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from public review, BOEM cannot 

guarantee that it will be able to do so. 

Public Hearings: BOEM will host 

virtual public hearings on the Draft EIS 

in February 2021. Information regarding 

these hearings can be found at https:// 

www.boem.gov/ak258. The purpose of 

these hearings is to receive public 

comments on the Draft EIS. These 

hearings are scheduled as follows: 

• February 9, 2021; 2:00 p.m.–4:00 

p.m. (Alaska Standard Time (AKST)) 

• February 10, 2021; 6:30 p.m.–8:30 

p.m. (AKST) 

• February 11, 2021; 2:00 p.m.–4:00 

p.m. (AKST) 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.; 43 CFR 

46.415 (2019 ed.). 

Walter D. Cruickshank, 

Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR85672000, 21XR0680A2, 

RX.31480001.0040000; OMB Control 

Number 1006–0028] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Recreation Survey 

Questions 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation), are proposing to renew 

an information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

16, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to Ronnie Baca, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Asset Management 

Division, 86–67200, P.O. Box 25007, 

Denver, CO 80225–0007; or by email to 

rbaca@usbr.gov. Please reference OMB 

Control Number 1006–0028 in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Ronnie Baca by email 

at rbaca@usbr.gov, or by telephone at 

(303) 445–3257. Individuals who are 

hearing or speech impaired may call the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339 

for TTY assistance. You may also view 

the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all 

information collections require approval 

under the PRA. We may not conduct or 

sponsor and you are not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on new, 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

collections of information. This helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand our 

information collection requirements and 

provide the requested data in the 

desired format. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. 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. 

Abstract: Reclamation is responsible 

for recreation development at all of its 

reservoirs. Presently, there are more 

than 240 designated recreation areas on 

our lands within the 17 Western States 

hosting approximately 40 million 

visitors annually. As a result, we must 

be able to respond to emerging trends, 

changes in the demographic profile of 

users, changing values, needs, wants, 

and desires, and conflicts between user 

groups. Statistically valid and up-todate data derived from the user is 

essential to developing and providing 

recreation programs relevant to today’s 

visitor. Reclamation is requesting reapproval for the collection of data from 

recreational users on Reclamation lands 

and waterbodies. To meet our needs for 

the collection of visitor use data, we 

will be requesting OMB to authorize a 

two-part request: survey questions for 

our regional offices to choose from, and 

a survey form template. This will allow 

for a custom designed survey 

instrument to fit a specific activity or 

recreation site. The custom designed 

survey would be created by extracting 

questions from the approved list of 

survey questions that are applicable to 

the recreation area and issue being 

evaluated. Only questions included in 

the pre-approved list of survey 

questions will be used. 

Title of Collection: Recreation Survey 

Questions. 

OMB Control Number: 1006–0028. 

Form Number: 7–2675, Recreation 

Survey Questions. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Respondents to the surveys will be 

members of the public engaged in 

recreational activities on Reclamation 

lands and waterbodies. Visitors will 

primarily consist of local residents, 

people from large metropolitan areas in 

the vicinity of the lake/reservoir, and 

people from out of state. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 696. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 696. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 15 minutes per survey (an 

average of 20 questions will be used on 

each survey; each question will take 

approximately 45 seconds to complete 

on average). 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 140. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Twice 

annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden cost: None. 

It is estimated that there will be a total 

of 140 out of 696 contacts that choose 

not to respond to the survey. These nonrespondents account for 1 burden hour 

per year. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

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unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq). 

Karen Knight, 

Director, Dam Safety and Infrastructure. 

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BILLING CODE 4332–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR03240000, XXXR4079G1, 

RX.03441994.0209100] 

Central Arizona Project, Arizona; Water 

Allocations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation and the 

Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of final decision to 

reallocate non-Indian agricultural (NIA) 

priority Central Arizona Project (CAP) 

water. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior (Department) hereby issues 

notice of its final decision to reallocate 

NIA priority CAP water in accordance 

with the Arizona Department of Water 

Resources’ (ADWR) recommendation for 

reallocation. The Department will 

implement this decision by offering to 

enter into a subcontract with the entities 

and for the quantities of NIA priority 

CAP water listed in this notice, as 

recommended by ADWR. Any NIA 

priority CAP water subject to this 

decision which remains uncontracted 

after completion of the contracting 

process shall be available for future 

round(s) of ADWR recommendation and 

subsequent contracting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Leslie Meyers, Bureau of Reclamation, 

Phoenix Area Office, 6150 West 

Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ 

85306–4001; telephone 623–773–6211; 

facsimile 623–773–6480; email 

lmeyers@usbr.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

may call the Federal Relay Service at 1– 

800–877–8339 TTY/ASCII to contact the 

Ms. Meyers during normal business 

hours or to leave a message or question 

after hours. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Previous Notices Related to CAP Water 

