Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 115 /Tuesday, June 16, 1998 / Notices 32893

OMB Number: 1076-(new).

Affected Entities: Individual members

of Indian tribes who are living on or

near a reservation or in a legislatively

mandated service area.

Frequency of Response: Annual.

Estimated Number of Annual

Responses: 554.

Estimated Time per Application: 1

hour.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 554 hours.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98–15967 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Request for Approval of a New

Information Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

announces its intention to request

approval of a new information

collection to collect taxpayer

identification numbers from those doing

business with BLM. The BLM needs this

information in case an entity fails to

timely pay money owed, in which case

BLM may refer the matter to the

Treasury Department for collection.

DATES: Please provide any comments on

the proposed collection by August 17,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed

to: Bureau of Land Management,

Accounting Group (BC–610), National

Business Center, P.O. Box 25047,

Denver, Colorado 80225–0047, or

Bureau of Land Management,

Regulatory Affairs Group (WO–630),

1849 C St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dorothy Butler, (303) 236–6332.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.12(a), BLM

is required to provide a 60-day notice in

the Federal Register concerning a

collection of information to solicit

comments on (a) whether the proposed

collection is necessary for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of

the agency’s estimate of the burden of

the proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden 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. BLM will receive and

analyze any comments received and

include them with its request for

approval from the Office of Management

and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

The Debt Collection Improvement Act

of 1996 (DCIA), 31 U.S.C. 3701, contains

a number of provisions that affect how

BLM does business. One of the more

significant provisions allows BLM to

refer debts delinquent over 180 days to

the Treasury Department for collection.

Another provision gives the Treasury

Department increased flexibility in

seeking to collect the debts by various

offsets of payments, including tax

refunds.

The DCIA requires that all Federal

disbursements include the payee’s

Social Security Number or Taxpayer

Identification Number (SSN/TIN). This

information aids the Treasury

Department in matching debtors to

payments and in seeking those

payments from the debtors.

BLM is seeking to implement the

SSN/TIN requirement by creating a

specific form, requesting the payee’s full

name, address, and SSN/TIN. The name

and address will be used to identify the

payee and the SSN/TIN will be used for

debt collection purposes, if necessary.

We plan to print the form on colored

paper so that it can be removed from

files to which the public has access. The

information will not be available to the

public electronically, as the SSN/TIN

are data protected under the Privacy

Act.

Respondents are those entities who do

business with BLM; these include

licensees, permittees, lessees, and

contract holders. Individuals who pay

one-time recreation fees will not be

affected. BLM estimates that there will

be 120,000 respondents the first year.

The number is expected to decrease to

5,000 respondents annually after the

first year, since collecting the

information will be a one-time

occurrence and only those newly doing

business with BLM will need to supply

the information. Each respondent will

take an estimated 1 minute to supply

the information, for a total burden hour

estimate the first year of 20,000 hours;

thereafter, the burden hour estimate will

be approximately 83 hours.

Dated: June 9, 1998.

Carole Smith,

Information Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–15866 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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Resource Advisory Councils—Notice

of Renewal and Reestablishment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

renewal and reestablishment of three of

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Resource Advisory Councils for the

States of Arizona, Montana, and New

Mexico by the Secretary of the Interior

in accordance with the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA) of 1972, 5 U.S.C. Appendix. The

Secretary has determined that the

Councils are necessary and in the public

interest. Copies of the Council charters

will be filed with the appropriate

committees of Congress and the Library

of Congress in accordance with Section

9(c) of FACA.

The three Councils are: Arizona

Resource Advisory Council; Miles City

Resource Advisory Council (Montana);

and New Mexico Resource Advisory

Council.

The Federal Land Policy and

Management Act, as amended, requires

the Secretary of the Interior to establish

advisory councils to provide advice

concerning the problems relating to land

use planning and the management of

public lands within the area for which

the advisory councils are established.

The Councils will provide

representative counsel and advice to

BLM on the planning and management

of the public lands as well as advice on

other public land resource issues.

Council members will be residents of

the State or States in which the Council

has jurisdiction and will be appointed

by the Secretary of the Interior.

The purpose of the Councils is to

advise the Secretary of the Interior,

through the BLM, on a variety of

planning and management issues

associated with the management of the

public lands. The Councils’

responsibilites include providing advice

to BLM regarding the preparation,

amendment, and implementation of

land use plans; providing advice on

long-range planning and establishing