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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 122 / Wednesday, June 25, 2014 / Notices
the Assistant Secretary is requesting an
extension of the approval for the
information collection conducted under
25 CFR part 83.
The information collection is
conducted under 25 CFR part 83, to
establish whether a petitioning group
has the characteristics necessary to be
acknowledged as an Indian tribe for
purposes of federal law. Federal
recognition initiates a government-togovernment relationship with the
United States and makes the group
eligible to apply for benefits from the
Federal Government. Approval for this
collection expires August 31, 2014.
Three forms are used as part of this
information collection.

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Dollar Cost: $0.
Dated: June 19, 2014.
John Ashley,
Acting Assistant Director for Information
Resources.
[FR Doc. 2014–14869 Filed 6–24–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[DR.5A211.IA000413]

Renewal of Agency Information
Collection for Federal
Acknowledgment of Indian Tribes
AGENCY:

Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.
Notice of request for comments.

ACTION:

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 Indian Tribes
authorized by OMB Control Number
1076–0104. This information collection
expires August 31, 2014.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
August 25, 2014.
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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SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
The Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs (‘‘Assistant Secretary’’) held
listening sessions in July and August
2013 to receive feedback on ways to
improve the Department’s process for
acknowledging an Indian tribe, as set
forth in 25 CFR part 83. The Assistant
Secretary is currently in the process of
revising the regulations governing the
process for acknowledging an Indian
tribe. The request for extension for this
information collection request does not
include the suggestions and feedback on
the proposed regulations, but instead
will allow current or potential
petitioners to submit information
required under the current regulations,
pending the finalization and effective
date of any revisions. For this reason,

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II. Request for Comments
The Assistant Secretary 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
information from public review, we
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
the Office of Federal Acknowledgment
(OFA) to review petitions for Federal
acknowledgment as an Indian tribe for
purposes of federal law. The
acknowledgment regulations at 25 CFR

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part 83 contain seven mandatory criteria
that unrecognized groups seeking
Federal acknowledgment as Indian
tribes must demonstrate that they meet.
Information collected from petitioning
groups under these regulations provides
anthropological, genealogical and
historical data used by the Assistant
Secretary to determine whether a
petitioning group has the characteristics
necessary to be acknowledged as an
Indian tribe for purposes of federal law.
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: June 19, 2014.
John Ashley,
Acting Assistant Director for Information
Resources.
[FR Doc. 2014–14871 Filed 6–24–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[DR.5A211.IA000413]

Contract Support Costs
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Tribal Consultation.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) is announcing tribal consultations
to discuss long-term solutions
concerning contract support costs. The
BIA will conduct a total of five
consultation sessions with Indian tribes.
This notice establishes the date, time,
and location of the consultation
sessions.

SUMMARY:

Written comments are due by
August 31, 2014. See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice for dates of the consultation
sessions.
ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice for
the locations of the consultation
DATES:

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