Agency Information Collection Activities; Lower Colorado River Well Inventory, 22453-22454 [2021-08869]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Reclamation

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22453-22454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08869]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR03042000, 21XR0680A1, RX.18786000.1501100; OMB Control Number 1006-
0014]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Lower Colorado River 
Well Inventory

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the Bureau of Reclamation, are proposing to renew an information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
June 28, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR)

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by mail to Jeremy Dodds, Water Accounting and Verification Group 
Manager, LC-4200, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin Regional 
Office, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006-1470; or by email to 
[email protected]. Please reference Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Control Number 1006-0014 in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Jeremy Dodds by email at [email protected], or by 
telephone at (702) 306-7887.

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), all 
information collections require approval under the PRA. We may not 
conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection 
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies 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.
    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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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. Pursuant to the Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 
617; Pub. L. 70-642, 45 Stat. 1057), all diversion of mainstream 
Colorado River water must be in accordance with a Colorado River water 
entitlement. The Consolidated Decree of the United States Supreme Court 
in Arizona v. California, 547 U.S. 150 (2006) requires the Secretary of 
the Interior to account for all diversions of mainstream Colorado River 
water along the lower Colorado River, including water drawn from the 
mainstream by underground pumping. To meet the water entitlement and 
accounting obligations, an inventory of wells and river pumps is 
required along the lower Colorado River, and the gathering of specific 
information concerning these wells.
    Title of Collection: Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.
    OMB Control Number: 1006-0014.
    Form Numbers: Form LC-25.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Well and river-pump owners and 
operators along the lower Colorado River in Arizona, California, and 
Nevada. Each diverter (including well pumpers) must be identified and 
their diversion locations and water use determined.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 150.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 150.
    Estimated Completion Time per Respondent: An average of 20 minutes 
is required to interview individual well and river-pump owners or 
operators.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 50 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: These data are collected only once for 
each well or river-pump owner or operator as long as changes in water 
use, or other changes that would impact contractual or administrative 
requirements, are not made. A respondent may request that the data for 
its well or river pump be updated after the initial inventory.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    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.).

Karl Stock,
Acting Regional Director, Lower Colorado Basin.
[FR Doc. 2021-08869 Filed 4-27-21; 8:45 am]
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