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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Indian Gaming Commission
Submission of Information Collections
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
National Indian Gaming
Commission, Interior.
ACTION: Second notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
National Indian Gaming Commission
(NIGC or Commission) is announcing its
submission, concurrently with the
publication of this notice or soon
thereafter, of the following information
collection requests to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. The Commission
is seeking comments on the renewal of
information collections for the following
activities: compliance and enforcement
actions under the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act as authorized by OMB
Control Number 3141–0001; tribal
gaming ordinance approvals,
background investigations, and issuance
of licenses as authorized by OMB
Control Number 3141–0003; National
Environmental Policy Act submissions
as authorized by OMB Control Number
3141–0006; and issuance to tribes of
certificates of self-regulation for class II
gaming as authorized by OMB Control
Number 3141–0008. These information
collections expire on June 30, 2023,
with the exception of OMB Control
Number 3141–000, which expires on
May 31, 2023.
DATES: The OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove the information
collection requests, but may respond
after 30 days. Therefore, public
comments should be submitted to OMB
by no later than July 6, 2023 in order to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly
to OMB’s Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Policy Analyst/
Desk Officer for the National Indian
Gaming Commission. Comments can
also be emailed to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov, include reference to
‘‘NIGC PRA Renewals’’ in the subject
line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, including copies of
the proposed collections of information
SUMMARY:
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and supporting documentation, contact
Tim Osumi by email at tim.osumi@
nigc.gov, or by telephone at (202) 632–
7054; or by at fax (202) 632–7066 (not
toll-free numbers). You may also review
these information collection requests by
going to
(Information Collection Review,
Currently Under Review, Agency:
National Indian Gaming Commission).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The gathering of this information is in
keeping with the purposes of the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA or
the Act), Public Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C.
2701, et seq., which include: providing
a statutory basis for the operation of
gaming by Indian tribes as a means of
promoting tribal economic
development, self-sufficiency, and
strong tribal governments; ensuring that
the Indian tribe is the primary
beneficiary of the gaming operation; and
declaring that the establishment of
independent federal regulatory
authority for gaming on Indian lands,
the establishment of federal standards
for gaming on Indian lands, and the
establishment of the Commission, are
necessary to meet congressional
concerns regarding gaming and to
protect such gaming as a means of
generating tribal revenue. 25 U.S.C.
2702. The Act established the
Commission and laid out a
comprehensive framework for the
regulation of gaming on Indian lands.
II. Data
Title: Indian Gaming Compliance and
Enforcement.
OMB Control Number: 3141–0001.
Brief Description of Collection:
Although IGRA places primary
responsibility with the tribes for
regulating their gaming activities, 25
U.S.C. 2706(b) directs the Commission
to monitor class II gaming conducted on
Indian lands on a continuing basis.
Amongst other actions necessary to
carry out the Commission’s statutory
duties, the Act authorizes the
Commission to access and inspect all
papers, books, and records relating to
gross revenues of a gaming operation.
The Act also requires tribes to provide
the Commission with annual
independent audits of their gaming
operations, including audits of all
contracts in excess of $25,000. 25 U.S.C.
2710(b)(2)(C), (D); 2710(d)(1)(A)(ii). The
Act also authorizes the Commission to
‘‘promulgate such regulations and
guidelines as it deems appropriate to
implement’’ IGRA. 25 U.S.C.
2706(b)(10). Part 571 of title 25, Code of
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Federal Regulations, implements these
statutory requirements.
Section 571.7(a) requires Indian
gaming operations to keep/maintain
permanent books of account and records
sufficient to establish the amount of
gross and net income, deductions and
expenses, receipts and disbursements,
and other relevant financial
information. Section 571.7(c) requires
that these records be kept for at least
five years. Under § 571.7(b), the
Commission may require a gaming
operation to submit statements, reports,
accountings, and specific records that
will enable the NIGC to determine
whether or not such operation is liable
for fees payable to the Commission (and
in what amount). Section 571.7(d)
requires a gaming operation to keep
copies of all enforcement actions that a
tribe or a state has taken against the
operation.
Section 571.12 requires tribes to
prepare comparative financial
statements covering all financial
activities of each class II and class III
gaming operation on the tribe’s Indian
lands, and to engage an independent
certified public accountant to provide
an annual audit of the financial
statements of each gaming operation.
Section 571.13 requires tribes to prepare
and submit to the Commission two
paper copies or one electronic copy of
the financial statements and audits,
together with management letter(s) and
other documented auditor
communications and/or reports as a
result of the audit, setting forth the
results of each fiscal year. The
submission must be sent to the
Commission within 120 days after the
end of the fiscal year of each gaming
operation, including when a gaming
operation changes its fiscal year or
when gaming ceases to operate. Section
571.14 requires tribes to reconcile
quarterly fee reports with audited
financial statements and to keep/
maintain this information to be
available to the NIGC upon request in
order to facilitate the performance of
compliance audits.
