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Activity Number of annual 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses 

Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

FWS Form 3-200-74 ................................................................ 270 810 6 minutes ......... 81 

FWS Form 3-200-75 ................................................................ 25 25 30 minutes ....... 13 

Totals ................................................................................ 295 835 ..................... 94 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

•Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

•The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

•Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

•Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents. 

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 IC. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail 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. 

Dated: February 17, 2010 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

FR Doc. 2010–3367 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Proposed Renewal of Agency 

Information Collection for Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Contracts 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) and Indian Health Service (IHS) 

are submitting the information 

collection, titled ‘‘Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Act Programs, 25 CFR 900’’ 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

for renewal. The current approval, 

designated by OMB Control Number 

1076–0136, expires on February 28, 

2010. The information is collected to 

process contracts, grants, or cooperative 

agreements for award by the BIA and 

the IHS, as authorized by the Indian 

Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 25, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the information collection to the 

Desk Officer for Department of the 

Interior at the Office of Management and 

Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806 

or you may send an e-mail to: 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please 

send a copy of your comments to Terry 

Parks, Office of Indian Services, Bureau 

of Indian Affairs, Department of the 

Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 

4520, Washington, DC 20240, Facsimile: 

(202) 208–5113. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may request further information or 

obtain copies of the information 

collection request submission from 

Terry Parks, telephone: (202) 513–7625. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Representatives of the BIA and IHS 

seek renewal of the approvals for 

information collections conducted 

under their joint rule, 25 CFR part 900, 

implementing the Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Act, as amended (25 U.S.C. 

450 et seq.). The Act required the joint 

rule to govern how contracts and grants 

are awarded to Indian tribes, thereby 

avoiding the unnecessary burden or 

confusion associated with two sets of 

rules and information collection 

requirements. See 25 U.S.C. 

450k(a)(2)(A)(ii). There is no change to 

the approved burden hours for this 

information collection. 

The information requirements for this 

joint rule represent significant 

differences from other agencies in 

several respects. Both the BIA and IHS 

let contracts for multiple programs 

whereas other agencies usually award 

single grants to tribes. Under the Act, 

tribes are entitled to contract and may 

renew contracts annually, whereas other 

agencies provide grants on a 

discretionary or competitive basis. 

The BIA and IHS use the information 

collected to determine applicant 

eligibility, evaluate applicant 

capabilities, protect the service 

population, safeguard Federal funds and 

other resources, and permit the Federal 

agencies to administer and evaluate 

contract programs. Tribal governments 

or tribal organizations provide the 

information by submitting Public Law 

93–638 contract or grant proposals to 

the appropriate Federal agency. No third 

party notification or public disclosure 

burden is associated with this 

collection. Approval for the collection 

expires on February 28, 2010. 

II. Request for Comments 

The BIA and IHS request that you 

send your comments on this collection 

to the locations 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 the agencies’ 

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. 

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. to 5 p.m., 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday 

except for legal holidays. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address or other personally 

identifiable information, be advised that 

your entire comment—including your 

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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: 1076–0136. 

Title: Indian Self-Determination and 

Education Assistance Contracts, 25 CFR 

Part 900. 

Brief Description of Collection: An 

Indian tribe or tribal organization may 

be required to respond from 1 to 12 

times per year, depending upon the 

number of programs they contract from 

the BIA and IHS. Each response may 

vary in its length. In addition, each 

subpart of 25 CFR part 900 concerns 

different parts of the contracting 

process. For example, Subpart C relates 

to provisions of the contents for the 

initial contract proposal. The burden 

associated with this would not be used 

when contracts are renewed. Subpart F 

describes minimum standards for the 

management systems used by Indian 

tribes or tribal organizations under these 

contracts. Subpart G addresses the 

negotiability of all reporting and data 

requirements in the contract. Responses 

are required to obtain or retain a benefit. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Respondents: Federally recognized 

Indian tribes and tribal organizations. 

Number of Respondents: 550. 

Total Number of Responses: 5,267. 

Estimated Time per Response: Varies 

from 10 to 50 hours, with an average of 

45 hours per response. 

Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 

219,792 hours. 

Dated: December 18, 2009. 

Alvin Foster, 

Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs. 

Dated: December 11, 2009. 

Randy Grinnell, 

Deputy Director of Indian Health Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3486 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4M–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Information Collection for Tax Credit 

Bonds for Bureau of Indian AffairsFunded Schools 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, the Office of Facilities, 

Environmental, and Cultural Resources 

(OFECR), in the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs, is seeking 

comments on a renewing the 

information collection entitled ‘‘Tax 

Credit Bonds for Bureau of Indian 

Affairs-Funded Schools,’’ which has 

been assigned Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) Control Number 

1076–0173 and expires on April 30, 

2010. This information collection is 

related to tax credit bonds for BIAfunded schools authorized by the 

American Reinvestment and Recovery 

Act of 2009 (ARRA). Indian Tribes 

interested in obtaining an allocation of 

the bonding authority to finance 

construction, rehabilitation, or repair of 

a BIA-funded elementary or secondary 

school or dormitory must provide 

certain information as part of the 

application. This notice requests 

comments on the information collection 

associated with the application. 

DATE: Submit comments on or before 

April 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand-carry 

comments to Bernadette Myers, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Office of 

Facilities, Environmental and Cultural 

Resources, 2051 Mercator Drive, Reston, 

Virginia 20191; or e-mail to: 

Bernadette.Myers@bia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bernadette Myers (703) 390–6655. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This information collection allows 

OFECR to receive written applications 

for allocations of the $400,000,000 in 

Tax Credit Bonding Authority granted to 

the Secretary as a result of the ARRA of 

2009. This bonding authority is for the 

purpose of the construction, 

rehabilitation and repair of BIA-funded 

schools. The information collection 

allows OFECR to determine whether the 

project is eligible to be considered for an 

allocation. No third party notification or 

public disclosure burden is associated 

with this collection. OFECR obtained an 

emergency approval of this information 

collection from OMB to allow it to 

solicit applications for tax credit bonds. 

See 74 FR 56211 (October 30, 2009). 

OMB’s approval for the information 

collection expires April 30, 2010. 

Because the tax credit bond authority 

extends through calendar year 2010, 

OFECR is requesting a renewal of the 

OMB authority to collect information 

from Indian Tribes through 

applications. 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

provides an opportunity for interested 

parties to comment on information 

collection requests. OFECR is 

proceeding with this public comment 

period as the first step in obtaining 

renewal of the information collection 

clearance from OMB. Each clearance 

request contains (1) type of review, (2) 

title, (3) summary of the collection, (4) 

respondents, (5) frequency of collection, 

(6) reporting and record keeping 

requirements. 

II. Request for Comments 

If you would like to comment on this 

information collection, please send your 

comments 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. 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, 

telephone number, e-mail address or 

other personally 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: 1076–0173. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title: Tax Credit Bonds for Bureau of 

Indian Affairs-Funded Schools. 

Brief Description of Collection: 

Submission of this information is 

required to apply for allocations of the 

$400,000,000 in Tax Credit Bonding 

Authority granted to the Secretary as a 

result of the ARRA of 2009. This 

bonding authority is for the purpose of 

the construction, rehabilitation and 

repair of BIA-funded schools. The 

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