83 FR 27795 - Request for Nominations of Members To Serve on the Bureau of Indian Education Advisory Board for Exceptional Children
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 115 (June 14, 2018)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 115 (June 14, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-12805 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 115 (Thursday, June 14, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 27795-27797] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-12805] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs [189A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G] Request for Nominations of Members To Serve on the Bureau of Indian Education Advisory Board for Exceptional Children AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. [[Page 27796]] ACTION: Notice of request for nominations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA), the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) requests nominations of individuals to serve on the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children (Advisory Board). There will be eight positions available. Advisory Board members shall serve a staggered term of two years or three years from the date of their appointment. The BIE will consider nominations received in response to this request for nominations, as well as other sources. The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice provides committee and membership criteria. DATES: Please submit nominations by July 16, 2018. ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations to Ms. Jennifer Davis, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Bureau of Indian Education, Division of Performance and Accountability, 2600 N Central Ave., Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004, Telephone (602) 265-1592 or (480) 777-7986; Fax to (602) 265-0293. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jennifer Davis, DFO, at the above listed address and telephone number. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Board was established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463. The following provides information about the Committee, the membership and the nomination process. 1. Objective and Duties (a) Members of the Advisory Board will provide guidance, advice and recommendations with respect to special education and related services for children with disabilities in BIE-funded schools in accordance with the requirements of IDEA; (b) The Advisory Board will: (1) Provide advice and recommendations for the coordination of services within the BIE and with other local, State and Federal agencies; (2) Provide advice and recommendations on a broad range of policy issues dealing with the provision of educational services to American Indian children with disabilities; (3) Serve as advocates for American Indian students with special education needs by providing advice and recommendations regarding best practices, effective program coordination strategies, and recommendations for improved educational programming; (4) Provide advice and recommendations for the preparation of information required to be submitted to the Secretary of Education under 20 U.S.C. 1411 (h)(2); (5) Provide advice and recommend policies concerning effective inter/ intra agency collaboration, including modifications to regulations, and the elimination of barriers to inter- and intra-agency programs and activities; and (6) Will report and direct all correspondence to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs through the Director, BIE with a courtesy copy to the Designated Federal Officer (DFO). 2. Membership (a) Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1411(h)(6), the Advisory Board will be composed of up to 15 individuals involved in or concerned with the education and provision of services to Indian infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. The Advisory Board composition will reflect a broad range of viewpoints and will include at least one member representing each of the following interests: Indians with disabilities; teachers of children with disabilities; Indian parents or guardians of children with disabilities; service providers, state education officials; local education officials; state interagency coordinating councils (for states having Indian reservations); tribal representatives or tribal organization representatives; and other members representing the various divisions and entities of the BIE. (b) The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs may provide the Secretary of the Interior recommendations for the chairperson; however, the chairperson and other Advisory Board members will be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. Advisory Board members shall serve staggered terms of two years or three years from the date of their appointment. 3. Miscellaneous (a) Members of the Advisory Board will not receive compensation, but will be reimbursed for travel, including subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in Government Service under 5 U.S.C. 5703. (b) A member may not participate in matters that will directly affect, or appear to affect, the financial interests of the member or the member's spouse or minor children, unless authorized by the appropriate ethics official. Compensation from employment does not constitute a financial interest of the member so long as the matter before the committee will not have a special or distinct effect on the member or the member's employer, other than as part of a class. The provisions of this paragraph do not affect any other statutory or regulatory ethical obligations to which a member may be subject. (c) The Advisory Board meets at least twice a year, budget permitting, but additional meetings may be held as deemed necessary by the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs or the DFO. (d) All Advisory Board meetings are open to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act regulations. 4. Nomination Information (a) Nominations are requested from individuals, organizations, and federally recognized tribes, as well as from State Directors of Special Education (within the 23 states in which BIE-funded schools are located) concerned with the education of Indian children with disabilities as described above. (b) Nominees should have expertise and knowledge of the issues and/or needs of American Indian children with disabilities. Such knowledge and expertise are needed to provide advice and recommendations to the BIE regarding the needs of American Indian children with disabilities. (c) A summary of the candidates' qualifications (resume or curriculum vitae) must be included with the nomination application, which can be found on the Bureau of Indian Education website. Nominees must have the ability to attend Advisory Board meetings, carry out Advisory Board assignments, participate in teleconference calls, and work in groups. (d) The Department of the Interior is committed to equal opportunities in the workplace and seeks diverse Committee membership, which is bound by Indian Preference Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 472). 5. Basis for Nominations If you wish to nominate someone for appointment to the Advisory Board, please do not make the nomination until the person has agreed to have his or her name submitted to the BIE for this purpose. 6. Nomination Application Please fill out the application form completely and include a copy of the nominee's resume or curriculum vitae. The membership nomination form can be found on the BIE website at http://www.bie.edu/Programs/SpecialEd/AdvisoryBoard/index.htm. 7. Information Collection This collection of information is authorized by OMB Control Number [[Page 27797]] 1076-0179, ``Solicitation of Nominations for the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children.'' Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your nomination, please be aware that your entire nomination, 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. Dated: June 7, 2018. John Tahsuda, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Exercising the Authority of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. 2018-12805 Filed 6-13-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4337-15-P
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respond: The estimated total number of Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the days (when the election will occur),
respondents for the information general public and other Federal including their last known addresses,
collection ICAM is 2,406,880 and the agencies with an opportunity to voting districts (if any), and dates of
estimated hour burden per response is comment on new, proposed, revised, birth, in an electronically sortable
0.167 hours. and continuing collections of format.
