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respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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. Reclamation will
display a valid OMB control number on
the RRA forms. A Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published in the
Federal Register on February 1, 2005
(70 FR 5219, Feb. 1, 2005). A list of the
comments received and our responses to
those comments will be sent to: (1) all
districts, (2) all commenters, and (3)
OMB with the ICR; it is also available
from us upon request.
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove this information collection,
but may respond after 30 days;
therefore, public comment should be
submitted to OMB within 30 days in
order to assure maximum consideration.
Department of the Interior practice is
to make comments, including names
and home addresses of respondents,
available for public review. Individual
respondents may request that we
withhold their home address from
public disclosure, which we will honor
to the extent allowable by law. There
also may be circumstances in which we
would withhold a respondent’s identity
from public disclosure, as allowable by
law. If you wish us to withhold your
name and/or address, you must state
this prominently at the beginning of
your comment. We will make all
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public disclosure in their entirety.
Dated: June 17, 2005.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Office of Program and Policy
Services.
[FR Doc. 05–13138 Filed 7–1–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review;
Comment Request
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently
approved collection (OMB No. 1006–
0006).
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
comment: Certification Summary Form
and Reporting Summary Form for
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426
and 43 CFR part 428, OMB Control
Number: 1006–0006. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected cost and burden.
DATES: Your comments must be received
on or before August 4, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments
regarding the burden estimate, or any
other aspect of the information
collection, including suggestions for
reducing the burden, to the Desk Officer
for the Department of the Interior at the
Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, via facsimile to (202) 395–6566
or e-mail to
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. A copy
of your comments should also be
directed to the Bureau of Reclamation,
Attention: D–5300, PO Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225–0007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or a copy of the
proposed forms contact Stephanie
McPhee, D–5300, PO Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225–0007; or by
telephone: (303) 445–2897.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Certification Summary Form
and Reporting Summary Form for
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426
and 43 CFR part 428.
Abstract: The summary forms in this
information collection are to be used by
district offices to summarize individual
landholder (direct or indirect landowner
or lessee) and farm operator certification
and reporting forms as required by the
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA),
43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
This information allows the Bureau of
Reclamation (we, our, or us) to establish
water user compliance with Federal
reclamation law.
Changes to the Reclamation Reform Act
of 1982 (RRA) Forms and the
Instructions to Those Forms
Proposed changes were made to the
current Form 7–21SUMM–C, Form 7–
21SUMM–R, the corresponding
tabulation sheets, and the corresponding
instructions prior to the 60-day
comment period initiated by the notice
published in the Federal Register on
February 1, 2005 (70 FR 5222, Feb. 1,
2005). Those changes were designed to
increase the respondents’ understanding
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of the summary forms, the instructions
to the summary forms, and what
information is required to be submitted
to Reclamation. Comments resulting
from the 60-day comment period
consisted of minor language additions,
deletions, and revisions to specific areas
of certain summary forms. Such
additions, deletions, and revisions
reflected in language found in current
RRA directives and/or in other places
within the current summary forms.
Changes based on the comments
received were made when the changes
resulted in increased clarity and
increased correctness of the summary
forms and the corresponding
instructions. All other changes that were
made are editorial or typographical in
nature. The proposed revisions to the
summary forms will be included
starting in the 2006 water year.
Draft of a New Form
As part of Reclamation’s ongoing
acceptance of users’ comments on the
RRA forms, Reclamation received a
request to devise a way to more
efficiently track limited recipients that
hold less than 40 acres (i.e., those that
are below the RRA forms submittal
threshold and thus do not submit
standard RRA forms) and the full-cost
and excess land held by such limited
recipients. In an effort to address this
comment Reclamation proposed a draft
of a new form, ‘‘Tabulation H of Limited
Recipients That Hold Less Than 40
Acres, and Full-Cost Landholders and
Excess Landowners That Are Below the
RRA Forms Submittal Threshold.’’ This
draft form was presented for public
comment during the 60-day comment
period initiated by the Federal Register
notice published on February 1, 2005
(70 FR 5222, Feb. 1, 2005). Nearly all of
the public comments received with
regard to the proposed new form
expressed opposition to the form.
