[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5786-5787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02031]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR03042000, 15XR0680A1, RX.18786000.1501100]


Agency Information Collection; Proposed Renewal of a Currently 
Approved Information Collection (OMB Control Number 1006-0014)

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the Bureau of Reclamation, intend to submit a request for 
renewal of an existing approved information collection to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) titled, Lower Colorado River Well 
Inventory, OMB Control Number 1006-0014. The current OMB approval 
expires on August 31, 2015.

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DATES: Submit written comments on this information collection request 
on or before April 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments or requests for copies of the forms to 
Paul Matuska, Water Accounting and Verification Group Manager, LC-4200, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Regional Office, P.O. Box 61470, 
Boulder City, NV 89006-1470; or by email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Matuska at (702) 293-8164.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the 
Bureau of Reclamation is requesting approval for the collection of data 
from well and river-pump owners and operators along the lower Colorado 
River in Arizona, California, and Nevada.

I. Abstract

    Pursuant to the Boulder Canyon Project Act (Pub. L. 70-642, 45 
Stat. 1057), all diversions of mainstream Colorado River water must be 
in accordance with a Colorado River water entitlement. The Consolidated 
Decree of the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. California, 547 
U.S. 150 (2006) requires the Secretary of the Interior to account for 
all diversions of mainstream Colorado River water along the lower 
Colorado River, including water drawn from the mainstream by 
underground pumping. To meet the water entitlement and accounting 
obligations, an inventory of wells and river pumps is required along 
the lower Colorado River, and the gathering of specific information 
concerning these wells.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1006-0014.
    Title: Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.
    Form Number: LC-25.
    Frequency: These data are collected only once for each well or 
river-pump owner or operator as long as changes in water use, or other 
changes that would impact contractual or administrative requirements, 
are not made. A respondent may request that the data for its well or 
river pump be updated after the initial inventory.
    Respondents: Well and river-pump owners and operators along the 
lower Colorado River in Arizona, California, and Nevada. Each diverter 
(including well pumpers) must be identified and their diversion 
locations and water use determined.
    Estimated Completion Time: An average of 20 minutes is required to 
interview individual well and river-pump owners or operators.
    Estimated Annual Total Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,500.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 500 hours.

IV. Request for Comments

    We invite your comments on:
    (a) whether the 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 estimated time and cost burden of the 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used;
    (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 increased use of 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.

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.

    Dated: December 17, 2014.
Terrance J. Fulp,
Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-02031 Filed 2-2-15; 8:45 am]
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