Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Certificate of Degree of Indian or Alaska Native Blood, 84927-84928 [2024-24581]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 206 / Thursday, October 24, 2024 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 security screening provided by TSA Federal employees. TSA will initially acknowledge receipt of the application, then provide an official response within 120 days from the date of acknowledgement. The application collects the following information from each airport operator seeking to participate in SPP: • Basic airport information: airport name, Federal Aviation Administration identifier, and airport operating authority. • Authorized Requestor information: name, position, primary and alternate phone number, mailing address, and email address. • An indication of whether or not the airport authority plans to provide its own private security screening services. • A recommendation on which private screening company should perform the screening function and the basis for the recommendation. • Information on any major activities scheduled to occur at the airport within the next 18 months that could impact the transition from Federal screening to private screening (for example, major construction). • Optional information may be provided to support the consideration of their application. The application contains no personally identifiable information, sensitive security information, or classified information, so no special handling or protection is required. Twenty airports are currently participating in SPP. TSA estimates the annual burden for the information collection related to SPP is 30 minutes (0.50 hours). While TSA anticipates that only two airport operators will respond annually, the burden estimates presume that 10 or more airport operators could respond. The agency estimates that each respondent airport operator will spend approximately 15 minutes (.25) hour to complete the application for a total burden of 30 minutes (0.50 hours). TSA does not require the airport operators to maintain records of the application submission. If the airport operator chooses to do so, the estimated burden associated with this action is minimal. Dated: October 21, 2024. Christina A. Walsh, TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Information Technology. [FR Doc. 2024–24727 Filed 10–23–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–05–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:56 Oct 23, 2024 Jkt 265001 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs [256A2100DD/AAKC001030/ A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 1076–0153] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Certificate of Degree of Indian or Alaska Native Blood Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to renew an information collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before November 25, 2024. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection request (ICR) should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) through https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRA/ icrPublicCommentRequest?ref_ nbr=202405-1076-010 or by visiting https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain and selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments’’ and then scrolling down to the ‘‘Department of the Interior.’’ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this ICR, contact Steven Mullen, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1001 Indian School Road NW, Suite 229, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104; comments@bia.gov; (202) 924–2650. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. You may also view the ICR at https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/Forward? SearchTarget=PRA&textfield=10760153. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general public and other Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 84927 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 60day public comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on June 21, 2024 (89 FR 52076). No comments were received. As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the following: (1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether or not the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) How might the agency 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 technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of response. Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. 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: The BIA is seeking renewal of the approval for the information collection conducted under the numerous laws authorizing BIA to administer program services to Indians, provided that the individual possesses a minimum degree of Indian or Alaska Native blood. When applying for program services authorized by these laws, an applicant must provide acceptable documentation to prove that E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1 84928 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 206 / Thursday, October 24, 2024 / Notices he or she meets the minimum required degree of Indian or Alaska Native blood. Currently, the BIA certifies an individual’s degree of Indian or Alaska Native blood if the individual can provide sufficient information to prove his or her identity and prove his or her descent from an Indian ancestor(s) listed on historic documents approved by the Secretary of the Interior that include blood degree information. To obtain the CDIB, the applicant must fill out an application form and provide supporting documents. Title of Collection: Request for Certificate of Degree of Indian or Alaska Native Blood. OMB Control Number: 1076–0153. Form Number: N/A. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals. Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 100,000 per year, on average. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 100,000 per year, on average. Estimated Completion Time per Response: 1.5 hours. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 150,000. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to Obtain a Benefit. Frequency of Collection: Once. Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $2,500,000. Authority 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.). Steven Mullen, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. 2024–24581 Filed 10–23–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4337–15–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 [BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500180157] National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures for the Bureau of Land Management (516 DM 11) Office of the Secretary, Interior. Notice of revisions. AGENCY: ACTION: This notice announces revisions to the Bureau of Land SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:56 Oct 23, 2024 Jkt 265001 Management’s (BLM) procedures for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as amended, which remove four administratively established categorical exclusions (CXs) and incorporate two CXs statutorily created by Congress. DATES: The revisions are incorporated into BLM’s NEPA procedures, located at chapter 11 of part 516 of the Departmental Manual (516 DM 11), effective October 24, 2024. ADDRESSES: The BLM’s NEPA procedures can be found on the Department of the Interior’s (Department or Interior) Electronic Library of Interior Policies (ELIPS) at: https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/ elips/documents/516-dm-11_0.pdf. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Bernier, Division Chief, Decision Support, Planning, and NEPA, at (303) 239–3635, or hbernier@blm.gov. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting Heather Bernier. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is revising the list of BLM actions that are categorically excluded from the requirement to complete an environmental assessment (EA) or environmental impact statement (EIS), unless any extraordinary circumstances exist that make application of the categorical exclusion (CX) inappropriate (42 U.S.C. 4336e(1); 40 CFR 1501.4(a); 1508.1(e)).1 The BLM’s NEPA procedures, 516 DM 11, were last updated December 10, 2020. With this revision, the Department removes four administrative CXs from the BLM’s NEPA procedures due to consideration of sound land management, legal frameworks, and other factors. The BLM is removing the following CXs: 516 DM 11.9 C(10) regarding the salvaging of dead and dying trees; 516 DM 11.9 D(10) 1 On May 1, 2024, CEQ issued a final rule to amend its NEPA implementing regulations, which became effective July 1, 2024. 89 FR 35442 (May 1, 2024). The Department’s February 26, 2024, Federal Register Notice seeking public comment on these revisions predated the CEQ final rule and thus cited to the CEQ regulations in effect at the time. 89 FR 14087 (Feb. 26, 2024). The Department has determined that the amendments to the CEQ regulations do not have a material impact on these revisions, which comply with the requirements of CEQ’s regulations both before and after the recent amendments. PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 regarding vegetation management activities; 516 DM 11.9 D(11) regarding issuance of livestock grazing permits or leases; and 516 DM 11.9 J(1) regarding certain activities within sagebrush and sagebrush-steppe plant communities to manage pinyon pine and juniper trees for the benefit of mule deer or sagegrouse habitats. The BLM previously discontinued use of these four CXs through instruction memoranda (IMs) (available online at https:// www.blm.gov/policy/instructionmemorandum). The BLM discontinued use of 516 DM 11.9 D(10) and 516 DM 11.9 D(11) on August 21, 2009, through IM 2009–199; discontinued use of 516 DM 11.9 C(10) on August 3, 2022, through permanent IM (PIM) 2022–010; and discontinued use of 516 DM 11.9 J(1) on November 30, 2022, through PIM 2023–002. When proposing actions to which these CXs would have applied, the BLM now must assess whether another CX applies or whether it will prepare an EA or EIS. The Department also is incorporating two CXs statutorily created by Congress in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117–58) (IIJA) into the BLM NEPA procedures. Section 11318 of the IIJA created a CX for issuance of sundry notices or rights-of-way for gathering lines and associated field compression or pumping units on Federal land servicing oil and gas wells under certain conditions described in the statute. Section 40806 of the IIJA created a CX for forest management activities for the establishment of fuel breaks in forests and other wildland vegetation. Because these are statutory CXs, the Department does not have the discretion to change their terms. However, before applying either of the CXs, the BLM will evaluate the proposed action for extraordinary circumstances consistent with Section 40806 of the IIJA and 40 CFR 1501.4(b). Comments on the Proposed Revisions The proposed revisions to the BLM’s NEPA procedures were available for public review and comment for 30 days, beginning with the publication of a Federal Register notice on February 26, 2024 (89 FR 14087). The BLM received 33 comment submissions. Comments were submitted by State and local governments, interest groups, and private citizens. The BLM received comments both in support of and opposition to the proposed revisions. Some comments were beyond the scope of the proposal to modify the BLM’s NEPA procedures to add and remove CXs and included critiques of the BLM’s NEPA analysis and management of livestock grazing as well as requests to E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1

