[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74749-74750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29080]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Agency Information Collection; Request for Extension of a 
Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of currently approved collection (OMB No. 
1006-0014).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the intentions of the Bureau of Reclamation to seek 
extension of the information collection for the Lower Colorado River 
Well Inventory. The current OMB approval expires on March 31, 2009.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 9, 2009.

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the information collection form and to 
submit comments on this information collection contact: Ruth Thayer 
(BCOO-4200), PO Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006. Comments may also be 
submitted by email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Thayer, Group Manager, Boulder 
Canyon Operations Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 702-293-8426. 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.
    OMB No.: OMB No. 1006-0014.
    Abstract: Pursuant to the Boulder Canyon Project Act (Pub. L. 70-
642, 45 Stat. 1057), all diversions of mainstream Colorado River water 
must be in accordance with a Colorado River water entitlement. The 
Consolidated Decree of the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v 
California, 547 U.S. 150 (2006) requires the Secretary of the Interior 
to account for all diversions of mainstream Colorado River water along 
the lower Colorado River, including water drawn from the mainstream by 
underground pumping. To meet the water entitlement and accounting 
obligations, an inventory of wells and river pumps is required along 
the lower

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Colorado River, and the gathering of specific information concerning 
these wells.
    Description of respondents: The respondents will include well and 
river-pump owners and operators along the lower Colorado River in 
Arizona, California, and Nevada. Each diverter (including well pumpers) 
must be identified and their diversion locations and water use 
determined.
    Frequency: These data are collected only once for each well or 
river-pump owner or operator as long as changes in water use, or other 
changes that would impact contractual or administrative requirements, 
are not made. A respondent may request that the data for their well or 
river pump be updated after the initial inventory.
    Estimated completion time: An average of 20 minutes is required to 
interview individual well and river-pump 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.
    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.
    We will summarize all comments received regarding this notice. We 
will publish that summary in the Federal Register when the information 
collection request is submitted to OMB for review and approval.
    Before including your address, telephone 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.

    Dated: December 3, 2008.
Lorri Gray,
Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
 [FR Doc. E8-29080 Filed 12-8-08; 8:45 am]
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