80_FR_8134 80 FR 8104 - Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Probate of Indian Estates

80 FR 8104 - Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Probate of Indian Estates

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 30 (February 13, 2015)

Page Range8104-8105
FR Document2015-03045

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 renewal for the collection of information titled ``Probate of Indian Estates, Except for Members of the Osage Nation and the Five Civilized Tribes.'' The information collection is currently authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0169, which expires February 28, 2015.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 30 (Friday, February 13, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8104-8105]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03045]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Probate of Indian 
Estates

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 renewal for the collection of 
information titled ``Probate of Indian Estates, Except for Members of 
the Osage Nation and the Five Civilized Tribes.'' The information 
collection is currently authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0169, 
which expires February 28, 2015.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
March 16, 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: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. Please send a copy of your 
comments to Charlene Toledo, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Trust 
Services, Division of Probate Services 2600 N Central Ave STE MS 102, 
Phoenix, AZ 85004: Charlene.Toledo@bia.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charlene Toledo, (505) 563-3371. 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 Secretary of the Interior probates the estates of individual 
Indians owning trust or restricted property in accordance with 25 
U.S.C. 372-373. In order to compile the probate file, the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs (BIA) must obtain information regarding the deceased 
from individuals and the tribe. This request for renewal makes 
adjustments to reflect the accurate number of respondents. As a result, 
the estimated burden hours has increased from 1,037,493 to 1,037,513 
hours. No other changes were made to the information collection.

II. Request for Comments

    On October 28, 2014, the BIA published a notice announcing the 
renewal of this information collection and provided a 60-day comment 
period in the Federal Register (79 FR 64210). The BIA received one 
comment in response to this notice. The commenter expressed 
disagreement with the application of the Act of August 4, 1947, 61 
Stat. 731, and proposed repealing of the 1947 Act would reduce the 
burden in collecting information for probate of restricted land. 
However, the data for this information collection is collected under 25 
U.S.C. 372-373, which does not apply to members of the Five Civilized 
Tribes. Therefore, no changes

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were made to this information collection.
    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 personally 
identifiable 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: 1076-0169.
    Title: Probate of Indian Estates, Except for Members of the Osage 
Nation and Five Civilized Tribes.
    Brief Description of Collection: This part contains the procedures 
that the Secretary of the Interior follows to initiate the probate of 
the trust estate for a deceased person who owns an interest in trust or 
restricted property. The Secretary must perform the information 
collection requests in this part to obtain the information necessary to 
compile an accurate and complete probate file. This file will be 
forwarded to the Office of Hearing and Appeals (OHA) for disposition. 
Responses to these information collection requests are required to 
create a probate file for the decedent's estate so that OHA can 
determine the heirs of the decedent and order distribution of the trust 
assets in the decedent's estate. A response is required to obtain or 
retain a benefit.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Respondents: Indians, businesses, and tribal authorities.
    Number of Respondents: 65,751.
    Frequency of Response: One per respondent each year with the 
exception of tribes that may be required to provide enrollment 
information on an average of approximately 10 times/year.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 76,695.
    Estimated Time per Response: Ranges from 0.5 hours to 45.5 hours 
(see table below).

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                                                                    Number of
            CFR Section                  Description of info      responses per     Hours per      Total burden
                                       collection requirement          yr            response          hours
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15.9...............................  File affidavit to self-              1,000              0.5             500
                                      prove will, codicil, or
                                      revocation.
15.9...............................  File supporting affidavit            2,000              0.5           1,000
                                      to self-prove will,
                                      codicil, or revocation.
15.104.............................  Reporting req.-death                 5,850              5            29,250
                                      certificate.
15.105.............................  Provide probate documents.          21,235             45.5         966,193
15.203.............................  Provide tribal information           5,660              2            11,320
                                      for probate file.
15.301.............................  Reporting funeral expenses           5,850              2            11,700
15.305.............................  Provide info on creditor            35,100              0.5          17,550
                                      claim (6 per probate).
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    Total..........................  ..........................          76,695  ...............       1,037,513
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    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,037,513.
    Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Dollar Cost: $0.

