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Commission, and to permit the 

Department to contact a potential 

member. 

Meetings may take place at such times 

as designated by the DFO. Members are 

expected to make every effort to attend 

all meetings. Members may not appoint 

deputies or alternates. 

Dated: February 20, 2015. 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[DR.5B811.IA000913] 

Renewal of Agency Information 

Collection for Tribal Energy Resource 

Agreements 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs is 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request for 

approval for the collection of 

information titled ‘‘25 CFR 224, Tribal 

Energy Resource Agreements’’ (TERAs) 

under the Office of Indian Energy and 

Economic Development Office (IEED). 

This information collection is currently 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

1076–0167, which expires March 31, 

2015. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 23, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the information collection to the 

Desk Officer for the Department of the 

Interior at the Office of Management and 

Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806 

or you may send an email to: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. Please 

send a copy of your comments to Mr. 

Stephen Manydeeds, Chief, Division of 

Energy and Mineral Development, 

13922 Denver West Parkway, Suite 200, 

Lakewood, CO 80401; facsimile: (303) 

969–5273; email: 

Stephen.Manydeeds@bia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Stephen Manydeeds, telephone: (720) 

407–0600. You may review the 

information collection request online at 

http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to review Department of the 

Interior collections under review by 

OMB. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Energy Policy Act of 2005, 25 

U.S.C. 3504 authorizes the Secretary of 

the Interior to approve individual Tribal 

Energy Resource Agreements (TERAs). 

The intent of these agreements is to 

promote tribal oversight and 

management of energy resource 

development on tribal lands and further 

the goal of Indian self-determination. A 

TERA offers a tribe an alternative for 

developing energy-related business 

agreements and awarding leases and 

granting rights-of-way for energy 

facilities without having to obtain 

further approval from the Secretary. 

This information collection 

conducted under TERA regulations at 

25 CFR 224 will allow IEED to 

determine the capacity of tribes to 

manage the development of energy 

resources on tribal lands. This 

information collection: 

• Enables IEED to engage in a 

consultation process with tribes that is 

designed to foster optimal pre-planning 

of development proposals and speed up 

the review and approval process for 

TERA agreements; 

• Provides wide public notice and 

opportunity for review of TERA 

agreements by the public, industry, and 

government agencies; 

• Ensures that the public has an 

avenue for review of the performance of 

tribes in implementing a TERA; 

• Creates a process for preventing 

damage to sensitive resources as well as 

ensuring that the public has fully 

communicated with the tribe in the 

petition process; 

• Ensures that a tribe is fully aware of 

any attempt by the Department of the 

Interior to resume management 

authority over energy resources on tribal 

lands; and 

• Ensures that the tribal government 

fully endorses any relinquishment of a 

TERA. 

II. Request for Comments 

On January 13, 2015, the BIA 

published a notice announcing the 

renewal of this information collection 

and provided a 60-day comment period 

in the Federal Register (80 FR 1662). 

There were no comments received in 

response to this notice. 

The BIA 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 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. 

Please note that an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays 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. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address or other 

personally identifiable 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. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0167. 

Title: 25 CFR 224, Tribal Energy 

Resource Agreements. 

Brief Description of Collection: 

Submission of this information is 

required for Indian tribes to apply for, 

implement, reassume, or rescind a 

TERA that has been entered into in 

accordance with the Energy Policy Act 

of 2005 and 25 CFR 224. This collection 

also requires the tribe to notify the 

public of certain actions. A response is 

required to obtain a benefit. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Federally recognized 

Indian tribes. 

Number of Respondents: 14. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Time per Response: Ranges 

from 32 hours to 1,080 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

10,752 hours. 

Estimated Total Non-hour Cost 

Burden: $48,200. 

Dated: March 18, 2015. 

Elizabeth K. Appel, 

Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and 

Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. 

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