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plat of survey identified in the notice of 

protest will be stayed pending 

consideration of the protest. A plat of 

survey will not be officially filed until 

the next business day following 

dismissal or resolution of all protests of 

the plat. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in a 

notice of protest or statement of reasons, 

you should be aware that the documents 

you submit—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available in their entirety at 

any time. While you can ask us to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

(Authority: 43 U.S.C., Chapter 3) 

Mary J.M. Hartel, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor of Oregon/ 

Washington. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

Renewals of Information Collections 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming 

Commission, Interior. 

ACTION: Second notice of request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

(NIGC or Commission) is announcing its 

submission, concurrently with the 

publication of this notice or soon 

thereafter, of the following information 

collection requests to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. The Commission 

is seeking comments on the renewal of 

information collections for the following 

activities: (i) Indian gaming 

management contract-related 

submissions, as authorized by Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Control 

Number 3141–0004 (expires on June 30, 

2022); (ii) Indian gaming fee paymentsrelated submissions, as authorized by 

OMB Control Number 3141–0007 

(expires on June 30, 2022); (iii) 

minimum internal control standards for 

class II gaming submission and 

recordkeeping requirements, as 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

3141–0009 (expires on June 30, 2022); 

(iv) facility license-related submission 

and recordkeeping requirements, as 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

3141–0012 (expires on June 30, 2022); 

and (v) minimum technical standards 

for class II gaming systems and 

equipment submission and 

recordkeeping requirements, as 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

3141–0014 (expires on June 30, 2022). 

DATES: The OMB has up to 60 days to 

approve or disapprove the information 

collection requests, but may respond 

after 30 days. Therefore, public 

comments should be submitted to OMB 

by July 21, 2022 in order to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly 

to OMB’s Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Policy Analyst/ 

Desk Officer for the National Indian 

Gaming Commission. Comments can 

also be emailed to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov, include reference to 

‘‘NIGC PRA Renewals’’ in the subject 

line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including copies of 

the proposed information collection 

requests and supporting documentation, 

contact Tim Osumi at (202) 632–7003; 

fax (202) 632–7066 (not toll-free 

numbers). You may also review these 

information collection requests by going 

to http://www.reginfo.gov (Information 

Collection Review, Currently Under 

Review, Agency: National Indian 

Gaming Commission). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The gathering of this information is in 

keeping with the purposes of the Indian 

Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA or 

the Act), Public Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 

2701, et seq., which include: providing 

a statutory basis for the operation of 

gaming by Indian tribes as a means of 

promoting tribal economic 

development, self-sufficiency, and 

strong tribal governments; ensuring that 

the Indian tribe is the primary 

beneficiary of the gaming operation; and 

declaring that the establishment of 

independent federal regulatory 

authority for gaming on Indian lands, 

the establishment of federal standards 

for gaming on Indian lands, and the 

establishment of the Commission are 

necessary to meet congressional 

concerns regarding gaming and to 

protect such gaming as a means of 

generating tribal revenue. 25 U.S.C. 

2702. The Act established the 

Commission and laid out a 

comprehensive framework for the 

regulation of gaming on Indian lands. 

II. Data 

Title: Management Contract 

Provisions. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0004. 

Brief Description of Collection: The 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA or 

the Act), Public Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 

2701, et seq., established the National 

Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC or 

Commission) and laid out a 

comprehensive framework for the 

regulation of gaming on Indian lands. 

Amongst other actions necessary to 

carry out the Commission’s statutory 

duties, the Act requires the NIGC 

Chairman to review and approve all 

management contracts for the operation 

and management of class II and/or class 

III gaming activities, and to conduct 

background investigations of persons 

with direct or indirect financial interests 

in, and management responsibility for, 

management contracts. 25 U.S.C. 2710, 

2711. The Commission is authorized to 

‘‘promulgate such regulations and 

guidelines as it deems appropriate to 

implement’’ IGRA. 25 U.S.C. 

2706(b)(10). The Commission has 

promulgated parts 533, 535, and 537 of 

title 25, Code of Federal Regulations, to 

implement these statutory requirements. 

