[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52337-52338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21320]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR03042000, 15XR0680A1, RX.18786000.1501100]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
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, have forwarded the following 
Information Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval: Lower Colorado River Well Inventory, OMB 
Control Number 1006-0014. 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 28, 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 
also be directed to Paul Matuska, Water Accounting and Verification 
Group Manager, LC-4200, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Regional 
Office, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City,

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NV 89006-1470; or by email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB 
Control Number 1006-0014 in your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Matuska at (702) 293-8164. You 
may also view the Information Collection Request at www.reginfo.gov.

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 (Public Law 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: 300.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 300.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 100 hours.

III. Request for Comments

    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on February 3, 
2015 (80 FR 5786). No comments were received.
    We again 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, 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 form.

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: August 19, 2015.
Terrance J. Fulp,
 Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-21320 Filed 8-27-15; 8:45 am]
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