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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: December 17, 2015.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Renewal of Agency Information
Collection for Class III Gaming; Tribal
Revenue Allocation Plans; Gaming on
Trust Lands
AGENCY:

Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.
Notice of submission to OMB.

ACTION:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is
submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB a request for approval
for the collection of information for
Class III Gaming Procedures authorized
by OMB Control Number 1076–0149,
Tribal Revenue Allocation Plans
authorized by OMB Control Number
1076–0152, and Gaming on Trust Lands
Acquired After October 17, 1988
authorized by OMB Control Number
1076–0158. These information
collections expire January 31, 2016.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
22, 2016.
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: Ms. Paula
Hart, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Office of Indian Gaming, 1849 C Street,
NW., Mail Stop 3657, Washington, DC
20240; email: [email protected].
Please be sure to include the applicable
OMB Control Number in the subject of
your comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Paula Hart, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Office of Indian Gaming,
telephone: 202–219–4066. You may
review the information collection
request online at http://
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to review Department of the

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Interior collections under review by
OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs is seeking renewal of the
approval for information collection
Class III Gaming Procedures, Tribal
Revenue Allocation Plans, and Gaming
on Trust Lands Acquired After October
17, 1988, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This information
is necessary for the Office of Indian
Gaming, to ensure that the applicable
requirements for IGRA, 25 U.S.C. 2701
et seq., are met with regard to Class III
gaming procedures, Tribal revenue
allocation plans, and applications for
gaming on trust lands acquired after
October 17, 1988.
II. Request for Comments
On September 14, 2015, BIA
published a notice announcing the
renewal of this information collection
and provided a 60-day comment period
in the Federal Register (80 FR 55147).
There were no comments received in
response to this notice.
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 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: 1076–0149.

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Title: Class III Gaming Procedures, 25
CFR 291.
Brief Description of Collection: The
collection of information will ensure
that the provisions of IGRA and other
applicable requirements are met when
federally recognized Tribes submit Class
III procedures for review and approval
by the Secretary of the Interior. Sections
291.4, 291.10, 291.12 and 291.15 of 25
CFR 291, Class III Gaming Procedures,
specify the information collection
requirement. An Indian Tribe must ask
the Secretary to issue Class III gaming
procedures. The information to be
collected includes: the name of the
Tribe, the name of the State, Tribal
documents, State documents, regulatory
schemes, the proposed procedures, and
other documents deemed necessary.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Federally recognized
Indian Tribes.
Number of Respondents: 12.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Obligation to Respond: Response
required to obtain a benefit.
Estimated Time per Response: 320
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
3,840 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Dollar Cost: $0.
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OMB Control Number: 1076–0152.
Title: Tribal Revenue Allocation
Plans, 25 CFR 290.
Brief Description of Collection: An
Indian tribe must ask the Secretary to
approve a Tribal revenue allocation
plan. In order for Indian Tribes to
distribute net gaming revenues in the
form of per capita payments,
information is needed by the BIA to
ensure that Tribal revenue allocation
plans include: (1) Assurances that
certain statutory requirements are met,
(2) a breakdown of the specific used to
which net gaming revenues will be
allocated, (3) eligibility requirements for
participation, (4) tax liability
notification, and (5) the assurance of the
protection and preservation of the per
capita share of minors and legal
incompetents. Sections 290.12, 290.17,
290.24 and 290.26 of 25 CFR part 290,
Tribal Revenue Allocation Plans,
specify the information collection
requirement. The information to be
collected includes: the name of the
Tribe, Tribal documents, the allocation
plan, and other documents deemed
necessary.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Federally recognized
Indian Tribes.