Therefore, the proposed new form will
not be implemented for use in the 2006
or future water years, and the proposed
new form is not included as part of the
forms presented for comment during
this 30-day comment period.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Contracting entities that
are subject to the acreage limitation
provisions of Federal reclamation law.
Estimated Total Number of
Respondents: 238.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.25.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 298.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 11,900 hours.
Estimate of Burden for Each Form:
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Estimated
No. of respondents
Form No.
Frequency of
response
Total annual
responses
Burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
7–21SUMM–C and tabulation sheets ............................................
7–21SUMM–R and tabulation sheets ............................................
198
40
1.25
1.25
248
50
40
40
9,900
2,000
Total ........................................................................................
238
1.25
298
......................
11,900
Comments
Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of our functions, including
whether the information will have
practical use;
(b) The accuracy of our burden
estimate for the proposed collection of
information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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. Reclamation will
display a valid OMB control number on
the RRA forms. A Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published in the
Federal Register on February 1, 2005
(70 FR 5222, Feb. 1, 2005). A list of the
comments received and our responses to
those comments will be sent to: (1) All
districts, (2) all commenters, and (3)
OMB with the ICR; it is also available
from us upon request.
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove this information collection,
but may respond after 30 days;
therefore, public comment should be
submitted to OMB within 30 days in
order to assure maximum consideration.
Department of the Interior practice is
to make comments, including names
and home addresses of respondents,
available for public review. Individual
respondents may request that we
withhold their home address from
public disclosure, which we will honor
to the extent allowable by law. There
also may be circumstances in which we
would withhold a respondent’s identity
from public disclosure, as allowable by
law. If you wish us to withhold your
name and/or address, you must state
this prominently at the beginning of
your comment. We will make all
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
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representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public disclosure in their entirety.
Dated: June 17, 2005.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Office of Program and Policy
Services.
[FR Doc. 05–13145 Filed 7–1–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review;
Comment Request
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of currently
approved collection (OMB No. 1006–
0023).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
comment: Limited Recipient
Identification Sheet and Trust
Information Sheet, 43 CFR part 426,
OMB Control Number: 1006–0023. As a
result of Reclamation’s activities to fully
implement the acreage limitation
provisions applicable to public entities
(43 CFR 426.10 and the Act of July 7,
1970, Pub. L. 91–310), a new ‘‘Public
Entity Information Sheet’’ (Form 7–
2565) has been developed for approval
as part of this information collection.
The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
cost and burden.
DATES: Your comments must be received
on or before August 4, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments
regarding the burden estimate, or any
other aspect of the information
collection, including suggestions for
reducing the burden, to the Desk Officer
for the Department of the Interior at the
Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, via facsimile to (202) 395–6566
or e-mail to
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OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. A copy
of your comments should also be
directed to the Bureau of Reclamation,
Attention: D–5300, PO Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225–0007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or a copy of the
proposed forms contact Stephanie
McPhee, D–5300, PO Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225–0007; or by
telephone: (303) 445–2897.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Limited Recipient Identification
Sheet, Trust Information Sheet, and
Public Entity Information Sheet for
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426
and the Act of July 7, 1970, Public Law
91–310.
Abstract: Identification of limited
recipients—Some entities that receive
Reclamation irrigation water may
believe themselves to be under the
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA)
forms submittal threshold and
consequently, may not submit the
appropriate RRA form(s). However,
some of these entities may in fact have
a different RRA forms submittal
threshold than what they believe it to be
due to the number of natural persons
benefitting from each entity. In addition,
some entities that are exempt from the
requirement to submit RRA forms due to
the size of their landholdings (directly
and indirectly owned and leased land)
may in fact be receiving Reclamation
irrigation water for which the full-cost
rate must be paid because the entity first
started to receive Reclamation irrigation
water deliveries after October 1, 1981
[43 CFR 426.6(b)(2)]. The information
obtained through completion of the
Limited Recipient Identification Sheet
allows the Bureau of Reclamation (we,
our, or us) to establish entities’
compliance with Federal reclamation
law. The Limited Recipient
Identification Sheet is disbursed at our
discretion.
Trust review—We are required to
review and approve all trusts [43 CFR
part 426.7(b)(2)] in order to ensure trusts
meet the regulatory criteria specified in
43 CFR part 426.7. Land held in trust
generally will be attributed to the
beneficiaries of the trust rather than the
trustee if the regulatory criteria are met.
