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(3) What improvements would you

recommend for the Lacreek Refuge (or

any specific unit)?

The Service has provided the above

questions for your optional use. There is

no requirement to provide information

to the Service. The Planning Team

developed the above questions to

facilitate gathering of information about

individual issues and ideas concerning

the Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge.

Comments received by the Planning

Team will be used as part of the

planning process, individual comments

will not be referenced in our reports or

directly responded to.

There was an advertised open house

on November 13, 1997, which provided

the opportunity to scope issues and

concerns. Comments may also be

provided anytime during the planning

process by writing to the above address.

All information provided voluntarily by

mail, phone, or at public meetings

becomes part of the official public

record (e.g., names, addresses, letters of

comment, input recorded during

meetings). If requested under the

Freedom of Information Act by a private

citizen or organization, the Service may

provide copies of such information.

The environmental review of this

project will be conducted in accordance

with the requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), NEPA

Regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508), other

appropriate Federal laws and

regulations, Executive Order 12996

(Management and Public Use of the

National Wildlife Refuge System), the

National Wildlife Refuge System

Improvement Act of 1997, and Service

policies and procedures for compliance

with those regulations.

We estimate that the draft

environmental documents will be

available for review in December 1998.

Dated: January 14, 1998.

Terry T. Terrell,

Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities; Comment

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs—

Office of Indian Education Programs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Information Collection Request for the

Tribally Controlled Community College

Grant Application Form, OMB #1076–

018, and the Tribally Controlled

Community College Annual Report

Form, OMB #1076–0105, require

reinstatement. The proposed

information collection requirement,

with no appreciable changes, described

below will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–

13, 44 U.S.C. 350(c)(2)(A). The Bureau

is soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before March 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be mailed

to Director, Office of Indian Education

Programs, Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street,

NW, Mail Stop 3512–MIB, Washington

D.C. 20240, or hand delivered to Room

3512 at the above address. All written

comments will be available for public

inspection in Room 3543 of the Main

Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW,

Washington D.C., from 9:00 a.m. until

3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Garry R. Martin, Bureau of Indian

Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1849

C Street, NW, Mail Stop 3512,

Washington D.C. 20240. Telephone

202–208–3478.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The information collection is

necessary to assess the need for

financial assistance and annual

performance in accordance with 25

CFR, part 41—Grants To Tribally

Controlled Community Colleges And

Navajo Community College.

II. Method of Collection

The Tribally Controlled Community

Colleges and Navajo Community College

regulations provided in 25 CFR part

41.9, subpart A and 25 CFR part 41.25,

subpart B contain the program

requirements which govern the

program. Information collected from the

institutions will be used for the

continued operation and improvement

of tribally controlled community

colleges to ensure continued and

expanded opportunities for Indian

students.

III. Data

(1) Titles of the Collection of

Information are (a) Tribally Controlled

Community College Grant Application,

OMB No. 1076–018. Expiration Date: 6–

30–93; Type of Review: Reinstatement

of an approved information collection

form; and (b) Tribally Controlled

Community College Annual Report,

OMB No. 1076–0105. Expiration Date:

8–31–93; Type of Review:

Reinstatement of an approved

information collection form.

(2) Summary of the Collection of

Information: The collection of

information provides pertinent data

concerning institutional need and

annual performance of the Tribally

Controlled Community Colleges.

(3) Affected Entities: Tribally

Controlled Community Colleges

(4) Description of the need for the

information and proposed use of the

information: Submission of an annual

grant application (OMB No. 1076–018),

is required by statute. Submission of the

annual report (OMB No. 1076–0105) is

necessary to assess an annual

performance for the expenditure of

funds received under the authorizing

Act. The information is needed to

ensure continued support of the

establishment, operation and

improvement of tribally controlled

community colleges. The information

collected with the annual report will be

used by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or

tribal programs for fiscal accountability.

The analysis of data will be utilized for

administrative and program planning.

(5) Description of likely respondents,

including the estimated number of likely

respondents, and proposed frequency of

responses to the collection of

information: There are 25 tribal college

institutions that respond annually. The

number of likely respondents, currently

estimated at four additional institutions,

will depend on an institution’s ability to

complete the criteria for becoming an

approved tribal college.

(6) Estimate of total annual reporting

and record keeping burden that will

result from the collection of

information: 150 hours per annum. 75

hours is the estimated public reporting

burden for the 25 tribal institutions to

complete the tribally controlled

community college grant application

(OMB No. 1076–018). This form is

estimated to average three hours per

respondent that includes time for

reviewing the instructions, gathering

and maintaining data and completing

the form. 75 hours is the estimated

public reporting burden for the 25 tribal

institutions to complete the tribally

controlled community college annual

report (OMB No. 1076–0105). This form

is estimated to average three hours per

respondent that includes time for

reviewing the instructions, gathering

and maintaining data and completing

the form. Estimated Total Annual

Burden Hours: 150 hours. Estimated
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Annual Costs: $2,700.00 (150 hours

@$18.00/hour).

IV. Request for Comments

The Department of the Interior invites

comments on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is 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 burden (including the hours and

cost) of the proposed collection of

information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumption used;

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to 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 collection techniques or other

forms of information technology.

Burden means the total time, effort, or

financial resources expended by persons

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose

or provide information to or for a

Federal agency. This includes the time

needed to review instructions, to

develop, acquire, install and utilize

technology and systems for the purpose

of collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information and disclosing

and providing information; to search

data sources; to complete and review

the collection of information; and to

transmit or otherwise disclose the

information.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they will become a matter of public

record.

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

Office of Management and Budget

control number.

Dated: December 9, 1997.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

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