[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 52758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21392]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Agency Information Collection Activities under OMB Review;
Renewal of a Currently Approved Collection; Reclamation Rural Water
Supply Program
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation has forwarded the following
Information Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval: Reclamation Rural Water Supply Program,
OMB Control Number: 1006-0029. Title 43 CFR part 404 requires entities
interested in participating in the Rural Water Supply Program (Rural
Water Program) to submit information to allow the Bureau of Reclamation
to evaluate and prioritize requests for financial or technical
assistance.
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 October 1, 2012.
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: 84-55000, P.O. Box
25007, Denver, CO 80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Perry at 303-445-2887. You
may also view the Information Collection Request at www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The purpose of the Rural Water Program is to provide assistance to
small communities of 50,000 inhabitants or less, including tribes and
tribal organizations, to plan the design and construction of projects
to serve rural areas with industrial, municipal, and residential water.
Specifically, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is authorized to
provide financial and technical assistance to conduct appraisal
investigations and feasibility studies for rural water supply projects.
Reclamation's regulation, 43 CFR part 404, establishes criteria
governing how the program will be implemented, including eligibility
and prioritization criteria, and criteria to evaluate appraisal and
feasibility studies. Entities interested in participating in the Rural
Water Program are requested to submit information regarding proposed
appraisal investigation and feasibility studies, to allow Reclamation
to evaluate and prioritize requests for financial or technical
assistance under the program. Reclamation will apply the program
criteria to the information provided to determine whether the entity
seeking assistance is eligible, whether the project is eligible for
assistance, and to what extent the project meets Reclamation's
prioritization criteria. Requests for assistance under the Rural Water
Program will be made on a voluntary basis. There is no form associated
with this information collection.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1006-0029.
Title: Reclamation Rural Water Supply Program, 43 CFR part 404.
Frequency: Once annually.
Respondents: States, tribes, municipalities, water districts, and
other entities created under State law with water management authority.
Estimated Annual Total Number of Respondents: 56.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 56.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,100 hours.
III. 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. A 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published in the Federal
Register (77 FR 33766) on June 7, 2012. No public comments were
received.
IV. 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.
Dated: August 24, 2012.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration, Denver Office.
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