Previous notices related to CAP water 

were published in the Federal Register 

at 37 FR 28082, December 20, 1972; 40 

FR 17297, April 18, 1975; 41 FR 45883, 

October 18, 1976; 45 FR 52938, August 

8, 1980; 45 FR 81265, December 10, 

1980; 48 FR 12446, March 24, 1983; 56 

FR 28404, June 20, 1991; 56 FR 29704, 

June 28, 1991; 57 FR 4470, February 5, 

1992; 57 FR 48388, October 23, 1992; 65 

FR 39177, June 23, 2000; 65 FR 43037, 

July 12, 2000; 67 FR 38514, June 4, 

2002; 68 FR 36578, June 18, 2003; 69 FR 

9378, February 27, 2004; and, 71 FR 

50449, August 25, 2006. These notices 

and decisions were made pursuant to 

the authority vested in the Secretary of 

the Interior (Secretary) by the 

Reclamation Act of 1902, as amended 

and supplemented (32 Stat. 388, 43 

U.S.C. 391), the Boulder Canyon Project 

Act of December 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1057, 

43 U.S.C. 617), the Colorado River Basin 

Project Act of September 30, 1968 (82 

Stat. 885, 43 U.S.C. 1501), the Arizona 

Water Settlements Act (Settlements Act) 

(Pub. L. 108–451, 118 Stat. 3478), and 

in recognition of the Secretary’s trust 

responsibility to Indian tribes. 

Background of CAP Water Allocations 

In a Record of Decision (ROD) 

published on March 24, 1983 (48 FR 

12446), the Secretary, among other 

actions, superseded and replaced the 

1980 ROD (45 FR 81265, December 10, 

1980), reiterated the allocations to 

Indian tribes reflected in that 1980 ROD, 

allocated CAP water for non-Indian 

municipal and industrial (M&I) uses, 

and allocated the remaining amount for 

NIA uses. Subject to certain conditions, 

the CAP water for Indian uses was 

allocated to 12 Indian tribes for 

irrigation use or for maintaining tribal 

homelands. Also subject to certain 

conditions, the CAP water for M&I uses 

was allocated based on the State of 

Arizona’s 1982 allocation 

recommendations for non-Indian 

entities that provided an amount of CAP 

water for M&I use to certain non-Indian 

entities, with the remaining amount of 

CAP water allocated for NIA use. The 

CAP NIA water was allocated to 23 nonIndian irrigation districts or other 

agricultural entities as a percentage of 

the NIA water supply that was available 

in any given year. 

Two-party CAP water service 

contracts were executed between the 

United States and individual Indian 

tribes in 1980 pursuant to the 1980 

ROD. CAP non-Indian M&I water 

service subcontracts and CAP NIA water 

service subcontracts were executed with 

those entities allocated CAP water and 

desiring to enter into subcontracts for 

CAP water. The CAP water service 

subcontracts for the non-Indian M&I 

water and the NIA water are three-party 

subcontracts among the entity, the 

Central Arizona Water Conservation 

District (CAWCD), and the Bureau of 

Reclamation (Reclamation). Some of the 

entities that were allocated NIA water 

and M&I priority water elected not to 

contract for the offered allocations. After 

completing the initial subcontracting 

process, 29.3 percent of the NIA water 

supply and 65,647 acre-feet per year of 

M&I water was not under contract. 

Congress enacted the Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community Water 

Rights Settlement Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 

2558) (SRPMIC Act). Pursuant to section 

11(h) of the SRPMIC Act, the Secretary 

was required to request a reallocation 

recommendation from ADWR for the 

remaining NIA water that was not under 

contract. The Secretary was also 

required to reallocate the uncontracted 

CAP water for NIA use and to offer new 

or amendatory subcontracts for such 

water. 

By letter dated January 7, 1991, 

ADWR recommended an allocation to 

the Secretary. The Secretary published a 

notice on June 20, 1991 (56 FR 28404), 

inviting public comments on the 

proposed reallocation of CAP water. 

After considering the public comments, 

the Secretary published a final decision 

on February 5, 1992 (57 FR 4470). That 

decision contemplated that new or 

amendatory CAP water service 

subcontracts would be offered soon 

thereafter. 

CAP water service subcontracts for 

the reallocated water were not executed 

for several reasons, including but not 

limited to the following: (1) Some 

entities could not meet the financial 

feasibility requirements for receipt of 

CAP water; (2) lack of agreement on the 

form of the CAP water service 

subcontract, and (3) financial 

difficulties in the CAP NIA sector. 

Beginning in the early 1990s, longterm utilization of the CAP water 

available for reallocation under the 1992 

decision and of the uncontracted CAP 

M&I priority water was a central issue 

in negotiations to resolve various 

operational and financial disputes 

between Reclamation and CAWCD. 

After attempts at negotiations failed, 

water contracting issues were included 

in litigation and the resulting stipulated 

settlement between the United States 

and CAWCD. To implement some of the 

conditions contained in the stipulated 

settlement, new Federal legislation was 

required. 

After the 1992 decision but before 

Federal legislation was enacted, the 

Secretary published on June 4, 2002 (67 

FR 38514), a notice of proposed 

modification to the 1983 decision. The 

1983 decision provided that the M&I 

allocation can be made more firm by 

execution of feasible non-potable 

effluent exchanges with Indian tribes 

and the M&I allocation was subject to