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Comments should be
submitted to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior, Office of
Management and Budget, either by
facsimile at (202) 395–6566, or you may
send an e-mail to OIRA
DOCKET@omb.eop.gov.
Please send a copy of your comments
to Stephanie Birdwell, Office of Indian
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849
C Street, NW., Mail Stop 4513–MIB,
Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Birdwell (202) 513–7607.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Bureau Regional Director uses this
information to decide whether to certify
that the client in the notice is eligible to
have his counsel compensated by the
Bureau in accordance with the Indian
Child Welfare Act, Public Law 95–608.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
published a notice in the Federal
Register on July 11, 2006, (71 FR 39926)
requesting public comments on the
proposed information collection. The
comment period ended September 11,
2006. No comments were received.
I. Abstract
A State court that appoints counsel
for an indigent Indian parent or Indian
custodian in an involuntary Indian
child custody proceeding in a State
court may send written notice to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Bureau) when
appointment of counsel is not
authorized by State law. The cognizant
The following information is collected
from State courts in order to certify
payment of appointed counsel in
involuntary Indian child custody
proceedings. The information collection
is submitted to obtain or retain a benefit;
i.e., payment for appointed counsel. The
reasons for the collection are listed in
the following table:
ADDRESSES:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Submission of Information Collection
to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Review Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request for the Payment for
Appointed Counsel in Involuntary
Indian Child Custody Proceedings in
State courts has been submitted to OMB
for review and renewal. This
information collection is cleared under
OMB Control Number 1076–0111
through December 31, 2006.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before January 29, 2007.
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II. Method of Collection
Information collected
Reason for Collection
(a) Name, address and telephone number of attorney appointed; ..........
(b) Name and address of client for whom counsel is appointed; ............
(a) To identify attorney appointed as counsel and method of contact;
(b) To identify indigent party in an Indian child custody proceeding for
whom counsel is appointed;
(c) To determine if the person is eligible for payment of attorney fees
as specified in Public Law 95–608;
(d) To determine if the child is a member of a federally recognized tribe
and is covered by the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA);
(e) To determine if this custody proceeding is covered by the ICWA;
(f) To determine if other State laws provide for such appointment of
counsel and to prevent duplication of effort;
(g) To determine if the client has resources to pay for counsel;
(h) To determine if the amount of payment due appointed counsel is
based on State court standards in juvenile delinquency proceedings;
(i) To determine the amount of payment considered reasonable in accordance with State standards for a particular case.
(c) Applicant’s relationship to child; ..........................................................
(d) Name of Indian child’s tribe; ...............................................................
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(e) Copy of petition or complaint; .............................................................
(f) Certification by the court that State law does not provide for appointment of counsel in such proceedings;.
(g) Certification by the court that the Indian client is indigent; ................
(h) The amount of payments due counsel utilizing the same procedures
used to determine expenses in juvenile delinquency proceedings;.
(i) Approved vouchers with court certification that the amount requested
is reasonable considering the work and the criteria used for determining fees and expenses for juvenile delinquency proceedings..
Proposed use of the information: The
information collected will be used by
the respective Bureau Regional Director
to determine:
(a) If an individual Indian involved in
an Indian child custody proceeding is
eligible for payment of appointed
counsel’s attorney fees;
(b) If any State statutes provide for
coverage of attorney fees under these
circumstances;
(c) The State standards for payment of
attorney fees in juvenile delinquency
proceedings; and,
(d) The name of the attorney, and his
actual voucher certified by the court for
the work completed on a pre-approved
case. This information is required for
payment of appointed counsel as
authorized by Public Law 95–608.
III. Data
(1) Title of the Collection of
Information: The Department of the
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Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Payment for Appointed Counsel in
Involuntary Indian Child Custody
Proceedings in State Courts, 25 CFR
23.13.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0111.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently-approved collection.
Affected Entities: State courts and
individual Indians eligible for payment
of attorney fees pursuant to 25 CFR
23.13 in order to obtain a benefit.
Estimated number of respondents: 1.
Proposed frequency of response: 1.
(2) Estimate of total annual reporting
and record keeping burden that will
result from the collection of this
information: 9 hours.
Reporting: 8 hours per response x 1
respondent = 8 hours.
Recordkeeping: 1 hour per response x
1 respondent = 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 9 hours.
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(3) Description of the need for the
information and proposed use of the
information: Submission of this
information is required in order to
receive payment for appointed counsel
under 25 CFR 23.13. The information is
collected to determine applicant
eligibility for services.
