[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 48562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19923]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR83550000, 15XR0680A1, RX.31580001.0090104]


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: We, the Bureau of Reclamation, have 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). The Information Collection Request 
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
cost burden.

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 September 14, 2015.

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 Stephanie McPhee, Bureau of Reclamation, 84-55000, P.O. Box 
25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007; or via email to [email protected]. 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. 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: 177.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.25.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 221.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 8,840 hours.
    Estimated Completion Time per Respondent: See table below.
    Estimated non-hour cost burden: $154,759.

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                                                      Burden                                      Annual  burden
                                                   estimate per      Number of    Annual  number        on
                    Form No.                         form  (in      respondents    of  responses    respondents
                                                      hours)                                        (in hours)
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7-21SUMM-C and associated tabulation sheets.....              40             169             211           8,440
7-21SUMM-R and associated tabulation sheets.....              40               8              10             400
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    Totals......................................  ..............             177             221           8,840
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III. Request for Comments

    We invite comments concerning this information collection 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, 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.
    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.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
February 17, 2015 (80 FR 8341). No comments were received.

IV. 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: July 27, 2015.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration.
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