[Federal Register: May 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 85)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Information Collection Activities, Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request
for the 25 CFR part 256, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau
of Indian Affairs (BIA) Housing Improvement Program, OMB Control
1076-0084, is being submitted to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget for
reinstatement. The collection expired during the renewal process.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments
regarding this proposal to the Desk Officer of the Department of the
Interior by facsimile to 202-395-6566. You may also send comments by e-
mail to: OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov.
Copies of comments should refer to the proposal by name and/ or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to Les Jensen, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-4513-MIB,
Washington, DC 20240. Telephone 907-586-7397.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the collection of
information form or requests for additional information should be
directed to Les Jensen, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of
Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-4513-MIB, Washington, DC 20240.
Telephone 907-586-7397.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The information is needed to establish an applicant's eligibility
to receive services under the Housing Improvement Program and to
establish the priority order in which eligible applicants may receive
services under the program. A Federal Register notice requesting
comments was published on October 30, 2007 (72 FR61365). No comments
were received.
II. Method of Collection
The housing regulations at 25 CFR part 256 contain the program
eligibility and selection criteria (Sec. Sec. 256.6, 256.8, 256.9,
256.10, 256.13, 256.14), which must be met by prospective applicants
seeking program services. Information collected from applicants under
these regulations provides eligibility and selection data used by the
local servicing housing office to establish whether an applicant is
eligible to receive services. The local servicing housing office may be
a tribal housing office under a Public Law 93-638, Indian Self-
Determination contract or a Self-Governance annual funding agreement,
or part of the BIA. Additionally, the data is used by the Assistant
Secretary--Indian Affairs to establish whether a request for waiver of
a specific housing regulation is in the best interest of the applicant
and the Federal Government.
III. Data
(1) Title of the Collection of Information: Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Housing Improvement Program, 25 CFR
Part 256.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0084.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of an information collection.
(2) Summary of the Collection of Information: The collection of
information provides pertinent data concerning an applicant's
eligibility to receive services under the Housing Improvement Program
and includes:
A. Applicant Information including: Name, current address,
telephone number, date of birth, Social Security Number, tribe, roll
number, reservation, marital status, name of spouse, date of birth of
spouse, tribe of spouse, and roll number of spouse.
B. Family Information including: Name, date of birth, relationship
to applicant, and tribe/roll number.
C. Income Information: Earned and unearned income.
D. Housing Information including: Location of the house to be
repaired, constructed, or purchased; description of housing assistance
for which applying; knowledge of receipt of prior Housing Improvement
Program assistance, amount, to whom and when; ownership or rental;
availability of electricity and name of electric company; type of sewer
system; water source; number of bedrooms; size of house; and bathroom
facilities.
E. Land Information including: Landowner; legal status of land; or
type of interest in land.
F. General Information including: Prior receipt of services under
the Housing Improvement Program and description of such; ownership of
other housing and description of such; identification of Housing and
Urban Development funded house and current status of project;
identification of other sources of housing assistance for which the
applicant has applied and been denied assistance if applying for a new
housing unit or purchase of an existing standard unit; and advisement
and description of any severe health problem, handicap or permanent
disability.
G. Applicant Certification including: Signature of applicant and
date, and signature of spouse and date.
(3) Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of
the Information: Submission of this information is required in order to
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receive services under the Housing Improvement Program. The information
is collected to determine applicant eligibility for services and
applicant priority order to receive services under the program.
(4) Description of Affected Entities: Individual members of
federally recognized Indian tribes who are living within a designated
tribal or legally defined service area. Lack of funding drives our
number of respondents which we will estimate as one (1) to keep the
information collection current.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,000.
Proposed Frequency of Response: Annually or less frequently,
depending on length of waiting list, funding availability and dynamics
of service population.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 8,000.
Estimated Time per Application: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,000 hours.
IV. Request for Comments
We specifically request your comments concerning the following:
1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the BIA, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
2. The accuracy of the BIA's estimate of the burden to collect the
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used;
3. The quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected; and,
4. How to minimize the burden of the information collection on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; the comments will also become a matter of public record.
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 comments, names and addresses
of commenters will be available for public view during regular business
hours. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised 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 from public review your personal identifying
information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. We may
withhold comments for other reasons, but we will not consider anonymous
comments. The complete comments for businesses or organizations will be
made public, including the representative's name.
OMB is required to respond to this request within 60 days after
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, but may respond
after 30 days; therefore, your comments should be submitted to OMB
within 30 days to assure maximum consideration.
Dated: April 25, 2008.
Sanjeev ``Sonny'' Bhagowalia,
Chief Information Officer--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E8-9529 Filed 4-30-08; 8:45 am]
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