7470 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 33 / Wednesday, February 19, 1997 / Notices

III. Data

(1) Title of the Collection of

Information: Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Housing

Assistance Application.

OMB Number: 1076–0084.

Expiration Date: February 28, 1997.

Type of Review: Renewal of a

currently approved information

collection.

(2) Summary of the Collection of

Information: The collection of

information provides pertinent data

concerning an applicant’s eligibility to

receive services under the Housing

Improvement Program and includes:

A. Applicant Information including:

Name, Current Address, Telephone

Number, Date of Birth, Social Security

Number, Tribe, Roll Number, Marital

Status, Name of Spouse, Date of Birth

(of spouse), Social Security Number (of

spouse), Tribe (of spouse), and Roll

Number (of spouse).

B. Family Information including:

Name, Date of Birth, Social Security

Number, Relationship to Applicant, and

Tribe/Roll Number.

C. Income Information including:

Earned and Unearned Income.

D. Housing Information including:

Location of the house to be repaired,

constructed or purchased; Description

of housing assistance for which

applying; Knowledge of receipt of prior

Housing Improvement Program

assistance, amount, to whom and when;

Ownership or rental; Availability of

electricity and name of electric

company; Type of sewer system; Water

source; Number of bedrooms; Size of

house; and, Bathroom facilities.

E. Land Information including: land

owner; legal status of land; or, type of

interest in land.

F. General Information including:

Prior receipt of services under the

Housing Improvement Program and

description of such; Ownership of other

housing and description of such,

Identification of Housing and Urban

Development (HUD) funded house and

current status of project; Identification

of other sources of housing assistance

for which the applicant has applied and

been denied assistance if applying for a

new housing unit or purchase of an

existing standard unit; and, advisement

and description of any severe health

problem, handicap or permanent

disability.

G. Applicant Certification including:

Signature of Applicant and Date, and

Signature of Spouse and Date.

(3) Description of the need for the

information and proposed use of the

information: Submission of this

information is required in order to

receive services under the Housing

Improvement Program. The information

is collected to determine applicant

eligibility for services and applicant

priority order to receive services under

the program.

(4) Description of likely respondents,

including the estimated number of

likely respondents, and proposed

frequency of response to the collection

of information: Description of likely

respondents: Individual members of

Indian tribes who are living on or near

a tribally, or by law, defined service

area.

Estimated number of respondents:

3,500.

Proposed frequency of response:

Annually or less frequently, depending

on length of waiting list, funding

availability and dynamics of service

population.

(5) Estimate of total annual reporting

and record keeping burden that will

result from the collection of

information:

Estimated time per application: The

reporting burden for this application is

estimated to average 1⁄2 hour per

response, including the time for

reviewing the instructions, gathering

and maintaining the data, and

completing and reviewing the form.

Estimated total Annual Burden Hours:

1750 hours.

Estimated total Record Keeping

Burden: 1300 hours.

Estimated Annual Record Keeping

Costs: $52,000 (1300 hours×$40.00 per

hour).

IV. Request for Comments

The Department of the Interior invites

comment on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agencies’’

estimate of the burden (including hours

and cost) of the proposed collection of

information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(c) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and,

(d) ways to minimize the burden of

the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including through

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Burden means the total time, effort, or

financial resources expended by persons

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose

or provide information to or for a

Federal agency. This includes the time

needed to review instructions; to

develop, acquire, install and utilize

technology and systems for the purpose

of collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; to train

personnel and to be able to respond to

a collection of information, to search

data sources, to complete and review

the collection of information; and to

transmit or otherwise disclose the

information.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

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

Office of Management and Budget

control number.

Dated: February 11, 1997.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–4001 Filed 2–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

the Information Collection Request for

the Payment for Appointed Counsel in

Involuntary Indian Child Custody

Proceedings in State Courts, codified at

25 CFR § 23.13, requires renewal. Before

submitting a request for reinstatement,

without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval

has expired, to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB), the

Department of the Interior is soliciting

public comments on this information

collection as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–

13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before April 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Betty Tippeconnie, Bureau of Indian

Affairs (Bureau), Department of the

Interior, 1849 C Street, NW, MS–4603

MB, Washington, D.C. 20240.

All written comments will be

available for public inspection in Room

4603 of the Main Interior Building, 1849

C Street, NW, Washington, D.C. from

9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., Monday
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 33 / Wednesday, February 19, 1997 / Notices 7471

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information

should be directed to Betty

Tippeconnie, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Department of the Interior, 1849 C

Street, NW, MS–4603 MB, Washington,

D.C. 20240, and 202/208–2721. (This is

not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

A state court that appoints counsel for

an indigent Indian parent or Indian

custodian in an involuntary Indian

child custody proceeding in a state

court for which appointment of counsel

is not authorized by state law shall send

written notice to the Bureau. The

cognizant Bureau Area Director, using

this information, can certify if the client

in the notice is eligible to have his

counsel compensated by the Bureau in

accordance with the Indian Child

Welfare Act, Public Law 95–608.