    Dated: February 10, 2015.
Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action--Indian 
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2015-03045 Filed 2-12-15; 8:45 am]
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8104 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 30 / Friday, February 13, 2015 / Notices amended (Act), prohibits certain U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of ‘‘Probate of Indian Estates, Except for activities with endangered species Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). Members of the Osage Nation and the unless a Federal permit allows such Five Civilized Tribes.’’ The information Permit Number: TE–017352 activity. The Act also requires that we collection is currently authorized by invite public comment before issuing Applicant: Commonwealth of the OMB Control Number 1076–0169, such permits. Northern Mariana Islands, Division of which expires February 28, 2015. Fish and Wildlife, Saipan, MP DATES: To ensure consideration, please DATES: Interested persons are invited to send your written comments by March The applicant requests amendment of submit comments on or before March 16, 2015. a permit to take (playback survey) 16, 2015. Mariana common moorhens (Gallinula ADDRESSES: Program Manager for ADDRESSES: You may submit comments chloropus guami) and to take (playback Restoration and Endangered Species survey, photograph, and videograph) on the information collection to the Classification, Ecological Services, U.S. Micronesian megapodes (Megapodius Desk Officer for the Department of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific laperouse) throughout the Interior at the Office of Management and Regional Office, 911 NE. 11th Avenue, Commonwealth of the Northern Islands Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806 Portland, OR 97232–4181. Please refer in conjunction with research for the or you may send an email to: OIRA_ to the permit number for the application purpose of enhancing species’ survival. Submission@omb.eop.gov. Please send a when submitting comments. copy of your comments to Charlene FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public Availability of Comments Toledo, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office Colleen Henson, Fish and Wildlife All comments and materials we of Trust Services, Division of Probate Biologist, at the above address, or by receive in response to this request will Services 2600 N Central Ave STE MS telephone (503–231–6131) or fax (503– be available for public inspection, by 102, Phoenix, AZ 85004: 231–6243). appointment, during normal business Charlene.Toledo@bia.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: hours at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ADDRESSES section. Charlene Toledo, (505) 563–3371. You Background Before including your address, phone may review the information collection The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) number, email address, or other request online at http:// prohibits certain activities with respect personal identifying information in your www.reginfo.gov. Follow the to endangered and threatened species comment, you should be aware that instructions to review Department of the unless a Federal permit allows such your entire comment—including your Interior collections under review by activity. Along with our implementing personal identifying information—may OMB. regulations in the Code of Federal be made publicly available at any time. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Act While you can ask us in your comment provides for certain permits, and to withhold your personal identifying I. Abstract requires that we invite public comment information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to The Secretary of the Interior probates before issuing these permits for the estates of individual Indians owning endangered species. do so. trust or restricted property in A permit granted by us under section Authority accordance with 25 U.S.C. 372–373. In 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act authorizes the We provide this notice under section order to compile the probate file, the permittee to conduct activities 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) must (including take or interstate commerce) obtain information regarding the with respect to U.S. endangered or Dated: January 21, 2015. deceased from individuals and the tribe. threatened species for scientific Richard R. Hannan, This request for renewal makes purposes or enhancement of Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish adjustments to reflect the accurate propagation or survival. Our regulations and Wildlife Service. number of respondents. As a result, the implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) of the [FR Doc. 2015–03016 Filed 2–12–15; 8:45 am] estimated burden hours has increased Act for these permits are found at 50 BILLING CODE 4310–55–P from 1,037,493 to 1,037,513 hours. No CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife other changes were made to the species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened information collection. wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR endangered plant species, and 50 CFR II. Request for Comments 17.72 for threatened plant species. Bureau of Indian Affairs On October 28, 2014, the BIA [145A2100DD AAK4000000 published a notice announcing the Application Available for Review and A0R9B0000.999900] renewal of this information collection Comment and provided a 60-day comment period We invite local, State, and Federal Renewal of Agency Information in the Federal Register (79 FR 64210). agencies and the public to comment on Collection for Probate of Indian The BIA received one comment in the following application. Please refer to Estates response to this notice. The commenter the permit number for the application AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, expressed disagreement with the when submitting comments. 