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under the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552) and implementing 

regulations (43 CFR Part 2), and under 

regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data 

and information to be made available to 

the public or for limited inspection.’’ 

Responses are voluntary. No questions 

of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked. 

Affected Public: Individual and 

household residents. 

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One-time 

collection. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: 1000 private well owners 

in East Central Massachusetts. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 800. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

Approximately 133 hours. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: In the 

August 27, 2008 FR Notice (73 FR 

50641) we estimated that the time to 

take the survey and collect the water 

sample would be 30 minutes. Based on 

peer-reviewer comments we have 

revised the estimated burden for this 

collection to be approximately 5 

minutes to take the survey and 5 

minutes to locate and collect the water 

needed for the sample. The total 

estimate is now 10 minutes per 

response. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’ 

burdens associated with this collection 

of information. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor and 

you are not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Until OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obligated to respond. 

Comments: We are soliciting 

comments as to: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to perform its 

duties, including whether the 

information is useful; (b) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information; 

(c) how to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) how 

to minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

USGS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Phadrea D. Ponds 

970–226–9445. 

Dated: December 3, 2008. 

Peter K. Weiskel, 

Associate Director, USGS MassachusettsRhode Island Water Science Center. 

[FR Doc. E9–180 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Notice of Renewal of Information 

Collection for Tribal Self-Governance, 

25 CFR Part 1000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed renewal of 

information collection. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) is seeking comments from the 

public on a renewal of an information 

collection from Indian tribes 

participating in and Indian tribes 

seeking to participate in the Tribal SelfGovernance, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. The 

information collected under OMB 

Clearance Number, 1076–0143, will be 

used to meet reporting requirements of 

the Tribal Self-Governance Act and 

implement requirements for entry into a 

pool of qualified applicants to be 

selected to begin participation in Tribal 

Self-Governance. The information 

collection requirements are periodically 

reviewed because the number of Indian 

tribes participating in Tribal SelfGovernance increases over time and the 

number of Indian tribes requesting to be 

selected to begin participation in Tribal 

Self-Governance may vary over time. 

This action is being taken to make sure 

that the requirements are not 

burdensome. 

DATE: Submit comments on or before 

March 10, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sharee 

M. Freeman, Director, Office of SelfGovernance, Department of the Interior, 

Mail Stop 355–G–SIB, 1951 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may request further information or 

obtain copies of the proposed 

information collection request from Dr. 

Kenneth D. Reinfeld, Office of SelfGovernance, Telephone 202–208–5734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

collection is required by 25 U.S.C. 

458dd, which requires the Secretary of 

the Interior to submit a written report to 

Congress regarding the administration of 

Title IV, Tribal Self-Governance, under 

Public Law 93–638, as amended. The 

report is required to: (1) Identify the 

relative costs and benefits of SelfGovernance; (2) identify, with 

particularity, all funds that are 

specifically or functionally related to 

the provision by the Secretary of 

services and benefits to Self-Governance 

tribes and their members; (3) identify 

the funds transferred to each SelfGovernance tribe and the corresponding 

reduction in the Federal bureaucracy; 

(4) include the separate views of the 

tribes; and (5) include the funding 

formula for individual tribal shares of 

Central Office funds, together with the 

comments of affected Indian tribes. 

Respondents are asked to respond to the 

annual request for information in 90 

days. 

In addition, the collection is required 

for tribes who request to be placed in a 

pool of qualified applicants and selected 

to participate in Tribal Self-Governance 

under 25 U.S.C. 458bb. The Act 

authorizes the Director, Office of SelfGovernance to select up to 50 new tribes 

per year from an applicant pool to 

participate in Tribal Self-Governance. 

The qualified applicant pool consists of 

each tribe that: (1) Successfully 

completes a planning phase; (2) has 

requested participation in Tribal SelfGovernance by resolution or other 

official action by the tribal governing 

body; and (3) has demonstrated, for the 

previous three fiscal years, financial 

stability and financial management 

capability as evidenced by the tribe 

having no material audit exceptions in 

the required annual audit of the selfdetermination contracts of the tribe. 

Request for Comments: The Bureau of 

Indian Affairs requests your comments 

on this collection concerning: (a) The 

necessity of this information collection 

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 (hours 

and cost) of the collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways we could enhance the quality, 

utility and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) ways we could 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

the information on the respondents, 

such as through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Please note that an agency may not 

sponsor or request, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it has a valid OMB 

Control Number. 

It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section, 

room 355–G, during the hours of 9 a.m.– 

5 p.m., EST Monday through Friday 

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except for legal holidays. Please note 

that all comments received will be 

available for public review for 2 weeks 

after comment period closes. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address or other personally 

identifiable information, be advised that 

your entire comment—including your 

personally identifiable information— 

may be made public at any time. While 

you may request that we withhold your 

personally identifiable information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. All comments from organizations 

or representatives will be available for 

review. We may withhold comments 

from review for other reasons. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0143. 

