[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 121 (Friday, June 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 31950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15817]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Notice of Request for Revisions and Reinstatement of a Previously
Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intentions of the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) to seek extension of the information collection for Lower
Colorado River Well Inventory.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 20, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
To obtain copies of the information collection form and to submit
comments on this information collection contact: Bureau of Reclamation,
Information Collection Officer, D-7924, P.O. Box 25007, Denver,
Colorado 80225-0007; telephone: (303) 236-0305 extension 459; Internet
address: infocoll@do.usbr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.
OMB No.: OMB No. 1006-0014.
Expiration Date of Approval: January 31, 1997.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Reclamation desires to inventory wells along the lower
Colorado River to ensure that all Colorado River water use conforms to
applicable laws and regulations and is accurately accounted for. This
will affect every well owner and operator along the lower Colorado
River in Arizona, California, and Nevada.
Reclamation will use the information collected to presume if a well
is pumping Colorado River water or tributary water, determine the type
of water use and estimate its quantity, and assure that these water
uses are in accordance with an entitlement to the extent possible under
the compacts, Federal laws, court decisions and decrees, contracts, and
regulatory guidelines that govern the use of Colorado River water.
Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
Reclamation, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of Reclamation's estimated burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.
Estimate of Burden: An average of 30 minutes is required for
Reclamation, or those cooperating or under contract or agreement with
Reclamation, to interview individual well owners or operators.
Respondents: Owners and/or operators of wells along, and in areas
adjacent and hydraulically connected to, the lower Colorado River.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: This information will
be collected only once for each well owner or operator as long as
changes in water use, or other changes that would impact entitlement or
administrative requirements, are not made.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 500 hours.
Dated: June 14, 1996.
Jayne Harkins,
Acting Office Director, Colorado River Water and Power Management
Office.
[FR Doc. 96-15817 Filed 6-20-96; 8:45 am]
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