[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26727-26728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12924]


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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 of renewal of a currently approved collection (OMB No. 
1006-0005).

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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 Bureau of Reclamation 
(we, our, or us) has forwarded the following Information Collection 
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval: Individual Landholder's and Farm Operator's Certification 
and Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR 
part 428, OMB Control Number: 1006-0005. This ICR is required under the 
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA), Acreage Limitation Rules and 
Regulations, 43 CFR part 426, and Information Requirements for Certain 
Farm Operations In Excess of 960 Acres and the Eligibility of Certain 
Formerly Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428. The ICR describes the nature of 
the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information 
collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comments 
must be received on or before July 6, 2009 to assure maximum 
consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may send written 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) 
395-5806 or e-mail to [email protected]. A copy of your comments 
should also be directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: 84-
53000, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445-2897.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Individual Landholder's and Farm Operator's Certification 
and Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR 
part 428.
    Abstract: This information collection requires certain landholders 
(direct or indirect landowners or lessees) and farm operators to 
complete forms demonstrating their compliance with the acreage 
limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law. Responses are 
required to retain or obtain a benefit. These forms are submitted to 
districts that use the information to establish each landholder's 
status with respect to landownership limitations, full-cost pricing 
thresholds, lease requirements, and other provisions of Federal 
reclamation law. In addition, forms are submitted by certain farm 
operators to provide information concerning the services they provide 
and the nature of their farm operating arrangements. All landholders 
whose entire westwide landholdings total 40 acres or less are exempt 
from the requirement to submit RRA forms. Landholders who are 
``qualified recipients'' have RRA forms submittal thresholds of 80 
acres or 240 acres depending on the district's RRA forms submittal 
threshold category where the land is held. Only farm operators who 
provide multiple services to more than 960 acres held in trusts or by 
legal entities are required to submit forms.

Changes to the RRA Forms and the Instructions to Those Forms.

    Minor editorial changes were made to the currently approved RRA 
forms and the instructions to those forms prior to the 60-day comment 
period initiated by the notice published in the Federal Register (73 FR 
63509, Oct. 24, 2008). Those changes were designed to assist the 
respondents by increasing their understanding of the forms, clarifying 
the instructions for use when completing the forms, and clarifying the 
information that is required to be submitted to the districts with the 
forms. We received no public comments from the 60-day public comment 
period. The proposed revisions to the RRA forms will be included 
starting in the 2010 water year.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: Landholders and farm operators of certain lands in our 
projects, whose landholdings exceed specified RRA forms submittal 
thresholds.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 15,279.

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    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.02.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 15,585.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,522 hours.
    Estimate of Burden for Each Form:

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                                                      Burden                                      Annual  burden
                                                   estimate per      Number of    Annual  number        on
                    Form No.                         form (in       respondents    of  responses    respondents
                                                     minutes)                                       (in hours)
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Form 7-2180.....................................              60           4,124           4,206           4,206
Form 7-2180EZ...................................              45             425             434             326
Form 7-2181.....................................              78           1,205           1,229           1,598
Form 7-2184.....................................              45              32              33              25
Form 7-2190.....................................              60           1,620           1,652           1,652
Form 7-2190EZ...................................              45              96              98              74
Form 7-2191.....................................              78             777             793           1,031
Form 7-2194.....................................              45               4               4               3
Form 7-21PE.....................................              75             146             149             186
Form 7-21PE-IND.................................              12               4               4               1
Form 7-21TRUST..................................              60             882             900             900
Form 7-21VERIFY.................................              12           5,434           5,543           1,109
Form 7-21FC.....................................              30             214             218             109
Form 7-21XS.....................................              30             144             147              74
Form 7-21FARMOP.................................              78             172             175             228
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        Totals..................................  ..............          15,279          15,585          11,522
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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.
    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 RRA forms. A Federal Register notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published in the Federal Register (73 FR 63509, Oct. 
24, 2008). No public comments were received.
    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.
    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: April 21, 2009.
Richard W. Rizzi,
Acting Director, Program and Policy Services, Denver Office.
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