Section 533.2 requires a tribe or 

management contractor to submit a 

management contract for review within 

60 days of execution, and to submit all 

of the items specified in § 533.3. Section 

535.1 requires a tribe to submit an 

amendment to a management contract 

within 30 days of execution, and to 

submit all of the items specified in 

§ 535.1(c). Section 535.2 requires a tribe 

or a management contractor, upon 

execution, to submit the assignment by 

a management contractor of its rights 

under a previously approved 

management contract. Section 537.1 

requires a management contractor to 

submit all of the items specified in 

§ 537.1(b),(c) in order for the 

Commission to conduct background 

investigations on: each person with 

management responsibility for a 

management contract; each person who 

is a director of a corporation that is a 

party to a management contract; the ten 

persons who have the greatest direct or 

indirect financial interest in a 

management contract; any entity with a 

financial interest in a management 

contract; and any other person with a 

direct or indirect financial interest in a 

management contract, as otherwise 

designated by the Commission. This 

collection is mandatory, and the benefit 

to the respondents is the approval of 

Indian gaming management contracts, 

and any amendments thereto. 

Respondents: Tribal governing bodies 

and management contractors. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

29. 


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Estimated Annual Responses: 41 

(submissions of contracts, contract 

amendments, contract assignments, and 

background investigation material). 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Depending on the type of submission, 

the range of time can vary from 1.0 

burden hours to 16.0 burden hours for 

one item. 

Frequency of Response: Usually no 

more than once per year. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours on Respondents: 401. 

Estimated Total Non-hour Cost 

Burden: $19,729. 

Title: Fees. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0007. 

Brief Description of Collection: The 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA or 

the Act), 25 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., laid out 

a comprehensive framework for the 

regulation of gaming on Indian lands. 

Amongst other actions necessary to 

carry out the Commission’s statutory 

duties, the Act requires Indian tribes 

that conduct a class II and/or class III 

gaming activity to pay annual fees to the 

Commission on the basis of the 

assessable gross revenues of each 

gaming operation using rates established 

by the Commission. 25 U.S.C. 2717. The 

Commission is authorized to 

‘‘promulgate such regulations and 

guidelines as it deems appropriate to 

implement’’ IGRA. 25 U.S.C. 

2706(b)(10). The Commission has 

promulgated part 514 of title 25, Code 

of Federal Regulations, to implement 

these statutory requirements. 

Section 514.6 requires a tribe to 

submit, along with its fee payments, 

quarterly fee statements (worksheets) 

showing its assessable gross revenues 

for the previous fiscal year in order to 

support the computation of fees paid by 

each gaming operation. Section 514.7 

requires a tribe to submit a notice 

within 30 days after a gaming operation 

changes its fiscal year. Section 514.15 

allows a tribe to submit fingerprint 

cards to the Commission for processing 

by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

(FBI), along with a fee to cover the 

NIGC’s and FBI’s cost to process the 

fingerprint cards on behalf of the tribes. 

Part of this collection is mandatory and 

the other part is voluntary. The required 

submission of the fee worksheets allows 

the Commission to both set and adjust 

fee rates, and to support the 

computation of fees paid by each 

gaming operation. In addition, the 

voluntary submission of fingerprint 

cards allows a tribe to conduct 

statutorily mandated background 

investigations on applicants for key 

employee and primary management 

official positions. 

Respondents: Indian gaming 

operations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

698. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 60,826. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Depending on the type of submission, 

the range of time can vary from 0.5 

burden hours to 2.3 burden hours for 

one item. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly (for 

fee worksheets); varies (for fingerprint 

cards and fiscal year change notices). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 33,885. 

Estimated Total Non-hour Cost 

Burden: $ 1,649,004. 

Title: Minimum Internal Control 

Standards for Class II Gaming. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0009. 

Brief Description of Collection: The 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA or 

the Act), 25 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., laid out 

a comprehensive framework for the 

regulation of gaming on Indian lands. 

Amongst other actions necessary to 

carry out the Commission’s statutory 

duties, the Act directs the Commission 

to monitor class II gaming conducted on 

Indian lands on a continuing basis in 

order to adequately shield Indian 

gaming from organized crime and other 

corrupting influences, to ensure that the 

Indian tribe is the primary beneficiary of 

the gaming operation, and to assure that 

gaming is conducted fairly and honestly 

by both the operator and players. 25 

U.S.C. 2702(2), 2706(b)(1). The 

Commission is also authorized to 

‘‘promulgate such regulations and 

guidelines as it deems appropriate to 

implement’’ IGRA. 25 U.S.C. 

