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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.
Authority
This notice is published under the
authority of the National Wildlife
Refuge System Improvement Act of
1997, Public Law 105–57.
Dated: March 22, 2011.
Mark J. Musaus,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 2011–13214 Filed 5–26–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Renewal of Agency Information
Collection for Verification of Indian
Preference for Employment with BIA
and IHS; Request for Comments
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking
comments on renewal of Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for the collection of
information for Verification of Indian
Preference for Employment, 25 CFR part
5. The information collection is
currently authorized by OMB Control
Number 1076–0160, which expires
August 31, 2011.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 26,
2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the information collection to Kevin
Bearquiver, Deputy Director—Office of
Indian Services, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, 1849 C Street, NW., MS–3070,
Washington, DC 20240;
Kevin.bearquiver@bia.gov.
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin Bearquiver (202) 208–2874.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
The BIA is seeking renewal of the
approval for the information collection
conducted under the 25 U.S.C. 43, 36
Stat. 472, inter alia, and implementing
regulations, at 25 CFR 5, regarding
verification of Indian preference for
employment. The purpose of Indian
preference is to encourage qualified
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with the BIA and Indian Health Service
(IHS) by offering preferential treatment
to qualified candidates of Indian
heritage. BIA collects the information to
ensure compliance with Indian
preference hiring requirements. The
information collection relates only to
individuals applying for employment
with the BIA and the IHS. The tribe’s
involvement is limited to verifying
membership information submitted by
the applicant. The collection of
information allows certain persons who
are of Indian descent to receive
preference when appointments are
made to vacancies in positions with the
BIA and IHS as well as in any unit that
has been transferred intact from the BIA
to a Bureau or office within the
Department of the Interior or the
Department of Health and Human
Services and that continues to perform
functions formerly performed as part of
the BIA and IHS. You are eligible for
preference if (a) you are a member of a
federally recognized Indian tribe; (b)
you are a descendant of a member and
you were residing within the present
boundaries of any Indian reservation on
June 1, 1934; (c) you are an Alaska
Native; or (d) you possess one-half
degree Indian blood derived from tribes
that are indigenous to the United States.
II. Request for Comments
BIA requests that you send your
comments on this collection to the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section.
Your comments should address: (a) The
necessity of the information collection
for the proper performance of the
agencies, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of our 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,
such as through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that an agency may not
sponsor or conduct, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number. This information
collection expires August 31, 2011.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section
during the hours of 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday
except for legal holidays. Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail address or other personally

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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.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076–0160.
Title: Verification of Indian preference
for Employment in the BIA and IHS, 25
CFR 5.
Brief Description of Collection:
Submission of this information by
Indian applicants for jobs with BIA and
IHS allows the Personnel Offices of BIA
and IHS to verify that the individual
meets the requirements for Indian
preference in hiring. Response is
required to obtain the benefit of
preferential hiring.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents: Qualified Indian
persons who are seeking preference in
employment with the BIA and IHS.
Number of Respondents:
Approximately 5,000.
Total Number of Responses:
Approximately 5,000 per year.
Frequency of Response: Four times
per year.
Estimated Time per Response: Onehalf hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,500 hours, on average.
Estimated Cost: There are no costs,
except postage and the cost to duplicate
the original verification form.
Dated: May 24, 2011.
John Ashley,
Acting Chief Information Officer—Indian
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Renewal of Agency Information
Collection for Certificate of Degree of
Indian or Alaska Native Blood (CDIB);
Request for Comments
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking
comments on renewal of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for the Certificate of Degree of

SUMMARY:

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