82_FR_25093 82 FR 24990 - Tribal Listening Session; Oklahoma City Probate Hearings Division Field Office

82 FR 24990 - Tribal Listening Session; Oklahoma City Probate Hearings Division Field Office

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Hearings and Appeals

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 103 (May 31, 2017)

Page Range24990-24991
FR Document2017-11186

The Department of the Interior's (Department) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA), Probate Hearings Division (Ph.D.) is responsible for probating Indian trust estates. OHA plans to close the Ph.D. Oklahoma City Field Office at the end of this fiscal year, September 30, 2017. This notice is to inform interested federally recognized tribes, individual Indians, and other interested parties of an upcoming opportunity to share insights and make recommendations regarding how OHA can best maintain its level of service. The agencies and areas served by the Oklahoma City Ph.D. office include Horton, Absentee Shawnee, Anadarko, Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation, Citizen Pottawatomie, Concho, Eastern Oklahoma, Miami, Pawnee, Sac & Fox (except IA), Shawnee, and Southern Plains.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 103 (Wednesday, May 31, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-11186]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Hearings and Appeals

[17XD0120OS.DX68201.QAGENLAM.DOTN00000.000000.DS68241000]


Tribal Listening Session; Oklahoma City Probate Hearings Division 
Field Office

AGENCY: Office of Hearings and Appeals, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior's (Department) Office of 
Hearings and Appeals (OHA), Probate Hearings Division (Ph.D.) is 
responsible for probating Indian trust estates. OHA plans to close the 
Ph.D. Oklahoma City Field Office at the end of this fiscal year, 
September 30, 2017. This notice is to inform interested federally 
recognized tribes, individual Indians, and other interested parties of 
an upcoming opportunity to share insights and make recommendations 
regarding how OHA can best maintain its level of service. The agencies 
and areas served by the Oklahoma City Ph.D. office include Horton, 
Absentee Shawnee, Anadarko, Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw 
Nation, Citizen Pottawatomie, Concho, Eastern Oklahoma, Miami, Pawnee, 
Sac & Fox (except IA), Shawnee, and Southern Plains.

DATES: Written comments must be received by June 30, 2017. Please see 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for the date of 
the Tribal listening session.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by one of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected].
     By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail to Ms. Christine Kelly, 
Office of Hearings and Appeals, Probate Hearings Division, U.S. 
Department of the Interior, P.O. Box 26147, Albuquerque, NM 87125; or 
by hand delivery to: Ms. Christine Kelly, Office of Hearings and 
Appeals, Probate Hearings Division, U.S. Department of the Interior, 
1011 Indian School Road, NW., Room 322, Albuquerque, NM 87104.
    Please see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for 
information on the Tribal listening session.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Christine Kelly, Office of 
Hearings and Appeals, Probate Hearings Division, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, P.O.

[[Page 24991]]

Box 26147, Albuquerque, NM 87104; telephone--(505) 563-5330; email_
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Department will host the Tribal listening session by 
teleconference on June 22, 2017 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Central 
Time. The call-in number is: 1-888-968-4312 and the passcode is: 
3839047. The Department will also accept written comments received by 
the date listed in the DATES section of this notice.

I. Background

    PHD serves as the Department's administrative trial court for 
Indian probate cases. Through formal hearings conducted by 
Administrative Law Judges and Indian Probate Judges, and summary 
proceedings conducted by an Attorney Decision Maker, PHD determines the 
rightful heirs and beneficiaries of decedents who owned property held 
in trust or restricted title by the United States. PHD determines the 
validity of wills, decides what claims against the estate will be 
allowed, and orders distribution of the trust or restricted property to 
those entitled to receive it.
    PHD Headquarters office is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and 
field offices are located in Rapid City, South Dakota, Billings, 
Montana, Bloomington, Minnesota, Sacramento, California, and Oklahoma 
City, Oklahoma. In June 2015, the Administrative Law Judge based in the 
Oklahoma City office retired and all but one employee subsequently left 
OHA for other opportunities. The remaining employee, now an Indian 
Probate Judge, continued to serve the Oklahoma City office area, 
conducting hearings in Oklahoma City and at locations throughout the 
region depending on where potential heirs reside.
    In light of the Administrative Law Judge's retirement and the other 
staff departures, OHA plans to close the Oklahoma City office. The 
closure of the office will realize cost savings for the Federal 
Government and further promote the streamlining of operations. The IPJ 
will continue to serve the Oklahoma City office area from a home 
office, and she and other Ph.D. Judges will continue to conduct 
hearings in Oklahoma City and travel, as appropriate, to other areas 
served by the Oklahoma City office. OHA will continue to offer 
telephonic access to hearings so that people who do not live in the 
local area may participate in the hearings process without incurring 
travel expenses, if they so choose. OHA's goal is to make participation 
in probate hearings as convenient as possible and available to the 
greatest number of interested parties. The primary focus will be to 
hold in-person hearings locally, when practicable.
    Efforts to maintain the level of service have been ongoing since 
the departure of most of Oklahoma City's employees and will continue 
even with the closure of the physical office space. OHA is not aware of 
any complaints that case disposition productivity diminished during 
this transition, but, through this listening session, Tribes, 
individual Indians, and interested parties are provided an opportunity 
to submit insights and recommendations of how OHA can best maintain its 
level of service in the areas served by the Oklahoma City Ph.D. office.

