Agency Information Collection Activities; Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act, Statement of Federal Lands Payments, 27647 [2019-12514]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 27647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12514]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Payments in Lieu of 
Taxes (PILT) Act, Statement of Federal Lands Payments

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget is proposing to renew an 
information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 15, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of Budget, Attn: Dionna Kiernan, 1849 C Street NW, MS 
4106 MIB, Washington, DC 20240 or by email to [email protected]. 
Please reference OMB Control Number 1093-0005 in the subject line of 
your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dionna Kiernan by email at 
[email protected], or by telephone at 202-513-7783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and 
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact 
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information 
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired 
format.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3814 Page 3814-3815), by the Office of the 
Secretary, Office of Budget, soliciting comments from the public and 
other interested parties. No public comments were received.
    We are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described 
below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the 
following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper 
functions of the Office of Budget; (2) will this information be 
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden 
accurate; (4) how might the Office of Budget enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how 
might the Office of Budget minimize the burden of this collection on 
the respondents, including through the use of information technology.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve this ICR. 
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other 
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware 
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 your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    Abstract: ``Payments in Lieu of Taxes'' (PILT) are Federal payments 
to local governments that help offset losses in property taxes due to 
non-taxable Federal lands within their boundaries. The original law is 
Public Law 94-565, dated October 20, 1976. This law was rewritten and 
amended by Public Law 97-258 on September 13, 1982 and codified at 
Chapter 69, Title 31 of the United States Code. The law recognizes the 
financial impact of the inability of local governments to collect 
property taxes on Federally-owned land.
    The PILT Act requires the Governor of each State to furnish the 
Department of the Interior with a listing of payments disbursed to 
local governments by the States on behalf of the Federal Government 
under 12 statutes described in Section 6903 of 31 U.S.C. The Department 
of the Interior uses the amounts reported by States to reduce PILT 
payments to units of general local governments from that which they 
might otherwise receive. If such listings were not furnished by the 
Governor of each affected State, the Department would not be able to 
compute the PILT payments to units of general local government within 
the States in question.
    In fiscal year 2004, administrative authority for the PILT program 
was transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the Office of the 
Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Applicable DOI regulations 
pertaining to the PILT program to be administered by the Office of the 
Secretary were published as a final rule in the Federal Register on 
December 7, 2004 (69 FR 70557). The Office of the Secretary, Office of 
Budget, is now planning to extend the information collection approval 
authority in order to enable the Department of the Interior to continue 
to comply with the PILT Act.
    Title of Collection: Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act, 
Statement of Federal Lands Payments.
    OMB Control Number: 1093-0005.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 49.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 49.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 40 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,960 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    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.
    The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Scott J. Cameron,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy, Management and Budget.
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