(6) An estimate of the total public information. This helps us assess the While much of the information the
burden (in hours) associated with the impact of our information collection tribe prepares for a Secretarial election
collection: The total estimated annual requirements and minimize the public’s (e.g., list of members eligible to vote)
hour burden associated with this reporting burden. It also helps the would be required if the tribe instead
collection is 407,157 hours. public understand our information conducted its own tribal election, the
(7) An estimate of the total public collection requirements and provide the Secretary’s rules establish specifics on
burden (in cost) associated with the requested data in the desired format. what a tribal request or petition for
collection: The estimated total annual We are soliciting comments on the election must contain. These specifics
cost burden associated with this proposed ICR that is described below. are necessary to ensure the integrity of
collection of information is $0. We are especially interested in public Secretarial elections and allow Bureau
comment addressing the following of Indian Affairs (BIA) and tribal
Dated: June 8, 2018
issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to personnel the ability to consistently
Samantha L. Deshommes, the proper functions of the BIA; (2) will administer elections.
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, this information be processed and used Title of Collection: Secretarial
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
and Immigration Services, Department of
Elections.
of burden accurate; (4) how might the OMB Control Number: 1076–0183.
Homeland Security.
BIA enhance the quality, utility, and Form Number: N/A.
[FR Doc. 2018–12764 Filed 6–13–18; 8:45 am]
clarity of the information to be Type of Review: Extension of a
BILLING CODE 9111–97–P collected; and (5) how might the BIA currently approved collection.
minimize the burden of this collection Respondents/Affected Public: Indian
on the respondents, including through Tribes and their members.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR the use of information technology. Total Estimated Number of Annual
Comments that you submit in Respondents: 252,041.
Bureau of Indian Affairs response to this notice are a matter of Total Estimated Number of Annual
[189A2100DD/AAKC001030/ public record. We will include or Responses: 252,041.
A0A501010.999900 253G; OMB Control summarize each comment in our request Estimated Completion Time per
Number 1076–0183] to OMB to approve this ICR. Before Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 40
including your address, phone number, hours.
Agency Information Collection email address, or other personal Total Estimated Number of Annual
Activities; Secretarial Elections identifying information in your Burden Hours: 64,305.
comment, you should be aware that Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, your entire comment—including your Obtain a Benefit.
Interior. personal identifying information—may Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; be made publicly available at any time. Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
request for comment. While you can ask us in your comment Burden Cost: $110,880.
to withhold your personal identifying An agency may not conduct or
SUMMARY: In accordance with the information from public review, we sponsor and a person is not required to
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, cannot guarantee that we will be able to respond to a collection of information
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are do so. unless it displays a currently valid OMB
proposing to renew an information Abstract: Under the Indian control number.
collection. Reorganization Act, Indian tribes have The authority for this action is the
DATES: Interested persons are invited to the right to organize and adopt Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
submit comments on or before August constitutions, bylaws, and any U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
13, 2018. amendments thereto, and ratify charters Dated: June 8, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on of incorporation, through elections Elizabeth K. Appel,
this information collection request (ICR) called by the Secretary of the Interior,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
by mail to the Chief, Division of Tribal according to rules prescribed by the Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
Government Services, Office of Indian Secretary. See 25 U.S.C. 476, 477, 503.
[FR Doc. 2018–12802 Filed 6–13–18; 8:45 am]
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, The Secretary’s rules for conducting
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Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street these elections, known as ‘‘Secretarial
NW, Mail Stop 3645–MIB, Washington, elections,’’ and approving the results are
DC 20240; or by email to Laurel Iron at 25 CFR 81. In most cases, the tribe DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Cloud at laurel.ironcloud@bia.gov. requests a Secretarial election; however,
Please reference OMB Control Number an individual voting member of a tribe Bureau of Indian Affairs
1076–0183 in the subject line of your may also request a Secretarial election
by petition. These rules also establish [189A2100DD/AAKC001030/
comments. A0A501010.999900 253G]
the procedures for an individual to
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To petition for a Secretarial election.
request additional information about Request for Nominations of Members
BIA requires the tribe to submit a To Serve on the Bureau of Indian
this ICR, contact Laurel Iron Cloud by formal request for Secretarial election,
email at laurel.ironcloud@bia.gov, or by Education Advisory Board for
including: A tribal resolution; the Exceptional Children
telephone at (202) 513–7641. document or language to be voted on in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the election; a list of all tribal members AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
accordance with the Paperwork who are age 18 or older in the next 120 Interior.
