[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 71 (Thursday, April 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19780-19781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7479]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Information Collection Activities; Extension of a Currently 
Approved Collection; Comment Request

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) intends 
to

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extend a current information collection approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget's (OMB). The collection is entitled Summary of 
Water Requirements for Crops Grown on Eligible Land, OMB No. 1006-0024. 
Before submitting the information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget for approval, Reclamation is soliciting comments 
on specific aspects of that form.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 13, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Bureau of 
Reclamation, Northern California Area Office, Attention: Donald A. 
Bultema, PO Box 988, Willows, California 95988.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of 
the proposed collection of information form, contact Richard Robertson 
at (530) 934-1383.

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 increased 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.
    Title: Summary of Water Requirements for Crops Grown on Eligible 
Land.
    Abstract: Reclamation developed Form LS-924, Summary of Water 
Requirements for Crops Grown on Eligible Land, to facilitate and 
standardize the submission of data from the Sacramento River settlement 
contractors that divert water from Sacramento River sources. The 
information requested is required to ensure the proper implementation 
of 43 CFR 426.15 and the commingling provisions in the Sacramento River 
settlement contracts.
    Description of respondents: There are approximately 44 Sacramento 
River settlement contractors (individuals/districts) that are required 
to file Form LS-924 for the purpose of contract administration.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Estimated completion time: An average of 60 minutes per respondent.
    Annual responses: 44 respondents.
    Annual burden hours: 44.

Public Comments

    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.

    Dated: March 29, 2005.
Donald A. Bultema,
Chief, Water and Lands Division, Northern California Area Office, Mid-
Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 05-7479 Filed 4-13-05; 8:45 am]
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