60-Day FR Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 207 / Friday, October 24, 2008 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Revisions to a
Currently Approved Information
Collection; Comment Request
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently
approved collection (OMB No. 1006–
0023).
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Bureau of
Reclamation (we, our, or us) intends to
submit a request for renewal (with
revisions) of an existing approved
information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB): Forms
to Determine Compliance by Certain
Landholders, 43 CFR part 426, OMB
Control Number: 1006–0023. We request
your comments on the proposed
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA)
forms and specific aspects of the
information collection.
DATES: Your written comments must be
received on or before December 23,
2008.

You may send written
comments to the Bureau of Reclamation,
Attention: 84–53000, P.O. Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225–0007. You may
request copies of the proposed forms by
writing to the above address or by
contacting Stephanie McPhee at: (303)
445–2897.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445–2897.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Forms to Determine Compliance
by Certain Landholders, 43 CFR part
426.
Abstract: Identification of limited
recipients—Some entities that receive
Reclamation irrigation water may
believe that they are under the 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
benefiting 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 (directly and indirectly
owned and leased land) may in fact be
receiving Reclamation irrigation water
for which the full-cost rate must be paid
because the start of Reclamation

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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 (Form 7–2536)
allows us to establish entities’
compliance with Federal reclamation
law. The Limited Recipient
Identification Sheet is disbursed at our
discretion. The proposed revisions to
the Limited Recipient Identification
Sheet will be included starting in the
2010 water year, and are designed to
facilitate ease of completion.
Trust review—We are required to
review and approve all trusts [43 CFR
426.7(b)(2)] in order to ensure trusts
meet the regulatory criteria specified in
43 CFR 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
Trust Information Sheet (Form 7–2537)
instead of actual trust documents. If we
find nothing on the completed 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. The Trust
Information Sheet is disbursed at our
discretion. The proposed revisions to
the Trust Information Sheet will be
included starting in the 2010 water year,
and are designed to facilitate ease of
completion.
Acreage limitation provisions
applicable to public entities—Land
farmed by a public entity can be
considered exempt from the application
of the acreage limitation provisions
provided the public entity meets certain
criteria pertaining to the revenue
generated through the entity’s farming
activities (43 CFR 426.10 and the Act of
July 7, 1970, Pub. L. 91–310). We are
required to ascertain whether or not
public entities that receive Reclamation
irrigation water meet such revenue
criteria regardless of how much land the
public entities hold (directly or
indirectly own or lease) [43 CFR
426.10(a)]. In order to minimize the
burden on public entities, standard RRA
forms are submitted by a public entity
only when the public entity holds more
than 40 acres subject to the acreage
limitation provisions westwide, which
makes it difficult to apply the revenue
criteria as required to those public
entities that hold less than 40 acres.
When we become aware of such public
entities, we may extend to those public
entities the option to complete and
submit for our review the Public Entity

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Information Sheet (Form 7–2565),
which allows us to establish compliance
with Federal reclamation law for those
public entities that hold 40 acres or less
and thus do not submit a standard RRA
form because they are below the RRA
forms submittal threshold. In addition,
for those public entities that do not meet
the exemption criteria, we must
determine the proper rate to charge for
Reclamation irrigation water deliveries.
The Public Entity Information Sheet is
disbursed at our discretion. The
proposed revisions to the Public Entity
Information Sheet will be effective
starting in the 2010 water year and are
designed to facilitate ease of
completion.
Acreage limitation provisions
applicable to religious or charitable
organizations—Some religious or
charitable organizations that receive
Reclamation irrigation water may
believe that they are under the RRA
forms submittal threshold and,
consequently, may not submit the
appropriate RRA form(s). However,
some of these organizations may in fact
have a different RRA forms submittal
threshold than what they believe it to be
depending on whether these
organizations meet all of the required
criteria for full special application of the
acreage limitations provisions to
religious or charitable organizations [43
CFR 426.9(b)]. In addition, some
organizations that (1) do not meet the
criteria to be treated as a religious or
charitable organization under the
acreage limitation provisions, and (2)
are exempt from the requirement to
submit RRA forms due to the size of
their landholdings (directly and
indirectly owned and leased land), 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 Religious or Charitable
Organization Identification Sheet (Form
7–2578) allows us to establish certain
religious or charitable organizations’
compliance with Federal reclamation
law. The Religious or Charitable
Organization Identification Sheet is
disbursed at our discretion. The
proposed revisions to the Religious or
Charitable Organization Sheet will be
effective starting in the 2010 water year
and are designed to facilitate ease of
completion.
Frequency: Generally, these forms
will be submitted once per identified
entity, trust, public entity, or religious
or charitable organization. Each year, we
expect new responses in accordance
with the following numbers.

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Respondents: Entity landholders,
trusts, public entities, and religious or
charitable organizations identified by
Reclamation that are subject to the

acreage limitation provisions of Federal
reclamation law.
Estimated Total Number of
Respondents: 500.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.0.

Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 500.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 72 hours.

ESTIMATE OF BURDEN FOR EACH FORM
Burden estimate per
form
(in minutes)

Number of
respondents

Limited Recipient Identification Sheet .............................................................................
Trust Information Sheet ...................................................................................................
Public Entity Information Sheet .......................................................................................
Religious or Charitable Identification Sheet ....................................................................

5
5
15
15

175
150
100
75

175
150
100
75

15
13
25
19

Total ..........................................................................................................................

....................

500

500

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Comments

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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.
We will summarize all comments
received regarding this notice. We will
publish that summary in the Federal
Register when the information
collection request is submitted to OMB
for review and approval.
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.

Bureau of Reclamation

Dated: September 26, 2008.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Program Services, Denver
Office.
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Agency Information Collection;
Proposed Revisions to a Currently
Approved Information Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY:

Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.
Notice of renewal of a currently
approved collection (OMB No. 1006–
0006).

ACTION:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Bureau of
Reclamation (we, our, or us) intends to
submit a request for renewal (with
revisions) of an existing approved
information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB):
Certification Summary Form, Reporting
Summary Form for Acreage Limitation,
43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428,
OMB Control Number: 1006–0006. This
information collection 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. We
request your comments on the revised
RRA forms and specific aspects of the
information collection.

Your written comments must be
received on or before December 23,
2008.

DATES:

You may send written
comments to the Bureau of Reclamation,
Attention: 84–53000, PO Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225–0007. You may
request copies of the proposed revised
forms by writing to the above address or

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Annual
number of
responses

Annual burden on respondents
(in hours)

by contacting Stephanie McPhee at:
(303) 445–2897.
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.
The changes made to the current
Form 7–21SUMM–C, Form 7–
21SUMM–R, and the corresponding
instructions clarify the completion
instructions for these forms (for
example, adding verbiage to clarify
when requested acreages are to be
provided on a westwide or districtspecific basis). Other changes to the
forms and the corresponding
instructions are editorial in nature and
are designed to assist the respondents
by increasing their understanding of the
forms, and clarifying the instructions for
use when completing the forms. The
proposed revisions to the RRA forms
will be effective 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.

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