[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74797-74798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29871]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR03042000, 16XR0680A1, RX.18786000.1000000]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 Flows, 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 request, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public 
comments must be received on or before December 30, 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 Mr. Paul Matuska, Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder 
Canyon Operations Office, Water Accounting and Verification Group, LC-
4200, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006, or via email to 
[email protected]. Please reference OMB Control No. 1006-0015 in your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Matuska at 702-293-8164. You may

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also view the information collection request at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The Bureau of 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 flows, and consumptive use. This 
information collection is required to obtain a benefit.

II. Changes to Forms

    The Form LC-72, Record of Water Diverted From Lake Mead and/or the 
Colorado River for Use in the State of Nevada, is no longer needed 
because the water entitlement holder who used the form is no longer 
able to withdraw water from the Colorado River.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1006-0015.
    Title: Diversions, Return Flows, 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: 53.
    Estimated number of responses per respondent: 1 annually and/or 12 
monthly
    Estimated total number of annual responses: 196.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 33 hours.
    Form Numbers: LC-72A and LC-72B.
    Estimated burden for each form: 10 minutes.

IV. Request for Comments

    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
September 28, 2015 (80 FR 58294). No comments were received on this 
information collection.
    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.
    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.

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: November 9, 2015.
Terrance J. Fulp,
Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-29871 Filed 11-27-15; 8:45 am]
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