This information collection is
mandatory and allows the Commission
to fulfill its statutory responsibilities
under IGRA to regulate gaming on
Indian lands.
Respondents: Indian tribal gaming
operations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
720.
Estimated Annual Responses: 1,440.
Estimated Time per Response:
Depending on the type of information
collection, the range of time can vary
from 4 burden hours to 476 burden
hours for one item.
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Frequency of Responses: Depending
on the type of information collection, it
can be quarterly or annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours on Respondents: 126,720.
Estimated Total Non-Hour Cost
Burden: $38,376,960.
Title: Approval of Class II and Class
III Ordinances, Background
Investigations, and Gaming Licenses.
OMB Control Number: 3141–0003.
Brief Description of Collection: The
Act sets standards for the regulation of
gaming on Indian lands, including
requirements for the approval or
disapproval of tribal gaming ordinances.
Specifically, § 2705(a)(3) requires the
NIGC Chair to review all class II and
class III tribal gaming ordinances.
Section 2710 sets forth the specific
requirements for the tribal gaming
ordinances, including the requirement
that there be adequate systems in place
to cause background investigations to be
conducted on individuals in key
employee and primary management
official (PMO) positions
(§ 2710(b)(2)(F)(i)); and to provide two
prompt notifications to the Commission,
one notification containing the results of
the background investigations before the
issuance of any gaming licenses, and the
other one of the issuance of such gaming
licenses to key employees and PMOs
(§ 2710(b)(2)(F)(ii)). In addition,
§ 2710(d)(2)(D)(ii) requires tribes who
have, at their sole discretion, revoked
any prior class III ordinance or
resolution, to submit a notice of such
revocation to the NIGC Chair. The Act
also authorizes the Commission to
‘‘promulgate such regulations and
guidelines as it deems appropriate to
implement’’ IGRA. 25 U.S.C.
2706(b)(10). Parts 519, 522, 556, and 558
of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations,
implement these statutory requirements.
Sections 519.1 and 519.2 require a
tribe, management contractor, and a
tribal operator to designate an agent for
service of process, and § 522.2(g)
requires it to be submitted by written
notification to the Commission. Section
522.2(a) requires a tribe to submit a
copy of an ordinance or resolution
certified as authentic, and that meets the
approval requirements in 25 CFR
522.5(b) or 522.7. Sections 522.11 and
522.12 require tribes to submit,
respectively, an ordinance for the
licensing of individually owned gaming
operations other than those operating on
September 1, 1986, and for the licensing
of individually owned gaming
operations operating on September 1,
1986. Section 522.3(a) requires a tribe to
submit an amendment to an ordinance
or resolution within 15 days after
adoption of such amendment.
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Section 522.2(b)–(h) requires tribes to
submit to the Commission: (i) A copy of
the procedures to conduct or cause to be
conducted background investigations on
key employees and primary
management officials and to ensure that
key employees and primary
management officials are notified of
their rights under the Privacy Act; (ii) a
copy of the procedures to issue tribal
licenses to primary management
officials and key employees; (iii) When
an ordinance or resolution concerns
class III gaming, a copy of any approved
tribal-state compact or class III
procedures as prescribed by the
Secretary that are in effect at the time
the ordinance or amendment is passed;
(iv) A copy of the procedures for
resolving disputes between the gaming
public and the tribe or the management
contractor; (v) Identification of the
entity that will take fingerprints and a
copy of the procedures for conducting a
criminal history check. Such a criminal
history check shall include a check of
criminal history records information
maintained by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation; and (vi) Indian lands or
tribal gaming regulations or
environmental and public health and
safety documentation that the Chair may
request in the Chair’s discretion. Section
522.3(a) requires a tribe to submit any
amendment to these submissions within
15 days after adoption of such
amendment. Section 522.13(a) requires
a tribe to submit to the Commission a
copy of an authentic ordinance
revocation or resolution.
Section 556.4 requires tribes to
mandate the submission of the
following information from applicants
for key employee and PMO positions: (i)
full name, other names used (oral or
written), social security number(s), birth
date, place of birth, citizenship, gender,
all languages (spoken or written); (ii)
currently and for the previous five
years: Business and employment
positions held, ownership interests in
those businesses, business and
residence addresses, and driver’s license
numbers; (iii) the names and current
addresses of at least three personal
references; (iv) current business and
personal telephone numbers; (v) a
description of any existing and previous
business relationships with Indian
tribes, including ownership interests in
those businesses; (vi) a description of
any existing and previous business
relationships with the gaming industry
generally, including ownership interests
in those businesses; (vii) the name and
address of any licensing or regulatory
agency with which the person has filed
an application for a license or permit
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related to gaming, whether or not such
license or permit was granted; (viii) for
each felony for which there is an
ongoing prosecution or a conviction, the
charge, the name and address of the
court involved, and the date and
disposition if any; (ix) for each
misdemeanor conviction or ongoing
misdemeanor prosecution (excluding
minor traffic violations) within 10 years
of the date of the application, the name
and address of the court involved and
the date and disposition; (x) for each
criminal charge in the past 10 years that
is not otherwise listed, the criminal
charge, the name and address of the
court, and the date and disposition; (xi)
the name and address of any licensing
or regulatory agency with which the
person has filed an application for an
occupational license or permit, whether
or not such license or permit was
granted; (xii) a photograph; and (xiii)
fingerprints. Sections 556.2 and 556.3,
respectively, require tribes to place a
specific Privacy Act notice on their key
employee and PMO applications, and to
warn applicants regarding the penalty
for false statements by also placing a
specific false statement notice on their
applications.
