[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39538-39539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19265]


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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 22, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 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, (1006-0009), 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 OR A COPY 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: Private Rental Survey.
    Abstract: The forms are to be used to establish and revise rental, 
utility, and related service charges for occupants of Government-
furnished quarters. Information is collected from property owners, 
property managers, and real estate offices.
    Bureau Form Numbers: 7-2226 and 7-2227.
    OMB Approval Number: 1006-0009.
    Frequency: Each of 14 regions are surveyed every fifth year; this 
equates to two to three regions surveyed each year.
    Description of Respondents: Individual property owners and small 
businesses or organizations (real estate managers or property 
managers).
    Estimate of Burden: An average of 12 minutes for form 7-2226, and 
10 minutes for form 7-2227.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 3,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 590 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 necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of Reclamation, including whether the 
information will have practical utility;

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    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 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.
Stan Dunn,
Director, Administrative Service Center.
[FR Doc. 97-19265 Filed 7-22-97; 8:45 am]
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