[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59663-59664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23973]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
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 has forwarded the following 
Information Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval: Diversions, Return

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Flow, and Consumptive Use of Colorado River Water in the Lower Colorado 
River Basin (OMB Control Number 1006-0015).

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 October 29, 2012.

ADDRESSES: 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 to (202) 395-5806, or 
email to [email protected]. A copy of your comments should also 
be directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: Maria Germain (LC-
4410), P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006, or to [email protected]. 
Please reference OMB Control No. 1006-0015 in your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margot Selig, Supervisory Contract and 
Repayment Specialist, Water Administration Group, Boulder Canyon 
Operations Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 702-293-8192. You may also 
view the Information Collection Request at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. 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. This 
information collection is required to obtain a benefit. Reclamation 
collects this information using Reclamation forms LC-72, LC-72A, LC-
72B, or electronic versions of these forms.
    The required 60-day comment period for this information collection 
was initiated by a notice that published in the Federal Register on 
April 25, 2012 (77 FR 24736). No public comments were received.

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 and annually.
    Estimated total number of respondents: 61.
    Estimated number of responses per respondent: once per year or 12 
times per year.
    Estimated total number of annual responses: 292.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 49 hours.
    Form Numbers: LC-72, LC-72A, and LC-72B.
    Estimated burden for each form: 10 minutes.

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 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 forms.

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: September 25, 2012.
Grayford F. Payne,
Deputy Commissioner--Policy, Administration and Budget, Bureau of 
Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 2012-23973 Filed 9-27-12; 8:45 am]
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