Sections 556.6(a) and 558.3(e) require
tribes to keep/maintain the individuals’
complete application files, investigative
reports, and eligibility determinations
during their employment and for at least
three years after termination of their
employment. Section 556.6(b)(1)
requires tribes to create and maintain an
investigative report on each background
investigation that includes: (i) the steps
taken in conducting a background
investigation; (ii) the results obtained;
(iii) the conclusions reached; and (iv)
the basis for those conclusions. Section
556.6(b)(2) requires tribes to submit, no
later than 60 days after an applicant
begins work, a notice of results of the
applicant’s background investigation
that includes: (i) the applicant’s name,
date of birth, and Social Security
number; (ii) the date on which the
applicant began or will begin work as a
key employee or PMO; (iii) a summary
of the information presented in the
investigative report; and (iv) a copy of
the eligibility determination.
Section 558.3(b) requires a tribe to
notify the Commission of the issuance
of PMO and key employee licenses
within 30 days after such issuance.
Section 558.3(d) requires a tribe to
notify the Commission if the tribe does
not issue a license to an applicant, and
requires it to forward copies of its
eligibility determination and notice of
results to the Commission for inclusion
in the Indian Gaming Individuals
Record System. Section 558.4(e)
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requires a tribe, after a gaming license
revocation hearing, to notify the
Commission of its decision to revoke or
reinstate a gaming license within 45
days of receiving notification from the
Commission that a specific individual
in a PMO or key employee position is
not eligible for continued employment.
These information collections are
mandatory and allow the Commission to
carry out its statutory duties.
Respondents: Indian tribal gaming
operations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,524.
Estimated Annual Responses:
225,484.
Estimated Time per Response:
Depending on the type of information
collection, the range of time can vary
from 0.7 burden hour to 23 burden
hours for one item.
Frequency of Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours on Respondents: 489,089.
Estimated Total Non-Hour Cost
Burden: $3,264,177.
Title: NEPA Compliance.
OMB Control Number: 3141–0006.
Brief Description of Collection: The
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq., and the
Council on Environmental Quality’s
(CEQ) implementing regulations, require
federal agencies to prepare (or cause to
be prepared) environmental documents
for agency actions that may have a
significant impact on the environment.
Under NEPA, an Environmental
Assessment (EA) must be prepared
when the agency action cannot be
categorically excluded, or the
environmental consequences of the
agency action will not result in a
significant impact or the environmental
impacts are unclear and need to be
further defined. An Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) must be
prepared when the agency action will
likely result in significant impacts to the
environment.
Amongst other actions necessary to
carry out the Commission’s statutory
duties, the Act requires the NIGC Chair
to review and approve third-party
management contracts that involve the
operation of tribal gaming facilities. 25
U.S.C. 2711. The Commission has taken
the position that the NEPA process is
triggered when a tribe and a potential
contractor seek approval of a
management contract. Normally, an EA
or EIS and its supporting documents are
prepared by an environmental
consulting firm and submitted to the
Commission by the tribe. In the case of
an EA, the Commission independently
evaluates the NEPA document, verifies
its content, and assumes responsibility
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for the accuracy of the information
contained therein. In some cases, this
may be memorialized in a Supplemental
Information Report. In the case of an
EIS, the Commission directs and is
responsible for the preparation of the
NEPA document, but the tribe or
potential contractor is responsible for
paying for the preparation of the
document. The information collected
includes, but is not limited to, maps,
charts, technical studies,
correspondence from other agencies
(federal, tribal, state, and local), and
comments from the public. These
information collections are mandatory
and allow the Commission to carry out
its statutory duties.
Respondents: Tribal governing bodies,
management contractors.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
Estimated Annual Responses: 3.
Estimated Time per Response:
Depending on whether the response is
an EA or an EIS, the range of time can
vary from 2 burden hours to 16 burden
hours for one item.
Frequency of Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours on Respondents: 20.5.
Estimated Total Non-Hour Cost
Burden: $494,132.
