[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 87 (Friday, May 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22594-22595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11193]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of 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.), this notice announces the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment: 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. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection 
and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: Your comments must be received on or before June 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any 
other aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, 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: D-5200, PO Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of 
the proposed forms contact Stephanie McPhee, D-5200, PO Box 25007, 
Denver, CO 80225-0007; or by telephone: (303) 445-2897.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    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 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 Reclamation Reform 
Act of 1982 (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. This collection of information allows the Bureau of Reclamation 
(we, our, or us) to establish landholders' compliance with Federal 
reclamation law.

Changes to the RRA Forms and the Instructions to Those Forms

    We made some changes to the current RRA forms and the instructions 
to those 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. These changes, as detailed in the ICR, include those 
resulting from the 60-day comment period initiated by the notice 
published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2001 (66 FR 383, Jan. 
3, 2001). All other changes that were made are editorial or 
typographical in nature, and are designed to increase the clarity and 
correctness of the forms. The proposed revisions to the RRA forms will 
be included starting in the 2002 water year.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: Landholders and farm operators of certain lands in 
Bureau of Reclamation 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.
    Estimate of Burden for Each Form:

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                                                                                                                       Burden estimate
                           Form No.                             Estimated No. of    Frequency of      Total annual      per form  (in     Total burden
                                                                   respondents        response          responses         minutes)            hours
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Form 7-2180...................................................             5,358              1.02             5,465                60            -5,465
Form 7-2180EZ.................................................               537              1.02               548                45               411
Form 7-2181...................................................             1,758              1.02             1,793                78             2,331
Form 7-2184...................................................                40              1.02                41                45                31
Form 7-2190...................................................             1,910              1.02             1,948                60             1,948
Form 7-2190EZ.................................................               113              1.02               115                45                86
Form 7-2191...................................................               891              1.02               909                78             1,182
Form 7-2194...................................................                 4              1.02                 4                45                 3

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Form 7-21PE...................................................               205              1.02               209                66               230
Form 7-21TRUST................................................             1,331              1.02             1,358                60             1,358
Form 7-21VERIFY...............................................             6,452              1.02             6,581                12             1,316
Form 7-21FC...................................................               243              1.02               248                30               124
Form 7-21XS...................................................               164              1.02               167                30                84
Form 7-21FARMOP...............................................               196              1.02               200                78               260
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      Total...................................................            19,202              1.02            19,586  ................            14,829
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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.
    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 RRA forms. A Federal Register notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2001 
(66 FR 383, Jan. 3, 2001). A list of the comments received and our 
responses to those comments will be sent to: (1) all districts, (2) all 
commenters, and (3) OMB with this ICR; it is also available from us 
upon request.
    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: April 27, 2001.
Wayne O. Deason,
Associate Director, Office of Policy.
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