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information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: August 22, 2007. 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–21301 Filed 10–29–07; 8:45 am] 

Billing Code 4310–55–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Trinity Adaptive Management Working 

Group 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Trinity Adaptive 

Management Working Group (TAMWG) 

affords stakeholders the opportunity to 

give policy, management, and technical 

input concerning Trinity River 

(California) restoration efforts to the 

Trinity Management Council (TMC). 

Primary objectives of the meeting will 

include discussion of the following 

topics: Trinity River Restoration 

Program (TRRP) decision-making 

process, TRRP budget, TRRP science 

program, TRRP implementation 

planning and progress, and legislative 

developments. Completion of the 

agenda is dependent on the amount of 

time each item takes. The meeting could 

end early if the agenda has been 

completed. The meeting is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The Trinity Adaptive 

Management Working Group will meet 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, 

December 6, 2007 and from 8:30 to 12 

noon on Friday, December 7, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Weaverville Victorian Inn, 1709 

Main St., 299 West, Weaverville, CA 

96093. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Randy A. Brown of the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 1655 Heindon Road, 

Arcata, CA 95521. Telephone: (707) 

822–7201. Randy A. Brown is the 

working group’s Designated Federal 

Officer. For background information and 

questions regarding the Trinity River 

Restoration Program, please contact 

Douglas Schleusner, Executive Director, 

P.O. Box 1300, 1313 South Main Street, 

Weaverville, CA 96093. Telephone: 

(530) 623–1800, E-mail: 

dschleusner@mp.usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), this 

notice announces a meeting of the 

Trinity Adaptive Management Working 

Group (TAMWG). 

Dated: October 16, 2007. 

Randy A. Brown, 

Designated Federal Officer, Arcata Fish and 

Wildlife Office, Arcata, CA. 

[FR Doc. E7–21296 Filed 10–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activities, Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Information Collection Request for 

the Housing Assistance Application 

requires renewal. The proposed 

information collection requirement, 

with no appreciable changes, described 

below will be submitted to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget for 

review after a public comment period as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. The Bureau is soliciting public 

comments on the subject proposal. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 31, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments 

regarding this proposal. Comments 

should refer to the proposal by name 

and/or OMB Control Number and 

should be sent to Les Jensen, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Department of Interior, 

1849 C Street, NW., MS–4513–MIB, 

Washington, DC 20240. Telephone: 

(907) 586–7397. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the collection of information 

form or requests for additional 

information should be directed to Les 

Jensen, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Department of Interior, 1849 C Street, 

NW., MS–4513–MIB, Washington, DC 

20240. Telephone: (907) 586–7397. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The information is needed to establish 

an applicant’s eligibility to receive 

services under the Housing 

Improvement Program and to establish 

the priority order in which eligible 

applicants may receive services under 

the program. 

II. Method of Collection 

The housing regulations at 25 CFR 

Part 256 contain the program eligibility 

and selection criteria (§ § 256.6, 256.8, 

256.9, 256.10, 256.13, 256.14), which 

must be met by prospective applicants 

seeking program services. Information 

collected from applicants under these 

regulations provides eligibility and 

selection data used by the local 

servicing housing office to establish 

whether an applicant is eligible to 

receive services. The local servicing 

housing office may be a tribal housing 

office under a Public Law 93–638, 

Indian Self-Determination contract or a 

Self-Governance annual funding 

agreement, or part of the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs. Additionally, the data is 

used by the Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs to establish whether a request for 

waiver of a specific housing regulation 

is in the best interest of the applicant 

and the Federal Government. 

III. Data 

(1) Title of the Collection of 

Information: 25 CFR 256, Department of 

the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Housing Assistance Application. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0084. 

Expiration Date: November 30, 2007. 

Type of Review: Renewal of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

(2) Summary of the Collection of 

Information: The collection of 

information provides pertinent data 

concerning an applicant’s eligibility to 

receive services under the Housing 

Improvement Program and includes: 

A. Applicant Information including: 

Name, Current Address, Telephone 

Number, Date of Birth, Social Security 

Number, Tribe, Roll Number, 

Reservation, Marital Status, Name of 

Spouse, Date of Birth of spouse, Tribe of 

spouse, and Roll Number of Spouse. 

B. Family Information including: 

Name, Date of Birth, Relationship to 

Applicant, and Tribe/Roll Number. 

C. Income Information: Earned and 

Unearned Income. 

D. Housing Information including: 

Location of the house to be repaired, 

constructed, or purchased. Description 

of housing assistance for which 

applying. Knowledge of receipt of prior 

Housing Improvement Program 

assistance, amount to whom and when. 