Title: Issuance of Certificates of SelfRegulation to Tribes for Class II Gaming.
OMB Control Number: 3141–0008.
Brief Description of Collection: The
Act sets the standards for the regulation
of Indian gaming, including a
framework for the issuance of
certificates of self-regulation for class II
gaming operations to tribes that meet
certain qualifications. Specifically, 25
U.S.C. 2710(c) authorizes the
Commission to issue a certificate of selfregulation if it determines that a tribe
has: (i) conducted its gaming activity in
a manner that has resulted in an
effective and honest accounting of all
revenues and a reputation for safe, fair,
and honest operation of the activity, and
has been generally free of evidence of
criminal or dishonest activity; (ii)
conducted its gaming operation on a
fiscally and economically sound basis;
(iii) conducted its gaming activity in
compliance with the IGRA, NIGC
regulations and the tribe’s gaming
ordinance and gaming regulations; (iv)
adopted and is implementing adequate
systems for the accounting of all
revenues from the gaming activity, for
the investigation, licensing, and
monitoring of all employees of the
gaming activity, for the investigation,
enforcement, and prosecution of
violations of its gaming ordinance and
regulations, and for the prosecution of
criminal or dishonest activity or
referring of such activity for
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prosecution. The Act also authorizes the
Commission to ‘‘promulgate such
regulations and guidelines as it deems
appropriate to implement’’ IGRA. 25
U.S.C. 2706(b)(10). Part 518 of title 25,
Code of Federal Regulations,
implements these statutory
requirements.
Section 518.3(e) requires a tribe’s
gaming operation(s) and the tribal
regulatory body (TRB) to have kept all
records needed to support the petition
for self-regulation for the three years
immediately preceding the date of the
petition submission. Section 518.4
requires a tribe petitioning for a
certificate of self-regulation to submit
the following to the Commission,
accompanied by supporting
documentation: (i) two copies of a
petition for self-regulation approved by
the tribal governing body and certified
as authentic; (ii) a description of how
the tribe meets the eligibility criteria in
§ 518.3; (iii) a brief history of each
gaming operation, including the
opening dates and periods of voluntary
or involuntary closure(s); (iv) a TRB
organizational chart; (v) a brief
description of the criteria that
individuals must meet before being
eligible for employment as a tribal
regulator; (vi) a brief description of the
process by which the TRB is funded,
and the funding level for the three years
immediately preceding the date of the
petition; (vii) a list of the current
regulators and TRB employees, their
complete resumes, their titles, the dates
that they began employment, and if
serving limited terms, the expiration
date of such terms; (viii) a brief
description of the accounting system(s)
at the gaming operation that tracks the
flow of the gaming revenues; (ix) a list
of the gaming activity internal controls
at the gaming operation(s); (x) a
description of the recordkeeping
system(s) for all investigations,
enforcement actions, and prosecutions
of violations of the tribal gaming
ordinance or regulations, for the threeyear period immediately preceding the
date of the petition; and (xi) the tribe’s
current set of gaming regulations, if not
included in the approved tribal gaming
ordinance. Section 518.10 requires each
Indian gaming tribe that has been issued
a certificate of self-regulation to submit
to the Commission the following
information by April 15th of each year
following the first year of selfregulation, or within 120 days after the
end of each gaming operation’s fiscal
year: (i) an annual independent audit;
and (ii) a complete resume for all TRB
employees hired and licensed by the
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tribe subsequent to its receipt of a
certificate of self-regulation.
Submission of the petition and
supporting documentation is voluntary.
Once a certificate of self-regulation has
been issued, the submission of certain
other information is mandatory.
Respondents: Tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
11.
Estimated Annual Responses: 11.
Estimated Time per Response:
Depending on the information
collection, the range of time can vary
from 1 burden hour to 202 burden hours
for one item.
Frequency of Responses: One per
year.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours on Respondents: 257.
Estimated Total Non-Hour Cost
Burden: $203,825.
III. Request for Comments
Regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act, require that interested
members of the public have an
opportunity to comment on an agency’s
information collection and
recordkeeping activities. See 5 CFR
1320.8(d). To comply with the public
consultation process, the Commission
previously published its 60-day notice
of its intent to submit the abovementioned information collection
requests to OMB for approval. See 88 FR
20182 (April 5, 2023). The Commission
did not receive any comments in
response to that notice and request for
comments.
The Commission will submit the
preceding requests to OMB to renew its
approval of the information collections.
The Commission is requesting a threeyear term of approval for each of these
information collection and
recordkeeping activities.
You are again invited to comment on
these collections concerning: (i) whether
the collections of information are
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimates of the burdens
(including the hours and cost) of the
proposed collections of information,
including the validity of the
methodologies and assumptions used;
(iii) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; (iv) ways to minimize the
burdens of the information collections
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other collection techniques or forms of
information technology.
