[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 74 (Monday, April 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17982-17983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8983]


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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. 
1006-0015).

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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 OMB 1006-0015, Diversions, 
Return Flow, and Consumptive Use of Colorado River Water in the Lower 
Colorado River Basin. The current OMB approval expires on August 31, 
2009.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 19, 2009.

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the information collection forms and to 
submit comments on this information collection contact: Nancy DiDonato 
(BCOO-4445), PO Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006. Comments may also be 
submitted by e-mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margot Selig, Team Leader, Water 
Contracts Team, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, Bureau of 
Reclamation, 702-293-8192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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    Title: Diversions, Return Flow, and Consumptive Use of Colorado 
River Water in the Lower Colorado River Basin.
    OMB No.: OMB No. 1006-0015.
    Abstract: Reclamation delivers Colorado River water to water users 
for diversion and beneficial consumptive use in the States of Arizona, 
California, and Nevada. The Consolidated Decree of the United States 
Supreme Court in the case of Arizona v. California, et al., entered 
March 27, 2006, (547 U.S. 150 (2006)) requires the Secretary of the 
Interior to prepare and maintain complete, detailed, and accurate 
records of diversions of water, return flow, and consumptive use and 
make these records available at least annually. This information is 
needed to ensure that a State or a water user within a State does not 
exceed its authorized use of Colorado River water. Water users are 
obligated by provisions in their water delivery contracts to provide 
Reclamation information on diversions and return flows. Reclamation 
determines the consumptive use by subtracting return flow from 
diversions or by other engineering means. Without the information 
collected, Reclamation could not comply with the order of the United 
States Supreme Court to prepare and maintain detailed and accurate 
records of diversions, return flow, and consumptive use.
    Description of Respondents: The respondents will include the Lower 
Basin States (Arizona, California, and Nevada), local and tribal 
entities, water districts, and individuals that use Colorado River 
water.
    Frequency: Monthly, annually, or otherwise as determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 54.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1 annually or 12 
monthly.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 330.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 290.
    Estimated Burden for Each Form:

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                                                                                               Estimated annual
                      Form No.                         Estimated Number     Total responses    burden hours  per
                                                        of respondents         per year              form
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LC-72...............................................                   6                  78                  54
LC-72A..............................................                   8                  20                  30
LC-72B..............................................                  15                  51                  78
Custom Forms........................................                  25                 181                 128
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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.
    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.

Steven C. Hvinden,
Area Manager, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, Lower Colorado Region, 
Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. E9-8983 Filed 4-17-09; 8:45 am]
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