[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29786-29788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12586]


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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: 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 Certification and Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation. 
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 June 22, 2011 to assure maximum 
consideration.

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ADDRESSES: 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. 
The entire Information Collection Request may be found at http://www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Individual Landholder'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, as 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. 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.
    Minor editorial changes were made to the forms and instructions 
prior to the 60-day comment period initiated by the notice published in 
the Federal Register (75 FR 59740, Sept. 28, 2010). These changes are 
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. No public comments were received in 
response to that notice. The proposed revisions to the RRA forms will 
be effective in the 2012 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
    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) 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.
    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

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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.

Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration, Denver Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-12586 Filed 5-20-11; 8:45 am]
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