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If you wish to comment in response
to this notice, you may send your
comments to the office listed under the
ADDRESSES section of this notice by July
6, 2023.
Comments submitted in response to
this second notice will be summarized
and become a matter of public record.
The NIGC will not request nor sponsor
a collection of information, and you
need not respond to such a request, if
there is no valid OMB Control Number.
Dated: May 23, 2023.
Christinia Thomas,
Deputy Chief of Staff.
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ACTION:
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the National Park Service (NPS) are
proposing to revise a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August 7,
2023.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Indian Gaming Commission
Submission of Information Collections Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act
AGENCY: National Indian Gaming Commission, Interior.
ACTION: Second notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC or Commission) is announcing
its submission, concurrently with the publication of this notice or
soon thereafter, of the following information collection requests to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The
Commission is seeking comments on the renewal of information
collections for the following activities: compliance and enforcement
actions under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act as authorized by OMB
Control Number 3141-0001; tribal gaming ordinance approvals, background
investigations, and issuance of licenses as authorized by OMB Control
Number 3141-0003; National Environmental Policy Act submissions as
authorized by OMB Control Number 3141-0006; and issuance to tribes of
certificates of self-regulation for class II gaming as authorized by
OMB Control Number 3141-0008. These information collections expire on
June 30, 2023, with the exception of OMB Control Number 3141-000, which
expires on May 31, 2023.
DATES: The OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the
information collection requests, but may respond after 30 days.
Therefore, public comments should be submitted to OMB by no later than
July 6, 2023 in order to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly to OMB's Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Policy Analyst/Desk Officer for the National
Indian Gaming Commission. Comments can also be emailed to
[email protected], include reference to ``NIGC PRA Renewals''
in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including
copies of the proposed collections of information and supporting
documentation, contact Tim Osumi by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at (202) 632-7054; or by at fax (202) 632-7066 (not toll-free
numbers). You may also review these information collection requests by
going to <https://www.reginfo.gov> (Information Collection Review,
Currently Under Review, Agency: National Indian Gaming Commission).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The gathering of this information is in keeping with the purposes
of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA or the Act), Public
Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., which include: providing a
statutory basis for the operation of gaming by Indian tribes as a means
of promoting tribal economic development, self-sufficiency, and strong
tribal governments; ensuring that the Indian tribe is the primary
beneficiary of the gaming operation; and declaring that the
establishment of independent federal regulatory authority for gaming on
Indian lands, the establishment of federal standards for gaming on
Indian lands, and the establishment of the Commission, are necessary to
meet congressional concerns regarding gaming and to protect such gaming
as a means of generating tribal revenue. 25 U.S.C. 2702. The Act
established the Commission and laid out a comprehensive framework for
the regulation of gaming on Indian lands.
II. Data
Title: Indian Gaming Compliance and Enforcement.
OMB Control Number: 3141-0001.
Brief Description of Collection: Although IGRA places primary
responsibility with the tribes for regulating their gaming activities,
25 U.S.C. 2706(b) directs the Commission to monitor class II gaming
conducted on Indian lands on a continuing basis. Amongst other actions
necessary to carry out the Commission's statutory duties, the Act
authorizes the Commission to access and inspect all papers, books, and
records relating to gross revenues of a gaming operation. The Act also
requires tribes to provide the Commission with annual independent
audits of their gaming operations, including audits of all contracts in
excess of $25,000. 25 U.S.C. 2710(b)(2)(C), (D); 2710(d)(1)(A)(ii). The
Act also authorizes the Commission to ``promulgate such regulations and
guidelines as it deems appropriate to implement'' IGRA. 25 U.S.C.
2706(b)(10). Part 571 of title 25, Code of
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Federal Regulations, implements these statutory requirements.
Section 571.7(a) requires Indian gaming operations to keep/maintain
permanent books of account and records sufficient to establish the
amount of gross and net income, deductions and expenses, receipts and
disbursements, and other relevant financial information. Section
571.7(c) requires that these records be kept for at least five years.
Under Sec. 571.7(b), the Commission may require a gaming operation to
submit statements, reports, accountings, and specific records that will
enable the NIGC to determine whether or not such operation is liable
for fees payable to the Commission (and in what amount). Section
571.7(d) requires a gaming operation to keep copies of all enforcement
actions that a tribe or a state has taken against the operation.
Section 571.12 requires tribes to prepare comparative financial
statements covering all financial activities of each class II and class
III gaming operation on the tribe's Indian lands, and to engage an
independent certified public accountant to provide an annual audit of
the financial statements of each gaming operation. Section 571.13
requires tribes to prepare and submit to the Commission two paper
copies or one electronic copy of the financial statements and audits,
together with management letter(s) and other documented auditor
communications and/or reports as a result of the audit, setting forth
the results of each fiscal year. The submission must be sent to the
Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year of each
gaming operation, including when a gaming operation changes its fiscal
year or when gaming ceases to operate. Section 571.14 requires tribes
to reconcile quarterly fee reports with audited financial statements
and to keep/maintain this information to be available to the NIGC upon
request in order to facilitate the performance of compliance audits.
