[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38707-38708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13145]


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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 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.), this notice announces the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment: Certification Summary Form and 
Reporting Summary Form for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 
CFR part 428, OMB Control Number: 1006-0006. The ICR describes the 
nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

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

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 to (202) 395-6566 or e-mail to 
[email protected]. A copy of your comments should also be 
directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: D-5300, 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-5300, PO Box 25007, 
Denver, CO 80225-0007; or by telephone: (303) 445-2897.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Certification Summary Form and Reporting Summary Form for 
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
    Abstract: The summary forms in this information collection 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 Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 
(RRA), 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428. This information allows the 
Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us) to establish water user 
compliance with Federal reclamation law.

Changes to the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA) Forms and the 
Instructions to Those Forms

    Proposed changes were made to the current Form 7-21SUMM-C, Form 7-
21SUMM-R, the corresponding tabulation sheets, and the corresponding 
instructions prior to the 60-day comment period initiated by the notice 
published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2005 (70 FR 5222, Feb. 
1, 2005). Those changes were designed to increase the respondents' 
understanding of the summary forms, the instructions to the summary 
forms, and what information is required to be submitted to Reclamation. 
Comments resulting from the 60-day comment period consisted of minor 
language additions, deletions, and revisions to specific areas of 
certain summary forms. Such additions, deletions, and revisions 
reflected in language found in current RRA directives and/or in other 
places within the current summary forms. Changes based on the comments 
received were made when the changes resulted in increased clarity and 
increased correctness of the summary forms and the corresponding 
instructions. All other changes that were made are editorial or 
typographical in nature. The proposed revisions to the summary forms 
will be included starting in the 2006 water year.

Draft of a New Form

    As part of Reclamation's ongoing acceptance of users' comments on 
the RRA forms, Reclamation 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 proposed a draft of a 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.'' 
This draft form was presented for public comment during the 60-day 
comment period initiated by the Federal Register notice published on 
February 1, 2005 (70 FR 5222, Feb. 1, 2005). Nearly all of the public 
comments received with regard to the proposed new form expressed 
opposition to the form. Therefore, the proposed new form will not be 
implemented for use in the 2006 or future water years, and the proposed 
new form is not included as part of the forms presented for comment 
during this 30-day comment period.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: Contracting entities that are subject to the acreage 
limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 238.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.25.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 298.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,900 hours.
    Estimate of Burden for Each Form:

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                                              Estimated
                 Form No.                      No. of     Frequency of  Total annual  Burden hours  Total burden
                                             respondents    response      responses   per response      hours
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7-21SUMM-C and tabulation sheets..........           198          1.25           248            40         9,900
7-21SUMM-R and tabulation sheets..........            40          1.25            50            40         2,000
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    Total.................................           238          1.25           298  ............        11,900
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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 RRA forms. A Federal Register notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2005 
(70 FR 5222, Feb. 1, 2005). 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: June 17, 2005.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Office of Program and Policy Services.
[FR Doc. 05-13145 Filed 7-1-05; 8:45 am]
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