II. Method of Collection

The following information is collected

in a notice from state courts in order to

certify payment of appointed counsel in

involuntary Indian child custody

proceedings. The information collected

and the reasons for the collection are

listed below:

Information Collected Reason for Collection

(a) Name, address and telephone number of attorney appointed; (a) To identify attorney appointed as counsel/and method of contact;

(b) Name and address of client for whom counsel is appointed; (b) To identify indigent party in an Indian child custody proceeding for

whom counsel is appointed;

(c) Applicant’s relationship to child; (c) To determine if the person is eligible for payment of attorney fees

as specified in P.L. 95–608;

(d) Name of Indian child’s tribe; (d) To determine if the child is a member of a federally recognized

tribe and is covered by the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA);

(e) Copy of petition or complaint; (e) To determine if this custody proceeding is covered by the ICWA;

(f) Certification by the court that state law does not provide for appointment of counsel in such proceedings;(f) To determine if other state laws provide for such appointment of

counsel and to prevent duplication of effort;

(g) Certification by the court that the Indian client is indigent; (g) To determine if the client has resources to pay for counsel;

(h) The amount of payments due counsel utilizing the same procedures

used to determine expenses in juvenile delinquency proceedings;

(h) To determine if the amount of payment due appointed counsel is

based on state court standards in juvenile delinquency proceedings;

(I) Approved vouchers with court certification that the amount requested

is reasonable considering the work and the criteria used for determining fees and expenses for juvenile delinquency proceedings.

(I) To determine the amount of payment considered reasonable in accordance with state standards for a particular case.

Proposed use of the information: The

information collected will be used by

the respective Bureau Area Director to

determine: (a) If an individual Indian

involved in an Indian child custody

proceeding is eligible for payment of

appointed counsel’s attorney fees, (b) If

any state statutes provide for coverage of

attorney fees under these circumstances,

(c) The state standards for payment of

attorney fees in juvenile delinquency

proceedings, (d) The name of the

attorney, and his actual voucher

certified by the court for the work

completed on a preapproved case. This

information is required for payment of

appointed counsel as authorized by

Public Law 95–608.

III. Data

(1) Title of the Collection of

Information: Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Payment for

Appointed Counsel in Involuntary

Indian Child Custody Proceedings in

State Courts.

OMB Number: 1076–0111.

Expiration Date: February 28, 1997.

Type of Review: Reinstatement of a

previously approved information

collection for which approval has

expired.

Affected Entities: State Courts and

individual Indians eligible for payment

of attorney fees pursuant to 25 CFR

23.13.

Estimated number of respondents: 4.

Proposed frequency of response: 1.

(2) Estimate of total annual reporting

and record keeping burden that will

result from the collection of this

information: 12 hours.

Reporting: 2 hours/response × 4

respondents = 8 hours.

Recordkeeping: 1 hour/response × 4

respondents = 4 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours = 12 hours

Estimated Annual Costs: $540.00 (12

hours x $45.00 per hour).

(3) Description of the need for the

information and proposed use of the

information: Submission of this

information is required in order to

receive payment for appointed counsel

under 25 CFR 23.13. The information is

collected to determine applicant

eligibility for services.

IV. Request for Comments

The Department of the Interior invites

comment on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) The accuracy of the agencies’

estimate of the burden (including hours

and cost) of the proposed collection of

information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(c) Ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of

the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including through

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Burden means the total time, effort, or

financial resources expended by persons

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose

or provide information to or for a

Federal agency. This includes the time

needed to review instructions; to

develop, acquire, install and utilize

technology and systems for the purpose

of collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; to train

personnel and to be able to respond to

a collection of information, to search

data sources, to complete and review

the collection of information; and to

transmit or otherwise disclose the

information.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to
7472 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 33 / Wednesday, February 19, 1997 / Notices

respond to a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid

Office of Management and Budget

control number.

Dated: February 11, 1997.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–4002 Filed 2–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

Office of the Secretary

[DD 1230R01 (P)]

American Indian Sacred Sites

Consultation Meetings

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Indian Affairs, Office of

the Secretary of Interior.

ACTION: Notice of federal-tribal

government-to-government consultation

on Executive Order No. 13007—Indian

Sacred Sites.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Interior hereby gives notice of three,

two-day federal-tribal consultation

sessions on the implementation of

President Clinton’s Executive Order No.