This information collection is mandatory and allows the Commission
to fulfill its statutory responsibilities under IGRA to regulate gaming
on Indian lands.
Respondents: Indian tribal gaming operations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 720.
Estimated Annual Responses: 1,440.
Estimated Time per Response: Depending on the type of information
collection, the range of time can vary from 4 burden hours to 476
burden hours for one item.
Frequency of Responses: Depending on the type of information
collection, it can be quarterly or annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 126,720.
Estimated Total Non-Hour Cost Burden: $38,376,960.
Title: Approval of Class II and Class III Ordinances, Background
Investigations, and Gaming Licenses.
OMB Control Number: 3141-0003.
Brief Description of Collection: The Act sets standards for the
regulation of gaming on Indian lands, including requirements for the
approval or disapproval of tribal gaming ordinances. Specifically,
Sec. 2705(a)(3) requires the NIGC Chair to review all class II and
class III tribal gaming ordinances. Section 2710 sets forth the
specific requirements for the tribal gaming ordinances, including the
requirement that there be adequate systems in place to cause background
investigations to be conducted on individuals in key employee and
primary management official (PMO) positions (Sec. 2710(b)(2)(F)(i));
and to provide two prompt notifications to the Commission, one
notification containing the results of the background investigations
before the issuance of any gaming licenses, and the other one of the
issuance of such gaming licenses to key employees and PMOs (Sec.
2710(b)(2)(F)(ii)). In addition, Sec. 2710(d)(2)(D)(ii) requires
tribes who have, at their sole discretion, revoked any prior class III
ordinance or resolution, to submit a notice of such revocation to the
NIGC Chair. The Act also authorizes the Commission to ``promulgate such
regulations and guidelines as it deems appropriate to implement'' IGRA.
25 U.S.C. 2706(b)(10). Parts 519, 522, 556, and 558 of title 25, Code
of Federal Regulations, implement these statutory requirements.
Sections 519.1 and 519.2 require a tribe, management contractor,
and a tribal operator to designate an agent for service of process, and
Sec. 522.2(g) requires it to be submitted by written notification to
the Commission. Section 522.2(a) requires a tribe to submit a copy of
an ordinance or resolution certified as authentic, and that meets the
approval requirements in 25 CFR 522.5(b) or 522.7. Sections 522.11 and
522.12 require tribes to submit, respectively, an ordinance for the
licensing of individually owned gaming operations other than those
operating on September 1, 1986, and for the licensing of individually
owned gaming operations operating on September 1, 1986. Section
522.3(a) requires a tribe to submit an amendment to an ordinance or
resolution within 15 days after adoption of such amendment.
Section 522.2(b)-(h) requires tribes to submit to the Commission:
(i) A copy of the procedures to conduct or cause to be conducted
background investigations on key employees and primary management
officials and to ensure that key employees and primary management
officials are notified of their rights under the Privacy Act; (ii) a
copy of the procedures to issue tribal licenses to primary management
officials and key employees; (iii) When an ordinance or resolution
concerns class III gaming, a copy of any approved tribal-state compact
or class III procedures as prescribed by the Secretary that are in
effect at the time the ordinance or amendment is passed; (iv) A copy of
the procedures for resolving disputes between the gaming public and the
tribe or the management contractor; (v) Identification of the entity
that will take fingerprints and a copy of the procedures for conducting
a criminal history check. Such a criminal history check shall include a
check of criminal history records information maintained by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation; and (vi) Indian lands or tribal gaming
regulations or environmental and public health and safety documentation
that the Chair may request in the Chair's discretion. Section 522.3(a)
requires a tribe to submit any amendment to these submissions within 15
days after adoption of such amendment. Section 522.13(a) requires a
tribe to submit to the Commission a copy of an authentic ordinance
revocation or resolution.
Section 556.4 requires tribes to mandate the submission of the
following information from applicants for key employee and PMO
positions: (i) full name, other names used (oral or written), social
security number(s), birth date, place of birth, citizenship, gender,
all languages (spoken or written); (ii) currently and for the previous
five years: Business and employment positions held, ownership interests
in those businesses, business and residence addresses, and driver's
license numbers; (iii) the names and current addresses of at least
three personal references; (iv) current business and personal telephone
numbers; (v) a description of any existing and previous business
relationships with Indian tribes, including ownership interests in
those businesses; (vi) a description of any existing and previous
business relationships with the gaming industry generally, including
ownership interests in those businesses; (vii) the name and address of
any licensing or regulatory agency with which the person has filed an
application for a license or permit
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related to gaming, whether or not such license or permit was granted;
(viii) for each felony for which there is an ongoing prosecution or a
conviction, the charge, the name and address of the court involved, and
the date and disposition if any; (ix) for each misdemeanor conviction
or ongoing misdemeanor prosecution (excluding minor traffic violations)
within 10 years of the date of the application, the name and address of
the court involved and the date and disposition; (x) for each criminal
charge in the past 10 years that is not otherwise listed, the criminal
charge, the name and address of the court, and the date and
disposition; (xi) the name and address of any licensing or regulatory
agency with which the person has filed an application for an
occupational license or permit, whether or not such license or permit
was granted; (xii) a photograph; and (xiii) fingerprints. Sections
556.2 and 556.3, respectively, require tribes to place a specific
Privacy Act notice on their key employee and PMO applications, and to
warn applicants regarding the penalty for false statements by also
placing a specific false statement notice on their applications.
