30-day Notice

25764

Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 85 / Thursday, May 2, 2013 / Notices

sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

IV. Request for Comments
We invite your comments 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 information collection 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 60day comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published in the
Federal Register (77 FR 57588,
September 18, 2012). One substantive
comment was received. This comment
stated the wording of one sentence in
the ‘‘General Information About the
RRA Forms’’ (Form 7–21INFO) should
be changed to indicate that Reclamation
reviews certain trusts, not all trusts. The
requirements associated with section
214 of the RRA and the Acreage
Limitation Rules and Regulations
necessitates Reclamation’s review of all
trusts in order to determine the
applicable entitlements and water rate
for each trust that receives Reclamation
irrigation water on the land directly or
indirectly owned or leased by the trust.
Therefore, the specific verbiage in Form
7–21INFO will remain unchanged and
reflect required review of all trusts.
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.
V. Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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.

VerDate Mar<15>2010

16:50 May 01, 2013

Jkt 229001

Dated: April 26, 2013.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration, Denver
Office.
[FR Doc. 2013–10359 Filed 5–1–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[A10–1412–0001–009–01–0–4, 8453000;
OMB Control Number 1006–0023]

Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review; Renewal
of a Currently Approved Information
Collection
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal and request
for comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation
has forwarded the following Information
Collection Request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval: Forms to
Determine Compliance by Certain
Landholders, 43 CFR part 426 (OMB
Control Number 1006–0023).
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove this information
collection request, but may respond
after 30 days; therefore, public
comments must be received on or before
June 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments 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 email to
[email protected]. A copy
of your comments should also be
directed to the Bureau of Reclamation,
Attention: 84–53000, P.O. Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225–0007. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1006–
0023 in your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie McPhee, Bureau of
Reclamation, at (303) 445–2897. You
may also view the Information
Collection Request at www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
Identification of limited recipients—
Some entities that receive Reclamation
irrigation water may believe that they
are under the Reclamation Reform Act
of 1982 (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

PO 00000

Frm 00074

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

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
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.
Trust review—In order to administer
section 214 of the RRA and 43 CFR
426.7, we are required to review all
trusts. Land held in trust generally will
be attributed to the beneficiaries of the
trust rather than the trustee if the
criteria specified in the RRA and 43 CFR
426.7 are met. We may extend the
option to complete and submit for our
review the Trust Information Sheet
(Form 7–2537) instead of actual trust
documents when we become aware of
trusts with a relatively small
landholding (40 acres or less in districts
subject to the prior law provisions of
Federal reclamation law, 240 acres or
less in districts subject to the
discretionary provisions of Federal
reclamation law). 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 indepth review. The Trust Information
Sheet is disbursed at our discretion.
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 public 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

E:\FR\FM\02MYN1.SGM

02MYN1

25765

Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 85 / Thursday, May 2, 2013 / Notices
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 request those public entities
complete and submit for our review the
Public Entity 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.
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.
II. Changes to the RRA Forms and
Their Instructions
The changes made to the currently
approved RRA forms and the
corresponding instructions are of an
editorial nature, and are designed to
assist the respondents by increasing
their understanding of the forms,
clarifying the instructions for
completing the forms, and clarifying the
information that is required to be on the
forms. The proposed revisions to the
Trust Information Sheet also include
Burden
estimate per
form
(in minutes)

Form No.

III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1006–0023.
Title: Forms to Determine Compliance
by Certain Landholders, 43 CFR part
426.
Form Number: Form 7–2536, Form 7–
2537, Form 7–2565, and Form 7–2578.
Frequency: Generally, these forms
will be submitted only once per
identified entity, trust, public entity, or
religious or charitable organization.
Each year, we expect new responses in
accordance with the following numbers.
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 Annual 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.
Estimated Completion Time per
Respondent: See table below:
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses

Annual
burden on
respondents
(in hours)

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

Totals ........................................................................................................

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

500

500

72

IV. Request for Comments

sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

clarification in the form’s subtitle of the
40-acre and 240-acre RRA forms
submittal thresholds applicable to prior
law districts and discretionary
provisions districts, respectively. The
proposed revisions to the RRA forms
will be effective in the 2014 water year.

We invite your comments 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 information collection on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.

VerDate Mar<15>2010

16:50 May 01, 2013

Jkt 229001

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 60day comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published in the
Federal Register (77 FR 57586,
September 18, 2012). No 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

PO 00000

Frm 00075

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

submitted to OMB within 30 days in
order to assure maximum consideration.
V. Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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.

E:\FR\FM\02MYN1.SGM

02MYN1

25766

Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 85 / Thursday, May 2, 2013 / Notices

Dated: April 26, 2013.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration, Denver
Office.
[FR Doc. 2013–10357 Filed 5–1–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[A10–1412–0001–009–01–0–4, 8453000]

Send written comments 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 email to
[email protected]. A copy
of your comments should be directed to
the Bureau of Reclamation, Attention:
84–53000, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, CO
80225–0007. Please reference OMB
Control Number 1006–0006 in your
comments.

ADDRESSES:

OMB Control Number 1006–0006;
Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review; Renewal
of a Currently Approved Information
Collection

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal and request
for comments.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

AGENCY:

Stephanie McPhee, Bureau of
Reclamation, at (303) 445–2897. You
may also view the Information
Collection Request at www.reginfo.gov.
I. Abstract

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation
has forwarded the following Information
Collection Request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval: Certification
Summary Form and Reporting Summary
Form for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR
part 426 and 43 CFR part 428 (OMB
Control Number 1006–0006).
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove this information
collection request but may respond after
30 days; therefore, public comments
must be received on or before June 3,
2013.

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.
The forms in this information collection
are to be used by district offices to
summarize individual landholder
(direct or indirect landowner or lessee)
and farm operator certification and
reporting forms. This information
allows us to establish water user
compliance with Federal reclamation
law.
Burden
estimate
per form
(in hours)

sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

Form No.

II. Changes to the RRA Forms and
Their Instructions
The changes made to the currently
approved RRA forms and the
corresponding instructions are of an
editorial nature, and are designed to
assist the respondents by increasing
their understanding of the forms,
clarifying the instructions for
completing the forms, and clarifying the
information that is required to be on the
forms. The proposed revisions to the
RRA forms will be effective in the 2014
water year.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1006–0006.
Title: Certification Summary Form
and Reporting Summary Form for
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426
and 43 CFR part 428.
Form Number: Form 7–21SUMM–C
and Form 7–21SUMM–R.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Contracting entities that
are subject to the acreage limitation
provisions of Federal reclamation law.
Estimated Annual Total Number of
Respondents: 182.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.25.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 228.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 9,120 hours.
Estimated Completion Time per
Respondent: See table below.
Estimated non-hour cost burden:
$159,660.
Number of
respondents

Annual
number of
responses

Annual
burden on
respondents
(in hours)

7–21SUMM–C and associated tabulation sheets ...........................................
7–21SUMM–R and associated tabulation sheets ...........................................

40
40

172
10

215
13

8,600
520

Totals ........................................................................................................

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

182

228

9,120

IV. Request for Comments
We invite your comments 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 information collection on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.

VerDate Mar<15>2010

16:50 May 01, 2013

Jkt 229001

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 60day comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published in the
Federal Register (77 FR 57587,
September 18, 2012). No 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

PO 00000

Frm 00076

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

submitted to OMB within 30 days in
order to assure maximum consideration.
V. Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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.

E:\FR\FM\02MYN1.SGM

02MYN1