[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 87 (Friday, May 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22596-22597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11195]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
Proposed New Information Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed new information collection.

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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: Limited Recipient 
Identification Sheet, Trust Information Sheet for Acreage Limitation, 
43 CFR part 426. 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, P.O. 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, P.O. Box 25007, 
Denver, CO 80225-0007; or by telephone: (303) 445-2897.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Limited Recipient Identification Sheet, Trust Information 
Sheet for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426.
    Abstract: Identification of limited recipients.
    Some entities that receive Reclamation irrigation water may believe 
themselves to be under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA) forms 
submittal threshold and consequently, may not submit the appropriate 
RRA form(s). However, some of these entities may in fact have a 
different RRA forms submittal threshold than what they believe it to be 
due to the number of natural persons benefitting from each entity and 
the location of the land held by each entity. In addition, some 
entities that are exempt from the requirement to submit RRA forms due 
to the size of their landholdings may in fact be receiving Reclamation 
irrigation water for which the full-cost rate must be paid because the 
start of Reclamation irrigation water deliveries occurred after October 
1, 1981 (43 CFR 426.6(b)(2)). The information obtained through 
completion of the Limited Recipient Identification Sheet allows us to 
establish entities' compliance with Federal reclamation law. The 
proposed Limited Recipient Identification Sheet will be disbursed at 
our discretion.

Trust Review

    We are required to review and approve all trusts (43 CFR part 
426.7(b)(2)) in order to ensure trusts meet the regulatory criteria 
specified in 43 CFR part 426.7. Land held in trust generally will be 
attributed to the beneficiaries of the trust rather than the trustee if 
the criteria are met. When we become aware of trusts with a relatively 
small landholding (40 acres or less), we may extend to those trusts the 
option to complete and submit for our review the proposed Trust 
Information Sheet instead of actual trust documents. If we find nothing 
on the completed, proposed Trust Information Sheet that would warrant 
the further investigation of a particular trust, that trustee will not 
be burdened with submitting trust documents to us for in-depth review.

Changes to the RRA Forms and the Instructions to Those Forms

    We made no changes (other than typographical changes) from the 
version of these forms offered in conjunction with the 60-day comment 
period initiated by the Federal Register notice published on January 3, 
2001 (66 FR 385, Jan. 3, 2001). The proposed new forms will be 
effective in the 2002 water year.
    Frequency: Generally, these forms will be submitted once per 
identified entity or trust. Each year, we expect new responses in 
accordance with the following numbers.
    Respondents: Entity landholders and trusts identified by 
Reclamation that are subject to the acreage limitation provisions of 
Federal reclamation law.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 1,105.

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    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.00.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,105.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 92 hours.
    Estimate of Burden for Each Form:

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                           Form No.                             Estimated No. of    Frequency of      Total annual      per form  (in     Total burden
                                                                   respondents        response          responses         minutes)            hours
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Limited Recipient Identification Sheet........................               635              1.00               635                 5                53
Trust Information Sheet.......................................               470              1.00               470                 5                39
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    Total.....................................................             1,105              1.00             1,105  ................                92
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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 ``Limited Recipient Identification Sheet'' 
and the ``Trust Information Sheet.'' 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 385, 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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