[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5606-5607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01002]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

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


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
Proposed New 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: Collection and Compilation of Water 
Pipeline Field Performance Data (OMB Control Number 1006-XXXX). 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 
comment must be received on or before February 17, 2017.

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 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]. Please reference OMB Control 
Number: 1006-XXXX in your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Lee Sears at 303-445-2392. You may 
also view the Information Collection Request at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    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 survey 
water utilities and collect data on water pipeline performance. The 
information being collected is required to comply with a request from 
Congress for Reclamation to assemble data on pipeline reliability for 
specific types of pipes.
    From 2013 through 2015, Reclamation worked with Water Research 
Foundation and Battelle Memorial Institute (Battelle) on a draft 
information collection request (ICR) to collect high-quality field 
performance data on pipeline reliability for water pipelines of 
different material and vintage. A Federal Register notice announcing 
the availability of this draft 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 draft 
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 draft ICR. Also at the

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public's request, all draft supporting documents were made available to 
the public for consideration. The contract between Reclamation and its 
partners was terminated in July 2015 before the ICR could be finalized.
    Reclamation signed an agreement in November 2015 with Virginia 
Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) to develop a 
new ICR to collect buried water pipe performance data. The notice 
announcing the new draft ICR was published in the Federal Register on 
July 14, 2016 (81 FR 45533) to start the 60-day public comment period. 
The public comment period for this ICR ended on September 12, 2016. 
Information gathered from Reclamation's earlier attempt to develop an 
ICR to collect pipeline reliability data was incorporated into this 
current ICR.

II. Summary of Proposed Changes, Comments and Responses

    Comments on this ICR were received from two entities. Responses to 
the public comments are addressed in Supporting Statement A of this ICR 
and are available for public review at www.reginfo.gov. Copies of the 
comments have also been uploaded at this same web address.

III. 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: 500 (making participation 
decision).
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total of Annual Responses: 250.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 83 hours 
(making participation decision); 126 hours (introductory webinar); and 
459 hours (uploading data), for a combined total of 668 hours.

IV. 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.
    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 survey.

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: January 10, 2017.
Richard W. LaFond,
Chief, Civil Engineering Services Division, Bureau of Reclamation.
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