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ESTIMATE OF BURDEN FOR EACH FORM—Continued
Burden estimate per survey
(in minutes)
Survey instrument
Totals ............................................................................
In addition, there are an estimated
1,575 number of contacts who will not
respond. These non-respondents
account for 13 total burden hours per
year.
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surveys
(times/yr.)
Number of respondents per
survey
Total estimated number
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Dated: December 16, 2014.
Karl Stock,
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Change in Discount Rate for Water
Resources Planning
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of change.
AGENCY:
The Water Resources
Planning Act of 1965 and the Water
Resources Development Act of 1974
require an annual determination of a
discount rate for Federal water
resources planning. The discount rate
for Federal water resources planning for
fiscal year 2015 is 3.375 percent.
Discounting is to be used to convert
future monetary values to present
values.
SUMMARY:
This discount rate is to be used
for the period October 1, 2014, through
and including September 30, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Max
Millstein, Bureau of Reclamation,
Reclamation Law Administration
Division, Denver, Colorado 80225;
telephone: 303–445–2853.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that the interest rate to be
used by Federal agencies in the
formulation and evaluation of plans for
water and related land resources is
3.375 percent for fiscal year 2015.
This rate has been computed in
accordance with Section 80(a), Pub. L.
93–251 (88 Stat. 34), and 18 CFR 704.39,
which: (1) Specify that the rate will be
based upon the average yield during the
preceding fiscal year on interest-bearing
marketable securities of the United
States which, at the time the
computation is made, have terms of 15
years or more remaining to maturity
(average yield is rounded to nearest oneeighth percent); and (2) provide that the
rate will not be raised or lowered more
than one-quarter of 1 percent for any
year. The U.S. Department of the
Treasury calculated the specified
average to be 3.3378 percent. This rate,
rounded to the nearest one-eighth
percent, is 3.375 percent, which is a
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quarter of 1 percent. Therefore, the
fiscal year 2015 rate is 3.375 percent.
The rate of 3.375 percent will be used
by all Federal agencies in the
formulation and evaluation of water and
related land resources plans for the
purpose of discounting future benefits
and computing costs or otherwise
converting benefits and costs to a
common-time basis.
Dated: November 20, 2014.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration.
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On December 15, 2014, the
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Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607, for recovery of
response costs incurred at the RTRR
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR83550000, 145R5065C6, RX.59389832.1009676]
Change in Discount Rate for Water Resources Planning
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of change.
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SUMMARY: The Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 and the Water
Resources Development Act of 1974 require an annual determination of a
discount rate for Federal water resources planning. The discount rate
for Federal water resources planning for fiscal year 2015 is 3.375
percent. Discounting is to be used to convert future monetary values to
present values.
DATES: This discount rate is to be used for the period October 1, 2014,
through and including September 30, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Max Millstein, Bureau of Reclamation,
Reclamation Law Administration Division, Denver, Colorado 80225;
telephone: 303-445-2853.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the interest
rate to be used by Federal agencies in the formulation and evaluation
of plans for water and related land resources is 3.375 percent for
fiscal year 2015.
This rate has been computed in accordance with Section 80(a), Pub.
L. 93-251 (88 Stat. 34), and 18 CFR 704.39, which: (1) Specify that the
rate will be based upon the average yield during the preceding fiscal
year on interest-bearing marketable securities of the United States
which, at the time the computation is made, have terms of 15 years or
more remaining to maturity (average yield is rounded to nearest one-
eighth percent); and (2) provide that the rate will not be raised or
lowered more than one-quarter of 1 percent for any year. The U.S.
Department of the Treasury calculated the specified average to be
3.3378 percent. This rate, rounded to the nearest one-eighth percent,
is 3.375 percent, which is a change of less than the allowable one-
quarter of 1 percent. Therefore, the fiscal year 2015 rate is 3.375
percent.
The rate of 3.375 percent will be used by all Federal agencies in
the formulation and evaluation of water and related land resources
plans for the purpose of discounting future benefits and computing
costs or otherwise converting benefits and costs to a common-time
basis.
Dated: November 20, 2014.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-30426 Filed 12-24-14; 8:45 am]
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