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 30 / Friday, February 13, 2015 / Notices 8105 were made to this information Before including your address, phone accurate and complete probate file. This collection. number, email address or other file will be forwarded to the Office of The BIA requests your comments on personally identifiable information in Hearing and Appeals (OHA) for this collection concerning: (a) The your comment, you should be aware disposition. Responses to these necessity of this information collection that your entire comment—including information collection requests are for the proper performance of the your personal identifying information— required to create a probate file for the functions of the agency, including may be made publicly available at any decedent’s estate so that OHA can whether the information will have time. While you can ask us in your determine the heirs of the decedent and practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the comment to withhold your personal order distribution of the trust assets in agency’s estimate of the burden (hours identifying information from public the decedent’s estate. A response is and cost) of the collection of review, we cannot guarantee that we required to obtain or retain a benefit. information, including the validity of will be able to do so. Type of Review: Extension without the methodology and assumptions used; III. Data change of currently approved collection. (c) Ways we could enhance the quality, Respondents: Indians, businesses, and OMB Control Number: 1076–0169. utility, and clarity of the information to tribal authorities. Title: Probate of Indian Estates, Except be collected; and (d) Ways we could Number of Respondents: 65,751. for Members of the Osage Nation and minimize the burden of the collection of Five Civilized Tribes. Frequency of Response: One per the information on the respondents. Brief Description of Collection: This respondent each year with the exception Please note that an agency may not part contains the procedures that the of tribes that may be required to provide conduct or sponsor, and an individual Secretary of the Interior follows to enrollment information on an average of need not respond to, a collection of initiate the probate of the trust estate for approximately 10 times/year. information unless it has a valid OMB a deceased person who owns an interest Estimated Total Annual Responses: Control Number. in trust or restricted property. The 76,695. It is our policy to make all comments Secretary must perform the information Estimated Time per Response: Ranges available to the public for review at the collection requests in this part to obtain from 0.5 hours to 45.5 hours (see table location listed in the ADDRESSES section. the information necessary to compile an below). Number of Hours per Total burden CFR Section Description of info collection requirement responses response hours per yr 15.9 ........................................ File affidavit to self-prove will, codicil, or revocation ............. 1,000 0.5 500 15.9 ........................................ File supporting affidavit to self-prove will, codicil, or revoca- 2,000 0.5 1,000 tion. 15.104 .................................... Reporting req.-death certificate ............................................. 5,850 5 29,250 15.105 .................................... Provide probate documents .................................................. 21,235 45.5 966,193 15.203 .................................... Provide tribal information for probate file .............................. 5,660 2 11,320 15.301 .................................... Reporting funeral expenses .................................................. 5,850 2 11,700 15.305 .................................... Provide info on creditor claim (6 per probate) ...................... 35,100 0.5 17,550 Total ................................ ................................................................................................ 76,695 .......................... 1,037,513 Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: ACTION: Notice. gfo.html. In order to be included in the 1,037,513. Draft EIS, all comments must be Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour SUMMARY: In compliance with the received prior to the close of the 30-day Dollar Cost: $0. National Environmental Policy Act of scoping period or 15 days after the last Dated: February 10, 2015. 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the public meeting, whichever is later. The Federal Land Policy and Management BLM will provide additional Elizabeth K. Appel, Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the opportunities for public participation as Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. appropriate. Gunnison Field Office, Gunnison, ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [FR Doc. 2015–03045 Filed 2–12–15; 8:45 am] Colorado, intends to prepare a Resource on issues and planning criteria related BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P Management Plan (RMP) amendment to the Gunnison Field Office RMP with an associated Environmental amendment/EIS by any of the following Impact Statement (EIS) and by this methods: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR notice is announcing the beginning of • Email: blm_co_gfo_nepa_ Bureau of Land Management the scoping process to solicit public comments@blm.gov. comments and identify issues. • Fax: 970–642–4990. [LLCOS06000 L10200000.EE0000] DATES: This notice initiates the public • Mail: 210 West Spencer Street, scoping process for the RMP Suite A, Gunnison, CO 81230. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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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 March 16, 2015.
ContactCharlene Toledo, (505) 563-3371. 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 8104 
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