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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24581]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[256A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 1076-0153]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for 
Certificate of Degree of Indian or Alaska Native Blood

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are proposing to renew an 
information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 25, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) should be sent within 30 days of 
publication of this notice to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (OIRA) through https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRA/icrPublicCommentRequest?ref_nbr=202405-1076-010 or by visiting https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain and selecting ``Currently under 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' and then scrolling down to the 
``Department of the Interior.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Steven Mullen, Information Collection Clearance 
Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action--Indian 
Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1001 Indian School Road NW, 
Suite 229, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104; [email protected]; (202) 924-
2650. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. You may also 
view the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/Forward?SearchTarget=PRA&textfield=1076-0153.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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 
June 21, 2024 (89 FR 52076). No comments were received.
    As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other 
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are 
especially interested in public comment addressing the following:
    (1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) How might the agency 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 technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of response.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. 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: The BIA is seeking renewal of the approval for the 
information collection conducted under the numerous laws authorizing 
BIA to administer program services to Indians, provided that the 
individual possesses a minimum degree of Indian or Alaska Native blood. 
When applying for program services authorized by these laws, an 
applicant must provide acceptable documentation to prove that

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he or she meets the minimum required degree of Indian or Alaska Native 
blood. Currently, the BIA certifies an individual's degree of Indian or 
Alaska Native blood if the individual can provide sufficient 
information to prove his or her identity and prove his or her descent 
from an Indian ancestor(s) listed on historic documents approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior that include blood degree information. To 
obtain the CDIB, the applicant must fill out an application form and 
provide supporting documents.
    Title of Collection: Request for Certificate of Degree of Indian or 
Alaska Native Blood.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0153.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 100,000 per year, on 
average.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 100,000 per year, on 
average.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 1.5 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 150,000.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $2,500,000.

Authority

    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.).

Steven Mullen,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs 
and Collaborative Action--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-24581 Filed 10-23-24; 8:45 am]
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