[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 52499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20298]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the intentions of the Bureau of Reclamation to seek 
extension of the information collection for the Lower Colorado River 
Well Inventory. The current OMB approval expires on December 31, 2002.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 11, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain copies of the information 
collection form and to submit comments on this information collection 
contact: Mr. Jeffrey Addiego, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, PO Box 
61470, Boulder City, NV 89006-1470; telephone (702) 293-8525; or e-mail 
at [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 utility; (b) the accuracy of 
Reclamation's estimated burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 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. Consideration will be given to comments and 
suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.
    Our 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.
    Title: Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.
    OMB No. OMB No. 1006-0014.
    Abstract: The Secretary of the Interior is responsible for 
accounting for all diversions of mainstream Colorado River water along 
the lower Colorado River, and for assuring that all Colorado River use 
is in accordance with a water use entitlement. This requires an 
inventory of wells along the lower Colorado River, and the gathering of 
specific information concerning these wells.
    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. This will affect every well owner and 
operator along the lower Colorado River in Arizona, California, and 
Nevada. Each diverter (including well pumpers) must be identified and 
their diversion locations and water use determined.
    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.
    Annual burden hours: 500 hours.

    Dated: July 17, 2002.
Gary Palmeter,
Manager, Property and Office Services Division.
[FR Doc. 02-20298 Filed 8-9-02; 8:45 am]
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