[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17423]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 4, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted 
to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of 
the Interior, (1006-0015), Washington, D.C. 20503, Telephone (202) 395-
7340. A copy of your comments should also be directed to the Bureau of 
Reclamation, D-7924, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, Colorado 80225-0007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Reclamation's Information 
Collection Officer, Susan Rush, at (303) 236-0305 extension 462 or by 
Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Title: Diversions, return flow, and consumptive use of Colorado 
River water in the lower Colorado River basin.
    Abstract: The Bureau of Reclamation is required to maintain 
detailed and accurate records of diversions, return flow, and 
consumptive use of Colorado River water in the lower Colorado River 
basin. This information is being collected to provide the Secretary of 
the Interior with the data necessary to effectively manage the lower 
Colorado River and to comply with the decree by the Supreme Court of 
the United States in Arizona v. California et al., dated March 9, 1964. 
The data will also be used to safeguard existing and future 
entitlements by allowing the Secretary of the Interior to monitor water 
use and take action to ensure that water users make reasonable 
beneficial use of all water consumptively used and that they do not 
exceed entitlements. Response to this request is required for a water 
user to obtain a benefit in accordance with the Boulder Canyon Project 
Act and to comply with the water user's contract for delivery of water 
service.
    Bureau Form Numbers: LC-72, LC-72A, and LC-72B.
    OMB Approval Number: 1006-0015.
    Frequency: Annually, or otherwise as determined by the Secretary of 
the Interior.
    Description of Respondents: The Lower Basin States (Arizona, 
California, and Nevada), local and tribal entities, water districts, 
and individuals that use Colorado River water.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 6 hours per respondent.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 37.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 225 hours.
    Reclamation will display a valid OMB control number on the forms. 
Persons who are required to respond to the information collection need 
not respond unless the OMB control number is current.
    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. The public is being requested to comment on:
    a. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of Reclamation, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of Reclamation's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    c. The quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
    d. How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    Reclamation's intention to seek renewal of this information 
collection and a request for public comment was published in Federal 
Register notice 62 FR 16605, Apr. 7, 1997. No comments were received in 
response to this notice.

    Dated: June 19, 1997.
Jack C. Pong,
Director, Management Services Office, Lower Colorado Region.
[FR Doc. 97-17423 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]
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