[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25763-25764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10359]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[A10-1412-0001-009-01-0-4, 8453000; OMB Control Number 1006-0005]
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;
Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection
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: Individual Landholder's and Farm
Operator's Certification and Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation, 43
CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428 (OMB Control Number 1006-0005).
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 1006-0005 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
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. 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. The forms in
this information collection 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.
II. Changes to the RRA Forms and Their instructions
The changes made to the currently approved RRA forms and the
corresponding instructions are of a formatting or 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: 1006-0005.
Title: Individual Landholder's and Farm Operator's Certification
and Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR
part 428.
Form Number: Form 7-2180, Form 7-2180EZ, Form 7-2181, Form 7-2184,
Form 7-2190, Form 7-2190EZ, Form 7-2191, Form 7-2194, Form 7-21TRUST,
Form 7-21PE, Form 7-21PE-IND, Form 7-21FARMOP, Form 7-21VERIFY, Form 7-
21FC, Form 7-21XS, Form 7-21XSINAQ, Form 7-21CONT-I, Form 7-21CONT-L,
Form 7-21CONT-O, and Form 7-21INFO.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Landholders and farm operators of certain lands in our
projects, whose landholdings exceed specified RRA forms submittal
thresholds.
Estimated Annual Total Number of Respondents: 14,002.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.02.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 14,282.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 10,472 hours.
Estimated Completion Time Per Respondent: See table below:
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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 3,596 3,668 3,668
Form 7-2180EZ................................... 45 374 381 286
Form 7-2181..................................... 78 1,051 1,072 1,394
Form 7-2184..................................... 45 32 33 25
Form 7-2190..................................... 60 1,618 1,650 1,650
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..................................... 75 139 142 178
Form 7-21PE-IND................................. 12 4 4 1
Form 7-21TRUST.................................. 60 700 714 714
Form 7-21VERIFY................................. 12 5,081 5,183 1,037
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...................................... .............. 14,002 14,282 10,472
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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 60-day 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.
Dated: April 26, 2013.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration, Denver Office.
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