64094 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 212 / Wednesday, November 3, 2004 / Notices 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 216. 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as 

amended.

Dated: October 29, 2004. 

Wayne Eddins, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. E4–2994 Filed 11–2–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–27–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Hanford Reach National Monument 

Federal Advisory Committee Meetings

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Hanford Reach 

National Monument Federal Planning 

Advisory Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) is announcing two 

upcoming meetings of the Hanford 

Reach National Monument Federal 

Planning Advisory Committee 

(Committee). In these meetings, the 

Committee will continue their work on 

making recommendations to the Service 

and the Department of Energy (DOE) on 

the preparation of a long-term 

management plan for the Hanford Reach 

National Monument Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan and associated 

Environmental Impact Statement (CCP/

EIS). The Committee is focusing on 

advice that identifies and reconciles 

land management issues while meeting 

the directives of Presidential 

Proclamation 7319 that established the 

Monument.

DATES: The Committee has scheduled 

the following meetings: 

1. Thursday, November 17, 2004, 9:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Richland, WA. 

2. Thursday, January 6, 2005, 9:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Richland, WA.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will take 

place at the Washington State 

University Tri-Cities Consolidated 

Information Center, 2770 University 

Drive, Rooms 120 and 120 A, Richland, 

WA. 

Written comments may be submitted 

to Mr. Greg Hughes, Designated Federal 

Official for the Hanford Reach National 

Monument (HRNM) Federal Planning 

Advisory Committee, Hanford Reach 

National Monument/Saddle Mountain 

National Wildlife Refuge, 3250 Port of 

Benton Blvd., Richland, WA 99352; fax 

(509) 375–0196. Copies of the draft 

meeting agendas can be obtained from 

the Designated Federal Official. 

Comments may be submitted via email 

to hanfordreach@fws.gov. Additional 

information regarding the monument 

and the CCP is available on the 

monument’s Internet site at http://

hanfordreach.fws.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information concerning the 

meetings, contact Mr. Greg Hughes, 

Designated Federal Official, via 

telephone at (509) 371–1801, or fax at 

(509) 375–0196.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Committee meetings are open to the 

public. Verbal comments may be 

submitted during the course of the 

meetings, and written comments may be 

submitted at the close of the meetings, 

mailed to the Monument office address, 

or submitted via e-mail.

Dated: October 27, 2004. 

David J. Wesley, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, 

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 04–24612 Filed 11–2–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Courts of Indian Offenses—Application 

Marriage/Dissolution

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed renewal of 

information collection. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs is seeking comments on 

the renewal of OMB Control No. 1076–

0094, Law and Order on Indian 

Reservations. Under subpart F of the 

regulations, basic information is 

requested of applicants for the issuance 

of a marriage license or for the 

dissolution of a marriage by a Court of 

Indian Offenses.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

January 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ralph 

Gonzales, Office of Tribal Services, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1951 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Mail Stop 

Room 320, South Interior Building, 

Washington, DC 20240; Telephone: 

202–513–7629.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may request further information or 

obtain copies of the proposed 

information collection request from 

Ralph Gonzales at (202) 513–7629.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Department of the Interior, must collect 

personal information to carry out the 

requirements of 25 CFR Part 11, sections 

11.600(c), Marriage, and 11.606(c), 

Dissolution of Marriage. Information is 

collected by the Clerk of the Court of 

Indian Offenses in order for the Court to 

issue a marriage license or dissolve a 

marriage. The information is collected 

on a one-page application requesting 

only basic information necessary for the 

Court to properly dispose of the matter. 

II. Method of Collection 

The information is collected on a onepage application for the marriage license 

or for a dissolution of marriage. 

III. Information Collected 

Courts of Indian Offenses (CFR 

Courts) have been established on certain 

Indian reservations under the authority 

vested in the Secretary of the Interior by 

5 U.S.C. 301, 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9, and 25 

U.S.C. 13, which authorizes 

appropriations for ‘‘Indian judges.’’ See 

Tillett v. Hodel, 730 F. Supp. 381 (W.D. 

Okla. 1990), aff’d 931 F.2d 636 (10th 

Cir. 1991) United States v. Clapox, 13 

Sawy. 349, 35 F. 575 (D. Ore. 1888). The 

CFR Courts provide adequate machinery 

for the administration of justice for 

Indian tribes in those areas where tribes 

retain jurisdiction over Indians and is 

exclusive of state jurisdiction but where 

tribal courts have not been established 

to exercise that jurisdiction. 

Accordingly, CFR Courts exercise 

jurisdiction under part 11 of Title 25 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations. 

Domestic relations are governed by 25 

CFR 11.600 which authorizes the CFR 

Court to conduct marriages and dissolve 

marriages. In order to be married in a 

CFR Court, a marriage license must be 

obtained (25 CFR 11.600, 601). To 

comply with this requirement, an 

applicant must respond to the following 

six questions found at 25 CFR 11.600(c): 

(c) A marriage license application 

shall include the following information: 

(1) Name, sex, occupation, address, 

social security number, and date and 

place of birth for each party to the 

proposed marriage; 

(2) If either party was previously 

married, his or her name, and the date, 

place, and court in which the marriage 

was dissolved or declared invalid or the 

date and place of death of the former 

spouse; 

(3) Name and address of the parents 

or guardian of each party; 

(4) Whether the parties are related to 

each other and, if so, their relationship; 

(5) The name and date of birth of any 

child of which both parties are parents, 

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born before the making of the 

application, unless their parental rights 

and the parent and child relationship 

with respect to the child have been 

terminated; and 

(6) A certificate of the results of any 

medical examination required by either 

applicable tribal ordinances, or the laws 

of the State in which the Indian country 

under the jurisdiction of the Court of 

Indian Offenses is located. 

