[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24736-24737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9917]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently 
Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation intends to submit a request for 
renewal of an existing approved information collection to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB): Diversions, Return Flow, and Consumptive 
Use of Colorado River Water in the Lower Colorado River Basin (OMB 
Control Number 1006-0015).

DATES: Send written comments by June 25, 2012.

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the information collection forms or to 
submit comments on this information collection, contact Maria Germain 
(LC-4410), P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006, or to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margot Selig, Supervisory Contract and 
Repayment Specialist, Water Administration Group, Boulder Canyon 
Operations Office, Bureau of Reclamation, (702) 293-8192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The Bureau of Reclamation (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.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1006-0015.
    Title: Diversions, Return Flow, and Consumptive Use of Colorado 
River Water in the Lower Colorado River Basin.
    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 and/or 12 
monthly.
    Estimated total number of annual responses: 292.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 48.7 hours (rounded).
    Estimated burden for each form: 10 minutes.

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                                                                     Estimated         Total        *Estimated
                            Form No.                                 number of    responses  per   annual burden
                                                                    respondents        year       hours per form
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LC-72...........................................................               1              12             2.0
LC-72A..........................................................               1               1             0.2
LC-72B..........................................................              24              24             4.0
Custom Forms....................................................              28             255            42.5
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    Total.......................................................              54             292            48.7
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* Burden hours are rounded up.

III. Request for 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

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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.

IV. Public Disclosure

    Before including your address, telephone number, email 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 18, 2012.
Steven C. Hvinden,
Chief, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, Lower Colorado Region Bureau 
of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 2012-9917 Filed 4-24-12; 8:45 am]
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