Sections 556.6(a) and 558.3(e) require tribes to keep/maintain the
individuals' complete application files, investigative reports, and
eligibility determinations during their employment and for at least
three years after termination of their employment. Section 556.6(b)(1)
requires tribes to create and maintain an investigative report on each
background investigation that includes: (i) the steps taken in
conducting a background investigation; (ii) the results obtained; (iii)
the conclusions reached; and (iv) the basis for those conclusions.
Section 556.6(b)(2) requires tribes to submit, no later than 60 days
after an applicant begins work, a notice of results of the applicant's
background investigation that includes: (i) the applicant's name, date
of birth, and Social Security number; (ii) the date on which the
applicant began or will begin work as a key employee or PMO; (iii) a
summary of the information presented in the investigative report; and
(iv) a copy of the eligibility determination.
Section 558.3(b) requires a tribe to notify the Commission of the
issuance of PMO and key employee licenses within 30 days after such
issuance. Section 558.3(d) requires a tribe to notify the Commission if
the tribe does not issue a license to an applicant, and requires it to
forward copies of its eligibility determination and notice of results
to the Commission for inclusion in the Indian Gaming Individuals Record
System. Section 558.4(e) requires a tribe, after a gaming license
revocation hearing, to notify the Commission of its decision to revoke
or reinstate a gaming license within 45 days of receiving notification
from the Commission that a specific individual in a PMO or key employee
position is not eligible for continued employment.
These information collections are mandatory and allow the
Commission to carry out its statutory duties.
Respondents: Indian tribal gaming operations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,524.
Estimated Annual Responses: 225,484.
Estimated Time per Response: Depending on the type of information
collection, the range of time can vary from 0.7 burden hour to 23
burden hours for one item.
Frequency of Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 489,089.
Estimated Total Non-Hour Cost Burden: $3,264,177.
Title: NEPA Compliance.
OMB Control Number: 3141-0006.
Brief Description of Collection: The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq., and the Council on Environmental
Quality's (CEQ) implementing regulations, require federal agencies to
prepare (or cause to be prepared) environmental documents for agency
actions that may have a significant impact on the environment. Under
NEPA, an Environmental Assessment (EA) must be prepared when the agency
action cannot be categorically excluded, or the environmental
consequences of the agency action will not result in a significant
impact or the environmental impacts are unclear and need to be further
defined. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) must be prepared when
the agency action will likely result in significant impacts to the
environment.
Amongst other actions necessary to carry out the Commission's
statutory duties, the Act requires the NIGC Chair to review and approve
third-party management contracts that involve the operation of tribal
gaming facilities. 25 U.S.C. 2711. The Commission has taken the
position that the NEPA process is triggered when a tribe and a
potential contractor seek approval of a management contract. Normally,
an EA or EIS and its supporting documents are prepared by an
environmental consulting firm and submitted to the Commission by the
tribe. In the case of an EA, the Commission independently evaluates the
NEPA document, verifies its content, and assumes responsibility for the
accuracy of the information contained therein. In some cases, this may
be memorialized in a Supplemental Information Report. In the case of an
EIS, the Commission directs and is responsible for the preparation of
the NEPA document, but the tribe or potential contractor is responsible
for paying for the preparation of the document. The information
collected includes, but is not limited to, maps, charts, technical
studies, correspondence from other agencies (federal, tribal, state,
and local), and comments from the public. These information collections
are mandatory and allow the Commission to carry out its statutory
duties.
Respondents: Tribal governing bodies, management contractors.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
Estimated Annual Responses: 3.
Estimated Time per Response: Depending on whether the response is
an EA or an EIS, the range of time can vary from 2 burden hours to 16
burden hours for one item.
Frequency of Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 20.5.
Estimated Total Non-Hour Cost Burden: $494,132.
Title: Issuance of Certificates of Self-Regulation to Tribes for
Class II Gaming.
OMB Control Number: 3141-0008.
Brief Description of Collection: The Act sets the standards for the
regulation of Indian gaming, including a framework for the issuance of
certificates of self-regulation for class II gaming operations to
tribes that meet certain qualifications. Specifically, 25 U.S.C.
