[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27341-27342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13413]


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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. 
1006-0006).

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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: Certification Summary Form, Reporting Summary Form for 
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428, OMB Control 
Number: 1006-0006. 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

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be received on or before August 10, 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, PO Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Certification Summary Form, Reporting Summary Form for 
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
    Abstract: These forms are to be used by district offices to 
summarize individual landholder (direct or indirect landowner or 
lessee) and farm operator certification and reporting forms as required 
by the RRA, 43 CFR part 426, and 43 CFR part 428. This information 
allows us to establish water user compliance with Federal reclamation 
law.
    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 63508, 
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: Contracting entities that are subject to the acreage 
limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 210.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.25.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 263.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 10,520 hours.

                                        Estimate of Burden for Each Form
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                                     Estimated
            Form No.                 number of     Frequency of    Total annual    Burden hours    Total burden
                                    respondents      response        responses     per response        hours
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7-21SUMM-C and tabulation sheets             174            1.25             218              40           8,720
7-21SUMM-R and tabulation sheets              36            1.25              45              40           1,800
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    Total.......................             210            1.25             263  ..............          10,520
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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 63508, 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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