Ownership or rental; availability of 

electricity and name of electric 

company. Type of sewer system. Water 

source. Number of bedrooms. Size of 

house, and Bathroom facilities. 

E. Land Information including: 

Landowner; Legal status of land; or 

Type of interest in land. 

F. General Information including: 

Prior receipt of services under the 

Housing Improvement Program and 

description of such; Ownership of other 


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housing and description of such; 

Identification of Housing and Urban 

Development funded house and current 

status of project; Identification of other 

sources of housing assistance for which 

the applicant has applied and been 

denied assistance if applying for a new 

housing unit or purchase of an existing 

standard unit; and advisement and 

description of any severe health 

problem, handicap or permanent 

disability. 

G. Applicant Certification including: 

Signature of Applicant and Date, and 

Signature of Spouse and Date. 

(3) Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use of the 

information: Submission of this 

information is required in order to 

receive services under the Housing 

Improvement Program. The information 

is collected to determine applicant 

eligibility for services and applicant 

priority order to receive services under 

the program. 

(4) Description of Likely Respondents, 

including the estimated number of likely 

respondents, and proposed frequency of 

response to the collection of 

information: 

Description of Affected Entities: 

Individual members of Federally 

recognized Indian tribes who are living 

within a designated tribal or legally 

defined service area and who apply for 

assistance under the Housing 

Improvement Program. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,000. 

Proposed Frequency of Response: 

Annually or less frequently, depending 

on length of waiting list, funding 

availability and dynamics of service 

population. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 8,000. 

Estimated Time per Application: 1 

hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 8,000 hours. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We specifically request your 

comments concerning the following: 

1. Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the BIA, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

2. The accuracy of the BIA’s estimate 

of the burden to collect the information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. The quality, utility and clarity of 

the information to be collected; and, 

4. How to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on those who are 

to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

the comments will also become a matter 

of public record. All written comments 

will be available for public inspection in 

Room 335B of the Main Interior 

Building, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20240, from 9 a.m. 

until 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. 

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. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be advised 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 from the public review your 

personal identifying information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: October 1, 2007. 

Carl J. Artman, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 07–5387 Filed 10–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4J–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Certificate of Degree of Indian or 

Alaska Native Blood Information 

Collection, Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Agency 

Information Collection. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

is seeking comments from the public on 

an extension of an information 

collection from persons seeking proof of 

American Indian or Alaska Native 

blood, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The information 

collected under OMB Control Number 

1076–0153 will be used to establish that 

the applicants meet requirements for 

official recognition as an American 

Indian or Alaska Native for purposes of 

eligibility determination and 

participation in programs administered 

through the U. S. Bureau of Indian 

Affairs. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 31, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments can be 

sent to Ms. Daisy West, Chief, Division 

of Tribal Government Services, Office of 

Indian Services, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, 1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop 

4513 MIB, Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Daisy West, Chief, Division of Tribal 

Government Services, (202) 513–7626. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

collection was originally approved and 

assigned OMB Control No. 1076–0153 

when it was submitted with a proposed 

rulemaking, 25 CFR Part 70, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 18, 2000 (66 FR 20775). The 

proposed rulemaking has not been 

finalized due to various reasons. We are 

in the process of developing guidance 

for processing applications for 

Certificates of Degree of Indian or 

Alaska Native Blood (CDIB). 

Request for Comments 

We are requesting comments about 

the proposed collection to evaluate: 

(a) The accuracy of the burden hours, 

including the validity of the 

methodology used and assumptions 

made; 

(b) The necessity of the information 

for proper performance of the bureau 

functions, including its practical utility; 

(c) The quality, utility, and clarity of 

the information to be collected; and, 

(d) Suggestions to reduce the burden 

including use of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other forms of 

information technology. 

The public is advised that an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid OMB clearance number. 

For example, this collection is listed by 

OMB as Control No. 1076–0153, and it 

expires 11/30/2007. The response is 

voluntary to obtain or retain a benefit. 

Please submit your comments to the 

person listed in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please note that comments, names and 

addresses of commentators, are open for 

public review during the hours of 8 a.m. 

to 3 p.m., EST, Monday through Friday 

except for legal holidays. If you wish 

your name and address withheld, you 

must state this prominently at the 

beginning of your comments. We will 

honor your request to the extent 

allowable by law. 

Information Collection Abstract 

OMB control number: 1076–0153. 

Type of review: Renewal. 

Brief description of collection: The 

information will be used to establish 

that the applicants have Indian or 

Alaska Native ancestry from a tribe 


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