IV. Request for Comments
The Bureau of Indian Affairs invites
comment on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary 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 (including hours
and cost) of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
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(c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to a federal agency.
This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install
and utilize technology and systems for
the purpose of collecting, validating,
and verifying information, processing
and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; to
train personnel and to be able to
respond to a collection of information,
to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information;
and to transmit or otherwise disclose
the information.
The comments, names and addresses
of commenters will be available for
public view during regular business
hours. If you wish us to withhold this
information, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comment. We will honor your request to
the extent allowable by law.
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
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Dated: December 22, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT–079–07–1010–PH]
The next two regular meetings of
the Western Montana RAC will be held
February 21, 2007 at the Butte Field
Office, 106 N. Parkmont, Butte, Montana
and May 16, 2007 at the Missoula Field
Office, 3255 Fort Missoula Road,
Missoula, Montana beginning at 9 a.m.
The public comment period for both
meetings will begin at 11:30 a.m. and
the meetings are expected to adjourn at
approximately 3 p.m.
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
For
the Western Montana RAC, contact
Marilyn Krause, Resource Advisory
Council Coordinator, at the Butte Field
Office, 106 North Parkmont, Butte,
Montana 59701, telephone 406–533–
7617.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The 15member Council advises the Secretary
of the Interior, through the Bureau of
Land Management, on a variety of
planning and management issues
associated with public land
management in western Montana. At the
February 21 meeting, topics we plan to
discuss include: a presentation and
discussion on recreation fees for the
Forest Service and BLM, an update on
the Butte Resource Management Plan,
and a presentation on the Energy
Corridor EIS for federal lands in the
West. Topics for the May 16 meeting
will be determined at the February
meeting.
All meetings are open to the public.
The public may present written
comments to the Council. Each formal
Council meeting will also have time
allocated for hearing public comments.
Depending on the number of persons
wishing to comment and time available,
the time for individual oral comments
may be limited. Individuals who plan to
attend and need special assistance, such
as sign language interpretation, or other
reasonable accommodations, should
contact the BLM as provided below.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), the Western
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
DATES:
Dated: December 21, 2006.
Richard M. Hotaling,
Field Manager.
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Notice of Public Meeting, Western
Montana Resource Advisory Council
Meeting
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Montana Resource Advisory Council
will meet as indicated below.
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Review); 701–TA–319, 320, 325–327, 348
and 350 (Second Review); and 731–TA–573,
574, 576, 578, 582–587, 612, and 614–618
(Second Review)]
Certain Carbon Steel Products From
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Finland, France, Germany, Japan,
Korea, Mexico, Poland, Romania,
Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United
Kingdom
Determination
On the basis of the record 1 developed
in the subject five-year reviews, the
United States International Trade
Commission (Commission) determines,
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the
Act), that revocation of the antidumping
duty orders on cut-to-length carbon steel
plate from Belgium, Brazil, Finland,
Germany, Mexico, Poland, Romania,
Spain, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom, and the antidumping finding
on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from
Taiwan, as well as revocation of
countervailing duty orders on cut-tolength carbon steel plate from Belgium,
Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and Sweden,
would not be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material
injury to an industry in the United
States within a reasonably foreseeable
time.
The Commission further determines
that revocation of the antidumping duty
orders on corrosion-resistant steel from
Germany and Korea and the
countervailing duty order on corrosionresistant steel from Korea would be
likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of material injury to an
industry in the United States within a
reasonably foreseeable time. Finally, the
Commission determines that revocation
of the antidumping duty orders on
corrosion-resistant steel from Australia,
Canada, France, and Japan, as well as
the countervailing duty order on
corrosion-resistant steel from France,
would not be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material
injury to an industry in the United
States within a reasonably foreseeable
time.2
1 The record is defined in § 207.2(f) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19
CFR § 207.2(f)).
2 Commissioners Charlotte R. Lane and Stephen
Koplan dissenting with respect to corrosionresistant steel from Australia, Canada, France, and
Japan.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Submission of Information Collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information Collection Request for the
Payment for Appointed Counsel in Involuntary Indian Child Custody
Proceedings in State courts has been submitted to OMB for review and
renewal. This information collection is cleared under OMB Control
Number 1076-0111 through December 31, 2006.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before January 29,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior, Office of Management and Budget, either by
facsimile at (202) 395-6566, or you may send an e-mail to OIRA
DOCKET@omb.eop.gov.