When we become aware of trusts with
a relatively small landholding (40 acres
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved collection (OMB No.
1006-0006).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment: Certification Summary Form and
Reporting Summary Form for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43
CFR part 428, OMB Control Number: 1006-0006. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.
DATES: Your comments must be received on or before August 4, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any
other aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for
reducing the burden, to the Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior at the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, via facsimile to (202) 395-6566 or e-mail to
OIRA--DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. A copy of your comments should also be
directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: D-5300, PO Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225-0007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of
the proposed forms contact Stephanie McPhee, D-5300, PO Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225-0007; or by telephone: (303) 445-2897.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Certification Summary Form and Reporting Summary Form for
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
Abstract: The summary forms in this information collection are to
be used by district offices to summarize individual landholder (direct
or indirect landowner or lessee) and farm operator certification and
reporting forms as required by the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982
(RRA), 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428. This information allows the
Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us) to establish water user
compliance with Federal reclamation law.
Changes to the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA) Forms and the
Instructions to Those Forms
Proposed changes were made to the current Form 7-21SUMM-C, Form 7-
21SUMM-R, the corresponding tabulation sheets, and the corresponding
instructions prior to the 60-day comment period initiated by the notice
published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2005 (70 FR 5222, Feb.
1, 2005). Those changes were designed to increase the respondents'
understanding of the summary forms, the instructions to the summary
forms, and what information is required to be submitted to Reclamation.
Comments resulting from the 60-day comment period consisted of minor
language additions, deletions, and revisions to specific areas of
certain summary forms. Such additions, deletions, and revisions
reflected in language found in current RRA directives and/or in other
places within the current summary forms. Changes based on the comments
received were made when the changes resulted in increased clarity and
increased correctness of the summary forms and the corresponding
instructions. All other changes that were made are editorial or
typographical in nature. The proposed revisions to the summary forms
will be included starting in the 2006 water year.
Draft of a New Form
As part of Reclamation's ongoing acceptance of users' comments on
the RRA forms, Reclamation received a request to devise a way to more
efficiently track limited recipients that hold less than 40 acres
(i.e., those that are below the RRA forms submittal threshold and thus
do not submit standard RRA forms) and the full-cost and excess land
held by such limited recipients. In an effort to address this comment
Reclamation proposed a draft of a new form, ``Tabulation H of Limited
Recipients That Hold Less Than 40 Acres, and Full-Cost Landholders and
Excess Landowners That Are Below the RRA Forms Submittal Threshold.''
This draft form was presented for public comment during the 60-day
comment period initiated by the Federal Register notice published on
February 1, 2005 (70 FR 5222, Feb. 1, 2005). Nearly all of the public
comments received with regard to the proposed new form expressed
opposition to the form. Therefore, the proposed new form will not be
implemented for use in the 2006 or future water years, and the proposed
new form is not included as part of the forms presented for comment
during this 30-day comment period.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Contracting entities that are subject to the acreage
limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law.
Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 238.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.25.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 298.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,900 hours.
Estimate of Burden for Each Form:
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Estimated
Form No. No. of Frequency of Total annual Burden hours Total burden
respondents response responses per response hours
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7-21SUMM-C and tabulation sheets.......... 198 1.25 248 40 9,900
7-21SUMM-R and tabulation sheets.......... 40 1.25 50 40 2,000
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Total................................. 238 1.25 298 ............ 11,900
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Comments
Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of our functions, including whether the
information will have practical use;
(b) The accuracy of our burden estimate for the proposed collection
of information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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. Reclamation will display a valid
OMB control number on the RRA forms. A Federal Register notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of
information was published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2005
(70 FR 5222, Feb. 1, 2005). A list of the comments received and our
responses to those comments will be sent to: (1) All districts, (2) all
commenters, and (3) OMB with the ICR; it is also available from us upon
request.
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information
collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comment
should be submitted to OMB within 30 days in order to assure maximum
consideration.
Department of the Interior practice is to make comments, including
names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review.
Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address
from public disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by
law. There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a
respondent's identity from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If
you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make all
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.
Dated: June 17, 2005.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Office of Program and Policy Services.
[FR Doc. 05-13145 Filed 7-1-05; 8:45 am]
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