Type of review: Renewal. 

Title: Tribal Self-Governance 

Program, 25 CFR Part 1000. 

Brief Description of Collection: The 

collection involves a voluntary 

submission by respondents and is 

intended to inform Congress of activities 

undertaken under Tribal SelfGovernance. It also involves a 

mandatory submission by respondents 

who request to be selected to begin 

participation in Tribal Self-Governance. 

Respondents: Tribes and tribal 

consortia wishing to enter into a selfgovernance compact and funding 

agreement. 

Number of Respondents: 106. 

Estimated Time per Response: 42 

Hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 

11,202. 

Dated: December 17, 2008. 

Sanjeev ‘‘Sonny’’ Bhagowalia, 

Chief Information Officer—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–169 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–XN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Notice of Deadline for Submitting 

Completed Applications To Begin 

Participation in the Tribal SelfGovernance Program in Fiscal Year 

2010 or Calendar Year 2010 

AGENCY: Office of Self-Governance, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of application deadline. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Office of 

Self-Governance (OSG) establishes a 

March 2, 2009, deadline for Indian 

tribes/consortia to submit completed 

applications to begin participation in 

the tribal self-governance program in 

fiscal year 2010 or calendar year 2010. 

DATES: Completed application packages 

must be received by the Director, Office 

of Self-Governance, by March 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Application packages for 

inclusion in the applicant pool should 

be sent to Sharee M. Freeman, Director, 

Office of Self-Governance, Department 

of the Interior, Mail Stop 355–G–SIB, 

1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kenneth D. Reinfeld, Office of SelfGovernance, Telephone 202–208–5734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 

(Pub. L. 103–413), as amended by the 

Fiscal Year 1997 Omnibus 

Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104–208), 

the Director, Office of Self-Governance 

may select up to 50 additional 

participating tribes/consortia per year 

for the tribal self-governance program, 

and negotiate and enter into a written 

funding agreement with each 

participating tribe. The Act mandates 

that the Secretary submit copies of the 

funding agreements at least 90 days 

before the proposed effective date to the 

appropriate committees of the Congress 

and to each tribe that is served by the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) agency 

that is serving the tribe that is a party 

to the funding agreement. Initial 

negotiations with a tribe/consortium 

located in a region and/or agency which 

has not previously been involved with 

self-governance negotiations, will take 

approximately 2 months from start to 

finish. Agreements for an October 1 to 

September 30 funding year need to be 

signed and submitted by July 1. 

Agreements for a January 1 to December 

31 funding year need to be signed and 

submitted by October 1. 

Purpose of Notice 

25 CFR parts 1000.10 to 1000.31 will 

be used to govern the application and 

selection process for tribes/consortia to 

begin their participation in the tribal 

self-governance program in fiscal year 

2010 and calendar year 2010. 

Applicants should be guided by the 

requirements in these subparts in 

preparing their applications. Copies of 

these subparts may be obtained from the 

information contact person identified in 

this notice. 

Tribes/consortia wishing to be 

considered for participation in the tribal 

self-governance program in fiscal year 

2010 or calendar year 2010 must 

respond to this notice, except for those 

tribes/consortia which are: (1) Currently 

involved in negotiations with the 

Department; (2) one of the 96 tribal 

entities with signed agreements; or (3) 

one of the tribal entities already 

included in the applicant pool as of the 

date of this notice. 

Dated: December 24, 2008. 

George T. Skibine, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

and Economic Development—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–194 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W8–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Land Acquisitions; Muckleshoot Indian 

Tribe, Washington 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Final Agency 

Determination to take land into trust 

under 25 CFR Part 151. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Policy and Economic 

Development made a final agency 

determination to acquire approximately 

22.00 acres of land into trust for the 

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Washington 

on December 12, 2008. This notice is 

published in the exercise of authority 

delegated by the Secretary of the Interior 

to the Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs by 209 Departmental Manual 8.1. 

The duties of the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs were delegated to the 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Policy and Economic Development on 

May 23, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, MS–3657 MIB, 1849 C Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20240; Telephone 

(202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published to comply with the 

requirements of 25 CFR 151.12(b) that 

notice be given to the public of the 

Secretary’s decision to acquire land in 

trust at least 30 days prior to signatory 

acceptance of the land into trust. The 

purpose of the 30-day waiting period in 

25 CFR 151.12(b) is to afford interested 

parties the opportunity to seek judicial 

review of final administrative decisions 

to take land in trust for Indian tribes and 

individual Indians before transfer of 

title to the property occurs. On 

December 12, 2008, the Acting Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Economic Development decided to 

accept approximately 22.00 acres of 

land into trust for the Muckleshoot 

Indian Tribe, Washington under the 

authority of the Indian Reorganization 

Act of 1934, 25 U.S.C. 465. The 22.00 

acres are located within the exterior 

boundaries of the Muckleshoot Indian 

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