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In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321), the Service prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) that 

evaluated two alternatives and their 

potential impacts on the project area. 

The Service released the draft 

environmental assessment (EA) and LPP 

on June 20, 2011, for a 30-day public 

review period. The draft documents 

were made available to Federal elected 

officials and agencies, State elected 

officials and agencies, 32 Native 

American tribes with aboriginal or tribal 

interests, local media, and other 

members of the public that were 

identified during the scoping process. 

In addition, two public meetings were 

held, in Bismarck, North Dakota, and in 

Miller, South Dakota, on June 28 and 29, 

2011, respectively. These meetings were 

announced in advance in local media. 

Approximately 50 landowners, citizens, 

and elected representatives attended the 

meetings. The Service received 10 

letters from agencies, organizations, and 

other entities, and 347 general public 

comments. After all comments were 

received, they were reviewed, added to 

the administrative record, and 

incorporated into the environmental 

assessment (EA) if substantial. 

Based on the documentation 

contained in the environmental 

assessment (EA), a Finding of No 

Significant Impact was signed on 

September 1, 2011, for the 

establishment of the Dakota Grassland 

Conservation Area. 

Dated: December 2, 2011. 

Matt Hogan, 

Acting, Deputy Regional Director, MountainPrairie Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3650 Filed 2–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

Submission of Information Collection 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; 

Reinstatement 

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming 

Commission, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming 

Commission (‘‘NIGC’’ or 

‘‘Commission’’), in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, is seeking 

reinstatement of the approval for 

collection of information for the 

following activities: (1) Compliance and 

enforcement under the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act (‘‘IGRA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’); 

(2) approval of Class II background 

investigation and tribal licenses; 

(3) management contract regulations; 

(4) National Environmental Policy Act 

procedures; (5) annual fees payable by 

Indian gaming operations; (6) issuance 

of certificates of self regulation to tribes 

for Class II gaming; (7) minimum 

internal control standards; and 

(8) facility license review. These 

information collections have expired. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments can be mailed, 

faxed, or emailed to the attention of 

Michael Hoenig, National Indian 

Gaming Commission, 1441 L Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20005. Comments 

may be faxed to (202) 632–7066 (not a 

toll-free number). Comments may be 

sent electronically to info@nigc.gov, 

subject: PRA reinstatements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Hoenig at (202) 632–7003; fax 

(202) 632–7066 (not toll-free numbers). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Request for Comments 

You are invited to comment on the 

following items: 

(a) Whether the collections of 

information are necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burdens (including the 

hours and cost) of the proposed 

collections of information, including the 

validity of the methodologies and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(d) Ways to minimize the burdens of 

the collections of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

collection techniques or forms of 

information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

become a matter of public record. 

II. Data 

Title: Compliance and Enforcement. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0001. 

Background: IGRA governs the 

regulation of gaming on Indian lands. 

Although IGRA places primary 

responsibility with the tribes for 

regulating their gaming activity, 

§ 2706(b) directs the NIGC to monitor 

Class II gaming conducted on Indian 

lands on a continuing basis. IGRA 

authorizes the NIGC to access and 

inspect all papers, books and records 

relating to gross revenues of Class II 

gaming conducted on Indian lands and 

any other matters necessary to carry out 

the duties of the Commission. IGRA also 

requires tribes to provide NIGC with 

annual independent audits of gaming, 

including contracts in excess of 

$25,000.00. 25 U.S.C. 2710(b)(2)(c), (d); 

25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(1)(A)(ii). In 

accordance with these statutory 

responsibilities, NIGC regulations, 25 

CFR 571.7, requires Indian gaming 

operations to keep permanent financial 

records. NIGC regulations, 25 CFR 

571.12 and 571.13, require tribes to 

annually submit an independent audit 

of their gaming operations to NIGC. The 

NIGC uses this information to fulfill its 

statutory responsibilities under IGRA. 

Additionally, IGRA, 25 U.S.C. 2713, 

authorizes the NIGC Chair to issue 

notices of violation, civil fine 

assessments, and closure orders for 

violations of the Act or the 

Commission’s regulations. This 

authority is implemented through 25 

CFR part 575. The full Commission 

reviews these matters on appeal under 

25 CFR part 577. 

Brief Description of Collection: This 

collection is mandatory and allows the 

NIGC to conduct its statutory duty to 

regulate Indian gaming. No additional 

burden is imposed by the requirements 

to maintain customary business records 

and to allow NIGC personnel access to 

those records. 