2706(b)(10). The Commission has 

promulgated part 543 of title 25, Code 

of Federal Regulations, to aid it in 

monitoring class II gaming on a 

continuing basis. 

Section 543.3 requires a tribal gaming 

regulatory authority (TGRA) to submit 

to the Commission a notice requesting 

an extension to the deadline (by an 

additional six months) to achieve 

compliance with the requirements of the 

new tier after a gaming operation has 

moved from one tier to another. Section 

543.5 requires a TGRA to submit a 

detailed report after the TGRA has 

approved an alternate standard to any of 

the NIGC’s minimum internal control 

standards, and the report must contain 

all of the items specified in § 543.5(a)(2). 

Section 543.23(c) requires a tribe to 

maintain internal audit reports and to 

make such reports available to the 

Commission upon request. Section 

543.23(d) requires a tribe to submit two 

copies of the agreed-upon procedures 

(AUP) report within 120 days of the 

gaming operation’s fiscal year end. This 

collection is mandatory and allows the 

NIGC to confirm tribal compliance with 

the minimum internal control standards 

in the AUP reports. 

Respondents: Tribal governing bodies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

398. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 842. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Depending on the tier level of the 

gaming facility, the range of time can 

vary from 1.0 burden hour to 10.0 

burden hours for one AUP audit report. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hourly 

Burden to Respondents: 1,199. 

Estimated Total Non-hour Cost 

Burden: $ 3,296,800. 

Title: Facility License Notifications 

and Submissions. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0012. 

Brief Description of Collection: The 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA or 

the Act), 25 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., laid out 

a comprehensive framework for the 

regulation of gaming on Indian lands. 

Amongst other actions necessary to 

carry out the Commission’s statutory 

duties, the Act requires Indian tribes 

that conduct class II and/or class III 

gaming to issue ‘‘a separate license . . . 

for each place, facility, or location on 

Indian lands at which class II [and class 

III] gaming is conducted,’’ 25 U.S.C. 

2710(b)(1), (d)(1), and to ensure that 

‘‘the construction and maintenance of 

the gaming facilities, and the operation 

of that gaming is conducted in a manner 

which adequately protects the 

environment and public health and 

safety.’’ 25 U.S.C. 2710(b)(2)(E). The 

Commission is authorized to 

‘‘promulgate such regulations and 

guidelines as it deems appropriate to 

implement’’ IGRA. 25 U.S.C. 

2706(b)(10). The Commission has 

promulgated part 559 of title 25, Code 

of Federal Regulations, to implement 

these requirements. 

Section 559.2 requires a tribe to 

submit a notice (that a facility license is 

under consideration for issuance) at 

least 120 days before opening any new 

facility on Indian lands where class II 

and/or class III gaming will occur, with 

the notice containing all of the items 

specified in § 559.2(b). Section 559.3 

requires a tribe to submit a copy of each 

newly issued or renewed facility license 

within 30 days of issuance. Section 

559.4 requires a tribe to submit an 

attestation certifying that by issuing the 

facility license, the tribe has determined 

that the construction, maintenance, and 

operation of that gaming facility is 

conducted in a manner that adequately 

protects the environment and the public 

health and safety. Section 559.5 requires 

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if a facility license is terminated or 

expires or if a gaming operation closes 

or reopens. Section 559.6 requires a 

tribe to maintain and provide applicable 

and available Indian lands or 

environmental and public health and 

safety documentation, if requested by 

the NIGC. This collection is mandatory 

and enables the Commission to perform 

its statutory duty by ensuring that tribal 

gaming facilities on Indian lands are 

properly licensed by the tribes. 

Respondents: Indian tribal gaming 

operations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

462. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 500. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Depending on the type of submission, 

the range of time can vary from 1.0 

burden hours to 3.0 burden hours for 

one item. 

Frequency of Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Hourly 

Burden to Respondents: 966. 

Estimated Total Non-hour Cost 

Burden: $0. 

Title: Minimum Technical Standards 

for Class II Gaming Systems and 

Equipment. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0014. 

Brief Description of Collection: The 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA or 

the Act), 25 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., laid out 

a comprehensive framework for the 

regulation of gaming on Indian lands. 

