80_FR_75022 80 FR 74793 - Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Leases and Permits

80 FR 74793 - Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Leases and Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 229 (November 30, 2015)

Page Range74793-74794
FR Document2015-30330

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 Leases and Permits. The information collection is currently authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0155, which expires November 30, 2015.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 229 (Monday, November 30, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 2015)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900]


Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Leases and Permits

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.

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SUMMARY: 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 Leases and Permits. The information collection is 
currently authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0155, which expires 
November 30, 2015.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
December 30, 2015.

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: [email protected]. Please send a copy of your 
comments to: Ms. Sharlene Round Face, Office of Trust Services, Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW., Mailstop 3642--MIB, Washington, 
DC 20240; email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sharlene Round Face, Office of 
Trust Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW., Mailstop 
3642--MIB, Washington, DC 20240; email: [email protected]. 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: 

I. Abstract

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking renewal of the 
approval for information collection conducted under 25 CFR 162, Leases 
and Permits, for the review and approval of leases and permits on land 
the United States holds in trust or restricted status for individual 
Indians and Indian Tribes. This information collection allows BIA to 
review applications for leases and permits, modifications, and 
assignments, and to determine:
    (a) Whether or not a lease may be approved or granted;
    (b) The value of each lease;
    (c) The appropriate compensation to landowners; and
    (d) Provisions for violations of trespass.
    A response is required to obtain or retain a benefit.

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 55146). 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: 1076-0155.
    Title: Leases and Permits, 25 CFR 162.

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    Brief Description of Collection: Generally trust and restricted 
land may be leased by Indian land owners, with the approval of the 
Secretary of the Interior, except when specified by statute. Submission 
of this information allows BIA to review applications for obtaining, 
modifying and assigning leases and permits of land that the United 
States holds in trust or restricted status for individual Indians and 
Indian Tribes. The information is used to determine approval of a 
lease, amendment, assignment, sublease, mortgage or related document. A 
response is required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individual Indians and Indian Tribes seeking to lease 
their trust or restricted land and businesses that lease trust and 
restricted land.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 99,340.
    Frequency of Response: In general, once per approval per lease. 
Some collections occur upon request for modification or assignment or 
upon a trespass violation, which occur, on average, fewer than once per 
lease. Additionally, rent payments occur, on average, once per month.
    Obligation To Respond: Response required to obtain a benefit.
    Estimated Time per Response: Ranges from 15 minutes to 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 82,913 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Dollar Cost: $1,813,000.

Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action--Indian 
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2015-30330 Filed 11-27-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 229 / Monday, November 30, 2015 / Notices 74793 be collected; and (d) Ways we could Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour information collection conducted under minimize the burden of the collection of Dollar Cost: $5,359. 25 CFR 162, Leases and Permits, for the the information on the respondents, * * * * * review and approval of leases and such as through the use of automated permits on land the United States holds collection techniques or other forms of Elizabeth K. Appel, in trust or restricted status for information technology. Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and individual Indians and Indian Tribes. Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. This information collection allows BIA Please note that an agency may not [FR Doc. 2015–30305 Filed 11–27–15; 8:45 am] conduct or sponsor, and an individual to review applications for leases and need not respond to, a collection of BILLING CODE 4337–15–P permits, modifications, and information unless it has a valid OMB assignments, and to determine: Control Number. (a) Whether or not a lease may be DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR approved or granted; It is our policy to make all comments (b) The value of each lease; available to the public for review at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (c) The appropriate compensation to location listed in the ADDRESSES section. [167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/ landowners; and Before including your address, phone A0A501010.999900] (d) Provisions for violations of number, email address or other personal trespass. identifying information in your Renewal of Agency Information A response is required to obtain or comment, you should be aware that Collection for Leases and Permits retain a benefit. your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, II. Request for Comments be made publicly available at any time. Interior. ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB. On September 14, 2015, BIA While you can ask us in your comment published a notice announcing the to withhold your personal identifying renewal of this information collection information from public review, we SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the and provided a 60-day comment period cannot guarantee that we will be able to in the Federal Register (80 FR 55146). do so. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting to the Office of Management There were no comments received in III. Data and Budget (OMB) a request for response to this notice. approval for the collection of The BIA requests your comments on OMB Control Number: 1076–0185. information for Leases and Permits. The this collection concerning: (a) The Title: Tribal Education Department information collection is currently necessity of this information collection Grant Program. authorized by OMB Control Number for the proper performance of the 1076–0155, which expires November functions of the agency, including Brief Description of Collection: The 30, 2015. whether the information will have Secretary of the Interior, through the DATES: Interested persons are invited to practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the Bureau of Indian Education, may solicit submit comments on or before agency’s estimate of the burden (hours grant proposals from Federally- December 30, 2015. and cost) of the collection of recognized tribes and their Tribal information, including the validity of Education Departments (TEDs) for ADDRESSES: You may submit comments the methodology and assumptions used; projects defined under 25 U.S.C. 2020. on the information collection to the (c) Ways we could enhance the quality, These funds are necessary to assist TEDs Desk Officer for the Department of the utility, and clarity of the information to to improve educational outcomes for Interior at the Office of Management and be collected; and (d) Ways we could students and improve efficiencies and Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806 minimize the burden of the collection of effectiveness by planning and or you may send an email to: OIRA_ the information on the respondents. coordinating all educational programs Submission@omb.eop.gov. Please send a for Bureau-funded schools for the Please note that an agency may not copy of your comments to: Ms. Sharlene respondent to receive or maintain a conduct or sponsor, and an individual Round Face, Office of Trust Services, benefit. need not respond to, a collection of Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street information unless it has a valid OMB Type of Review: Revision to a NW., Mailstop 3642—MIB, Washington, Control Number. currently approved collection. DC 20240; email: Sharlene.Roundface@ It is our policy to make all comments bia.gov. Respondents: Federally-recognized available to the public for review at the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. location listed in the ADDRESSES section. tribes and their Tribal Education Departments (TEDs). Sharlene Round Face, Office of Trust Before including your address, phone Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 number, email address or other personal Number of Respondents: 13. C Street NW., Mailstop 3642—MIB, identifying information in your Total Number of Responses: 63. Washington, DC 20240; email: comment, you should be aware that Frequency of Response: One time Sharlene.Roundface@bia.gov. You may your entire comment—including your proposal submission, quarterly, and review the information collection personal identifying information—may annual reports. request online at http:// be made publicly available at any time. www.reginfo.gov. Follow the While you can ask us in your comment Obligation to Respond: Response instructions to review Department of the to withhold your personal identifying jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES required to obtain or retain a benefit. Interior collections under review by information from public review, we Estimated Time per Response: One OMB. cannot guarantee that we will be able to time proposal submission is 111 hours, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: do so. 1 hour to prepare a quarterly report, and 2 hours to prepare an annual report. I. Abstract III. Data Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is OMB Control Number: 1076–0155. 1,503 hours. seeking renewal of the approval for Title: Leases and Permits, 25 CFR 162. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:23 Nov 27, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30NON1.SGM 30NON1