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1076–0179, ‘‘Solicitation of findings and conclusions of the INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Nominations for the Advisory Board for appraisal investigations that identified COMMISSION
Exceptional Children.’’ Before including the water supply problems, needs, and
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your address, phone number, email opportunities in the planning study
address, or other personal identifying areas. Based on meeting the appraisal Government in the Sunshine Act
information in your nomination, please and eligibility criteria, as specified in Meeting Notice
be aware that your entire nomination, Public Law 109–451, Reclamation
including your personal identifying determined the following seven AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United
information, may be made publicly appraisal investigations were complete; States International Trade Commission.
available at any time. While you can ask copies of the appraisal reports are TIME AND DATE: June 20, 2018 at 11:00
us in your comment to withhold your available at http://www.usbr.gov/ a.m.
personal identifying information from ruralwater, and hard copies are PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW,
public review, we cannot guarantee that Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
available for public review at the
we will be able to do so. (202) 205–2000.
following locations:
Dated: June 7, 2018. STATUS: Open to the public.
• Lower Clearwater Exchange Project
John Tahsuda, MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Appraisal Report, Bureau of
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 1. Agendas for future meetings: None.
Reclamation, Snake River Area Office,
Affairs, Exercising the Authority of the 2. Minutes.
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 230 West Collins Road, Boise, ID 83702;
(208) 383–2246. 3. Ratification List.
[FR Doc. 2018–12805 Filed 6–13–18; 8:45 am] 4. Vote on Inv. Nos. 731–TA–1374–
BILLING CODE 4337–15–P • Jemez Water Supply Appraisal 1376 (Final) (Citric Acid and Certain
Report, Bureau of Reclamation, Citrate Salts from Belgium, Colombia,
Albuquerque Area Office, 555 Broadway and Thailand). The Commission is
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NE, Suite 100, Albuquerque, NM currently scheduled to complete and file
87102–2352; (505) 462–3540. its determinations and views of the
Bureau of Reclamation
• Nye County Water District Water Commission by July 6, 2018.
[RR84550000, 189R5065C6, Supply Appraisal Report, Bureau of 5. Vote on Inv. No. 731–TA–921
RX.59389832.1009676]
Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, 6150 (Third Review) (Folding Gift Boxes from
West Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ China). The Commission is currently
Availability of Rural Water Supply scheduled to complete and file its
Program Approved Appraisal Reports 85306–4001; (623) 773–6200.
determination and views of the
• Platte Alliance Water System Rural Commission by July 2, 2018.
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
Water Supply Project Appraisal Report, 6. Outstanding action jackets: None.
Interior.
Bureau of Reclamation, Wyoming Area In accordance with Commission
ACTION: Notice of availability.
Office, 705 Pendell Boulevard, Mills, policy, subject matter listed above, not
SUMMARY: Reclamation has made WY 82644; (307) 261–5671. disposed of at the scheduled meeting,
available to the public seven Rural • San Juan—Mexican Hat to Kayenta may be carried over to the agenda of the
Water Supply Program approved Rural Water Supply Program Appraisal following meeting.
appraisal reports. Report, Bureau of Reclamation, Provo By order of the Commission.
ADDRESSES: The approved appraisal Area Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Issued: June 11, 2018.
reports may be downloaded from UT 84606–7317; (801) 379–1101. William Bishop,
Reclamation’s website at http://
• Southwestern Navajo Rural Water Supervisory Hearings and Information
www.usbr.gov/ruralwater. See Officer.
Supply Program Appraisal Report,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for [FR Doc. 2018–12859 Filed 6–12–18; 11:15 am]
locations on where to obtain copies of Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area
the appraisal reports. Office, 6150 West Thunderbird Road, BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
Glendale, AZ 85306–4001; (623) 773–
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Max Millstein by telephone at (303) 6200.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
445–2853, or by email at mmillstein@ • Sulphur Pipeline Regional Rural COMMISSION
usbr.gov. Water Supply Project Appraisal Report,
Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Notice of Receipt of Complaint;
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Regional Office, 2021 4th Avenue North, Solicitation of Comments Relating to
Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of
Billings, MT 59101; (406) 247–7600. the Public Interest
December 22, 2006 (Pub. L. 109–451,
Title I, 120 Stat. 3346, 43 U.S.C. 2401, Authority: Reclamation Rural Water AGENCY: U.S. International Trade
et seq.) authorized Reclamation to Supply Act of December 22, 2006 (Pub. L. Commission.
establish a program to work with rural 109–451, Title I, 120 Stat. 3346, 43 U.S.C. ACTION: Notice.
communities, including Indian tribes, in 2401, et seq.).
the 17 Western States to assess rural Dated: March 26, 2018.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
water supply needs and identify options the U.S. International Trade
Ruth Welch, Commission has received a complaint
to address those needs through
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appraisal investigations and feasibility Director, Policy and Administration. entitled Certain Water Filters and
studies. [FR Doc. 2018–12793 Filed 6–13–18; 8:45 am] Components Thereof, DN 3322; the
Applicants submitted initial appraisal BILLING CODE 4332–90–P Commission is soliciting comments on
investigations for review of technical any public interest issues raised by the
adequacy and completeness. Once complaint or complainant’s filing
reviewed, Reclamation prepared pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of
appraisal reports to document the Practice and Procedure.
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