[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 135 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 45533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16644]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR85854000; XXXR4524KS; RR.4888TR11.0040001]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation intends to seek approval of the 
following proposed information collection: Collection and Compilation 
of Water Pipeline Field Performance Data. Before submitting the 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
for approval, the Bureau of Reclamation is soliciting public comments 
on this information collection.

DATES: Submit written comments on the information collection on or 
before September 12, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send all written comments to Dr. Lee Sears, Materials and 
Corrosion Laboratory, 86-68540, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, 
Denver, Colorado 80225; or via email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
information collection, please contact Dr. Lee Sears at 303-445-2392.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract and Background

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Bureau of Reclamation 
(Reclamation) has obtained the services of an outside entity to collect 
data on water pipelines. The information requested is required to 
comply with a request from Congress for Reclamation to assemble data on 
pipeline reliability for specific types of pipes.
    A Federal Register notice announcing the collection of this 
information was initiated on February 26, 2014 (79 FR 10842), offering 
the public a 60-day public comment period. A summary of comments 
received during the 60-day comment period, disposition of comments, and 
revised information collection were published in the Federal Register 
on October 1, 2014 (79 FR 59291), and the public comment period was 
reopened for another 30 days. In response to the public's request for 
additional time to comment, a third notice was published in the Federal 
Register on October 30, 2014 (79 FR 64622), extending the comment 
period another 30 days. In total, the public was provided 120 days to 
comment on the ICR. Also at the public's request, all draft supporting 
documents were made available to the public for consideration.
    The contract with Reclamation's previous partners, Battelle and 
Water Research Foundation, was terminated in July 2015. Reclamation has 
now obtained the services of Virginia Tech to develop a new survey to 
collect and assemble data on pipeline reliability.

II. Data

    Title: Collection and Compilation of Water Pipeline Field 
Performance Data.
    OMB Control Number: 1006-XXXX.
    Description of respondents: Water utility and Federal facility pipe 
data managers.
    Frequency: One-time collection.
    Estimated completion time: 10 minutes (making participation 
decision); 30 minutes (introductory webinar); and 110 minutes 
(uploading data). The total estimated time is 150 minutes for each 
respondent.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 600 (making participation 
decision).
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total of Annual Responses: 310.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 100 hours 
(making participation decision); 155 hours (introductory webinar); and 
568 hours (uploading data), for a combined total of 823 hours.

III. 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 collection of information on 
respondents, including the 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.

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: June 30, 2016.
Richard W. LaFond,
Chief, Civil Engineering Services Division, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 2016-16644 Filed 7-13-16; 8:45 am]
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