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from us. We will also publish an 

announcement of a public meeting 

tentatively to be held approximately 5 

months prior to CoP18; that meeting 

will enable us to receive public input on 

our positions regarding CoP18 issues. 

The procedures for developing U.S. 

documents and negotiating positions for 

a meeting of the Conference of the 

Parties to CITES are outlined in 50 CFR 

23.87. As noted, we may modify or 

suspend the procedures outlined there if 

they would interfere with the timely or 

appropriate development of documents 

for submission to the CoP and of U.S. 

negotiating positions. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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. 

If you submit a hardcopy comment that 

includes personal identifying 

information, you may request at the top 

of your document that we withhold this 

information from public review; 

however, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Author 

The primary author of this notice is 

Thomas E.J. Leuteritz, Division of 

Scientific Authority, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Gregory J. Sheehan, 

Principal Deputy Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[189A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900253G; OMB Control 

Number 1076–0182] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Sovereignty in Indian 

Education Grant Program 

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 

26, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to the Dr. Maureen Lesky, 

Bureau of Indian Education, 1011 

Indian School Road NW, Albuquerque, 

NM 87104; or by email to 

Maureen.Lesky@bie.edu. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1076– 

0182 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact to Dr. Maureen Lesky 

by email at Maureen.Lesky@bie.edu, or 

by telephone at (505) 563–5397. 

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. 

We are soliciting comments on the 

proposed ICR that is described below. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following 

issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to 

the proper functions of the BIE; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

BIE enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the BIE 

minimize the burden of this collection 

on the respondents, including through 

the use of information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. 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: Indian Tribes and Tribal 

Organizations may submit proposals to 

support their efforts to take control and 

operate BIE-funded schools located on 

the tribe’s reservation. Each proposal 

must include a project narrative, a 

budget narrative, a work plan outline, 

and a Project Director to manage the 

execution of the grant. The Project 

Directors will participate in monthly 

collaboration meetings, submit quarterly 

budget updates, ensure an annual report 

is submitted at the end of each project 

year, and ultimately ensure that the 

tribal education agency fulfills the 

obligations of the grant. 

Title of Collection: Sovereignty in 

Indian Education Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0182. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Indian 

Tribes and/or Tribal Education 

Departments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 11 per year. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 55 per year. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Ranges from 1 hour to 40 

hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 682 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain a Benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Proposals 

and Annual reports once per year and 

Budget Reports are submitted 4 times 

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.). 

Elizabeth K. Appel, 

Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and 

Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. 

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