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DC 20240. If you wish to e-mail 

comments, the e-mail address is 

Donald_Bieniewicz@ios.doi.gov. 

Reference ‘‘Klamath non-use value 

survey’’ in your e-mail subject line. 

Include your name and return address 

in your e-mail message and mark your 

message for return receipt. 

DATES: Public comments will be 

accepted on or before August 10, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Benjamin Simon, Acting Director, Office 

of Policy Analysis, U.S. Department of 

the Interior telephone at 202–208–5978 

or by e-mail at 

Benjamin_Simon@ios.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Klamath River provides habitat 

for fall and spring run Chinook salmon 

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), coho 

salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), 

steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), 

green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris), 

Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentate), 

and Pacific eulachon (Thaleichthys 

pacificus). Some of these species are 

important components of non-tribal 

harvest (e.g., fall Chinook, steelhead), 

some have important subsistence and 

cultural value to Klamath Basin tribes 

(e.g., salmon, sturgeon, lamprey, 

eulachon), and some are at low levels of 

abundance or ESA-listed (e.g., spring 

Chinook, lamprey, coho, eulachon). In 

addition to its importance as fish 

habitat, the Klamath River also provides 

water to agriculture through the Bureau 

of Reclamation’s Klamath Irrigation 

Project. Oversubscription of Klamath 

water has thwarted recovery of 

depressed fish stocks and led to 

economic hardship for farming and 

fishing communities—prompting 

federal disaster relief for farmers in 2001 

and for fishermen in 2006. 

In November 2008 the U.S. 

Government, the States of Oregon and 

California, and the utility company 

PacifiCorp signed an agreement in 

principle (AIP) to remove four 

hydroelectric dams on the Klamath 

River by 2020. Dam removal is being 

considered a viable alternative to 

volitional fish passage (ladders and 

screens), which was being considered 

by the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC) as a condition for 

relicensing of PacifiCorp’s hydroelectric 

project. Parties to the AIP are working 

with stakeholders (including tribes, 

fishers, farmers, conservation groups, 

and local governments) to reach a final 

agreement that would result in the 

largest dam removal project in U.S. 

history. If achieved, this agreement will 

be part of a comprehensive solution to 

species recovery, water allocation, and 

water quality problems in the Klamath 

Basin. 

In October 2011 the Secretary of the 

Interior is expected to make a final 

determination regarding dam removal, 

contingent on results of an economic 

analysis that will address benefits, costs, 

and distributional effects of dam 

removal relative to volitional fish 

passage. 

Dam removal is expected to have 

positive long-term effects on the 

viability of fish populations and other 

aspects of the Klamath Basin ecosystem. 

Benefits of these environmental 

improvements include ‘‘non-use 

values,’’ which accrue to members of 

the public who value such 

improvements regardless of whether 

they ever consume Klamath fish or visit 

the Klamath Basin. An information 

collection is planned in order to 

implement a state-of-the-art non-use 

valuation survey of the U.S. public that 

addresses the incremental 

environmental improvements of dam 

removal relative to volitional fish 

passage. This data collection is intended 

to address one component of an 

economic analysis that will include all 

costs and benefits of dam removal 

relative to volitional fish passage. 

Estimated 

number of 

burden hours 

Responses 

Klamath nonuse value 

survey ........ 3,000 6,000 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. This is 

a new collection. 

Title: Non-Use Valuation Survey, 

Klamath River Dam Removal. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: New. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 

Estimate Annual Number of 

Respondents: 6,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

6,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,000. 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: (1) Whether or not the collection 

of information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

our estimate of the burden for this 

collection of information; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents. 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 IC. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail 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: June 3, 2009. 

Benjamin M. Simon, 

Acting Director, Office of Policy Analysis, U.S. 

Department of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. E9–13376 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P 

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). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces the Bureau of Reclamation 

(we, our, or us) has forwarded the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval: Certification 

Summary Form, Reporting Summary 

Form for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR 

part 426 and 43 CFR part 428, OMB 

Control Number: 1006–0006. This ICR is 

required under the Reclamation Reform 

Act of 1982 (RRA), Acreage Limitation 

Rules and Regulations, 43 CFR part 426, 

and Information Requirements for 

Certain Farm Operations In Excess of 

960 Acres and the Eligibility of Certain 

Formerly Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428. 

The ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

cost and burden. 

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to 

approve or disapprove this information 

collection, but may respond after 30 

days; therefore, public comments must 

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be received on or before August 10, 

2009 to assure maximum consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may send written 

comments regarding the burden 

estimate, or any other aspect of the 

information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, 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 e-mail to 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. A copy 

of your comments should also be 

directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, 

Attention: 84–53000, PO Box 25007, 

Denver, CO 80225–0007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie McPhee at: (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: These forms are to be used 

by district offices to summarize 

individual landholder (direct or indirect 

landowner or lessee) and farm operator 

certification and reporting forms as 

required by the RRA, 43 CFR part 426, 

and 43 CFR part 428. This information 

allows us to establish water user 

compliance with Federal reclamation 

law. 

Changes to the RRA forms and the 

instructions to those forms. Minor 

editorial changes were made to the 

currently approved RRA forms and the 

instructions to those forms prior to the 

60-day comment period initiated by the 

notice published in the Federal Register 

(73 FR 63508, Oct. 24, 2008). Those 

changes were designed to assist the 

respondents by increasing their 

understanding of the forms, clarifying 

the instructions for use when 

completing the forms, and clarifying the 

information that is required to be 

submitted to the districts with the 

forms. We received no public comments 

from the 60-day public comment period. 

The proposed revisions to the RRA 

forms will be included starting in the 

2010 water year. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondents: Contracting entities that 

are subject to the acreage limitation 

provisions of Federal reclamation law. 

Estimated Total Number of 

Respondents: 210. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1.25. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 263. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 10,520 hours. 

ESTIMATE OF BURDEN FOR EACH FORM

Form No. 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Total annual 

responses 

Burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

7–21SUMM–C and tabulation sheets .................................. 174 1.25 218 40 8,720 

7–21SUMM–R and tabulation sheets .................................. 36 1.25 45 40 1,800 

Total .............................................................................. 210 1.25 263 ........................ 10,520 

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 (73 FR 63508, Oct. 24, 

2008). No public comments were 

received. 

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. 

Before including your address, 

telephone number, e-mail 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: April 21, 2009. 

Richard W. Rizzi, 

Acting Director, Program and Policy Services, 

Denver Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–13413 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for 1029–0061 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing 

its intention to request renewed 

approval for the collection of 

information for 30 CFR part 795— 

Permanent Regulatory Program—Small 

Operator Assistance Program (SOAP). 

This collection request has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. The information collection 

request describes the nature of the 

information collection and the expected 

burden and cost. 

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to 

approve or disapprove the information 

collections but may respond after 30 

days. Therefore, public comments 

should be submitted to OMB by July 9, 

2009, in order to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Department of 

Interior Desk Officer, by telefax at (202) 

395–5806 or via e-mail to 

OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov. Also, 

please send a copy of your comments to 

John A. Trelease, Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,