    Authority:  212 DM 13.1

    Dated: May 22, 2017.
Janet H. Lin,
Deputy Director--Office of Hearings and Appeals.
[FR Doc. 2017-11186 Filed 5-30-17; 8:45 am]
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24990 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 103 / Wednesday, May 31, 2017 / Notices Type of Request: Extension of a sector, and State/local/tribal currently approved collection. governments. Description of Respondents: Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Individuals and households, private Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Completion Annual Number of Total annual time per Total annual Requirement number of responses each responses response burden hours respondents (hours) Notification: General Take or Removal Individuals ...................................................................... 12 1 12 .5 6 Private Sector ................................................................ 7 1 7 .5 4 Government ................................................................... 29 1 29 .5 15 Notification: Depredation-Related Take Individuals ...................................................................... 25 1 25 .5 13 Private Sector ................................................................ 2 1 2 .5 1 Government ................................................................... 9 1 9 .5 5 Notification: Specimen Collection Individuals ...................................................................... 3 1 3 .5 2 Private Sector ................................................................ 2 1 2 .5 1 Government ................................................................... 16 1 16 .5 8 Totals ...................................................................... 105 ............................ 105 ........................ 55 Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden cannot guarantee that we will be able to tribes, individual Indians, and other Cost: The only foreseeable nonhour do so. interested parties of an upcoming burden cost to respondents would be a opportunity to share insights and make IV. Authorities small cost for making a telephone call recommendations regarding how OHA or sending a facsimile. However, we do The authorities for this action are the can best maintain its level of service. not expect that this would occur often Endangered Species Act of 1973, as The agencies and areas served by the and any costs would be negligible. amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and Oklahoma City Ph.D. office include the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Horton, Absentee Shawnee, Anadarko, III. Comments (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, We invite comments concerning this Dated: May 25, 2017. Choctaw Nation, Citizen Pottawatomie, information collection on: Madonna L. Baucum, Concho, Eastern Oklahoma, Miami, • Whether or not the collection of Pawnee, Sac & Fox (except IA), Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. information is necessary, including Fish and Wildlife Service. Shawnee, and Southern Plains. whether or not the information will DATES: Written comments must be [FR Doc. 2017–11169 Filed 5–30–17; 8:45 am] have practical utility; received by June 30, 2017. Please see the BILLING CODE 4333–15–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of • The accuracy of our estimate of the this notice for the date of the Tribal burden for this collection of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR listening session. information; ADDRESSES: You may submit comments • Ways to enhance the quality, utility, by one of the following methods: Office of Hearings and Appeals and clarity of the information to be • Email: Ph.D.@oha.doi.gov. collected; and [17XD0120OS.DX68201.QAGENLAM. • By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail • Ways to minimize the burden of the DOTN00000.000000.DS68241000] to Ms. Christine Kelly, Office of collection of information on Hearings and Appeals, Probate Hearings respondents. Tribal Listening Session; Oklahoma Division, U.S. Department of the City Probate Hearings Division Field Interior, P.O. Box 26147, Albuquerque, Comments that you submit in Office NM 87125; or by hand delivery to: Ms. response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include or AGENCY: Office of Hearings and Appeals, Christine Kelly, Office of Hearings and summarize each comment in our request Interior. Appeals, Probate Hearings Division, to OMB to approve this IC. Before U.S. Department of the Interior, 1011 ACTION: Notice. including your address, phone number, Indian School Road, NW., Room 322, email address, or other personal SUMMARY: The Department of the Albuquerque, NM 87104. identifying information in your Interior’s (Department) Office of Please see the SUPPLEMENTARY nlaroche on DSK30NT082PROD with NOTICES comment, you should be aware that Hearings and Appeals (OHA), Probate INFORMATION section of this notice for your entire comment, including your Hearings Division (Ph.D.) is responsible information on the Tribal listening personal identifying information, may for probating Indian trust estates. OHA session. be made publicly available at any time. plans to close the Ph.D. Oklahoma City FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. While you can ask us in your comment Field Office at the end of this fiscal year, Christine Kelly, Office of Hearings and to withhold your personal identifying September 30, 2017. 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 103 / Wednesday, May 31, 2017 / Notices 24991 Box 26147, Albuquerque, NM 87104; possible and available to the greatest privacy.compliance@usdoj.gov. To telephone—(505) 563–5330; email— number of interested parties. The ensure proper handling, please Ph.D.@oha.doi.gov. primary focus will be to hold in-person reference the above CPCLO Order No. