97-12852. Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27066-27067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12852]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 16, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted 
to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Bureau of 
Reclamation, Paperwork Reduction Project (1006-0005), Washington DC 
20503, Telephone [phone]. A copy of your comments should also be 
directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, D-5200, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, 
Colorado 80225-0007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bureau of Reclamation's Information Collection Officer, Susan Rush, at 
[phone] extension 462 or by Internet at [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Individual Landholder's Certification and Reporting Forms 
for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR Part 426.
    Abstract: This information collection requires certain landholders 
to complete forms demonstrating their compliance with the acreage 
limitation provisions of reclamation law. These forms are submitted to 
water districts who use the information to establish each landholder's 
status with respect to

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landownership limitations, full-cost pricing thresholds, lease 
requirements, and other provisions of reclamation law. All landholders 
whose entire westwide landholding totals 40 acres or less is exempt 
from the requirement to submit forms. Landholders who are ``qualified 
recipients'' have RRA forms submittal thresholds of 80 acres or 240 
acres depending on the district's RRM forms submittal threshold 
category where the land is held.
    Bureau Form Numbers: 7-21INFO, 7-2180, 7-2180EZ, 7-2181, 7-2184, 7-
2190, 7-2190EZ, 7-2191, 7-2194, 7-21PE, 7-21TRUST, 7-21VERIFY, 7-21IXS, 
7-21FC, 7-21CONT-I, 7-21CONT-L, and 7-21CONT-O.
    OMB Approval Number: 1006-0005.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Description of Respondents: Owners and lessees of land on Federal 
Reclamation projects, whose landholdings exceed specified RRA forms 
submittal thresholds.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 32,100.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.02.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 32,750.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,500.
    Reclamation will display a valid OMB control number on either the 
forms or the instructions associated with the forms. Persons who are 
required to respond to the information collection need not respond 
unless the OMB control number is current.
    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. The public is being requested to comment on:
    a. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of Reclamation, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of Reclamation's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    c. The quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
    d. How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    All comments received on this information collection requested in 
Federal Register notice 62 FR 4329, Jan. 29, 1997, have been summarized 
and included in the request for OMB approval.

    Dated: April 17, 1997.
J. Austin Burke,
Director, Program Analysis Office.
[FR Doc. 97-12852 Filed 5-15-97; 8:45 am]
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