Respondents: Indian tribal gaming 

operations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

422. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 1,395. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

range of time can vary from no 

additional burden hours to 50 burden 

hours for one item. 

Frequency of Responses: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 6,752. 

Title: Approval of Class II and Class 

III Ordinances, Background 

Investigations, and Gaming Licenses. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0003. 

Background: The Act sets standards 

for the regulation of gaming, including 

requirements for approval or 

disapproval of tribal gaming ordinances. 

IGRA, § 2705(a)(3), requires the NIGC 

Chair to review all class II and class III 

tribal gaming ordinances. 

In accordance with this provision, 

NIGC regulations, 25 CFR 522.2, require 

tribes to submit to the NIGC: (1) A copy 

of the gaming ordinance to be approved, 

including a copy of the authorizing 

resolution by which it was enacted by 

the tribal government and a request for 

approval of the ordinance or resolution; 

(2) a description of procedures the tribe 

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investigations on key employees or 

primary management officials; (3) a 

description of procedures the tribe will 

use to issue licenses to primary 

management officials and key 

employees; (4) copies of all gaming 

regulations; (5) a copy of any applicable 

tribal-state compact; (6) a description of 

dispute resolution procedures for 

disputes arising between the gaming 

public and the tribe or management 

contractor; (7) identification of the law 

enforcement agency that will take 

fingerprints and a description of the 

procedures for conducting criminal 

history checks; and (8) designation of an 

agent for service of process. 

Under NIGC regulations, 25 CFR 

522.3, tribes must submit any 

amendment to the ordinance or 

resolution for approval by the NIGC 

Chair. In this instance, the tribe must 

provide a copy of the authorizing 

resolution. The NIGC will use the 

information collected to approve or 

disapprove the ordinance or 

amendment. 

Section 2710 of the Act requires tribes 

to conduct background investigations on 

key employees and primary 

management officials involved in class 

II and class III gaming. NIGC 

regulations, 25 CFR 522.4(b)(4), require 

a tribe’s ordinance to provide that the 

tribe will perform background 

investigations and issue licenses for key 

employees and primary management 

officials according to requirements that 

are at least as stringent as those in NIGC 

regulations, 25 CFR parts 556 and 558. 

25 CFR parts 556 and 558 require tribes 

to perform each investigation using 

information such as name, address, 

previous employment records, previous 

relationships with either Indian tribes or 

the gaming industry, licensing relating 

to those relationships, any convictions, 

and any other information a tribe feels 

is relevant to the employment of the 

individuals being investigated. 25 CFR 

556.4. Tribes are then required to 

submit to the NIGC a copy of the 

completed employment applications 

and investigative reports and licensing 

eligibility determinations on key 

employees or primary management 

officials before issuing gaming licenses 

to those persons. 25 CFR 556.5. The 

NIGC uses this information to review 

the eligibility and suitability 

determinations tribes make and advises 

them if it disagrees with any particular 

determination. 

Brief Description of Collection: This 

collection is mandatory and allows the 

NIGC to carry out its statutory duties 

and gives the respondents standards for 

compliance. 

Respondents: Indian tribal gaming 

operations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

282. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 

112,677. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

range of time can vary from .5 burden 

hours to 80 burden hours for one item. 

Frequency of Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours on Respondents: Up to 36,973 

hours. 

Title: Management Contract 

Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0004. 

Background: Subject to the approval 

of the NIGC Chair, an Indian tribe may 

enter into a gaming management 

contract for the operation and 

management of tribal gaming activity. 

25 U.S.C. 2710(e) and 2711. In 

approving a management contract, the 

Chair shall require and obtain the 

following: name, address, and other 

pertinent background information on 

each person or entity having a financial 

interest in, or management 

responsibility for such contract, and in 

the case of a corporation those 

individuals who serve on the board of 

directors of such corporation and 

certain stockholders; a description of 

previous experience that each person 

has had with other Indian gaming 

contracts or with the gaming industry 

including any gaming licenses which 

the person holds; and a complete 

financial statement of each person 

listed. 25 CFR 533.3; 25 CFR 537.1(b). 

Under NIGC regulations, 25 CFR part 

533, the Chair requires the submission 

of the contract to contain the following: 

original signatures; any collateral 

agreements to the contract; a tribal 

ordinance or resolution authorizing the 

submission and supporting 

documentation; a three-year business 

plan which sets forth the parties’ goals, 

objectives, budgets, financial plans, 

related matters, income statements, 

sources and use of funds statements for 

the previous three years; and, for any 

contract exceeding five years or which 

includes a management fee of more than 

30 percent, justification that the capital 

investment required and income 

projections for the gaming operation 

require the longer duration or the 

additional fee. 