13007—Indian Sacred Sites. The

Executive Order calls for the

development of policies and procedures

to protect Indian sacred sites on federal

lands and to assure American Indians

and Alaska Natives access to the sites.

The Departments of Justice, Energy and

Agriculture have accepted Interior’s

invitation to participate in the

consultation sessions, as well. Tribal

leaders or representatives are invited to

attend one of the three sessions.

A discussion group format along with

opening and closing plenary sessions

will be used to ensure that each tribal

representative has the opportunity to

speak and engage in open dialogue with

federal representatives. Discussion

topics will include: Protecting the

Physical Integrity of Indian Sacred Sites;

Concerns with regard to Confidentiality

of Indian Sacred Sites; Effecting

Accommodation; Dispute Resolution;

and Meaningful Government-toGovernment Coordination, among

others.

Any tribe unable to participate in the

sessions is encourage to send written

comments on the implementation of the

Executive Order and the topics listed

above no later than April 11, 1997. All

written comments will be given equal

consideration in the preparation of

implementing policies and procedures.

DATES AND LOCATIONS: Portland

Consultation Session will be held on

March 12–13, 1997 at the Red Lion

Jentzen Beach Hotel, 909 N. Hayden

Drive, Portland, Oregon.

Denver Consultation Session will be

held on March 19–20 at the Red Lion

Hotel-Denver, 3203 Quebec Street,

Denver, Colorado.

Washington, D.C. Consultation

Session will be held on April 3–4, 1997

at the U.S. Geological Survey

Headquarter Office, 12201 Sunrise

Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth Homer, Department of the

Interior, Office of American Indian

Trust, 1849 ‘‘C’’ Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C., 20240 telephone

(202) 208–3338.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–4036 Filed 2–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–930–07–1430–01; N–61069]

Notice of Realty Action, Direct Sale of

Public Land, Humboldt Co., Nevada

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action, Direct

Sale of Public Land, Humboldt County,

Nevada.

SUMMARY: The following described land

has been found suitable for direct sale

under Sections 203 and 209 of the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713

and 1719), at not less than fair market

value:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 36 N., R. 37 E., Sec. 32, all,

Containing approximately 640 acres.

The above described lands are hereby

classified for disposal in accordance

with Executive Order 6910 and the Act

of June 28, 1934, as amended. The lands

are not required for federal purposes.

Disposal is consistent with the Bureau’s

planning for this area and would be in

the public’s interest. The land is being

offered by direct sale to Winnemucca

Farms. It has been determined that the

subject parcel contains no known

mineral values. Acceptance of a direct

sale offer will constitute an application

for conveyance of those mineral

interests having no known value. The

applicant will be required to pay a

$50.00 non-refundable filing fee for

conveyance of the said mineral

interests. The land will not be offered

for sale until at least 60 days after

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken

Detweiler, Realty Specialist, Bureau of

Land Management, 5100 E.

Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV

89445, (702) 623–1500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

public lands are being offered to

Winnemucca Farms for agricultural

purposes. They plan to irrigate the

parcel of land with process water from

their potato processing facility located

near Winnemucca. The above described

land is hereby segregated from

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the mining laws, but not

from sale under the above cited statutes,

for 270 days from the date of

publication of this notice, or until title

transfer is completed or the segregation

is terminated by publication in the

Federal Register, whichever occurs first.

A Patent, When Issued, Will Contain

the Following Reservation to the United

States:

A right-of-way thereon for ditches or

canals constructed by the authority of

the United States pursuant to the Act of

August 30, 1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).

And Will be Subject to:

1. Those rights for railroad purposes

granted to Union Pacific Railroad by

Right-of-way CC–04692.

2. Those rights for a fiber-optic

communication line granted to U.S.

Sprint by Right-of-way N–42787.

3. Those rights for a powerline

granted to Sierra Pacific Power

Company by Right-of-way N–43040.

4. Those rights for a communication

line granted to Nevada Bell by Right-ofway N–51360.

5. Those rights for an access road

granted to Cyanco by Right-of-way N–

51585.

6. An easement 30 feet in width along

the north, east, west, and south

boundaries of the section, for road and

public utility purposes to insure

continued ingress and egress to adjacent

lands.

For a period of 45 days from the date

of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, interested parties may

submit comments to the District

Manager, Winnemucca District Office,

Bureau of Land Management, 5100 E.

Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV

89445. In the absence of timely

objections, this proposal shall become

the final determination of the

Department of the Interior.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

Ron Wenker,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–3986 Filed 2–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P