[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27588-27590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12539]


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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. 
1006-0023).

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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: Limited Recipient

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Identification Sheet and Trust Information Sheet for Acreage 
Limitation, 43 CFR part 426, OMB Control Number: 1006-0023. 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 19, 2003.

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 Desk Officer for the Department of the 
Interior at the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, via facsimile at (202) 395-5806 or e-mail at 
[email protected]. 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: Limited Recipient Identification Sheet and Trust Information 
Sheet for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426.
    Abstract: Identification of limited recipients--Some entities that 
receive Reclamation irrigation water may believe themselves to be under 
the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA) forms submittal threshold and 
consequently, may not submit the appropriate RRA form(s). However, some 
of these entities may in fact have a different RRA forms submittal 
threshold than what they believe it to be due to the number of natural 
persons benefitting from each entity. In addition, some entities that 
are exempt from the requirement to submit RRA forms due to the size of 
their landholdings (directly and indirectly owned and leased land) may 
in fact be receiving Reclamation irrigation water for which the full-
cost rate must be paid because the entity first started to receive 
Reclamation irrigation water deliveries after October 1, 1981 (43 CFR 
426.6(b)(2)). The information obtained through completion of the 
Limited Recipient Identification Sheet allows the Bureau of Reclamation 
(we, our, or us) to establish entities' compliance with Federal 
reclamation law. The Limited Recipient Identification Sheet is 
disbursed at our discretion.
    Trust review--We are required to review and approve all trusts (43 
CFR part 426.7(b)(2)) in order to ensure trusts meet the regulatory 
criteria specified in 43 CFR part 426.7. Land held in trust generally 
will be attributed to the beneficiaries of the trust rather than the 
trustee if the regulatory criteria are met. When we become aware of 
trusts with a relatively small landholding (40 acres or less), we may 
extend to those trusts the option to complete and submit for our review 
the proposed Trust Information Sheet instead of actual trust documents. 
If we find nothing on the completed, Trust Information Sheet that would 
warrant the further investigation of a particular trust, that trustee 
will not be burdened with submitting trust documents to us for in-depth 
review. The Trust Information Sheet is disbursed at our discretion.

Changes to the RRA Forms and the Instructions to Those Forms

    Several proposed changes were made to the current forms prior to 
the 60-day comment period initiated by the notice published in the 
Federal Register on December 27, 2002 (67 FR 79145, Dec. 27, 2002). 
Those changes were designed to increase the respondents' understanding 
of the forms and how to complete them. Comments resulting from the 60-
day comment period consisted of minor language revisions, layout 
revisions to specific areas of the forms, and the addition of two 
questions (one per form) that will diminish the need for Reclamation to 
pursue further information from respondents in certain cases. Changes 
based on the comments received were made when the changes resulted in 
increased clarity and increased correctness of the forms and the 
corresponding instructions. All other changes that were made are 
editorial or typographical in nature. The proposed revisions to the 
forms will be included starting in the 2004 water year.
    Frequency: Generally, these forms will be submitted once per 
identified entity or trust. Each year, we expect new responses in 
accordance with the following numbers.
    Respondents: Entity landholders and trusts identified by 
Reclamation that are subject to the acreage limitation provisions of 
Federal reclamation law.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 325.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.00.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 325.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 27 hours.
    Estimate of Burden for Each Form:

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                                                                                      Burden
                                     Estimated     Frequency of    Total annual    estimate  per   Total burden
            Form No.                 number of       response        responses       form  (in         hours
                                    respondents                                      minutes)
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Limited Recipient Identification             175            1.00             175               5              15
 Sheet..........................
Trust Information Sheet.........             150            1.00             150               5              12
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    Total.......................             325            1.00             325  ..............              25
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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 ``Limited Recipient Identification Sheet'' 
and the ``Trust Information Sheet.'' A Federal Register notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2002 
(67 FR 79145, Dec. 27, 2002).

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    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 the 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.
    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.

    Dated: April 2, 2003.
Richard Rizzi,
Acting Director, Office of Policy.
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