74794 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 229 / Monday, November 30, 2015 / Notices Brief Description of Collection: EIS) for the Copper Flat Copper Mine Resources Group Limited. The Project is Generally trust and restricted land may and by this notice is announcing the comprised of 963 acres (841 acres of be leased by Indian land owners, with opening of the comment period. proposed disturbance and 122 acres the approval of the Secretary of the DATES: To ensure comments will be undisturbed) of private land and 1,227 Interior, except when specified by considered, the BLM must receive acres (745 acres of proposed disturbance statute. Submission of this information written comments on the Copper Flat and 482 acres undisturbed) of public allows BIA to review applications for Copper Mine Draft EIS within 45 days land, for a total of 2,190 acres. The obtaining, modifying and assigning following the date the Environmental proposed mining plan of operations was leases and permits of land that the Protection Agency publishes its Notice submitted by the Copper Corporation to United States holds in trust or restricted of Availability in the Federal Register. the BLM in June 2011and is based upon status for individual Indians and Indian The BLM will announce future meetings the plan of development that Quintana Tribes. The information is used to or hearings and any other public Mineral Corporation used in the determine approval of a lease, involvement activities at least 15 days previous operation of Copper Flat amendment, assignment, sublease, in advance through public notices, mining activities in 1982. The Project mortgage or related document. A media releases, and/or mailings. includes upgrades and modifications response is required to obtain or retain ADDRESSES: You may submit comments based on current engineering designs a benefit. related to the Copper Flat Copper Mine and regulations and was intentionally Type of Review: Revision of a by any of the following methods: developed to re-use the existing currently approved collection. • Email: foundations, production wells, and Respondents: Individual Indians and BLM_NM_LCDO_Comments@blm.gov. water pipeline that were employed by Indian Tribes seeking to lease their trust • Fax: (575) 525–4412. the previous Quintana operation. Four or restricted land and businesses that • Mail: BLM Las Cruces District Alternatives are analyzed: No Action, lease trust and restricted land. Office, Attention: Doug Haywood, 1800 Proposed Action, Alternative A, and Estimated Number of Respondents: Marquess Street, Las Cruces, NM 88005. Alternative B. The Preferred Alternative 99,340. Copies of the Copper Flat Copper (Alternative B) is different than the Frequency of Response: In general, Mine Draft EIS are available at the Las Proposed Action in that ore would be once per approval per lease. Some Cruces District Office at the above processed at a faster rate, therefore collections occur upon request for address and public libraries in shortening the mine life of the Project. modification or assignment or upon a Hillsboro, New Mexico, at 158 Elenora Under the Proposed Action, the BLM trespass violation, which occur, on Street, and Truth or Consequences, New would approve the Copper average, fewer than once per lease. Mexico, at 325 Library Lane. The Draft Corporation’s plan to process 17,500 Additionally, rent payments occur, on EIS and supporting documents are also tons per day of copper ore over a mine average, once per month. available electronically on the Copper operations period of 16 years, resulting Obligation To Respond: Response Flat Project (Project) Web site at: in 100 million tons of ore processed required to obtain a benefit. www.blm.gov/nm/copperflateis. over the mine life. Alternative A would Estimated Time per Response: Ranges process 25,000 tons per day of copper FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: from 15 minutes to 3 hours. ore over a mine operations period of 11 Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: Doug Haywood, telephone (575) 525– years, resulting in 103 million tons of 82,913 hours. 4498; address 1800 Marquess Street, Las ore processed over the mine life. Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Cruces, NM 88005; email Alternative B would process 30,000 tons Dollar Cost: $1,813,000. dhaywood@blm.gov. Persons who use a per day of copper ore over a mine telecommunications device for the deaf operations period of 12 years, resulting Elizabeth K. Appel, (TDD) may call the Federal Information in 125 million tons of ore processed Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 over the mine life. Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. to contact the above individual during Mitigation of impacts are proposed in [FR Doc. 2015–30330 Filed 11–27–15; 8:45 am] normal business hours. The FIRS is the mining plan of operations for BILLING CODE 4337–15–P available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, reducing water quality effects; reducing to leave a message or question with the the effects of the spread of nonnative above individual. You will receive a vegetation and noxious weeds; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR reply during normal business hours. providing protection to special-status SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The bird species; pre-development surveying Bureau of Land Management Copper Flat Copper Mine is the for bat species; developing measures to [LLNML03010 L51100000.GN0000 proposed reestablishment of a poly- avoid, minimize, or mitigate the adverse LVEMG11CG230 XXXL5017AR] metallic mine and processing facility effects to historic properties; reducing located near Hillsboro, New Mexico, adverse impacts on historic properties; Notice of Availability of the Copper Flat that would produces copper, gold, informational signing for mining as a Copper Mine Draft Environmental silver, and molybdenum. The Proposed resource to reduce visual impacts; Impact Statement, Sierra County, NM Action is to approve the Project as fencing to prevent injury or loss of AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, proposed, consisting of an open pit livestock from mining operations; Interior. mine, flotation mill, tailings reducing ‘‘boom and bust’’ ACTION: Notice of availability. impoundment, waste rock disposal socioeconomic impacts; reducing public areas, a low-grade ore stockpile, and jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES concerns about potential company SUMMARY: In accordance with the ancillary facilities. In most respects, the bankruptcy; and reducing effects to National Environmental Policy Act of facilities, disturbance, and operations environmental justice populations. 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land would be similar to the former The scoping period began on January Policy and Management Act of 1976, as operation. The Project is owned and 9, 2012, and ended on March 9, 2012. amended, the Bureau of Land operated by the New Mexico Copper Scoping meetings were held in Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Corporation (Copper Corporation), a Hillsboro and Truth or Consequences, Environmental Impact Statement (Draft wholly owned subsidiary of THEMAC New Mexico, on February 22 and 23, VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:23 Nov 27, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30NON1.SGM 30NON1


Document Created: 2018-03-01 11:11:39
Document Modified: 2018-03-01 11:11:39
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of submission to OMB.
DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before December 30, 2015.
ContactMs. Sharlene Round Face, Office of Trust Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW., Mailstop 3642--MIB, Washington, DC 20240; email: [email protected] 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.
FR Citation80 FR 74793 
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