[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70091-70092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29410]


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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 20, 2002.

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, 
Office of Policy, Attention: Diana Trujillo, D-5300, PO Box 25007, 
Denver, Colorado 80225.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of 
the proposed collection of information form, contact Diana Trujillo at 
(303) 445-2914.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of

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Reclamation's functions, including whether the information will have 
practical use; (b) the accuracy of Reclamation's estimated time and 
cost burdens of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (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 
respondents, including increased use of automated collection techniques 
or other forms of information technology.
    Title: Right-of-Use Application.
    OMB No.: 1006-0003.
    Abstract: Reclamation is responsible for over 8 million acres of 
land in the 17 western States. Parties wishing to use any of that land 
must submit a Right-of-Use application. Reclamation will review the 
application and determine whether the granting of the right-of-use is 
compatible with the present or future uses of the land. After 
preliminary review of the application, the applicant will be advised of 
the estimated administrative costs for processing the application. In 
addition to the administrative costs, the applicant will also be 
required to pay a land use fee based on the fair market value for such 
land use, as determined by Reclamation. If the Right-of-Use application 
is for a bridge, building, or other type of major structure, 
Reclamation may require that all plans and specifications be signed and 
sealed by a professional engineer licensed by the State where the work 
is proposed. Linear facilities such as roads, pipelines, and 
transmission lines require a centerline survey defining the limits of 
the requested right-of-use.
    Description of respondents: Individuals, corporations, companies, 
and State and local entities that desire to use Reclamation lands.
    Frequency: Each time a right-of-use is requested.
    Estimated completion time: An average of 2 hours per respondent.
    Annual responses: 500 respondents.
    Annual burden hours: 1,000.
    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 form.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on August 7, 
2002 (67 FR 51292). Reclamation did not receive any comments on this 
collection of information during the comment period.
    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.
    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 or organizations or 
businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.

Wayne O. Deason,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 02-29410 Filed 11-19-02; 8:45 am]
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