Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/26/2019-15928/tribal-transportation-program-inventory-of-proposed-roads
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Federal Register :: Tribal Transportation Program; Inventory of Proposed Roads
A Proposed Rule by the Indian Affairs Bureau on 07/26/2019
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BIA-2019-0004
II. Tribal Consultation
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Regulations governing the Tribal Transportation Program were published in 2016. See 81 FR 78456 (November 7, 2016). The regulations became effective on December 7, 2016, except for § 170.443, which required Tribes' compliance one year later: On November 7, 2017. Section 170.443 required Tribes to collect data for proposed roads to be added to, or remain in, the NTTFI. BIA then further delayed the November 7, 2017, deadline for compliance with § 170.443 to November 7, 2019. See 82 FR 50312 (October 31, 2017), 83 FR 8609 (February 28, 2018). The purpose of the delay was to provide BIA with time to reexamine whether revision or deletion of the data collection requirements in § 170.443 would be appropriate. Since that time, BIA staff have engaged in outreach at several regional and national meetings with affected Tribes. BIA is now proposing to apply the data collection requirements going forward to any new proposed road submission, but not to proposed roads that were already in the NTTFI as of the date of publication of the regulations on November 7, 2016, unless any changes or updates were or are made after that date. BIA is making this proposal because Tribes added the proposed roads to the NTTFI under the rules that were in effect at the time, which did not require the significant data collection. Moving forward, however, BIA would require that new proposed roads include the back-up documentation identified by § 170.443 (a)(1)-(8) in order to be added to the NTTFI.
We will be hosting the following Tribal consultation sessions at targeted locations throughout the country to discuss this proposed rule. The dates and locations for the consultation sessions are as follows:
September 5, 2019 9:00 a.m.-12:00 (Local time) Minneapolis, MN.
September 10, 2019 9:00 a.m.-12:00 (Local time) Anchorage, AK.
September 12, 2019 9:00 a.m.-12:00 (Local time) Denver, CO.
Please check the BIA's Consultations website, https://www.bia.gov/​as-ia/​consultations, for the most current consultation information.
(a) Does not have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more because it merely codifies eligibility requirements that were already established by past practice and a Federal District Court ruling.Start Printed Page 36042
(c) Does not have significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises because this rule affects agreements between Tribes and the Department to allow Tribes to authorize individual leases, business agreements, and rights-of-way on Tribal land.
The Department of the Interior strives to strengthen its government-to-government relationship with Indian Tribes through a commitment to consultation with Indian Tribes and recognition of their right to self-governance and Tribal sovereignty. We have evaluated this rule under the Department's consultation policy and under the criteria in Executive Order 13175 and have determined that it has substantial direct effects on federally recognized Indian Tribes because the rule affects what proposed roads will remain on the inventory of Tribal transportation facilities. The Department is hosting consultation sessions with Tribes (see “II. Tribal Consultation” above) and will be individually notifying each federally recognized Tribe of these opportunities to consult.
OMB Control No. 1076-0161 currently authorizes the collections of information contained in 25 CFR part 170, with an expiration of September 30, 2019. The current authorization totaling an estimated 23,446 annual burden hours. If this proposed rule is finalized, the annual burden hours will decrease by an estimated 2,520 hours. This decrease is due to the elimination of the requirement for Tribes to provide information on proposed roads that are already included on the inventory. This change would require a revision to an approved information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. for which the Department is requesting OMB approval.
Title: Tribal Transportation Program, 25 CFR 170.
Brief Description of Collection: The information submitted by Tribes allows them to participate in planning the development of transportation needs in their area; the information provides data for administration, documenting plans, and for oversight of the program by the Department. Some of the information such as the providing inventory updates (25 CFR 170.444), the development of a long range transportation plan (25 CFR 170.411 and 170.412), the development of a Tribal transportation improvement program (25 CFR 170.421), and annual report (25 CFR 170.420) are mandatory to determine how funds will allocated to implement the Tribal Transportation Program. Some of the information, such as public hearing requirements, is necessary for public notification and involvement (25 CFR 170.437 and 170.438), while other information, such as a request for exception from design standards (25 CFR 170.456), is voluntary. The revision accounts for updates made to § 170.443, removing the requirement to provide information for proposed roads that existed in the inventory as of November 7, 2016.
Number of Respondents: 281 on average (each year).
Number of Responses: 1,504 on average (each year).
Estimated Time per Response: Varies from 0.5 hours to 40 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 20,928 hours.
OMB Control No. 1076-0161 currently authorizes the collections of information contained in 25 CFR part 170. If this proposed rule is finalized, the annual burden hours for respondents will decrease by approximately 2,520 hours because Tribes will no longer be required to provide information that they would have been required to submit under the current estimates.
The recordkeeping requirements contained in section 170.472 are authorized under OMB Control No. 1076-0136, applicable to self-determination and self-governance contracts and compacts under 25 CFR 900 and 1000.
This rule is not a significant energy action under the definition in Executive Order 13211. A Statement of Energy Effects is not required.Start Printed Page 36043
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, proposes to amend 25 CFR part 170 as follows:
Pub. L. 112-141, Pub. L. 114-94; 5 U.S.C. 2; 23 U.S.C. 201, 202; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9.
(b) For those proposed roads that were included in the NTTFI as of November 7, 2016, the information in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(8) of this section may be submitted for approval to BIA and FHWA at any time, but is not required in order for those proposed roads to remain in the NTTFI, unless any changes or updates to the proposed road were (or are) made after that date.
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