Under NIGC regulations, 25 CFR part 

535, the Chair may approve a 

modification to a management contract 

or an assignment of that management 

contract based on information similar to 

that required under part 533. Part 535 

also specifies that the Chair may void a 

previous management contract approval 

and allows the parties the opportunity 

to submit information relevant to that 

determination. 

25 CFR part 537 specifies the 

requirements for submission of 

background information in 

amplification of the statutory 

requirement for obtaining information 

on persons and entities having a direct 

financial interest in or management 

responsibility for a management 

contract. Finally, 25 CFR part 539 

permits appeals to the Commission from 

a decision of the Chair to disapprove a 

management contract and allows the 

Indian tribe and the management 

company an opportunity to provide 

information relevant to that appeal. The 

NIGC will use the information collected 

to either approve or disapprove the 

contract or, in the case of an appeal, to 

grant or deny the appeal. 

Brief Description of Collection: This 

collection is mandatory, and the benefit 

to the respondents is the approval of 

Indian gaming management contracts. 

Respondents: Tribal governing bodies 

and management contractors. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

183 (submission of contracts, contract 

amendments, and background 

investigation submissions). 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

range of time can vary from no added 

burden hours to 50 burden hours for one 

item. 

Frequency of Response: Usually no 

more than once a year. 

Estimated Total Annual Hourly 

Burden to Respondents: Up to 3,890. 

Title: NEPA Procedures. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0006. 

Background: NEPA requires Federal 

agencies to analyze proposed major 

federal actions that significantly affect 

the quality of the human environment. 

The NIGC has identified one type of 

action it undertakes that requires review 

under NEPA—approving third-party 

management contracts for the operation 

of gaming activity under IGRA, 25 

U.S.C. 2711. Depending on the nature of 

the subject contract and other 

circumstances, approval of such 

management contracts may be 

categorically excluded from NEPA, it 

may require the preparation of an 

Environmental Assessment (‘‘EA’’), or it 

may require the preparation of an 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(‘‘EIS’’). In any case, the proponents of 

a management contract will be expected 

to submit information to the NIGC and 

assist in the development of the 

required NEPA documentation. 

Respondents: Tribal governing bodies, 

management companies, and 

environmental consultants. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 6 

per year. 


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Estimated Time per Response: The 

range of time can vary from 1300 to 

4500 hours per response. This variation 

depends on whether the response is an 

EA or an EIS. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 12,300 (6 EAs at 1300 

hours + 1 EIS at 4500 hours). 

Title: Annual Fees Payable by Indian 

Gaming Operations. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0007. 

Background: IGRA requires the NIGC 

to set an annual funding rate. The 

annual funding rate is the primary 

mechanism for NIGC funding under 25 

U.S.C. 2717, and NIGC regulations, 25 

CFR part 514 implements the 

requirement. Fees are computed on the 

basis of the assessable gross revenues of 

each gaming operation using rates set by 

the NIGC. The total of all fees assessed 

annually cannot exceed 0.08 percent of 

gross gaming revenue. Under its 

implementing regulation for the fee 

payment program, 25 CFR part 514, the 

NIGC relies on a quarterly statement of 

gross gaming revenues provided by each 

gaming operation that is subject to the 

fee requirement. When the Office of 

Management and Budget last approved 

the collection of information for annual 

fees, the NIGC required quarterly 

submissions of fees and worksheets. 

Although the Commission later changed 

part 514 to require biannual 

submissions of fees and fee worksheets, 

the Agency has published a final rule in 

the Federal Register restoring the 

submission requirements to quarterly. 

That rule goes into effect on October 1, 

2012, and the implementation date for 

quarterly submissions is January 1, 

2013. The final rule can be found at 77 

FR 5178 and on the NIGC’s Web site. 

The required information is needed for 

the NIGC to both set and adjust fee rates 

and to support the computation of fees 

paid by each gaming operation. 

Brief Description of Collection: This 

collection is mandatory and allows the 

NIGC to both set and adjust fee rates and 

to support the computation of fees paid 

by each gaming operation. 

Respondents: Indian tribal gaming 

operations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

446. 

Estimated Annual Respondents: 892. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours per 

Respondent: 2 (number of annual 

responses) × 2 (hours per response) = 4. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 892 (number of responses) 

× 2 (average hourly burden per 

response) = 1,784 total annual hours of 

burden. 

