This information is used by the
Commission to approve ordinances and regulate licensing under the
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in accordance with its statutory
authority.
US Code:
25
USC 2701 Name of Law: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
The Commission surveyed 16
tribes and/or tribal regulatory authorities and, based on this
tribal feedback, the Commission made the following adjustments to
its estimated burdens: • the current estimate of the total number
of annual respondents has been slightly increased from 1580 to
1597. This is based on the average number of annual submission to
the Commission for the past three years. This increase is due,
primarily, to the increase - from 76 to 92 - of tribal reporting of
license revocation notifications per § 558.4(e). It was also caused
by, secondarily, the fact that there has been a slight increase in
the overall number of gaming tribes. • the estimated number of
annual responses has also been slightly increased and this was due
to the higher number of applications that were processed under §
556.6(b)(1), 556.6(b)(2), and 556.6(b),(d). • the estimated annual
burden hour total has been slightly adjusted downward from
1,392,450 to 1,121,340. There are two main factors that account for
this decrease. First, the average number of applications that were
processed for background checks under § 556.4 decreased from 89,864
to 72,387. This resulted in a cumulative reduction of approximately
29,965 hours. Second, and more significantly, the average number of
hours that tribes reportedly spent creating and maintaining
investigative application reports per § 556.6(b)(1) decreased from
15 to 5.3. This decrease, multiplied over the 40,055 applications
that were processed on average per year, resulted in a reduction
283,504 hours (from 511,695 to 228,191). • the estimated annual
cost total was decreased from $3,334,176 to $3,070,189. This
decrease was mainly attributable to a $636 decrease in the average
costs of § 556.6(a) / 558.3(e) and a $727 decrease in the average
cost of § 556.6(b)(1).
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
2016.09.27_FedReg.pdf
SS_4_3141-0003.docx
Ordinances, Background Investigations, and Licenses 558.4(e)