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We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency 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 response. 

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: As codified in 25 U.S.C. 

4001 et seq., The American Indian Trust 

Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 

(the Reform Act) makes provisions for 

the Bureau of Trust Funds 

Administration (formerly known as the 

Office of the Special Trustee for 

American Indians) to administer trust 

fund accounts for individuals and 

Tribes. This collection of information is 

required to fulfill the mission of the 

Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 

(BTFA) and the Secretary of the 

Interior’s responsibility for evaluating 

all Public Law 93–638 Compact Tribes 

administering or managing trust 

programs, functions, services, and/or 

activities on behalf of the Secretary of 

the Interior. This responsibility is 

federally mandated pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 458cc(d) and 25 CFR 1000.350. 

BTFA is responsible under 25 U.S.C. 

4041 for overseeing the implementation 

of trust reforms, trust accounting, and 

coordination of trust policies intrabureau-wide related to the management 

of Indian trust funds and assets. The 

BTFA, Division of Trust Evaluation and 

Review (DTER), formerly the Office of 

Trust Audit and Review (OTRA), is 

responsible for conducting tribal trust 

evaluations on Tribes performing Indian 

trust programs and functions pursuant 

to a Tribal Self-Governance Compact or 

Annual Funding Agreement. In 

addition, DTER has a congressional 

mandate to conduct Annual Tribal Trust 

Evaluations for Tribes that compact 

trust programs, functions, services, and/ 

or activities under Public Law 93–638 

Self-Governance Compacts on behalf of 

the Secretary of the Interior. This 

authority is contained in 25 U.S.C. 

5363(d)(1) & (2) and the enabling 

regulations in 25 CFR 1000.350. DTER 

currently collects Indian trust data and 

documentation from Tribes in 

fulfillment of performing the Tribal trust 

evaluations for compacted Tribes. These 

evaluations are enabled by performing 

desk reviews (via email electronic 

questionnaires), and on-site visits to 

Tribes. 

Under 25 CFR 1000.355, the 

Secretary’s designated representative 

will conduct trust evaluations for each 

self-governance Tribe that has an annual 

funding agreement. The end result is the 

issuance of a report, which is required 

by 25 CFR 1000.365. Currently, DTER 

conducts either desk reviews and/or onsite reviews (pre- and post-COVID–19 

pandemic) of trust operations where a 

Tribe has compacted a trust program. 

During that review, under current 

methodology, interviews are conducted 

and documents are requested. A draft 

report is written and provided to the 

Tribe for comment where applicable. 

Comments received back are 

incorporated into the report, and a final 

report is issued to the Tribe. 

Title of Collection: Tribal Trust 

Evaluations for Public Law 93–639 

Compact Tribes. 

OMB Control Number: 1035–0005. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Tribes 

that have an annual funding agreement 

in place to compact Indian trust 

programs. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 64 Tribes. Federal 

agencies are exempt from the PRA and 

are not included in the total annual 

respondents/responses/burden hour 

estimates. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,024. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 2 hours for reporting and 1 

hour for recordkeeping. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 3,072. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Frequency of Collection: Once per 

fiscal or calendar year (year the 

respective Tribe operates under). 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

Authority 

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.). 

Steven Mullen, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative 

Action—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[256A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 

1076–0135] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Reporting System for 

Demonstration Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are 

proposing to renew an information 

collection with revisions. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 9, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

(OIRA) through https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRA/ 

icrPublicCommentRequest?ref_

nbr=202405-1076-009 or by visiting 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain and selecting ‘‘Currently 

under Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ and then scrolling down to 

the ‘‘Department of the Interior.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Steven Mullen, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs and 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 6, 2024 / Notices 88059 

Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, 1001 

Indian School Road NW, Suite 229, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104; 

comments@bia.gov; (202) 924–2650. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. You 

may also view the ICR at https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

Forward?SearchTarget=

PRA&textfield=1076-0135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on June 21, 

2024 (89 FR 52076). No comments were 

received. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency 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 response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. 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: This information allows the 

Division of Workforce Development 

(DWD), which reports to the BIA— 

Indian Services, to document 

satisfactory compliance with statutory, 

regulatory, and other requirements of 

the various integrated programs. Public 

Law 102–477 authorized tribal 

governments to integrate federally 

funded employment, training, and 

related services and programs into a 

single, coordinated, comprehensive 

service delivery plan. Funding agencies 

include the Department of Labor and the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. BIA is statutorily required to 

serve as the lead agency and provides a 

single, universal report format for use by 

tribal governments to report on 

integrated activities and expenditures. 

The DWD shares the information 

collected from these reports with the 

Department of Labor and the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

Proposed Revisions 

BIA proposes to revise the narrative 

report instructions for the information 

collection. All proposed revisions to 

this information collection were drafted 

in partnership with the Tribal Public 

Law 477 Work Group and presented 

during the September 26, 2023 (88 FR 

55472) and August 29, 2024 (89 FR 

63963) meetings. 

Title of Collection: Reporting System 

for Public Law 102–477 Demonstration 

Project. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0135. 

Form Number: BIA–8205. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Indian 

tribes participating in Public Law 102– 

477 and individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 258. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 258. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from half an hour to 

six hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,017. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain a Benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Once 

annually for the reporting, and once 

annually for the job placement and 

training application. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $355. 

Authority 

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.). 

Steven Mullen, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative 

Action—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25780 Filed 11–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[256A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 

1076–0190] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Indian Highway Safety 

Grants 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are 

proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 6, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

(OIRA) through https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRA/ 

icrPublicCommentRequest?ref_

nbr=202405-1076-012 or by visiting 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain and selecting ‘‘Currently 

under Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ and then scrolling down to 

the ‘‘Department of the Interior.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Steven Mullen, 


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