[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 383-384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Agency Information Collection; Proposed Revisions to a Currently 
Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved collection (OMB No. 
1006-0005).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us) 
intends to submit a request for renewal (with revisions) of an existing 
approved information collection to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB): Individual Landholder's and Farm Operator's Certification and 
Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 
428, OMB Control Number: 1006-0005. This information collection is 
required under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA), Acreage 
Limitation Rules and Regulations, 43 CFR part 426, and Information 
Requirements for Certain Farm Operations In Excess of 960 Acres and the 
Eligibility of Certain Formerly Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428. We 
request your comments on the revised RRA forms and specific aspects of 
the information collection.

DATES: Your written comments must be received on or before March 5, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: You may send written comments to the Bureau of Reclamation, 
Attention: D-5200, PO Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007.
    Department of the Interior practice is to make comments, including 
names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review. 
Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address 
from public disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by 
law. There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a 
respondent's identity from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If 
you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make all 
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may request copies of the proposed 
revised forms by writing to the above address or by contacting 
Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445-2897.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Changes to the RRA Forms and the Instructions to Those Forms

    We made a few editorial changes to the current RRA forms and the 
instructions to the forms that are designed to increase the 
respondents' understanding of the forms, instructions to the forms, and 
what information is required to be submitted with the forms to the 
districts. The proposed revisions to the RRA forms will be included 
starting in the 2002 water year.
    Title: Individual Landholder's and Farm Operator's Certification 
and Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR 
part 428.
    Abstract: This information collection requires certain landholders 
(direct or indirect landowners or lessees) and farm operators to 
complete forms demonstrating their compliance with the acreage 
limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law. These forms are 
submitted to districts who use the information to establish each 
landholder's status with respect to landownership limitations, full-
cost pricing thresholds, lease requirements, and other provisions of 
Federal reclamation law. In addition, forms are submitted by certain 
farm operators to provide information concerning the services they 
provide and the nature of their farm operating arrangements. All 
landholders whose entire westwide landholdings total 40 acres or less 
are exempt from the requirement to submit RRA forms. Landholders who 
are ``qualified recipients'' have RRA forms submittal thresholds of 80 
acres or 240 acres depending on the district's RRA forms submittal 
threshold category where the land is held. Only farm operators who 
provide multiple services to more than 960 acres held in trusts or by 
legal entities are required to submit forms.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: Landholders (direct or indirect landowners or lessees) 
and farm operators of certain lands in our projects, whose landholdings 
exceed specified RRA forms submittal thresholds.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 19,202.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.02.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 19,586.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 14,829 hours.

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                                        Estimated of Burden for Each Form
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                                                      Burden                                      Annual  burden
                                                   estimate per      Number of    Annual  number        on
                    Form No.                           form         respondents    of  responses    respondents
                                                     (minutes)                                        (hours)
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Form 7-2180.....................................              60           5,358           5,465           5,465
Form 7-2180EZ...................................              45             537             548             411
Form 7-2181.....................................              78           1,758           1,793           2,331
Form 7-2184.....................................              45              40              41              31
Form 7-2190.....................................              60           1,910           1,948           1,948
Form 7-219EZ....................................              45             113             115              86
Form 7-2191.....................................              78             891             909           1,182
Form 7-2194.....................................              45               4               4               3
Form 7-21PE.....................................              66             205             209             230
Form 7-21TRUST..................................              60           1,331           1,358           1,358
Form 7-VERIFY...................................              12           6,452           6,581           1,316
Form 7-21FC.....................................              30             243             248             124
Form 7-21XS.....................................              30             164             167              84
Form 7-21FARMOP.................................              78             196             200             260
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Comments

    Comments are invited on:
    (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of our functions, including whether the 
information will have practical use;
    (b) The accuracy of our burden estimate for the proposed collection 
of information;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    We will summarize all comments received regarding this notice. We 
will publish that summary in the Federal Register when the information 
collection request is submitted to OMB for review and approval.

    Dated: December 18, 2000.
Wayne O. Deason,
Associate Director, Office of Policy.
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