[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 4377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-736]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior

ACTION: Notice of Data Collection Submission (OMB No. 1006-0014).

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below for the Lower Colorado River Well Inventory has 
been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 27, 2006. 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.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted 
to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of 
the Interior, 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 Mr. Jeffrey Addiego, Boulder 
Canyon Operations Office, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006-1470.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of 
the proposed collection of information, contact Mr. Jeffrey Addiego, 
702-293-8525, or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of Reclamation, including whether the 
information shall have practical use; (b) the accuracy of Reclamation's 
estimated burden of the proposed collection of information; (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 those who are to respond, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Title: Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.
    OMB No.: 1006-0014.
    Description of respondents: All diversions of mainstream Colorado 
River water along the lower Colorado River must be accounted for and, 
for non-Indian diverters, in accordance with a water use contract with 
the Secretary of the Interior. Each diverter (including well pumpers) 
must be identified and their diversion locations and water use 
determined. This requires an inventory of wells along the lower 
Colorado River and the gathering of specific information concerning 
each well.
    Frequency: These data will be collected only once for each well 
owner or operator as long as changes in water use, or other changes 
that would impact contractual or administrative requirements, are not 
made.
    Estimated completion time: An average of 20 minutes is required for 
Reclamation to interview individual well owners or operators. 
Reclamation will use the information collected during these interviews 
to complete the information collection form.
    Annual responses: 1,500.
    Annual burden hours: 500 hours.
    An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless its displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. Reclamation will display a valid 
OMB control number on the forms.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on July 27, 
2005 (70 FR 43450). No comments were received.
    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.

Steven C. Hvinden,
Acting Area Manager, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, Lower Colorado 
Region.
[FR Doc. 06-736 Filed 1-25-06; 8:45 am]
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