[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 47 (Monday, March 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11054-11055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4406]


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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 and Request for Comments.

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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: Recreation Survey, New 
Melones Lake Project, Sonora, CA. The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected cost and hour burden.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information 
collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comment 
must be received on or before April 11, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments 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: E. 
Vasquez, CC 419, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630, or directed 
via e-mail to [email protected]. Please reference OMB No. 1006-NEW 
in your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of 
the proposed forms contact Ms. Elizabeth Vasquez at the above address, 
or at (916) 989-7192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Recreation Survey, New Melones Lake 
Project, Sonora, CA.
    Abstract: The purpose of the on-site recreation survey is to 
characterize existing users, characterize their use of the New Melones 
Project, assess their satisfaction with their experience and the 
facilities, and find out what other opportunities or facilities they 
would like to see developed at the New Melones Lake Project. The 
purpose of the regional telephone survey is to characterize regional 
population, their outdoor recreation use, the demand for various types 
of outdoor recreation activities, trends in outdoor recreation use, and 
the extent to which the regional population uses New Melones Lake 
Project, Sonora, CA. The on-site survey and the regional telephone 
survey shall describe the recreational preferences of visitors to the 
New Melones Lake Project and provide guidance on what recreational 
planning objectives should be included in the New Melones Lake Project 
RMP/EIS.

OMB No. 1006-NEW

    Frequency: One-time voluntary survey.
    Respondents for On-site Survey: Persons who recreate at New Melones 
Lake Project.
    Respondents for Telephone Survey: Residents of Sonora and Tuolumne 
counties.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 1,750.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 438 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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On-site survey..................................................              15           1,250             313
Telephone survey................................................              15             500             125
    Total.......................................................  ..............           1,750             438
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Comments

    A notice allowing the public a 60-day comment period was published 
in the Federal Register on May 2, 2006 (71 FR 25857, May 2, 2006). No 
comments were received in response to the 60-day comment period. The 
Public now has a second chance to comment.

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 survey forms.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

Michael R. Finnegan,
Area Manager, Central California Area Office, Mid-Pacific Region.
 [FR Doc. E7-4406 Filed 3-9-07; 8:45 am]
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