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collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) 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 

technological collection techniques, or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of an existing information 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Forms/Collections: 

Genealogy Index Search Request and 

Genealogy Records Request. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Forms G– 

1041 and G–1041A. U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals and 

households. USCIS will use these forms 

will to facilitate an accurate and timely 

response to genealogy index search and 

records requests. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: Form G–1041—2,570 

responses (electronically submitted) at 

.50 hours (30 minutes) per response and 

1,080 responses (submitted by mail) at 

.58 hours (35 minutes). 

Form G–1041A—1,683 responses 

(electronically submitted) at 1 hour (60 

minutes) per response and 823 

responses (submitted by mail) at 1.08 

hours (68 minutes). 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 4,483.4 annual burden hours. 

If you have additional comments, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

information collection instrument, 

please visit: http://www.regulations.gov/ 

search/index.jsp. 

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, 

Regulatory Products Division, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2020, telephone 

number 202–272–8377. 

Dated: February 10, 2012. 

William Bacon, 

Deputy Chief, Office of the Executive 

Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3666 Filed 2–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–R–2011–N212; FF06R06000– 

FXRS1265066CCP0S2–123] 

Establishment of Dakota Grassland 

Conservation Area, North Dakota and 

South Dakota 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service) has established the Dakota 

Grassland Conservation Area, the 554th 

unit of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System. The Service established the 

Dakota Grassland Conservation Area on 

September 21, 2011, with the purchase 

of a 318.18-acre grassland easement in 

Walworth County, South Dakota. 

ADDRESSES: A map depicting the 

approved Refuge boundary and other 

information regarding the Refuge is 

available on the Internet at http:// 

www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/ 

planning/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick 

Kaczor, Planning Team Leader, Division 

of Refuge Planning, USFWS, P.O. Box 

25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225. http:// 

www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/ 

planning/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Service established the Dakota 

Grassland Conservation Area in the 

eastern parts of North Dakota and South 

Dakota, which cover all counties north 

and east of the Missouri River except 

those in the existing Dakota Tallgrass 

Prairie Wildlife Management Area. The 

Service will continue to conserve 

wetland and grassland resources in the 

conservation area, primarily through the 

purchase of perpetual easements from 

willing sellers. These wetland and 

grassland easements will connect and 

expand existing lands under 

conservation protection. 

The area’s strong and vibrant rural 

lifestyle, of which agriculture is the 

dominant land use, is one of the key 

components to ensuring habitat integrity 

and wildlife resource protection. Based 

on anticipated levels of landowner 

participation, objectives for the 

conservation area are to protect 240,000 

acres of wetland and 1.7 million acres 

of critical grassland habitat. The 

conservation area is a landscape-scale 

effort to conserve populations of priority 

species in a highly diverse and 

endangered ecosystem over an area of 

approximately 29.6 million acres. 

Therefore, it is important to incorporate 

the elements of strategic habitat 

conservation (SHC) to ensure effective 

conservation. SHC entails strategic 

biological planning and conservation 

design, integrated conservation delivery, 

monitoring, and research at ecoregional 

scales. 

This conservation area allows the 

Service to purchase critical wetland and 

grassland easements, using the 

acquisition authority of the Fish and 

Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a–j). 

In response to comments received 

during the public review of the draft 

environmental assessment (EA) and 

land protection plan (LPP), the Service 

included the authority of the Migratory 

Bird Conservation Act of 1929 (16 

U.S.C. 715–715d, 715e, 715f–r). The 

Federal money used to acquire 

conservation easements is from the 

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 

of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 

through 11; funds received under this 

act are derived primarily from oil and 

gas leases on the Outer Continental 

Shelf, motorboat fuel taxes, and the sale 

of surplus Federal property), and the 

sale of Federal Duck Stamps [Migratory 

Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp 

Act (16 U.S.C. 718–718j, 48 Stat. 452)]. 

Additional funding to acquire lands, 

water, or interests for fish and wildlife 

conservation purposes could be 

identified by Congress or donated by 

nonprofit organizations. The purchase 

of easements from willing sellers will be 

subject to available money. 

The Service has involved the public, 

agencies, partners, and legislators 

throughout the planning process for the 

easement program. At the beginning of 

the planning process, the Service 

initiated public involvement for the 

proposal to protect habitats primarily 

through acquisition of wetland and 

grassland conservation easements for 

management as part of the Refuge 

System. The Service spent time 

discussing the proposed project with 

landowners; conservation organizations; 

Federal, State and county governments; 

tribes and other interested groups and 

individuals. The Service held three 

open-house meetings on December 14, 

15, and 16, 2010, at Minot, North 

Dakota; Jamestown, North Dakota; and 

Huron, South Dakota; respectively. 

These open houses were announced in 

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In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321), the Service prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) that 

evaluated two alternatives and their 

potential impacts on the project area. 

The Service released the draft 

environmental assessment (EA) and LPP 

on June 20, 2011, for a 30-day public 

review period. The draft documents 

were made available to Federal elected 

officials and agencies, State elected 

officials and agencies, 32 Native 

American tribes with aboriginal or tribal 

interests, local media, and other 

members of the public that were 

identified during the scoping process. 

