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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 24, 2008 / Notices
Data Elements for Students in Bureaufunded Schools

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Submission to
OMB
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of submission of
requests.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice
announces the Bureau of Indian Affairs
is submitting three information
collections to the Office of Management
and Budget for renewal. The collections
are the Student Transportation Form,
1076–0134; Data Elements for Student
Enrollment in Bureau-funded schools,
1076–0122; and Application for
Admission to Haskell Indian Nations
University (HINU) and Southwestern
Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI),
1076–0114. We are requesting a renewal
of clearance and requesting comments
on this information collection. These
collections help fulfill the trust
responsibility of the Secretary of the
Department of the Interior and support
the educational efforts for Native
American students from elementary
through post-secondary.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before January 23, 2009.
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) 395–6566
or you may send an e-mail to
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please
send copies of comments to Kevin
Skenandore, Acting Director, Bureau of
Indian Education (BIE), 1849 C Street
NW., MS–3609/MIB, Washington, DC
20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Glenn Allison, (202) 208–3628 or Chris
Redman, (405) 2605–6051 x305.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

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Student Transportation Form
The student transportation regulations
in 25 CFR Part 39, subpart G, contain
the program eligibility and criteria that
govern the allocation of transportation
funds. Information collected from the
schools will be used to determine the
rate per mile. The information
collection is needed to provide
transportation mileage for Bureaufunded schools, which will receive an
allocation of transportation funds.

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The information is collected by school
registrars to determine the student’s
eligibility for enrollment in a Bureaufunded school, and if eligible, is shared
with appropriate school officials to
identify the student’s base and
supplemental educational and/or
residential program needs. The
information is compiled into a national
database by the Bureau of Indian
Education to facilitate budget requests
and the allocation of congressionally
appropriated funds.
Application for Admission to HINU and
SIPI
The BIE provides the admission forms
for HINU and SIPI, which are used to
determine eligibility of American Indian
and Alaska Native students for
educational services at these two
institutions. These forms are utilized
pursuant to the Blood Quantum Act,
Public Law 99–228; the Snyder Act,
chapter 115, Public Law 67–85; and the
Indian Appropriations of the 48th
Congress, chapter 180, page 91, For
Support of Schools, July 4, 1884.
II. Request for Comments
A 60-day notice requesting comments
was published on September 10, 2008
(Vol. 73, FR 52671). There were no
comments received regarding that
notice. You are invited to comment on
the following items to the Desk Officer
at OMB at the citation in ADDRESSES
section.
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary 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 (including the
hours and cost) of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumption used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
We may not conduct or sponsor, and
you need not respond to, a collection of
information, unless there is a valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Comments submitted will become a
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including your address, phone number,
e-mail address or other personally
identifiable information, be advised that
your entire comment—including your
personally identifiable information—
may be made public at any time. While
you may request that we withhold your
personally identifiable information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. All comments from
representatives of businesses or
organizations will be made public in
their entirety.
The Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, has up to 60
days to make a decision but may decide
after 30 days. Therefore, in order for
your comments to have the greatest
impact, they should be sent during the
30-day comment period.
III. Data
1.
Title: Student Transportation Form,
Subpart G, 25 CFR 39.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0134.
Type of review: Renewal.
Brief Description of collection: This
collection provides pertinent data
concerning the schools’ bus
transportation mileage and related long
distance travel mileage to determine
funding for school transportation.
Respondents: Contract and Grant
Schools; Bureau-operated schools.
About 121 tribal school administrators
annually gather the necessary
information during student count week.
Number of Respondents: 121.
Estimated Time per Response: At an
average of 6 hours each 121 reporting
schools = 726 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Total Annual Burden to Respondents:
726 hours.
2.
Title: Data Elements for Student
Enrollment in Bureau-funded Schools.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0122.
Type of Review: Extension.
Description: This annual collection
provides data about students that
impacts placement, special needs
assessment, and funding for individuals,
and it assists schools in developing a
plan for the school year.
Total Number of Respondents: 48,000
Total Number of Annual Responses:
48,000.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 15
minutes for each response = 12,000.
3.
Title: Applications for Admission to
Haskell Indian Nations University and
to Southwestern Indian Polytechnic
Institute.

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OMB Control Number: 1076–0114.
Type of Review: Extension.
Description: These eligibility
application forms are voluntary for
students but are mandatory in
determining a student’s eligibility for
educational services.
Total Number of Respondents: 4,000.
Total Number of Annual Responses:
4,000.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 30
minutes per application × (number of
HINU applications) and 30 minutes per
application × (number of SIPI
applications) = 2000 total burden hours.
Filing fee: $10 per application for
HINU; fee for SIPI included in school
cost but we have estimated a $10 fee per
completed application. We estimate the
total filing fee to be $16,500.00. SIPI has
a number of applications which are
never completed; therefore, their filing
fee is not $3,000, as it would be
otherwise. Dormitory fees may also
apply.
Dated: December 17, 2008
Sanjeev Bhagowalia,
Chief Information Officer—Indian Affairs.
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BILLING CODE 4310–6W–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Navajo Nation Liquor Regulations

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AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the
Secretary’s certification of the Navajo
Nation Liquor Regulations. These
Regulations regulate and control the
possession, sale and consumption of
liquor within the Navajo Nation. The
Navajo Nation is located on extensive
reservation lands, and these Regulations
establish a legal framework for licensing
the transportation and sale of alcoholic
beverages within the exterior
boundaries of the Nation. These
regulations will ensure the ability of the
tribal government to control the
distribution and possession of liquor
within the reservation and at the same
time will provide an important source of
revenue. These Regulations provide
solely for civil enforcement (fines)
imposed on parties whose actions are
subject to the licensing provisions set
forth herein. Any violation of these
regulations may also result in
prosecution under other sections of the
Navajo Nation Code, or under relevant
State or Federal law.