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: hearings locally, when practicable. on your correspondence. The Department will host the Tribal Efforts to maintain the level of service listening session by teleconference on have been ongoing since the departure FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 22, 2017 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 of most of Oklahoma City’s employees Richard R. Brown, Federal Bureau of p.m. Central Time. The call-in number and will continue even with the closure Investigation, Assistant General is: 1–888–968–4312 and the passcode is: of the physical office space. OHA is not Counsel, Privacy and Civil Liberties 3839047. The Department will also aware of any complaints that case Unit, Office of the General Counsel, J. accept written comments received by disposition productivity diminished Edgar Hoover Building, 935 the date listed in the DATES section of during this transition, but, through this Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, this notice. listening session, Tribes, individual DC 20535–0001, telephone 202–324– Indians, and interested parties are 3000. I. Background provided an opportunity to submit PHD serves as the Department’s insights and recommendations of how SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: administrative trial court for Indian OHA can best maintain its level of JUSTICE/FBI–023 established a probate cases. Through formal hearings service in the areas served by the system of records for the FBI’s conducted by Administrative Law Oklahoma City Ph.D. office. capabilities to detect, deter, and mitigate Judges and Indian Probate Judges, and threats by FBI personnel including, but summary proceedings conducted by an Authority: 212 DM 13.1 Dated: May 22, 2017. not limited to, employees, members of Attorney Decision Maker, PHD joint task forces under the purview of determines the rightful heirs and Janet H. Lin, beneficiaries of decedents who owned the FBI, contractors, detailees, Deputy Director—Office of Hearings and property held in trust or restricted title Appeals. assignees, and interns, with authorized by the United States. PHD determines access to FBI facilities, information [FR Doc. 2017–11186 Filed 5–30–17; 8:45 am] the validity of wills, decides what systems, or Classified information. FBI BILLING CODE 4334–63–P claims against the estate will be personnel assigned to the FBI Insider allowed, and orders distribution of the Threat Prevention and Detection trust or restricted property to those Program (ITPDP) have used the system DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE entitled to receive it. of records to facilitate management of PHD Headquarters office is located in [CPCLO Order No. 003–2017] insider threat inquiries and activities Albuquerque, New Mexico, and field associated with inquiries and referrals, offices are located in Rapid City, South Privacy Act of 1974; System of identify potential threats to FBI Dakota, Billings, Montana, Bloomington, Records resources and information assets, track Minnesota, Sacramento, California, and AGENCY: United States Department of referrals of potential insider threats to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In June Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. internal and external partners, and 2015, the Administrative Law Judge provide statistical reports and meet based in the Oklahoma City office ACTION: Rescindment of a System of Records Notice. other insider threat reporting retired and all but one employee requirements. JUSTICE/FBI–023 is being subsequently left OHA for other SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of discontinued and will be replaced by opportunities. The remaining employee, 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and Office of now an Indian Probate Judge, continued the DOJ Insider Threat Program Records, Management and Budget (OMB) JUSTICE/DOJ–018, a DOJ-wide system to serve the Oklahoma City office area, Circular No. A–108, notice is hereby conducting hearings in Oklahoma City of records with the same purpose. given that the Department of Justice Records that were part of JUSTICE/FBI– and at locations throughout the region (Department or DOJ) proposes to rescind depending on where potential heirs 023 will continue to be retained, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will become part of JUSTICE/DOJ–018. reside. System of Records Notice title, ‘‘FBI In light of the Administrative Law The JUSTICE/DOJ–018 will cover the Insider Threat Program Records (ITPR),’’ Judge’s retirement and the other staff same types of records as the JUSTICE/FBI–023, last published in full departures, OHA plans to close the discontinued JUSTICE/FBI–023, but on Oklahoma City office. The closure of the on September 19, 2016, at 81 FR 64198. a Department-wide scale. office will realize cost savings for the Records that were part of JUSTICE/FBI– Federal Government and further 023 will now be covered by the DOJ- SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: promote the streamlining of operations. wide system of records titled, ‘‘DOJ Insider Threat Program Records,’’ FBI Insider Threat Program Records, The IPJ will continue to serve the Oklahoma City office area from a home JUSTICE/DOJ–018, published elsewhere JUSTICE/FBI–023. office, and she and other Ph.D. Judges in the Federal Register. DATES: Notice of this rescindment is HISTORY: will continue to conduct hearings in Oklahoma City and travel, as effective on July 10, 2017. See 81 FR 64198 (Sept. 19, 2016) for appropriate, to other areas served by the ADDRESSES: The public, OMB, and the notice of a new system of records Oklahoma City office. OHA will Congress are invited to submit any establishing JUSTICE/FBI–023. nlaroche on DSK30NT082PROD with NOTICES continue to offer telephonic access to comments to the U.S. Department of Dated: May 19, 2017. hearings so that people who do not live Justice, ATTN: Privacy Analyst, Office in the local area may participate in the of Privacy and Civil Liberties, National Peter A. Winn, hearings process without incurring Place Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Acting Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties travel expenses, if they so choose. Avenue NW., Suite 1000, Washington, Officer, United States Department of Justice. 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ActionNotice.
DatesWritten comments must be received by June 30, 2017. Please see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice for the date of the Tribal listening session.
ContactMs. Christine Kelly, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Probate Hearings Division, U.S. Department of the Interior, P.O. Box 26147, Albuquerque, NM 87104; telephone--(505) 563-5330; email_ [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 24990 
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