Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform, 64534-64535 [2012-25916]

Download as PDF 64534 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 204 / Monday, October 22, 2012 / Notices Written comments should be received on or before December 21, 2012, to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Attn: Tracey Denning, Office of Regulations and Rulings, 799 9th Street NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20229– 1177. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be directed to Tracey Denning, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Regulations and Rulings, 799 9th Street NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC. 20229–1177, at 202–325–0265. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13). The comments should address: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimates of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden including the use of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of information technology; and (e) the annual costs burden to respondents or record keepers from the collection of information (a total capital/startup costs and operations and maintenance costs). The comments that are submitted will be summarized and included in the CBP request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. In this document CBP is soliciting comments concerning the following information collection: Title: Regulations Relating to Recordation and Enforcement of Trademark and Copyrights (Part 133 of the CBP Regulations). OMB Number: 1651–0123. Form Number: None. Abstract: In accordance with 19 CFR part 133, trademark and trade name owners and those claiming copyright protection may submit information to CBP to enable CBP officers to identify violating articles at the borders. Parties seeking to have merchandise excluded from entry must provide proof to CBP of the validity of the rights they seek to protect. The information collected by CBP is used to identify infringing goods at the borders and determine if such goods infringe on intellectual property rights for which federal law provides wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with DATES: VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:00 Oct 19, 2012 Jkt 229001 import protection. Respondents may submit their information to CBP electronically at https://apps.cbp.gov/erecordations/, or they may submit their information on paper in accordance with 19 CFR 133.2 and 133.3 for trademarks, or 19 CFR 133.32 and 133.33 for copyrights. Current Actions: This submission is being made to extend the expiration date. Type of Review: Extension (without change). Affected Public: Businesses and Individuals. Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000. Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,000. Dated: October 16, 2012. Tracey Denning, Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. [FR Doc. 2012–25897 Filed 10–19–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111–14–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform Office of the Secretary, Interior. Notice of meeting. AGENCY: ACTION: The Office of the Secretary is announcing that the Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform (the Commission) will hold a public webinar meeting on November 7, 2012. The objectives of the meeting are to attend to Commission operations as needed and report on outreach activities, review and discuss revised draft documents todate and take public comments on the drafts, and review and discuss agenda for December 6–7, 2012 public Commission meeting. The Secretarial Commission’s charter requires the Commission to provide well-reasoned and factually-based recommendations for potential improvements to the existing management and administration of the trust administration system. The Commission is committed to early public engagement and welcomes your participation in these important meetings. DATES: The Commission’s webinar meeting will begin at 2 p.m. and end at 4 p.m. Eastern Time on November 7, 2012. Attendance is open to the public, but limited space is available. Members of the public who wish to attend must SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 RSVP by November 6, 2012, by registering at https:// www1.gotomeeting.com/register/ 384347209. Instructions for joining the webinar will be emailed after registration occurs. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Official, Lizzie Marsters, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Room 6119, Washington, DC 20240; or email to Lizzie_Marsters@ios.doi.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of President Obama’s commitment to fulfilling this nation’s trust responsibilities to Native Americans, the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) appointed five members to serve on the Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform, established under Secretarial Order No. 3292, dated December 8, 2009. The Commission will play a key role in the Department’s ongoing efforts to empower Indian nations and strengthen nation-to-nation relationships. The Commission will complete a comprehensive evaluation of the Department’s management and administration of the trust assets within a two-year period and offer recommendations to the Secretary of how to improve in the future. The Commission will: (1) Conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Department’s management and administration of the trust administration system; (2) Review the Department’s provision of services to trust beneficiaries; (3) Review input from the public, interested parties, and trust beneficiaries which should involve conducting a number of regional listening sessions; (4) Consider the nature and scope of necessary audits of the Department’s trust administration system; (5) Recommend options to the Secretary to improve the Department’s management and administration of the trust administration system based on information obtained from these Commission’s activities, including whether any legislative or regulatory changes are necessary to permanently implement such improvements; and (6) Consider the provisions of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 providing for the termination of the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, and make recommendations to the Secretary regarding any such termination. The following items will be on the agenda: E:\FR\FM\22OCN1.SGM 22OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 204 / Monday, October 22, 2012 / Notices • Welcome, introductions and agenda review; • Trust Commission Operations; • Review and Discussion of Commission Draft Documents to-date; • Public Comments; • Overview of December 6–7, 2012 meeting and related youth outreach session; • Review action items from today’s discussion; and • Adjourn. Written comments may be sent to the Designated Federal Official listed in the [FR Doc. 2012–25916 Filed 10–19–12; 8:45 am] 2012–0009, then click search. Follow the instructions to submit public comments and view all related materials. We will post all comments. • Email: nicole.mason@bsee.gov, fax (703) 787–1546, or mail or hand-carry comments to: Department of the Interior; Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; Regulations and Standards Branch; Attention: Nicole Mason; 381 Elden Street, HE3313; Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please reference 1014– 0005 in your comment and include your name and return address. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Mason, Regulation and Standards Branch, (703) 787–1605, to request additional information about this ICR. To see a copy of the entire ICR submitted to OMB, go to https://www. reginfo.gov (select Information Collection Review, Currently Under Review). BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. To review all related material on the Commission’s work, please refer to https://www.doi.gov/ cobell/commission/index.cfm. All meetings are open to the public. Dated: October 16, 2012. David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) [Docket ID BSEE–2012–0009; OMB Number 1014–0005] Information Collection Activities: Relief or Reduction in Royalty Rates; Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request ACTION: 30-day Notice. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR part 203, Relief or Reduction in Royalty Rates. This notice also provides the public a second opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden of these regulatory requirements. DATES: You must submit comments by November 21, 2012. ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either fax (202) 395–5806 or email (OIRA_ DOCKET@omb.eop.gov) directly to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior (1014– 0005). Please provide a copy of your comments to BSEE by any of the means below. • Electronically: Go to https://www. regulations.gov. In the entry titled, ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter BSEE– wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:00 Oct 19, 2012 Jkt 229001 Title: 30 CFR 203, Relief or Reduction in Royalty Rates. OMB Control Number: 1014–0005. Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act, as amended by Public Law 104–58, Deep Water Royalty Relief Act (DWRRA), gives the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) the authority to reduce or eliminate royalty or any net profit share specified in OCS oil and gas leases to promote increased production. The DWRRA also authorized the Secretary to suspend royalties when necessary to promote development or recovery of marginal resources on producing or non-producing leases in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) west of 87 degrees, 30 minutes West longitude. Section 302 of the DWRRA provides that new production from a lease in existence on November 28, 1995, in a water depth of at least 200 meters, and in the GOM west of 87 degrees, 30 minutes West longitude qualifies for royalty suspension in certain situations. To grant a royalty suspension, the Secretary must determine that the new production or development would not be economic in the absence of royalty relief. The Secretary must then determine the volume of production on which no royalty would be due in order to make the new production from the lease economically viable. This determination is done on a case-by-case basis. Production from leases in the same water depth and area issued after November 28, 2000, also can qualify for royalty suspension in addition to any that may be included in their lease terms. In addition, the Independent Offices Appropriations Act (31 U.S.C. 9701), the PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 64535 Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104–134, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26, 1996), and OMB Circular A–25, authorize Federal agencies to recover the full cost of services that confer special benefits. Under the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) implementing policy, BSEE is required to charge fees for services that provide special benefits or privileges to an identifiable nonFederal recipient above and beyond those which accrue to the public at large. Regulations at 30 CFR part 203 implement these statutes and policy and require respondents to pay a fee to request royalty relief. Section 30 CFR 203.3 states that, ‘‘We will specify the necessary fees for each of the types of royalty-relief applications and possible BSEE audits in a Notice to Lessees. We will periodically update the fees to reflect changes in costs as well as provide other information necessary to administer royalty relief.’’ The BSEE uses the information to make decisions on the economic viability of leases requesting a suspension or elimination of royalty or net profit share. These decisions have enormous monetary impacts to both the lessee and the Federal Government. Royalty relief can lead to increased production of natural gas and oil, creating profits for lessees and royalty and tax revenues for the government that they might not otherwise receive. We could not make an informed decision without the collection of information required by 30 CFR part 203. We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under regulations at 30 CFR 203.63, Does my application have to include all leases in the field, and 30 CFR 250.197, Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection. No items of a sensitive nature are collected. Responses are mandatory or are required to obtain or retain a benefit. Frequency: On occasion. Description of Respondents: Potential respondents comprise Federal oil, gas, or sulphur lessees and/or operators. Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The estimated annual hour burden for this information collection is a total of 2,329 hours. The following chart details the individual components and estimated hour burdens. In calculating the burdens, we assumed that respondents perform certain requirements in the normal course of their activities. We consider these to be usual and E:\FR\FM\22OCN1.SGM 22OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64534-64535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25916]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary


Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary is announcing that the Secretarial 
Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform (the Commission) 
will hold a public webinar meeting on November 7, 2012. The objectives 
of the meeting are to attend to Commission operations as needed and 
report on outreach activities, review and discuss revised draft 
documents to-date and take public comments on the drafts, and review 
and discuss agenda for December 6-7, 2012 public Commission meeting. 
The Secretarial Commission's charter requires the Commission to provide 
well-reasoned and factually-based recommendations for potential 
improvements to the existing management and administration of the trust 
administration system. The Commission is committed to early public 
engagement and welcomes your participation in these important meetings.

DATES: The Commission's webinar meeting will begin at 2 p.m. and end at 
4 p.m. Eastern Time on November 7, 2012. Attendance is open to the 
public, but limited space is available. Members of the public who wish 
to attend must RSVP by November 6, 2012, by registering at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/384347209. Instructions for joining the 
webinar will be emailed after registration occurs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Official, 
Lizzie Marsters, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary, Department of 
the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Room 6119, Washington, DC 20240; or 
email to Lizzie_Marsters@ios.doi.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of President Obama's commitment to 
fulfilling this nation's trust responsibilities to Native Americans, 
the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) appointed five members to 
serve on the Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and 
Reform, established under Secretarial Order No. 3292, dated December 8, 
2009. The Commission will play a key role in the Department's ongoing 
efforts to empower Indian nations and strengthen nation-to-nation 
relationships.
    The Commission will complete a comprehensive evaluation of the 
Department's management and administration of the trust assets within a 
two-year period and offer recommendations to the Secretary of how to 
improve in the future. The Commission will:
    (1) Conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Department's 
management and administration of the trust administration system;
    (2) Review the Department's provision of services to trust 
beneficiaries;
    (3) Review input from the public, interested parties, and trust 
beneficiaries which should involve conducting a number of regional 
listening sessions;
    (4) Consider the nature and scope of necessary audits of the 
Department's trust administration system;
    (5) Recommend options to the Secretary to improve the Department's 
management and administration of the trust administration system based 
on information obtained from these Commission's activities, including 
whether any legislative or regulatory changes are necessary to 
permanently implement such improvements; and
    (6) Consider the provisions of the American Indian Trust Fund 
Management Reform Act of 1994 providing for the termination of the 
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, and make 
recommendations to the Secretary regarding any such termination.
    The following items will be on the agenda:

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     Welcome, introductions and agenda review;
     Trust Commission Operations;
     Review and Discussion of Commission Draft Documents to-
date;
     Public Comments;
     Overview of December 6-7, 2012 meeting and related youth 
outreach session;
     Review action items from today's discussion; and
     Adjourn.
    Written comments may be sent to the Designated Federal Official 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. To review 
all related material on the Commission's work, please refer to https://www.doi.gov/cobell/commission/index.cfm. All meetings are open to the 
public.

    Dated: October 16, 2012.
David J. Hayes,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-25916 Filed 10-19-12; 8:45 am]
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