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DATES: Effective Date: These Regulations
are effective as of December 24, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Irene Herder, Tribal Operations
Specialist, Navajo Regional Office, P.O.
Box 1060, Gallup, New Mexico 87305;
Telephone (505) 863–8207; Fax (505)
863–8292; or Elizabeth Colliflower,
Office of Indian Services, 1849 C Street,
NW., Mail Stop 4513–MIB, Washington,
DC 20240; Telephone (202) 513–7627;
Fax (202) 208–5113.

Pursuant
to the Act of August 15, 1953; Public
Law 83–277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C.
1161, as interpreted by the Supreme
Court in Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713
(1983), the Secretary of the Interior shall
certify and publish in the Federal
Register notice of adopted liquor
ordinances for the purpose of regulating
liquor transactions in Indian country.
The Navajo Nation is governed by the
Navajo Nation Council, which has
developed a comprehensive legal code
(the Navajo Nation Code, N.N.C.). Title
17, subchapter 12, of the N.N.C. bars the
transportation, sale, and consumption of
alcoholic beverages on the Navajo
Reservation. Section 412 of Title 17 sets
out exceptions to the prohibitions in the
title.
In 2001, the Council amended 17
N.N.C. section 412 to permit use of
alcohol at the Antelope Point
Development Area of the Navajo Nation,
and the Glen Canyon National
Recreation Area. (Resolution CYJ–62–
01). In 2008, the Council again amended
17 N.N.C. section 412, to authorize
transportation, sale, delivery and
consumption on the Navajo Reservation
at authorized casinos. (Resolution CJA–
03–08, passed by the Council January
31, 2008, and signed into law by the
President of the Navajo Nation on
February 11, 2008). By the same
resolution, the Council delegated the
authority to promulgate liquor
regulations to the Navajo Tax
Commission.
The following Liquor Regulations
were adopted and approved by the
Navajo Nation Tax Commission by
Resolution TAX–08–208.
This notice is published in
accordance with the authority delegated
by the Secretary of the Interior to the
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. I
certify that these Liquor Regulations of
the Navajo Nation were promulgated by
the Navajo Tax Commission pursuant to
the authority vested in the Commission
by the Navajo Nation Council by
Resolution CJA–03–08.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Dated: December 19, 2008.
George T. Skibine
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
and Economic Development.

The Navajo Nation’s Liquor
Regulations read as follows:
Navajo Nation Liquor Regulations
1.101. Title. These Liquor Regulations
shall be known as the Navajo Nation
Liquor Regulations (‘‘Liquor
Regulations’’).
1.102. Purpose. The purpose of these
Liquor Regulations is to ensure the
proper transportation, sale, delivery,
and consumption of alcoholic beverages
within the exterior boundaries of the
Navajo Nation and to ensure the health,
safety, and welfare of the Navajo people.
1.103. Authority. The Commission
enacts these Liquor Regulations
pursuant to the authority delegated to
the Commission by the Navajo Nation
Council in 17 N.N.C. § 412.
1.104. Definitions. Except as
otherwise provided herein, the
following definitions apply throughout
these Liquor Regulations:
A. ‘‘Antelope Point’’ means the area
covered by the Antelope Point Resort
and Marina Business Site Lease;
B. ‘‘Beer’’ means any beverage
obtained by the alcoholic fermentation
of an infusion or decoction of barley,
malt, and hops or other cereals in
drinking water, and includes porter,
beer, ale and stout;
C. ‘‘Certified Server’’ means any
employee of a Retailer Licensee who is
certified to Sell Liquor on the Navajo
Nation on behalf of the Retailer Licensee
in accordance with these Liquor
Regulations, and who has successfully
completed a liquor server training
program approved by the Office;
D. ‘‘Commission’’ means the Navajo
Tax Commission, delegated by the
Navajo Nation Council to ensure the
proper transportation, sale, delivery,
and consumption of alcoholic
beverages; or any such commission so
delegated by the Navajo Nation;
E. ‘‘Enterprise’’ means a Navajo
Nation Enterprise or entity that is
engaged in, or wishes to engage in, the
business of Selling Liquor within the
Navajo Nation;
F. ‘‘Liquor’’ means the product of
distillation of any fermented liquid,
rectified either once or more often, of
whatever the origin, and includes
synthetic ethyl alcohol, which is
considered potable. ‘‘Liquor’’ includes
distilled or rectified spirits, potable
alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, and
aromatic bitters bearing the federal
internal revenue strip stamps or any
similar alcoholic beverage, including

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