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directorate, or any unique identifying 

number assigned to the request, if 

applicable. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records will be held in accordance 

with National Archives and Records 

Administration, General Records 

Schedule 2.3, Employee Relations 

Records, item 20, Reasonable 

accommodation case files. These 

records include individual employee 

files created, received, and maintained 

by reasonable accommodation, 

diversity/disability programs, employee 

relations coordinators, supervisors, 

administrators, or Human Resource 

specialists containing records of 

requests for reasonable accommodation 

and/or assistive technology devices and 

services that have been requested for or 

by an employee. This includes requests, 

approvals and denials, notice of 

procedures for informal dispute 

resolution or appeal processes, forms, 

correspondence, records of oral 

conversations, policy guidance 

documents, medical records, supporting 

notes, and documentation. These 

records are temporary and will be 

destroyed three (3) years after employee 

separation from the agency or all 

appeals are concluded, whichever is 

later. However, longer retention is 

authorized if required for business use. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

DHS safeguards records in this system 

according to applicable rules and 

policies, including all applicable DHS 

automated systems security and access 

policies. DHS has imposed strict 

controls to minimize the risk of 

compromising the information that is 

being stored. Access to the computer 

system containing the records in this 

system is limited to those individuals 

who have a need to know the 

information for the performance of their 

official duties and who have appropriate 

clearances or permissions. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to and 

notification of any record contained in 

this system of records, or seeking to 

contest its content, may submit a 

request in writing to the Component 

Privacy Officer and Component 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

Officer, whose contact information can 

be found at http://www.dhs.gov/foia 

under ‘‘Contact Information.’’ If an 

individual believes more than one 

component maintains Privacy Act 

records concerning him or her, the 

individual may submit the request to 

the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief 

Freedom of Information Act Officer, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528–0655, or 

electronically at https://www.dhs.gov/ 

dhs-foia-privacy-act-requestsubmission-form. Even if neither the 

Privacy Act nor the Judicial Redress Act 

provide a right of access, certain records 

about the individual be available under 

the Freedom of Information Act. 

When an individual is seeking records 

about himself or herself from this 

system of records or any other 

Departmental system of records, the 

individual’s request must conform with 

the Privacy Act regulations set forth in 

6 CFR part 5. The individual must first 

verify his/her identity, meaning that the 

individual must provide his/her full 

name, current address, and date and 

place of birth. The individual must sign 

the request, and the individual’s 

signature must either be notarized or 

submitted under 28 U.S.C. 1746, a law 

that permits statements to be made 

under penalty of perjury as a substitute 

for notarization. An individual may 

obtain more information about this 

process at http://www.dhs.gov/foia. In 

addition, the individual should, 

whenever possible: 

• Explain why he or she believes the 

Department would have information 

being requested; 

• Identify which component(s) of the 

Department he or she believes may have 

the information; 

• Specify when the individual 

believes the records would have been 

created; and 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DHS component agency may 

have responsive records; 

If the request is seeking records 

pertaining to another living individual, 

the request must include an 

authorization from the individual whose 

record is being requested, authorizing 

the release to the requester. 

Without the above information, DHS 

may not be able to conduct an effective 

search, and the individual’s request may 

be denied due to lack of specificity or 

lack of compliance with applicable 

regulations. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

For records covered by the Privacy 

Act or covered Judicial Redress Act 

records, individuals may make a request 

for amendment or correction of a record 

of the Department about the individual 

by writing directly to the Department 

component that maintains the record, 

unless the record is not subject to 

amendment or correction. The request 

should identify each particular record in 

question, state the amendment or 

correction desired, and state why the 

individual believes that the record is not 

accurate, relevant, timely, or complete. 

The individual may submit any 

documentation that would be helpful. If 

the individual believes that the same 

record is in more than one system of 

records, the request should state that 

and be addressed to each component 

that maintains a system of records 

containing the record. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Record Access Procedures’’ 

above. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

76 FR 41274 (July 13, 2011). 

* * * * * 

Lynn P. Dupree, 

Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX20DJ73GY14000; OMB Control Number 

1028–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Local and Indigenous 

Knowledge of Permafrost Dynamics in 

the Yukon River Basin 

AGENCY: Geological Survey, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, we, the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) are proposing a new information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 2, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Comments may be 

submitted by mail to the U.S. Geological 

Survey, Information Collections 

Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley 


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Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; and 

by email to gs-info_collections@

usgs.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1028–NEW in the subject line 

of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this Information Collection Request 

(ICR,) contact Nicole Herman-Mercer by 

email at nhmercer@usgs.gov, or by 

telephone at 303–236–5031. You may 

also view the ICR at http://

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

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. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA 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 March 2, 

2021, 86 FR, 12202. 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 under this request; and 

(4) How the agency might minimize 

the burden of the collection of this 

information on those being asked 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. 

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 personally identifiable 

information (PII) in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your PII—may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your PII from public review, 

we cannot guarantee that we will be 

able to do so. 

Abstract: We will collect narrative 

information regarding knowledge and 

observations of permafrost dynamics in 

communities in the Yukon River Basin 

in Alaska. Narrative information will be 

collected via semi-structured interviews 

with active land users in specific 

communities as well as relevant city, 

tribal council, and village corporation 

staff. Questions will focus on 

observations of landscape change and 

infrastructure damage indicative of 

permafrost thaw. This information will 

allow for a greater understanding of 

permafrost dynamics in the region as 

well as the impacts that thaw has on 

communities. This information will be 

used to inform future permafrost 

monitoring efforts in the region, and it 

will be provided to communities for 

adaptation planning. 

Title of Collection: Local and 

Indigenous Knowledge of Permafrost 

Dynamics across the Yukon River Basin. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: New. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 180. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 180. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 45 minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 135. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 

Total Estimated Annual Non Hour 

Burden Cost: None. 

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.). 

Jennifer Rapp, 

Chief, Decision Support Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06943 Filed 3–31–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4338–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[223A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900] 

Rate Adjustments for Indian Irrigation 

Projects 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) owns or has an interest in 

irrigation projects located on or 

associated with various Indian 

reservations throughout the United 

States. We are required to establish 

irrigation assessment rates to recover the 

costs to administer, operate, maintain, 

and rehabilitate these projects. We 

request your comments on the proposed 

rate adjustments. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

comments on the proposed rate 

adjustments on or before May 31, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: All comments on the 

proposed rate adjustments must be in 

writing. You may send comments via 

email to comments@bia.gov. Please 

reference ‘‘Rate Adjustments for Indian 

Irrigation Projects’’ in the subject line. 

Or you may submit comments to the 

Chief, Division of Water and Power, 

Office of Trust Services, 13922 Denver 

West Parkway, Suite 300, Lakewood, 

Colorado 80401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Fisher, Chief, Division of Water & 

Power, Office of Trust Services, (406) 

657–5985. For details about a particular 

irrigation project, please use the tables 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section to contact the BIA regional or 

local office where the irrigation project 

is located. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The first 

table in this notice provides contact 

information for individuals who can 

give further information about the 

irrigation projects covered by this 

notice. The second table provides the 

proposed rates for calendar year (CY) 

2023 for all irrigation projects. 

What is the meaning of the key terms 

used in this notice? 

In this notice: 


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