[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 160 (Thursday, August 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42089-42090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20051]


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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. 
1006-0015).

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has forwarded the 
following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

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Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Diversions, Return 
Flows, and Consumptive Use of Colorado River Water in the Lower 
Colorado River Basin, OMB Control Number: 1006-0015. The ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and 
burden.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by September 21, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may send written 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 at 202-395-
5806 or by e-mail to [email protected]. A copy of your comments 
should also be directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: Nancy 
DiDonato (BCOO-4445), Contract and Repayment Specialist, Lower Colorado 
Regional Office, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006-1470.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of 
the proposed collection of information, contact Nancy DiDonato at 702-
293-8532.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Diversions, Return Flow, and Consumptive Use of Colorado 
River Water in the Lower Colorado River Basin.
    OMB No.: 1006-0015.
    Form No.: LC-72, 72A, 72B.
    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. Responses are 
required to obtain a benefit.
    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 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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    Total...........................................                  54                 330                 290
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    Comments:
    Reclamation invites your comments 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 information collection 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 all forms covered under OMB Control Number 1006-
0015.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published in the Federal 
Register (74 FR 17982, April 20, 2009). 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.

Steven C. Hvinden,
Area Manager, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, Lower Colorado Region, 
Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. E9-20051 Filed 8-19-09; 8:45 am]
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