[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12932-12933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6457]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment 
Request; Renewal

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 that the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is 
seeking a renewal of the following information collection:
    Diversions, Return Flow, and Consumptive Use of Colorado River 
Water in the Lower Colorado River Basin, OMB No. 1006-0015.
    Before submitting the information collection request to the Office 
of Management and Budget for approval, Reclamation is soliciting 
comments on specific aspects of the information collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by May 19, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Nancy 
DiDonato, BCOO-4445, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder 
City, Nevada 89006-1470. A copy of the information collection form can 
be obtained by writing to the above address or calling Nancy DiDonato 
at (702) 293-8532.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy DiDonato, Contracts and 
Repayment Specialist, (702) 293-8532.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of 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 the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    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.
    Information on water diversions is reported on four different types 
of forms. The base form (Form LC-72) was developed for use by 
respondents in the State of Nevada and variations of the form have been 
used by other respondents. Some respondents choose to use their own 
format to report diversions and return flows. Water delivery contracts 
regulation some respondents to supply both monthly and annual reports 
on the same form.
    Title: Diversions, Return Flow, and Consumptive Use of Colorado 
River Water in the Lower Colorado River Basin.
    OMB No.: 1006-0015.
    Abstract: Reclamation delivers Colorado River water to water users 
for diversion and beneficial consumptive use in the States of Arizona, 
California, and Nevada. Under Supreme Court order, the United States is 
required, at least annually, to prepare and maintain complete, 
detailed, and accurate records of diversions of water, return flow, and 
consumptive use. This information is needed to ensure that a State or a 
water user within a State does not exceed its authorized use of 
Colorado River water. Water users are obligated to provide information 
on diversions and return flows to Reclamation by provisions in their 
water delivery contracts. Reclamation determines the consumptive use by 
subtracting return flow from diversions or by other engineering means. 
Without the information collected, Reclamation could not comply with 
the order of the United States Supreme Court to prepare and maintain 
detailed and accurate records of diversions, return flow, and 
consumptive use.
    Description of respondents: The Lower Basin States (Arizona, 
California, and Nevada), local and tribal entities,

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water districts, and individuals that use Colorado River water.
    Frequency: Annually, or otherwise as determined by the Secretary of 
the Interior.
    Estimated total number of respondents: 54.
    Estimated hours per form:
    LC-72: 54 hours.
    LC72A: 30 hours.
    LC72B: 78 hours.
    Custom forms: 128 hours.
    Estimated total burden hours: 290.

    Dated: February 25, 2003.
Jayne Harkins,
Area Manager, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, Lower Colorado Region.
[FR Doc. 03-6457 Filed 3-17-03; 8:45 am]
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