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Over 3,000 small businesses have been
targeted for this event. If you are a small
business interested in working with the
Department, we urge you to register
online at: https://www.fbo.gov and
attend the workshop.
These outreach events are a new and
exciting opportunity for the
Department’s bureaus and offices to
improve their support for small
business. Additional scheduled events
are posted on the Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization Web
site at www.doi.gov/osdbu.
Debra Glass,
Director (Acting), Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[GX12GH009980000]

Information Collection Extension
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of an
information collection (1028–0090).
AGENCY:

We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
and as part of our continuing efforts to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. This
collection is scheduled to expire on May
31, 2013.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before May 7, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7199 (fax);
or smbaloch@usgs.gov (email). Please
Reference Information 1028–0090 in the
subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information please
contact Charles Mandeville at (703)
648–4773 or by email at
cmandeville@usgs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
During FY13 and FY15, the Volcano
Hazards Program (VHP) will provide
funding for improvement of the volcano

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and other monitoring systems and other
monitoring-related activities that
contribute to mitigation of volcano
hazards. This notice concerns the
collection of information that is
sufficient and relevant to evaluate and
select proposals for funding under the
VHP. We will accept proposals from
State geological surveys and academic
institutions requesting funds to assist in
the monitoring of active volcanoes and
to conduct volcano-related research.
Financial assistance will be awarded on
a competitive basis following the
evaluation and ranking of State and
academic proposals. VHP proposals will
be reviewed by a peer panel of six (6)
members. Five (5) members will be
Department of the Interior
representatives; and one (1) member
will be an external representative. To
submit a proposal, you must follow the
written guideline (that will be made
available at www.Grants.gov) and
complete a project narrative. The
application must be submitted via
Grants.gov. Grant recipients must
complete a final technical report at the
end of the project period. Narrative and
report guidance is available through
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ and at
www.Grants.gov.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0090.
Title: Volcano Hazards Program
(VHP).
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Respondent Obligation: Required to
receive benefits.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Description of Respondents: State
Geological Surveys and academic
institutions.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 20 applications and 12 final
reports.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 796
hours. We expect to receive
approximately 20 applications. It will
take each applicant approximately 35
hours to complete the narrative and
present supporting documents. This
includes the time for project conception
and development, proposal writing,
reviewing, and submitting the proposal
application through Grants.gov (totaling
700 burden hours). We anticipate
awarding 12 grants per year. The award
recipients must submit a final report at
the end of the project. We estimate that
it will take approximately 8 hours to
complete the requirement for that report
(totaling 96 hours).
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
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burdens associated with this collection
of information.
III. Request for Comments
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor and
you are not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Comments: We are soliciting
comments as to: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the
information is useful; (b) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information;
(c) how to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) how
to minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Please note that the comments
submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying 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 we will be able to do
so.
Dated: March 1, 2013.
Charles Mandeville,
Program Coordinator for Volcano Hazards.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Renewal of Agency Information
Collection for Federal
Acknowledgment of Tribes
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs is
seeking comments on the renewal of
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval for the collection of
information for Federal
Acknowledgment of Tribes authorized
by OMB Control Number 1076–0104.

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This information collection expires July
31, 2013.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
May 7, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the information collection to R. Lee
Fleming, Director, Office of Federal
Acknowledgment, Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs, 1951 Constitution
Avenue NW., MS–34B SIB, Washington,
DC 20240; facsimile: (202) 219–3008;
email: Lee.Fleming@bia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R.
Lee Fleming, (202) 513–7650.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
The Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs is seeking renewal of the
approval for the information collection
conducted under 25 CFR part 83, to
establish whether a petitioning group
has the characteristics necessary to be
acknowledged as having a governmentto-government relationship with the
United States. Federal recognition
makes the group eligible for benefits
from the Federal Government. Approval
for this collection expires July 31, 2013.
Three forms are used as part of this
information collection.
II. Request for Comments
The Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs 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 personal
identifying 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
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076–0104.
Title: Documented Petitions for
Federal Acknowledgment as an Indian
Tribe, 25 CFR 83.
Brief Description of Collection:
Submission of this information allows
Office of Federal Acknowledgment
(OFA) to review applications for the
Federal acknowledgment of a group as
an Indian tribe. The acknowledgment
regulations at 25 CFR part 83 contain
seven criteria that unrecognized groups
seeking Federal acknowledgment as
Indian tribes must demonstrate that they
meet. Information collect from
petitioning groups under these
regulations provide anthropological,
genealogical and historical data used by
the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs
to establish whether a petitioning group
has the characteristics necessary to be
acknowledged as having a governmentto-government relationship with the
United States. Respondents are not
required to retain copies of the
information submitted to OFA but will
probably maintain copies for their own
use; therefore, there is no recordkeeping
requirement included in this
information collection.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Groups petitioning for
Federal acknowledgment as Indian
tribes.
Number of Respondents: 10 per year,
on average.
Number of Responses: 10 per year, on
average.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Time per Response: 2,075
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
20,750 hours.
Dated: March 4, 2013.
John Ashley,
Acting Assistant Director for Information
Resources.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Extension, Without Changes of Agency
Information Collection for Indian SelfDetermination and Education
Assistance Contracts
Bureau of Indian Affairs, DOI,
and Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
AGENCIES:

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, which requires
60 days for public comment on
proposed information collection
projects, the Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) and the Indian Health Service
(IHS) are publishing for comment, a
summary of a proposed information
collection, titled ‘‘Indian SelfDetermination and Education
Assistance Contracts, 25 CFR part 900,’’
to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. The information is collected to
process contracts, grants or cooperative
agreements (contracts) for award by BIA
and IHS, as authorized by the Indian
Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (ISDEAA), as amended
(25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.). This previously
approved information collection (OMB
Control Number 1076–0136) expires
May 31, 2013.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
May 7, 2013.
Send Comments To: You may submit
comments regarding the BIA
information collection activities (OMB
Control No. 1076–0136) to Terry Parks,
Division Chief, BIA Office of Indian
Services, 1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop
4513, Washington, DC 20240; send via
facsimile to (202) 208–5113; or send via
email to Terrence.Parks@bia.gov.
Comments relating to the IHS
information collection activities (OMB
Control No. 1076–0136) may be sent to
Roselyn Tso, Acting Director, IHS Office
of Direct Services and Contracting
Tribes (ODSCT), 801 Thompson Ave.,
Ste. 220, Rockville, MD 20852; send via
facsimile to (301) 443–4446; or send via
email to Roselyn.Tso@ihs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terry Parks through the methods listed
in the above section or by calling (202)
513–7625 regarding the BIA information
collection activities (OMB Control No.
1076–0136); and contact Roselyn Tso
through the methods listed in the above

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