Amongst other actions necessary to 

carry out the Commission’s statutory 

duties, the Act directs the Commission 

to monitor class II gaming conducted on 

Indian lands on a continuing basis in 

order to adequately shield Indian 

gaming from organized crime and other 

corrupting influences, to ensure that the 

Indian tribe is the primary beneficiary of 

the gaming operation, and to assure that 

gaming is conducted fairly and honestly 

by both the operator and players. 25 

U.S.C. 2702(2), 2706(b)(1). The Act 

allows Indian tribes to use ‘‘electronic, 

computer, or other technologic aids’’ to 

conduct class II gaming activities. 25 

U.S.C. 2703(7)(A). The Commission is 

authorized to ‘‘promulgate such 

regulations and guidelines as it deems 

appropriate to implement’’ IGRA. 25 

U.S.C. 2706(b)(10). The Commission has 

promulgated part 547 of title 25, Code 

of Federal Regulations, to aid it in 

monitoring class II gaming facilities that 

are using electronic, computer, or other 

technologic aids to conduct class II 

gaming. 

Section 547.5(a)(2) requires that, for 

any grandfathered class II gaming 

system made available for use at any 

tribal gaming operation, the tribal 

gaming regulatory authority (TGRA): 

must retain copies of the gaming 

system’s testing laboratory report, the 

TGRA’s compliance certificate, and the 

TGRA’s approval of its use; and must 

maintain records identifying these 

grandfathered class II gaming systems 

and their components. Section 

547.5(b)(2) requires that, for any class II 

gaming system generally, the TGRA 

must retain a copy of the system’s 

testing laboratory report, and maintain 

records identifying the system and its 

components. As long as a class II 

gaming system is available to the public 

for play, section 547.5(c)(3) requires a 

TGRA to maintain records of any 

modification to such gaming system and 

a copy of its testing laboratory report. 

Section 547.5(d)(3) requires a TGRA to 

maintain records of approved 

emergency hardware and software 

modifications to a class II gaming 

system (and a copy of the testing 

laboratory report) so long as the gaming 

system remains available to the public 

for play, and must make the records 

available to the Commission upon 

request. Section 547.5(f) requires a 

TGRA to maintain records of its 

following determinations: (i) regarding a 

testing laboratory’s (that is owned or 

operated or affiliated with a tribe) 

independence from the manufacturer 

and gaming operator for whom it is 

providing the testing, evaluating, and 

reporting functions; (ii) regarding a 

testing laboratory’s suitability 

determination based upon standards no 

less stringent than those set out in 25 

CFR 533.6(b)(1)(ii) through (v) and 

based upon no less information than 

that required by 25 CFR 537.1; and/or 

(iii) the TGRA’s acceptance of a testing 

laboratory’s suitability determination 

made by any other gaming regulatory 

authority in the United States. The 

TGRA must maintain said records for a 

minimum of three years and must make 

the records available to the Commission 

upon request. Section 547.17 requires a 

TGRA to submit a detailed report for 

each enumerated standard for which the 

TGRA approves an alternate standard, 

and the report must include: (i) an 

explanation of how the alternate 

standard achieves a level of security and 

integrity sufficient to accomplish the 

purpose of the standard it is to replace; 

and (ii) the alternate standard as 

approved and the record on which the 

approval is based. This collection is 

mandatory and allows the NIGC to 

confirm tribal compliance with NIGC 

regulations on ‘‘electronic, computer, or 

other technologic aids’’ to conduct class 

II gaming activities. 

Respondents: Tribal governing bodies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

431. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 431. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Depending on the type of submission, 

the range of time can vary from 6 

burden hours to 33.5 burden hours for 

one item. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hourly 

Burden to Respondents: 7,666. 

Estimated Total Non-hour Cost 

Burden: $0. 

Dated: June 3, 2022. 

Christinia Thomas, 

Deputy Chief of Staff. 

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BILLING CODE 7565–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

[S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 

221S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 

SX064A000 22XS501520; OMB Control 

Number 1029–0030] 

State Processes for Designating Areas 

Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining 

Operations 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), 

are proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 

22, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to Mark Gehlhar, Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and 

Enforcement, 1849 C Street NW, Room 

4556–MIB, Washington, DC 20240, or by 

email to mgehlhar@osmre.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1029– 

0030 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Mark Gehlhar by email 

at mgehlhar@osmre.gov, or by telephone 

at 202–208–2716. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.) 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 


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