[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29786-29788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12586]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Agency Information Collection; Activities Under OMB Review;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved collection (OMB No.
1006-0005).
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us) has forwarded the
following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Individual
Landholder's Certification and Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation.
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
expected cost and burden.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information
collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comments
must be received on or before June 22, 2011 to assure maximum
consideration.
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ADDRESSES: Send written comments regarding the burden estimate, or any
other aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for
reducing the burden, 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 e-mail 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie McPhee at (303) 445-2897.
The entire Information Collection Request may be found at http://www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Individual Landholder's Certification and Reporting Forms
for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
Abstract: This information collection requires certain landholders
(direct or indirect landowners or lessees) and farm operators to
complete forms demonstrating their compliance with the acreage
limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law, as 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. Responses are required to retain
or obtain a benefit. These forms are submitted to districts that use
the information to establish each landholder's status with respect to
landownership limitations, full-cost pricing thresholds, lease
requirements, and other provisions of Federal reclamation law. In
addition, forms are submitted by certain farm operators to provide
information concerning the services they provide and the nature of
their farm operating arrangements. All landholders whose entire
westwide landholdings total 40 acres or less are exempt from the
requirement to submit RRA forms. Landholders who are ``qualified
recipients'' have RRA forms submittal thresholds of 80 acres or 240
acres depending on the district's RRA forms submittal threshold
category where the land is held. Only farm operators who provide
multiple services to more than 960 acres held in trusts or by legal
entities are required to submit forms.
Minor editorial changes were made to the forms and instructions
prior to the 60-day comment period initiated by the notice published in
the Federal Register (75 FR 59740, Sept. 28, 2010). These changes are
designed to assist the respondents by increasing their understanding of
the forms, clarifying the instructions for use when completing the
forms, and clarifying the information that is required to be submitted
to the districts with the forms. No public comments were received in
response to that notice. The proposed revisions to the RRA forms will
be effective in the 2012 water year.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Landholders and farm operators of certain lands in our
projects, whose landholdings exceed specified RRA forms submittal
thresholds.
Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 15,279
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.02
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 15,585
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,522 hours
Estimate of Burden for Each Form
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Burden Annual burden
estimate per Number of Annual number on
Form No. form (in respondents of responses respondents
minutes) (in hours)
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Form 7-2180..................................... 60 4,124 4,206 4,206
Form 7-2180EZ................................... 45 425 434 326
Form 7-2181..................................... 78 1,205 1,229 1,598
Form 7-2184..................................... 45 32 33 25
Form 7-2190..................................... 60 1,620 1,652 1,652
Form 7-2190EZ................................... 45 96 98 74
Form 7-2191..................................... 78 777 793 1,031
Form 7-2194..................................... 45 4 4 3
Form 7-21PE..................................... 75 146 149 186
Form 7-21PE-IND................................. 12 4 4 1
Form 7-21TRUST.................................. 60 882 900 900
Form 7-21VERIFY................................. 12 5,434 5,543 1,109
Form 7-21FC..................................... 30 214 218 109
Form 7-21XS..................................... 30 144 147 74
Form 7-21FARMOP................................. 78 172 175 228
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Totals...................................... .............. 15,279 15,585 11,522
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Comments
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) 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.
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.
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
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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.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration, Denver Office.
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