2710(c) authorizes the Commission to issue a certificate of self-
regulation if it determines that a tribe has: (i) conducted its gaming
activity in a manner that has resulted in an effective and honest
accounting of all revenues and a reputation for safe, fair, and honest
operation of the activity, and has been generally free of evidence of
criminal or dishonest activity; (ii) conducted its gaming operation on
a fiscally and economically sound basis; (iii) conducted its gaming
activity in compliance with the IGRA, NIGC regulations and the tribe's
gaming ordinance and gaming regulations; (iv) adopted and is
implementing adequate systems for the accounting of all revenues from
the gaming activity, for the investigation, licensing, and monitoring
of all employees of the gaming activity, for the investigation,
enforcement, and prosecution of violations of its gaming ordinance and
regulations, and for the prosecution of criminal or dishonest activity
or referring of such activity for
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prosecution. The Act also authorizes the Commission to ``promulgate
such regulations and guidelines as it deems appropriate to implement''
IGRA. 25 U.S.C. 2706(b)(10). Part 518 of title 25, Code of Federal
Regulations, implements these statutory requirements.
Section 518.3(e) requires a tribe's gaming operation(s) and the
tribal regulatory body (TRB) to have kept all records needed to support
the petition for self-regulation for the three years immediately
preceding the date of the petition submission. Section 518.4 requires a
tribe petitioning for a certificate of self-regulation to submit the
following to the Commission, accompanied by supporting documentation:
(i) two copies of a petition for self-regulation approved by the tribal
governing body and certified as authentic; (ii) a description of how
the tribe meets the eligibility criteria in Sec. 518.3; (iii) a brief
history of each gaming operation, including the opening dates and
periods of voluntary or involuntary closure(s); (iv) a TRB
organizational chart; (v) a brief description of the criteria that
individuals must meet before being eligible for employment as a tribal
regulator; (vi) a brief description of the process by which the TRB is
funded, and the funding level for the three years immediately preceding
the date of the petition; (vii) a list of the current regulators and
TRB employees, their complete resumes, their titles, the dates that
they began employment, and if serving limited terms, the expiration
date of such terms; (viii) a brief description of the accounting
system(s) at the gaming operation that tracks the flow of the gaming
revenues; (ix) a list of the gaming activity internal controls at the
gaming operation(s); (x) a description of the recordkeeping system(s)
for all investigations, enforcement actions, and prosecutions of
violations of the tribal gaming ordinance or regulations, for the
three-year period immediately preceding the date of the petition; and
(xi) the tribe's current set of gaming regulations, if not included in
the approved tribal gaming ordinance. Section 518.10 requires each
Indian gaming tribe that has been issued a certificate of self-
regulation to submit to the Commission the following information by
April 15th of each year following the first year of self-regulation, or
within 120 days after the end of each gaming operation's fiscal year:
(i) an annual independent audit; and (ii) a complete resume for all TRB
employees hired and licensed by the tribe subsequent to its receipt of
a certificate of self-regulation.
Submission of the petition and supporting documentation is
voluntary. Once a certificate of self-regulation has been issued, the
submission of certain other information is mandatory.
Respondents: Tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 11.
Estimated Annual Responses: 11.
Estimated Time per Response: Depending on the information
collection, the range of time can vary from 1 burden hour to 202 burden
hours for one item.
Frequency of Responses: One per year.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 257.
Estimated Total Non-Hour Cost Burden: $203,825.
III. Request for Comments
Regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which implement provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act, require that interested members of the public
have an opportunity to comment on an agency's information collection
and recordkeeping activities. See 5 CFR 1320.8(d). To comply with the
public consultation process, the Commission previously published its
60-day notice of its intent to submit the above-mentioned information
collection requests to OMB for approval. See 88 FR 20182 (April 5,
2023). The Commission did not receive any comments in response to that
notice and request for comments.
The Commission will submit the preceding requests to OMB to renew
its approval of the information collections. The Commission is
requesting a three-year term of approval for each of these information
collection and recordkeeping activities.
You are again invited to comment on these collections concerning:
(i) whether the collections of information are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (ii) the accuracy of the
agency's estimates of the burdens (including the hours and cost) of the
proposed collections of information, including the validity of the
methodologies and assumptions used; (iii) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (iv) ways to
minimize the burdens of the information collections on those who are to
respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or forms of
information technology.
If you wish to comment in response to this notice, you may send
your comments to the office listed under the ADDRESSES section of this
notice by July 6, 2023.
Comments submitted in response to this second notice will be
summarized and become a matter of public record. The NIGC will not
request nor sponsor a collection of information, and you need not
respond to such a request, if there is no valid OMB Control Number.
Dated: May 23, 2023.
Christinia Thomas,
Deputy Chief of Staff.
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