For the purposes of section 11.600, 

Marriage, Social Security number 

information is requested to confirm 

identity. Previous marriage information 

is requested to avoid multiple 

simultaneous marriages, and to ensure 

that any pre-existing legal relationships 

are dissolved. Information on 

consanguinity is requested to avoid 

conflict with state or tribal laws against 

marriages between parties who are 

related by blood as defined in such 

laws. Medical examination information 

may be requested if required under the 

laws of the state in which the Court of 

Indian Offenses is located. 

To comply with the requirement for 

dissolution of marriage, an applicant 

must respond to the following six 

questions found at 25 CFR 11.606(c): 

(1) The age, occupation, and length of 

residence within the Indian country 

under the jurisdiction of the court of 

each party; 

(2) The date of the marriage and the 

place at which it was registered; 

(3) That jurisdictional requirements 

are met and that the marriage is 

irretrievably broken in that either—

(i) the parties have lived separate and 

apart for a period of more than 180 days 

next preceding the commencement of 

the proceeding; or 

(ii) there is a serious marital discord 

adversely affecting the attitude of one or 

both of the parties toward the marriage, 

and there is no reasonable prospect of 

reconciliation; 

(4) The names, age, and addresses of 

all living children of the marriage and 

whether the wife is pregnant; 

(5) Any arrangement as to support, 

custody, and visitation of the children 

and maintenance of a spouse; and 

(6) The relief sought. 

For the purposes of section 11.606, 

Dissolution proceedings, information on 

occupation and residency is necessary 

to establish court jurisdiction. 

Information on the status of the parties, 

whether they have lived apart 180 days 

or if there is serious marital discord 

warranting dissolution, is necessary for 

the court to determine if dissolution is 

proper. Information on the children of 

the marriage, their ages and whether the 

wife is pregnant is necessary for the 

court to determine the appropriate level 

of support that may be required from the 

non-custodial parent. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use of the 

information: The information is 

submitted in order to obtain or retain a 

benefit, namely, the issuance of a 

marriage license or a decree of 

dissolution of marriage from the Court 

of Indian Offenses. 

Affected entities: Indian applicants 

that are under the jurisdiction of one of 

the Courts of Indian Offenses. 

Estimated number of respondents:

Approximately 260 applications for a 

marriage license or petition for 

dissolution of marriage will be filed in 

the Courts of Indian Offenses listed at 

25 CFR 11.100(a) annually. 

Proposed frequency of responses: On 

occasion as needed. 

Burden: The average burden of 

submitting a marriage license or petition 

for dissolution of marriage is 15 minutes 

per application. The total annual burden 

is estimated as 65 hours. 

Estimated cost: There are no costs to 

consider, except estimated costs of $100 

per court annually, for the material, 

supplies and staff time required by the 

Court of Indian Offenses. 

IV. Request for Comments 

The Bureau of 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 assumption 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 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 request, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it has a valid OMB 

Control Number. The OMB Control 

Number for this collection is 1076–

0094. 

It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section, 

Room 320–SIB, during the hours of 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m., e.s.t., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. If you 

wish to have your name and/or address 

withheld, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comments. We will honor your request 

according to the requirements of the 

law. All comments from organizations 

or representatives will be available for 

review. We may withhold comments 

from review for other reasons. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0094. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Title: Title 25 CFR 11, Subpart F, Law 

and Order on Indian Reservations. 

Brief Description of Collection: It is 

mandatory for respondent to complete 

an application, to receive a marriage 

license or obtain a decree of dissolution 

of marriage. 

Respondents: Persons who reside on 

land within the jurisdiction of a Court 

of Indian Offenses. 

Number of Respondents: 260. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Total Annual Burden to Respondents:

65 hours. 

Total Annual Cost to Respondents:

Negligible.

Dated: October 18, 2004. 

David W. Anderson, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 04–24518 Filed 11–2–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

Notice of Seasonal Closure of Crystal 

Cave, Installation of Locking Gate, and 

Implementation of Crystal Cave 

Recreation Management Plan Including 

Visitor Use Permit System

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

public access to Crystal Cave in the Salt 

Lake Field Office District of the Bureau 

of Land Management (BLM) will be 

controlled via a visitor use permit 

system to protect a maternity colony of 

Townsend’s Big-eared Bats 

(Corynorhinus townsendii, a Utah 

sensitive species of special concern), to 

maintain the integrity of unique 

geologic cave formations, and to ensure 

visitor safety and compliance through 

the installation of a bat-friendly locking 

gate. The seasonal closure and permit 

system will begin upon the installation 

of the bat-friendly locking gate and 

implementation of the Crystal Cave 

Management Plan.

DATES: Public access to Crystal Cave 

will be controlled via permit system