In addition, two public meetings were 

held, in Bismarck, North Dakota, and in 

Miller, South Dakota, on June 28 and 29, 

2011, respectively. These meetings were 

announced in advance in local media. 

Approximately 50 landowners, citizens, 

and elected representatives attended the 

meetings. The Service received 10 

letters from agencies, organizations, and 

other entities, and 347 general public 

comments. After all comments were 

received, they were reviewed, added to 

the administrative record, and 

incorporated into the environmental 

assessment (EA) if substantial. 

Based on the documentation 

contained in the environmental 

assessment (EA), a Finding of No 

Significant Impact was signed on 

September 1, 2011, for the 

establishment of the Dakota Grassland 

Conservation Area. 

Dated: December 2, 2011. 

Matt Hogan, 

Acting, Deputy Regional Director, MountainPrairie Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3650 Filed 2–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

Submission of Information Collection 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; 

Reinstatement 

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming 

Commission, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming 

Commission (‘‘NIGC’’ or 

‘‘Commission’’), in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, is seeking 

reinstatement of the approval for 

collection of information for the 

following activities: (1) Compliance and 

enforcement under the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act (‘‘IGRA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’); 

(2) approval of Class II background 

investigation and tribal licenses; 

(3) management contract regulations; 

(4) National Environmental Policy Act 

procedures; (5) annual fees payable by 

Indian gaming operations; (6) issuance 

of certificates of self regulation to tribes 

for Class II gaming; (7) minimum 

internal control standards; and 

(8) facility license review. These 

information collections have expired. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments can be mailed, 

faxed, or emailed to the attention of 

Michael Hoenig, National Indian 

Gaming Commission, 1441 L Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20005. Comments 

may be faxed to (202) 632–7066 (not a 

toll-free number). Comments may be 

sent electronically to info@nigc.gov, 

subject: PRA reinstatements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Hoenig at (202) 632–7003; fax 

(202) 632–7066 (not toll-free numbers). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Request for Comments 

You are invited to comment on the 

following items: 

(a) Whether the collections of 

information are necessary 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 burdens (including the 

hours and cost) of the proposed 

collections of information, including the 

validity of the methodologies and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(d) Ways to minimize the burdens of 

the collections of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

collection techniques or forms of 

information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

become a matter of public record. 

II. Data 

Title: Compliance and Enforcement. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0001. 

Background: IGRA governs the 

regulation of gaming on Indian lands. 

Although IGRA places primary 

responsibility with the tribes for 

regulating their gaming activity, 

§ 2706(b) directs the NIGC to monitor 

Class II gaming conducted on Indian 

lands on a continuing basis. IGRA 

authorizes the NIGC to access and 

inspect all papers, books and records 

relating to gross revenues of Class II 

gaming conducted on Indian lands and 

any other matters necessary to carry out 

the duties of the Commission. IGRA also 

requires tribes to provide NIGC with 

annual independent audits of gaming, 

including contracts in excess of 

$25,000.00. 25 U.S.C. 2710(b)(2)(c), (d); 

25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(1)(A)(ii). In 

accordance with these statutory 

responsibilities, NIGC regulations, 25 

CFR 571.7, requires Indian gaming 

operations to keep permanent financial 

records. NIGC regulations, 25 CFR 

571.12 and 571.13, require tribes to 

annually submit an independent audit 

of their gaming operations to NIGC. The 

NIGC uses this information to fulfill its 

statutory responsibilities under IGRA. 

Additionally, IGRA, 25 U.S.C. 2713, 

authorizes the NIGC Chair to issue 

notices of violation, civil fine 

assessments, and closure orders for 

violations of the Act or the 

Commission’s regulations. This 

authority is implemented through 25 

CFR part 575. The full Commission 

reviews these matters on appeal under 

25 CFR part 577. 

Brief Description of Collection: This 

collection is mandatory and allows the 

NIGC to conduct its statutory duty to 

regulate Indian gaming. No additional 

burden is imposed by the requirements 

to maintain customary business records 

and to allow NIGC personnel access to 

those records. 

Respondents: Indian tribal gaming 

operations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

422. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 1,395. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

range of time can vary from no 

additional burden hours to 50 burden 

hours for one item. 

Frequency of Responses: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 6,752. 

Title: Approval of Class II and Class 

III Ordinances, Background 

Investigations, and Gaming Licenses. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0003. 

Background: The Act sets standards 

for the regulation of gaming, including 

requirements for approval or 

disapproval of tribal gaming ordinances. 

IGRA, § 2705(a)(3), requires the NIGC 

Chair to review all class II and class III 

tribal gaming ordinances. 

In accordance with this provision, 

NIGC regulations, 25 CFR 522.2, require 

tribes to submit to the NIGC: (1) A copy 

of the gaming ordinance to be approved, 

including a copy of the authorizing 

resolution by which it was enacted by 

the tribal government and a request for 

approval of the ordinance or resolution; 

(2) a description of procedures the tribe 

will employ in conducting background 


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