[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 61662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29545]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Data Collection Submission.

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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 December 13, 1999.

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, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. A copy of 
your comments should also be directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, 
Attention Mr. Jeffrey Addiego, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, PO Box 
61470, Boulder City, NV 89006-1470.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of 
the proposed collection of information, contact Mr. Jeffrey Addiego, 
(702) 293-8525, or e-mail at JA[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of Reclamation, including whether the 
information shall have practical use; (b) the accuracy of Reclamation's 
estimated burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to 
enhance the quality, use, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Title: Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.
    OMB No.: Reinstatement of OMB No. 1006-0014.
    Description of respondents: All diversions of mainstream Colorado 
River water along the lower Colorado River must be accounted for and, 
for non-Indian diverters, in accordance with a water use contract with 
the Secretary of the Interior. Each diverter (including well pumpers) 
must be identified and their diversion locations and water use 
determined. This requires an inventory of wells along the lower 
Colorado River and the gathering of specific information concerning 
each well.
    Frequency: These data will be collected only once for each well 
owner or operator as long as changes in water use, or other changes 
that would impact contractual or administrative requirements are not 
made.
    Estimated completion time: An average of 30 minutes is required for 
Reclamation to interview individual well owners or operators. 
Reclamation will use the information collected during these interviews 
to complete the information collection form.
    Annual responses: 1,000.
    Anual burden hours: 500 hours.
    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 forms. the Federal Register notice with a 60-
day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published on May 21, 1999 (64 FR 27806).
    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.

    Dated: November 5, 1999.
Murlin Coffey,
Manager, Property and Office Services.
[FR Doc. 99-29545 Filed 11-10-99; 8:45 am]
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