Title: Issuance of Certificates of SelfRegulation to Tribes for Class II Gaming. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0008. 

Background: IGRA allows any Indian 

tribe that has conducted class II gaming 

for at least three years to petition the 

NIGC for a certificate of self-regulation 

for its class II gaming operations. The 

NIGC will issue the certificate if it 

determines from available information 

that the tribe has conducted its gaming 

activity in a manner which has resulted 

in an effective and honest accounting of 

all revenues, a reputation for safe, fair, 

and honest operation of the gaming 

activity, and an enterprise free of 

evidence of criminal or dishonest 

activity. The tribe must also have 

adopted and implement proper 

accounting, licensing, and enforcement 

systems and conducted the gaming 

operation on a fiscally or economically 

sound basis. The implementing 

regulation at 25 CFR part 518 requires 

a tribe interested in receiving the 

certificate to file a petition with the 

NIGC describing, generally, the tribe’s 

gaming operations, its regulatory 

process, its uses of net gaming revenue, 

and its accounting and recordkeeping 

systems for the gaming operation. The 

tribe must also provide copies of various 

documents in support of the petition. 

Submission of the petition and 

supporting documentation is voluntary. 

The NIGC will use the information 

submitted by the respondent tribe in 

determining whether to issue the 

certificate of self-regulation. 

Those tribes who have been issued a 

certificate of self-regulation are required 

to submit annually a report to the NIGC. 

Such report shall set forth information 

to establish that the tribe has 

continuously met the eligibility 

requirements of 25 CFR 518.2 and the 

approval requirements of 25 CFR 518.4 

and shall include a report with 

supporting documentation which 

explains how tribal gaming revenues 

were used in accordance with the 

requirements of IGRA, 25 U.S.C. 

2710(b)(2)(B). 

Brief Description of Collection: This 

collection is voluntary for those tribes 

petitioning for a certificate of selfregulation and mandatory for those 

tribes who hold a certificate of selfregulation according to statutory 

regulations, and the benefit to the 

respondents is a reduction of the 

amount of fees assessed on class II 

gaming revenue by the NIGC. 

Respondents: Tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Voluntary 

Respondents: 0. 

Estimated Time per Voluntary 

Response: 0. 

Frequency of Response: At will. 

Estimated Total Annual Hourly 

Burden to Voluntary Respondents: 0. 

Number of Mandatory Respondents: 

2. 

Estimated Time per Mandatory 

Response: 50. 

Frequency of Mandatory Response: 

Annual. 

Estimated Total Annual Hourly 

Burden to Mandatory Respondents: 100. 

Title: Minimum Internal Control 

Standards. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0009. 

Background: IGRA governs the 

regulation of gaming on Indian lands. 

Although the IGRA places primary 

responsibility with the tribes for 

regulating Class II gaming, Section 

2706(b) of IGRA directs the NIGC to 

monitor Class II gaming conducted on 

Indian lands on a continuing basis. 

IGRA authorizes the NIGC to access and 

inspect all papers, books and records 

relating to gross revenues of Class II 

gaming conducted on Indian lands and 

any other matters necessary to carry out 

the duties of the Commission. In 

accordance with these statutory 

responsibilities, NIGC regulations 

require tribal gaming regulatory 

authorities to establish and implement 

tribal internal control standards that 

provide a level of control that equals or 

exceeds those set out in part 543, 

establishing internal control standards. 

NIGC regulations, 25 CFR 543.3 require 

each affected gaming operation to 

develop and implement an internal 

control system that, at a minimum, 

complies with the tribal internal control 

standards established by the tribal 

gaming regulatory authority. Section 

543.3(f) requires tribes with gaming 

operations to engage a certified public 

accountant (CPA) to perform an agreedupon-procedures report to confirm 

compliance with the standards 

contained therein. The CPA is then 

required to report its findings to the 

tribe, tribal gaming regulatory authority, 

and management. 

Brief Description of Collection: 

Section 543.3(f) requires tribes to submit 

two copies of the required CPA agreedupon-procedures report to the 

Commission. This collection is 

mandatory for all Class II gaming 

operations exceeding $1 million in gross 

gaming revenue and many Class III 

facilities and smaller gaming operations 

choose to submit it voluntarily. Because 

the report is outsourced, minimal 

additional time burden is imposed by 

the requirement. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

422. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 


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Estimated Total Annual Hourly 

Burden to Respondents: 211 hours (422 

responses × 0.5 hour per response). 

