Agency Information Collection; Activities Under OMB Review; Comment Request, 29788 [2011-12584]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Reclamation

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 29788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12584]


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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: The Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us) has forwarded the 
following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Certification 
Summary Form and Reporting Summary Form for Acreage Limitation. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
cost and burden.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information 
collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comments 
must be received on or before June 22, 2011 to assure maximum 
consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send written 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) 395-5806, or e-mail to 
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. A copy of your comments should also be 
directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: 84-53000, PO Box 
25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie McPhee at (303) 445-2897. 
The entire Information Collection Request may be found at https://www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Certification Summary Form and Reporting Summary Form for 
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
    Abstract: The 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. This information allows us to establish water user 
compliance with Federal reclamation law, as required under the 
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA), Acreage Limitation Rules and 
Regulations, 43 CFR part 426, and Information Requirements for Certain 
Farm Operations In Excess of 960 Acres and the Eligibility of Certain 
Formerly Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428.
    Minor editorial changes and correction of typographical errors were 
the only changes made to the forms and instructions prior to the 60-day 
comment period initiated by the notice published in the Federal 
Register (75 FR 59739, Sept. 28, 2010). No public comments were 
received in response to that notice. The proposed revisions to the RRA 
forms will be effective in the 2012 water year.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: Contracting entities that are subject to the acreage 
limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 210.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.25.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 263.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 10,520 hours.

                                        Estimate of Burden for Each Form
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                                     Estimated
            Form No.                 number 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           9,920
7-21SUMM-R and tabulation sheets              12            1.25              15              40             600
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    Total.......................             210            1.25             263  ..............          10,520
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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) 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.
    Before including your address, telephone number, e-mail 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.

Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration, Denver Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-12584 Filed 5-20-11; 8:45 am]
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