[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29874-29876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14006]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; System of Records
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of minor changes to a system of records.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as
amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), notice is hereby given that the Department of
the Interior is updating a system of records managed by the Bureau of
Reclamation (Reclamation). The changes are to the
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system of records ``Lower Colorado River Well Inventory, WBR-48'' which
is published in its entirety below.
DATES: These actions are effective June 3, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding ``Lower
Colorado River Well Inventory, WBR-48'' contact Mr. Jeffrey Addiego,
Hydraulic Engineer, Boulder Canyon Operations Office at (702) 293-8525.
For general information regarding Reclamation's Privacy Act program,
contact Mr. Casey Snyder at (303) 445-2048.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When originally published in the Federal
Register this system of records was identified with an organization
prefix of ``BOR'' (e.g., BOR-48). The content of the system of records
is the same; the prefix on this system was changed to reflect
organizational changes.
This system of records notice was previously published in the
Federal Register on April 7, 1995 (60 FR 17805). This publication
revises the system location, storage, and the system manager and
address. All other changes proposed are editorial in nature.
Murlin Coffey,
Manager, Property and Office Services.
INTERIOR/WBR-48
System name:
Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.
System location:
U.S. Geological Survey, 520 North Park Avenue, Suite 221, Tucson,
Arizona 85719 (paper records are temporarily stored, waiting for entry
into the U.S. Geological Survey system, at Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma
Area Office, 7301 Calle Agua Salada, Yuma, Arizona 85364).
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Individuals and/or their lessees who have at least one well on
their property that may pump mainstream Colorado River water. Note:
This system also contains records pertaining to corporations and other
public entities. Only those records relating to individuals are covered
by the Privacy Act.
Categories of records in the system:
Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of covered individuals;
Assessor Parcel Numbers; contract numbers; categories of uses to which
the water is put; methods of disposal of unconsumed portions of water
pumped; volumes of water pumped; physical characteristics and locations
of wells; water purveyor, municipal, or other administrative boundaries
within which wells are located; and water levels of wells located in
hydraulically connected areas adjacent to the flood plain.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
The Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, (32 Stat. 388, 43 U.S.C.
391), as amended and supplemented; the Colorado River Front Work and
Levee System Adjacent to Yuma Project Act of March 3, 1925, (Pub. L.
79-469, 43 Stat. 1186, 1198), as amended and supplemented; the Boulder
Canyon Project Act of December 21, 1928, (45 Stat. 1057, 43 U.S.C.
617), as amended and supplemented; the Reclamation Project Act of
August 4, 1939, (53 Stat. 1187, 43 U.S.C. 485); the Colorado River
Basin Project Act of September 30, 1968, (82 Stat. 885); the
Reclamation Reform Act of October 12, 1982, (96 Stat. 1261, 43 U.S.C.
390); and the Supreme Court opinion rendered June 3, 1963, (373 U.S.
546), and Decrees entered March 9, 1964, (376 U.S. 340), January 9,
1979, (439 U.S. 419), and April 16, 1984, (466 U.S. 144), in Arizona v.
California et al.
Purpose(s):
The primary purposes of the records are: (a) To assist in the
administration and negotiation of water use contracts with individual
landowners, lessees, or other classes of water users; and (b) to
support the annual compilation and publication of records of
consumptive use of mainstream Colorado River water.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories
of users and the purposes of such uses:
Disclosure outside the Department of the Interior may be made to:
(1) The States of Arizona, California, and Nevada to assist them in
administering their apportionments of mainstream Colorado River water;
(2) Another Federal agency to enable that agency to respond to an
inquiry by the individual to whom the record pertains; (3) The
Department of Justice, or to a court, adjudicative, or other
administrative body, or to a party in litigation before a court or
adjudicative or administrative body, when: (a) One of the following is
a party to the proceeding or has an interest in the proceeding: (i) The
Department or any component of the Department; (ii) Any Departmental
employee acting in his or her official capacity; (iii) Any Departmental
employee acting in his or her individual capacity where the Department
or the Department of Justice has agreed to represent the employee; or
(iv) The United States, when the Department determines that the
Department is likely to be affected by the proceeding; and (b) The
Department deems the disclosure to be: (i) Relevant and necessary to
the proceedings; and (ii) Compatible with the purpose for which we
compiled the information; (4) The appropriate Federal, State, tribal,
local, or foreign governmental agency that is responsible for
investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or implementing a statute, rule,
regulation, order, or license, when we become aware of an indication of
a violation or potential violation of the statute, rule, regulation,
order, or license; (5) A congressional office in response to an inquiry
to that office by the individual to whom the records pertain.
Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies:
Disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12). Disclosures may be
made from this system to consumer reporting agencies as defined in the
Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 168a(f) or the Federal Claims
Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)).
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining,
and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Records are stored in automated form on computer databases and in
manual form in file folders at the U.S. Geological Survey, and in
manual form in file folders at the Bureau of Reclamation.
Retrievability:
Records stored in computer databases will be retrievable by any
record category. Records stored in manual files will be retrievable by
name of property owner or contract holder.
Safeguards:
Data will be maintained with safeguards meeting the requirements of
43 CFR 2.51 for manual and computerized records.
Retention and disposal:
In accordance with approved retention and disposal schedules,
records will be retained in the Bureau of Reclamation for 10 years,
relocated to the Federal Records Center and retained there for an
additional 75 years, and then transferred to the National Archives and
Records Administration for permanent retention.
System manager(s) and address:
U.S. Geological Survey (NWIS), 520 North Park Avenue, Suite 221,
Tucson, Arizona 85719; and/or Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma Area Office,
7301
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Calle Agua Salada, Yuma, Arizona 85364.
Notification procedure:
An individual requesting notification of the existence of records
on him or her should address his/her request to the System Manager. The
request must be in writing, signed by the requester, and comply with
the content requirements of 43 CFR 2.60.
Record access procedures:
An individual requesting access to records maintained on him or her
should address his/her request to the System Manager. The request must
be in writing, signed by the requester, and comply with the content
requirements of 43 CFR 2.63.
Contesting record procedures:
An individual requesting amendment of a record maintained on him or
her should address his/her request to the System Manager. The request
must be in writing, signed by the requester, and comply with the
content requirements of 43 CFR 2.71.
Record source categories:
Individuals on whom records are maintained, state and county well
permits, land ownership and water use records and databases, and the
U.S. Geological Survey Ground Water Site Inventory database.
Exemptions claimed for the system:
None.
[FR Doc. 99-14006 Filed 6-2-99; 8:45 am]
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