Title: Facility License Standards. 

OMB Control Number: 3141–0012. 

Background: IGRA states that ‘‘a 

separate license issued by the Indian 

tribe shall be required for each place, 

facility, or location on Indian lands at 

which class II [and class III] gaming is 

conducted.’’ 25 U.S.C. 2710(b)(1) and 

(d)(1)(A)(iii). Further, IGRA requires 

‘‘the construction and maintenance of 

the gaming facilities, and the operation 

of that gaming is conducted in a manner 

which adequately protects the 

environment and public health and 

safety.’’ 25 U.S.C. 2710(b)(2)(E). 

NIGC regulations, part 559 requires 

that a tribe submit a notice to the NIGC 

that it is considering issuing a facility 

license, including applicable Indian 

lands information, at least 120 days 

before a new class II and/or class III 

gaming facility is opened. The amount 

of Indian lands information depends, in 

part, on whether the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs maintains the necessary records. 

The Indian lands information will 

continue to be utilized by the NIGC to 

ensure that its records are complete for 

internal purposes, such as assessing the 

NIGC’s jurisdiction to regulate the 

gaming on the parcel, as well as 

responding to inquiries from 

government agencies and Congress as to 

the statuses of lands where Indian 

gaming is proposed or occurring. 

Part 559 also requires that tribes 

submit copies of each newly issued or 

renewed facility license to the NIGC 

within 30 days of issuance, as well as 

notices of facility closures. This 

information will enable the NIGC to 

maintain accurate, up-to-date records of 

the Indian gaming facilities that are 

operating on Indian lands in the United 

States at any given point in time. 

Currently, facility licenses must be 

renewed every three years. With each 

new facility license, the Tribe must 

submit an attestation that it has 

identified and enforces environment 

and public health and safety laws and 

that the tribe is in compliance with 

those laws. Part 559 also requires tribes 

to submit a document listing all 

environmental and public safety laws, 

resolutions, codes, policies and 

standards applicable to its gaming 

facility. If the submitted laws, 

resolutions, etc. do not change, the tribe 

need only certify that fact when 

submitting a renewed facility license. 

Finally, the NIGC Chair has the 

discretion to request environmental and 

public health and safety documentation 

on occasions when there is an 

identified, substantial concern. Through 

these submissions, the NIGC can ensure 

that the tribes have determined that the 

construction, maintenance, and 

operation of their gaming facilities are 

conducted in a manner that adequately 

protects the environment and the public 

health and safety. 

This information collection serves 

two purposes: (i) to receive up-to-date 

information from tribes regarding the 

number of licensed Indian gaming 

facilities and the Indian lands status of 

the site of each gaming facility; and (ii) 

to obtain certifications from the tribes 

that the construction, maintenance, and 

operation of the gaming facilities are 

conducted in a manner that adequately 

protects the environment and the public 

health and safety. 

Brief Description of Collection: This 

collection is mandatory and enables the 

NIGC to conduct its statutory duty to 

regulate Indian gaming by ensuring that 

tribal gaming facilities are properly 

licensed by the tribes. 

Respondents: Indian tribal gaming 

operations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

565. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 75. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

range of time can vary from 2 burden 

hours to 10 burden hours for one item. 

Frequency of Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: $13,125. 

Dated: February 13, 2012. 

Paxton Myers, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3689 Filed 2–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7565–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Agency Information Collection; 

Renewal of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

intends to seek an extension of the 

information collection for the Lower 

Colorado River Well Inventory (1006– 

0014). The current OMB approval 

expires on May 31, 2012. 

DATES: Submit comments on this notice 

by April 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send all written comments 

concerning this notice to Paul Matuska, 

Water Accounting and Verification 

Group Manager, LC–4200, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Lower Colorado Regional 

Office, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, 

NV 89006–1470; or by email to 

pmatuska@usbr.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Matuska, Water Accounting and 

Verification Group Manager, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Lower Colorado Regional 

Office, 702–293–8164. 

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. 

Title: Lower Colorado River Well 

Inventory. 

OMB Control Number: 1006–0014. 

Abstract: Pursuant to the Boulder 

Canyon Project Act (Pub. L. 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. 

Description of respondents: The 

respondents will include well and riverpump 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. 

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. 

Estimated completion time: An 

average of 20 minutes is required to 

interview individual well and riverpump owners or operators. Reclamation 

will use the information collected 

during these interviews to complete the 

information collection form. 

Estimated Total Number of 

Respondents: 1,500. 


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