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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[212A2100DD/AAKC001030/
A0A501010.999900 253G; OMB Control
Number 1076–0021, 1076–0047, 1076–0141,
1076–0155, 1076–0162]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Electric Power Service
Application, Reindeer in Alaska, Water
Request, Leases and Permits, Navajo
Partitioned Lands Grazing Permits
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are
proposing to renew five information
collections.

SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 9, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
by mail to Johnna Blackhair, Deputy
Bureau Director, Office of Trust
Services, BIA, 1849 C Street NW, MS–
4620–MIB, Washington, DC 20240; or by
email to comments@bia.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1076–
0021, 1076–0047, 1076–0141, 1076–
0155, or 1076–0162 the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OMB Control Numbers 1076–0021
and 1076–0141: Elizabeth Pierce, 720–
469–6997, elizabeth.pierce@bia.gov.
OMB Control Number 1076–0047:
Keith Kahklen, 907–586–7618,
keith.kahklen@bia.gov.
OMB Control Number 1076–0155:
Sharlene Round Face, 202–440–2856,
sharlene.roundface@bia.gov.
OMB Control Number 1076–0162:
Calvert Curley, 505–863–8221,
calvert.curley@bia.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We are soliciting comments on the
proposed ICR that is described below.
We are especially interested in public

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comment addressing the following
issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to
the proper functions of the BIA; (2) will
this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
of burden accurate; (4) how might the
BIA enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (5) how might the BIA
minimize the burden of this collection
on the respondents, including through
the use of information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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.
Abstract: The BIA owns, operates, and
maintains three electric power utilities
that provide a service to the end user,
pursuant to 25 CFR 175 (Indian Electric
Power Utilities). The BIA must collect
customer information to identify the
individual responsible for repaying the
government its costs for delivering the
service and bill for those costs. The BIA
must also collect information to identify
the location of the service delivery (i.e.,
electrical hook-up). In addition, the
Debt Collection Improvement Act of
1996 (DCIA), 31 U.S.C. 3701–3733
requires that certain information be
collected from individuals and
businesses doing business with the
government. This information includes
the taxpayer identification number for
possible future use to recover
delinquent debt.
Title of Collection: Electric Power
Service Application.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0021.
Form Number: Electric Service
Application.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individual Indians and Indian Tribes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 1,300.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,300.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 30 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 650.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
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Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $0.
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Abstract: The Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) is seeking renewal of the approval
for the information collection conducted
under 25 CFR part 243, Reindeer in
Alaska, which is used to monitor and
regulate the possession and use of
Alaskan reindeer by non-Natives in
Alaska. The information to be provided
includes an applicant’s name and
address, and where an applicant will
keep the reindeer. The applicant must
fill out an application for a permit to get
a reindeer for any purpose; and is
required to report on the status of
reindeer annually or when a change
occurs, including changes prior to the
date of the annual report. This
information collection utilizes four
forms. A response is required to obtain
and/or retain a benefit.
Title of Collection: Reindeer in
Alaska.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0047.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: NonIndians who wish to possess Alaskan
reindeer.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 4 per year, on average
(1 respondent for the Sale Permit for
Alaska Reindeer, 1 respondent for the
Sale Report Form for Alaska Reindeer,
1 respondent for the Special Use Permit
for Alaskan Reindeer, and 1 respondent
for the Special Use Reindeer Report).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 4.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 5 minutes for the Sale Permit
and Report forms; and 10 minutes for
the Special Use Permit and Report
forms, on average.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 30 minutes.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Once a year,
on average.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $0.
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Abstract: The BIA owns, operates, and
maintains 17 irrigation projects that
provide a service to the end user. To
properly bill for the services provided,
the BIA must collect customer
information to identify the individual
responsible for repaying the government
the costs of delivering the service;
determine eligibility for waiver of fees;
and determine designation of irrigable
lands as assessable or non-assessable.

