[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25766-25767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10358]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[A10-1412-0001-009-01-0-4, 8453000]


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

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information 
collection request but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public 
comments must be received on or before June 3, 2013.

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 
be directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: 84-53000, P.O. Box 
25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007. Please reference OMB Control Number 1006-
0006 in your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie McPhee, Bureau of 
Reclamation, at (303) 445-2897. You may also view the Information 
Collection Request at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This information collection 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 forms in this information collection are to 
be used by district offices to summarize individual landholder (direct 
or indirect landowner or lessee) and farm operator certification and 
reporting forms. This information allows us to establish water user 
compliance with Federal reclamation law.

II. Changes to the RRA Forms and Their Instructions

    The changes made to the currently approved RRA forms and the 
corresponding instructions are of an editorial nature, and are designed 
to assist the respondents by increasing their understanding of the 
forms, clarifying the instructions for completing the forms, and 
clarifying the information that is required to be on the forms. The 
proposed revisions to the RRA forms will be effective in the 2014 water 
year.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1006-0006.
    Title: Certification Summary Form and Reporting Summary Form for 
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
    Form Number: Form 7-21SUMM-C and Form 7-21SUMM-R.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: Contracting entities that are subject to the acreage 
limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law.
    Estimated Annual Total Number of Respondents: 182.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.25.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 228.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 9,120 hours.
    Estimated Completion Time per Respondent: See table below.
    Estimated non-hour cost burden: $159,660.

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                                                      Burden
                                                   estimate per      Number of     Annual number   Annual burden
                    Form No.                         form (in       respondents    of responses   on respondents
                                                      hours)                                        (in hours)
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7-21SUMM-C and associated tabulation sheets.....              40             172             215           8,600
7-21SUMM-R and associated tabulation sheets.....              40              10              13             520
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    Totals......................................  ..............             182             228           9,120
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IV. Request for Comments

    We invite 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 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 (77 FR 57587, September 18, 2012). No 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.

V. Public Disclosure

    Before including your address, phone 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.


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    Dated: April 26, 2013.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration, Denver Office.
[FR Doc. 2013-10358 Filed 5-1-13; 8:45 am]
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