[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 116 (Friday, June 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34965-34966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9452]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information 
Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of a new information collection.

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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 approval: Yakima Basin Recreation 
Survey, Washington. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected cost burden.

DATES: Your written comments must be received on or before July 17, 
2006.

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: 86-68580, PO Box 
25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007. You may request copies of the proposed 
forms by writing to the above address or by contacting Darrell P. Welch 
at: (303) 445-2711.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact 
Darrell P. Welch at: (303) 445-2711.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Yakima Basin Recreation Survey.
    Abstract: The Yakima River Basin is located in south central 
Washington State in the counties of Benton, Franklin, Yakima, and 
Kittitas. The seven major reservoirs in the Yakima River Basin are 
Bumping Lake, Clear Lake, Cle Elum, Kachess, Keechelus, Easton, and 
Rimrock. The five major rivers in the Yakima River Basin are the 
Yakima, Nachess, Cle Elum, Bumping and Tieton. Reclamation is in the 
process of preparing a Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility 
Study and associated Environmental Impact Statement that will address 
options for supplying additional water storage for the Yakima River 
Basin. Currently, site-specific recreation-related information is 
unavailable for the primary reservoirs and rivers. In order to 
accurately assess the current recreation and recreation-related 
economic environment within the Yakima River Basin, additional 
information must be collected from the recreationists who visit the 
reservoirs and rivers within the basin. Further, the survey information 
will allow Reclamation to adequately assess the recreation impacts that 
different options may have on the environment and the local economy.
    The required 60-day comment period was initiated by a notice 
published in the Federal Register on February 16, 2006 (71 FR 8310). No 
comments were received in response to the 60-day comment period.
    Frequency: One time survey.
    Respondents: Yakima River Basin reservoir and river recreationists 
come from the cities of Yakima and Ellensburg, Washington, as well as 
the smaller communities within the basin. A large number of visitors 
also come from western Washington, in particular the Puget Sound 
communities of Seattle and Tacoma. A smaller portion of recreationists 
within the basin are out-of-state visitors.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 3,216.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 3,216.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,072 hours.
    Estimate of Burden for Each Form:

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                                                                      Burden                       Annual burden
                                                                   estimate per      Number of          on
                              Form                                   form  (in      respondents     respondents
                                                                     minutes)                       (in hours)
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River Survey....................................................              20           1,340             447
Reservoir Survey................................................              20           1,876             625
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    Total.......................................................  ..............           3,216           1,072
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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, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (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.
    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 forms.
    OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information 
collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comment 
should be

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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.

Gerald W. Kelso,
Area Manager, Upper Columbia Area Office, Pacific Northwest Region.
 [FR Doc. E6-9452 Filed 6-15-06; 8:45 am]
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