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Number of Respondents: 20.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Obligation to Respond: Response
required to obtain a benefit.
Estimated Time per Response: 100
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
2,000 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Dollar Cost: $0.
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OMB Control Number: 1076–0158.
Title: Gaming on Trust Lands
Acquired After October 17, 1988, 25
CFR 292.
Brief Description of Collection: The
collection of information will ensure
that the provisions of IGRA, Federal
law, and the trust obligations of the
United States are met when Federally
recognized Tribes submit an application
under 25 CFR part 292. The applications
covered by this OMB Control No. are
those seeking a secretarial
determination that a gaming
establishment on land acquired in trust
after October 17, 1988, would be in the
best interest of the Indian Tribe and its
members, and would not be detrimental
to the surrounding community.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Federally recognized
Indian Tribes.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Obligation to Respond: Response
required to obtain a benefit.
Estimated Time per Response: 1,000
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,000 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Dollar Cost: $0.

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California; (2) the Sycuan Band of the
Kumeyaay Nation; and (3) the United
Auburn Indian Community of the
Auburn Rancheria of California. This
notice announces that the compacts are
taking effect.
DATES: The effective date of the
compacts are December 23, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian
Gaming, Office of the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs, Washington,
DC 20240, (202) 219–4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 11
of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
(IGRA) requires the Secretary of the
Interior to publish in the Federal
Register notice of approved Tribal-State
compacts that are for the purpose of
engaging in Class III gaming activities
on Indian lands. See Public Law 100–
497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. All TribalState Class III compacts are subject to
review and approval by the Secretary
under 25 CFR 293.4. The Secretary took
no action on the compacts within 45
days of their submission. Therefore, the
compacts are considered to have been
approved, but only to the extent the
compacts are consistent with IGRA. See
25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).
Dated: December 16, 2015.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.

Notice of Public Meeting for the
Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory
Council

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Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
AGENCY:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming; Three Tribal-State
Class III Gaming Compacts Taking
Effect in the State of California
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The State of California
entered into Tribal-State compacts
governing Class III gaming with: (1) The

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In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, and the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), the Southeast
Oregon Resource Advisory Council
(RAC) will meet as indicated below:
DATES: The Southeast Oregon RAC will
hold a public meeting Monday and
Tuesday, January 25 and 26, 2016. The
January 25th meeting begins at noon
and ends at 5:00 p.m. The January 26th
meeting beings at 8:00 a.m. and ends at
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1:00 p.m. The agenda will be released
online at http://www.blm.gov/or/rac/
seorrac.php prior to January 11th, 2016.
Tentative agenda items for the January
25–26, 2016 meeting include: Lands
with Wilderness Characteristics (LWC)
subcommittee establishment, possible
designation of the Owyhee Canyonlands
area, Wild Horse and Burro concerns,
and planning future meeting agendas,
dates, and locations. Any other matters
that may reasonably come before the
Southeast Oregon RAC may also be
addressed.
A public comment period will be
available each day of the session. Unless
otherwise approved by the Southeast
Oregon RAC Chair, the public comment
period will last no longer than 30
minutes, and each speaker may address
the Southeast Oregon RAC for a
maximum of 5 minutes. Meeting times
and the duration scheduled for public
comment periods may be extended or
altered when the authorized
representative considers it necessary to
accommodate necessary business and
all who seek to be heard regarding
matters before the Southeast Oregon
RAC.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Clarion Inn, 1249 Tapadera Ave.,
Ontario, OR 97914.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry Moore, Public Affairs Specialist,
BLM Vale District Office, 100 Oregon
Street, Vale, Oregon 97918, (541) 473–
6218 or [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 above
individual during normal business
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question with the above individual.
You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Southeast Oregon RAC consists of 15
members chartered and appointed by
the Secretary of the Interior. Their
diverse perspectives are represented in
commodity, conservation, and general
interests. They provide advice to BLM
and Forest Service resource managers
regarding management plans and
proposed resource actions on public
land in southeast Oregon. This meeting
is open to the public in its entirety.
Information to be distributed to the
Southeast Oregon RAC is requested
prior to the start of each meeting.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, please be aware that your
entire comment—including your

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