[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 87 (Friday, May 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22595-22596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11194]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved collection (OMB No. 
1006-0006).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment: Certification Summary Form, 
Reporting Summary Form for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 
CFR part 428, OMB Control Number: 1006-0006. The ICR describes the 
nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: Your comments must be received on or before June 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any 
other aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 
the Department of the Interior, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington DC 
20503. A copy of your comments should also be directed to the Bureau of 
Reclamation, Attention: D-5200, PO Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of 
the proposed forms contact Stephanie McPhee, D-5200, PO Box 25007, 
Denver, CO 80225-0007; or by telephone: (303) 445-2897.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Certification Summary Form, Reporting Summary Form for 
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
    Abstract: This information collection requires district offices to 
complete forms summarizing individual landholder (direct or indirect 
landowner or lessee) and farm operator certification and reporting 
forms. This collection of information allows the Bureau of Reclamation 
(we, our, or us) to confirm districts' compliance with Federal 
reclamation law.

Changes to the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA) Forms and the 
Instructions to Those Forms

    We made a few changes to the current Form 7-21SUMM-C and Form 7-
21SUMM-R and the instructions to those forms that are editorial in 
nature and designed to increase the respondents' understanding of the 
forms, instructions to the forms, and what information is required to 
be submitted with the forms to the districts. These changes, as 
detailed in the ICR, include those resulting from the 60-day comment 
period initiated by the notice published in the Federal Register on 
January 3, 2001 (66 FR 384, Jan. 3, 2001). The proposed revisions to 
the RRA forms will be effective in the 2002 water year.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: Contracting entities that are subject to the acreage 
limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 276.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.25.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 345.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 13,800 hours.
    Estimate of Burden for Each Form:

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                                                                Estimated No. of    Frequency of      Total annual    Burden hours per    Total burden
                           Form No.                                respondents        response          responses         responses           hours
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7-21SUMM-C and tabulation sheets..............................               222              1.25               278                40            11,120

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7-21SUMM-R and tabulation sheets..............................                54              1.25                67                40             2,680
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      Total...................................................               276              1.25               345  ................            13,800
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Comments

    Comments are invited 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 RRA forms. A Federal Register notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2001 
(66 FR 384, Jan. 3, 2001). A list of the comments received and our 
responses to those comments will be sent to: (1) all districts, (2) all 
commenters, and (3) OMB with this ICR; it is also available from us 
upon request.
    OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information 
collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comment 
should be submitted to OMB within 30 days in order to assure maximum 
consideration.

    Dated: April 27, 2001.
Wayne O. Deason,
Associate Director, Office of Policy.
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