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Additional information necessary for
providing the service is the location of
the service delivery and the number of
serviced acres. The Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA)
requires that certain information be
collected from individuals and
businesses doing business with the
government. This information includes
the taxpayer identification number for
possible future use to recover
delinquent debt. To implement the
DCIA requirement to collect customer
information, the BIA has included a
section concerning the collection of
information in its regulations governing
its irrigation projects (25 CFR 171).
Title of Collection: Water Request.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0141.
Form Number: BIA–DWP–Irr–101;
BIA–DWP–Irr–102; BIA–DWP–Irr–103;
BIA–DWP–Irr–104; BIA–DWP–Irr–105.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 13,438.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 35,941.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from .2 to 6 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 17,981.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $0.
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Abstract: Generally trust and
restricted land may be leased by Indian
land owners, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior, except when
specified by statute. Submission of this
information allows BIA to review
applications for obtaining, modifying
and assigning leases and permits of land
that the United States holds in trust or
restricted status for individual Indians
and Indian Tribes. The information is
used to determine approval of a lease,
amendment, assignment, sublease,
mortgage or related document. A
response is required to obtain or retain
a benefit.
Title of Collection: Leases and
Permits.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0155.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individual Indians and Indian Tribes
seeking to lease their trust or restricted
land and businesses that lease trust and
restricted land.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 99,340.

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Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 99,340.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 2
hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 81,899.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: In general,
once per approval per lease. Some
collections occur upon request for
modification or assignment or upon a
trespass violation, which occur, on
average, fewer than once per lease.
Additionally, rent payments occur, on
average, once per month.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $1,813,000.
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Abstract: This information collection
is authorized under 25 CFR 161, which
implements the Navajo-Hopi Indian
Relocation Amendments Act of 1980, 94
Stat. 929, and the Federal court
decisions of Healing v. Jones, 174 F.
Supp. 211 (D Ariz. 1959) (Healing I),
Healing v. Jones, 210 F. Supp. 126 (D.
Ariz. 1962), aff’d 363 U.S. 758 (1963)
(Healing II), Hopi Tribe v. Watt, 530 F.
Supp. 1217 (D. Ariz. 1982), and Hopi
Tribe v. Watt, 719 F.2d 314 (9th Cir.
1983). This information collection
allows BIA to receive the information
necessary to determine whether an
applicant to obtain, modify, or assign a
grazing permit on Navajo Partitioned
Lands is eligible and complies with all
applicable grazing permit requirements.
BIA, in coordination with the Navajo
Nation, will continue to collect grazing
permit information up to and beyond
the initial reissuing of the grazing
permits, likely within a 1–3 year time
period from the date of publication of
this notice. The data is collected by
electronic global positioning systems
and field office interviews by BIA &
Navajo Nation staff. The data is
maintained by BIA’s Navajo Partitioned
Lands office.
Title of Collection: Navajo Partitioned
Lands Grazing Permits.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0162.
Form Number: 5–5015 and 5–5022.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Tribes,
Tribal organizations, and individual
Indians.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 700.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 3,121.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 2
hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,123.

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Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $0.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
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BILLING CODE 4337–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Indian Gaming; Approval of TribalState Class III Gaming Compact in the
State of Washington
Correction
In notice document 2021–18819,
appearing on pages 49049 through
49050 in the issue of Wednesday,
September 1, 2021 make the following
correction.
On page 49049, in the third column,
in the DATES section, on the second line,
‘‘November 1, 2021’’ should read,
‘‘September 1, 2021’’.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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L13400000.KH0000]

Notice of Competitive Offer for Solar
Energy Development on Public Lands
in Beaver County, Utah
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), Cedar City
Field Office, Cedar City, Utah, will
accept competitive bids to lease public
lands for solar energy projects on
approximately 4,836 acres within the
Milford Flats South Solar Energy Zone
in Beaver County, Utah. Notice is

SUMMARY:

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