Published 30 Day Notice 84 FR 27647

Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 114 / Thursday, June 13, 2019 / Notices
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: June 9, 2019.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Payments in Lieu of Taxes
(PILT) Act, Statement of Federal Lands
Payments
Office of the Secretary, Office
of Budget.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget
is proposing to renew an information
collection.

SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 15,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
by mail to the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Office of the Secretary, Office
of Budget, Attn: Dionna Kiernan, 1849
C Street NW, MS 4106 MIB,
Washington, DC 20240 or by email to
[email protected]. Please reference
OMB Control Number 1093–0005 in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dionna Kiernan by email at doi_pilt@
ios.doi.gov, or by telephone at 202–513–
7783.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the

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public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on February
13, 2019 (84 FR 3814 Page 3814–3815),
by the Office of the Secretary, Office of
Budget, soliciting comments from the
public and other interested parties. No
public comments were received.
We are soliciting comments on the
proposed ICR that is described below.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following
issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to
the proper functions of the Office of
Budget; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Office of Budget
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(5) how might the Office of Budget
minimize the burden of this collection
on the respondents, including through
the use of information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to approve this ICR. 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.
Abstract: ‘‘Payments in Lieu of Taxes’’
(PILT) are Federal payments to local
governments that help offset losses in
property taxes due to non-taxable
Federal lands within their boundaries.
The original law is Public Law 94–565,
dated October 20, 1976. This law was
rewritten and amended by Public Law
97–258 on September 13, 1982 and
codified at Chapter 69, Title 31 of the
United States Code. The law recognizes
the financial impact of the inability of
local governments to collect property
taxes on Federally-owned land.
The PILT Act requires the Governor of
each State to furnish the Department of
the Interior with a listing of payments
disbursed to local governments by the
States on behalf of the Federal
Government under 12 statutes described
in Section 6903 of 31 U.S.C. The
Department of the Interior uses the

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amounts reported by States to reduce
PILT payments to units of general local
governments from that which they
might otherwise receive. If such listings
were not furnished by the Governor of
each affected State, the Department
would not be able to compute the PILT
payments to units of general local
government within the States in
question.
In fiscal year 2004, administrative
authority for the PILT program was
transferred from the Bureau of Land
Management to the Office of the
Secretary of the Department of the
Interior. Applicable DOI regulations
pertaining to the PILT program to be
administered by the Office of the
Secretary were published as a final rule
in the Federal Register on December 7,
2004 (69 FR 70557). The Office of the
Secretary, Office of Budget, is now
planning to extend the information
collection approval authority in order to
enable the Department of the Interior to
continue to comply with the PILT Act.
Title of Collection: Payments in Lieu
of Taxes (PILT) Act, Statement of
Federal Lands Payments.
OMB Control Number: 1093–0005.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State
governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 49.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 49.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 40 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,960 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Scott J. Cameron,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy,
Management and Budget.
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