10818 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 38 / Friday, February 25, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[2231A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 

1076–0134] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Student Transportation 

Form 

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 Education (BIE) are 

proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior by email at 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via 

facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to 

Steven Mullen, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Office of Regulatory 

Affairs and Collaborative Action— 

Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the 

Interior, 1001 Indian School Road NW, 

Suite 229, Albuquerque, New Mexico 

87104; or by email to comments@

bia.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1076–0134 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Jake Coury, Program 

Analyst, telephone: (505) 239–9068. 

You may also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 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 October 

18, 2021 (86 FR 57686). We received 

one comment in response to that notice. 

Comment 1: The respondent 

supported the information collection, 

stating in their opinion that the 

information collection is necessary to 

determine the allocation of 

transportation funds and meet the 

transportation needs of American Indian 

students in the state of Wisconsin; and 

helpful for American Indian students 

served by Bureau-funded schools. 

Agency Response to Comment 1: The 

Bureau greatly appreciates the support 

of our partners who both use the ISEP 

transportation program as well as other 

external partners in support of our data 

collection practices to most efficiently 

distribute the funds appropriated by 

Congress under the ISEP Transportation 

program. We are continuously working 

to improve our processes and are 

currently in the process of updating our 

WebET system and administration of 

the system so that as a Bureau we 

continue working to fulfill the goals of 

the GPEA. 

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: The BIE is requesting 

renewal of OMB approval for the 

Student Transportation Form. The 

Student Transportation regulations in 

25 CFR part 39, subpart G, contain the 

program eligibility and criteria that 

govern the allocation of transportation 

funds. Information collected from the 

schools will be used to determine the 

rate per mile. The information 

collection provides transportation 

mileage for Bureau-funded schools, 

which determines the allocation of 

transportation funds. This information 

is collected using a web-based system, 

Web Education Transportation (Web 

ET). 

Title of Collection: Student 

Transportation Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0134. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Contract and Grant schools; Bureauoperated schools. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 183 per year, on average. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 183 per year, on average. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Two hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 366 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain a Benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Once per 

year. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $0. 

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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