[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5222-5223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1791]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Agency Information Collection; Proposed Revisions to a Currently 
Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved collection (OMB No. 
1006-0006).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us) 
intends to submit a request for renewal (with revisions) of an existing 
approved information collection to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB): Certification Summary Form, Reporting Summary Form for Acreage 
Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428, OMB Control Number: 
1006-0006. This information collection is required under the 
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA), Acreage Limitation Rules and 
Regulations, 43 CFR part 426, and Information Requirements for Certain 
Farm Operations In Excess of 960 Acres and the Eligibility of Certain 
Formerly Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428. We request your comments on the 
revised RRA forms and specific aspects of the information collection.

DATES: Your written comments must be received on or before April 4, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: You may send written comments to the Bureau of Reclamation, 
Attention: D-5300, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007. You may 
request copies of the proposed revised forms by writing to the above 
address or by contacting Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445-2897.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445-2897.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Certification Summary Form, Reporting Summary Form for 
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
    Abstract: These forms are to be used by district offices to 
summarize individual landholder (direct or indirect landowner or 
lessee) and farm operator certification and reporting forms as required 
by the RRA, 43 CFR part 426, and 43 CFR part 428. This information 
allows us to establish water user compliance with Federal reclamation 
law.

Changes to the RRA Forms and the Instructions to Those Forms

    The changes made to the current Form 7-21SUMM-C, Form 7-21SUMM-R, 
and the corresponding instructions clarify the completion instructions 
for these forms (for example, adding verbiage to specify when requested 
acreages are to be provided on a westwide or district-specific basis). 
Other changes to the forms and the corresponding instructions are 
editorial in nature and are designed to assist the respondents by 
increasing their understanding of the forms, and clarifying the 
instructions for use when completing the forms. The proposed revisions 
to the RRA forms will be effective in the 2006 water year.

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Draft of a New Form

    As part of Reclamation's ongoing acceptance of users' comments on 
the RRA forms, Reclamation has received a request to devise a way to 
more efficiently track limited recipients that hold less than 40 acres 
(i.e., those that are below the RRA forms submittal threshold and thus 
do not submit standard RRA forms) and the full-cost and excess land 
held by such limited recipients. In an effort to address this comment 
Reclamation has drafted a proposed new form, ``Tabulation H of Limited 
Recipients That Hold Less Than 40 Acres, and Full-Cost Landholders and 
Excess Landowners That Are Below the RRA Forms Submittal Threshold.'' 
The implementation of this proposed new form will be based on the 
public comments received and if implemented, will be effective in the 
2006 water year as a mandatory part of the districts' annual submittal 
of Form 7-21SUMM-C and/or Form 7-21SUMM-R, as appropriate.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: Contracting entities that are subject to the acreage 
limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 248.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.25.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 310.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 12,400 hours.
    Estimate of Burden for Each Form:

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                                       Burden estimate                                          Annual burden on
             Form number                 per form (in        Number of       Annual number of   respondents (in
                                            hours)          respondents         responses            hours)
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7-21SUMM-C and associated tabulation                 40                195                244              9,760
 sheets.............................
7-21SUMM-R and associated tabulation                 40                 53                 66              2,640
 sheets.............................
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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) Whether the proposed new Tabulation H is necessary for the 
proper performance of our functions, including whether the information 
will have practical use for the districts;
    (c) The accuracy of our burden estimate for the proposed collection 
of information;
    (d) Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (e) 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.
    We will summarize all comments received regarding this notice. We 
will publish that summary in the Federal Register when the information 
collection request is submitted to OMB for review and approval.
    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: January 14, 2005.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Office of Program and Policy Services, Denver Office.
[FR Doc. 05-1791 Filed 1-31-05; 8:45 am]
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