMB regulations at 5
CFR Part 1320 provide that an agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Until OMB approves a collection of
information, you are not obligated to
respond. In order to obtain and renew
an OMB control number, Federal
agencies are required to seek public
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities. (see 5 CFR
1320.8 (d) and 1320.12(a)).
As required in 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the
BLM published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register on June 3, 2014 (79 FR
31979), and the comment period closed
on August 4, 2014. The BLM received
no public comments.
The BLM now requests comments on
the following subjects:
1. Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
functioning of the BLM, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. The accuracy of the BLM’s estimate
of the burden of collecting 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 information
collection burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other forms of
information technology.
Please send comments to the
addresses listed under ADDRESSES.
Please refer to OMB Control Number
1004–0169 in your correspondence.
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

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