Please send a copy of your comments to Stephanie Birdwell, Office
of Indian Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail
Stop 4513-MIB, Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Birdwell (202) 513-7607.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
A State court that appoints counsel for an indigent Indian parent
or Indian custodian in an involuntary Indian child custody proceeding
in a State court may send written notice to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (Bureau) when appointment of counsel is not authorized by State
law. The cognizant Bureau Regional Director uses this information to
decide whether to certify that the client in the notice is eligible to
have his counsel compensated by the Bureau in accordance with the
Indian Child Welfare Act, Public Law 95-608.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs published a notice in the Federal
Register on July 11, 2006, (71 FR 39926) requesting public comments on
the proposed information collection. The comment period ended September
11, 2006. No comments were received.
II. Method of Collection
The following information is collected from State courts in order
to certify payment of appointed counsel in involuntary Indian child
custody proceedings. The information collection is submitted to obtain
or retain a benefit; i.e., payment for appointed counsel. The reasons
for the collection are listed in the following table:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Information collected Reason for Collection
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(a) Name, address and telephone number (a) To identify attorney
of attorney appointed;. appointed as counsel and
method of contact;
(b) Name and address of client for whom (b) To identify indigent party
counsel is appointed;. in an Indian child custody
proceeding for whom counsel is
appointed;
(c) Applicant's relationship to child;. (c) To determine if the person
is eligible for payment of
attorney fees as specified in
Public Law 95-608;
(d) Name of Indian child's tribe;...... (d) To determine if the child
is a member of a federally
recognized tribe and is
covered by the Indian Child
Welfare Act (ICWA);
(e) Copy of petition or complaint;..... (e) To determine if this
custody proceeding is covered
by the ICWA;
(f) Certification by the court that (f) To determine if other State
State law does not provide for laws provide for such
appointment of counsel in such appointment of counsel and to
proceedings;. prevent duplication of effort;
(g) Certification by the court that the (g) To determine if the client
Indian client is indigent;. has resources to pay for
counsel;
(h) The amount of payments due counsel (h) To determine if the amount
utilizing the same procedures used to of payment due appointed
determine expenses in juvenile counsel is based on State
delinquency proceedings;. court standards in juvenile
delinquency proceedings;
(i) Approved vouchers with court (i) To determine the amount of
certification that the amount payment considered reasonable
requested is reasonable considering in accordance with State
the work and the criteria used for standards for a particular
determining fees and expenses for case.
juvenile delinquency proceedings..
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proposed use of the information: The information collected will be
used by the respective Bureau Regional Director to determine:
(a) If an individual Indian involved in an Indian child custody
proceeding is eligible for payment of appointed counsel's attorney
fees;
(b) If any State statutes provide for coverage of attorney fees
under these circumstances;
(c) The State standards for payment of attorney fees in juvenile
delinquency proceedings; and,
(d) The name of the attorney, and his actual voucher certified by
the court for the work completed on a pre-approved case. This
information is required for payment of appointed counsel as authorized
by Public Law 95-608.
III. Data
(1) Title of the Collection of Information: The Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Payment for Appointed Counsel in
Involuntary Indian Child Custody Proceedings in State Courts, 25 CFR
23.13.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0111.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently-approved collection.
Affected Entities: State courts and individual Indians eligible for
payment of attorney fees pursuant to 25 CFR 23.13 in order to obtain a
benefit.
Estimated number of respondents: 1.
Proposed frequency of response: 1.
(2) Estimate of total annual reporting and record keeping burden
that will result from the collection of this information: 9 hours.
Reporting: 8 hours per response x 1 respondent = 8 hours.
Recordkeeping: 1 hour per response x 1 respondent = 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9 hours.
(3) Description of the need for the information and proposed use of
the information: Submission of this information is required in order to
receive payment for appointed counsel under 25 CFR 23.13. The
information is collected to determine applicant eligibility for
services.
IV. Request for Comments
The Bureau of Indian Affairs invites comment on:
(a) Whether the collection of information is necessary 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 (including
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information, including
the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
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(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide
information to a federal agency. This includes the time needed to
review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able
to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to
complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
The comments, names and addresses of commenters will be available
for public view during regular business hours. If you wish us to
withhold this information, you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comment. We will honor your request to the extent
allowable by law.
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 Office of Management and Budget control number.
Dated: December 22, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-22265 Filed 12-27-06; 8:45 am]
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