[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5786-5787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02031]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR03042000, 15XR0680A1, RX.18786000.1501100]
Agency Information Collection; Proposed Renewal of a Currently
Approved Information Collection (OMB Control Number 1006-0014)
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the Bureau of Reclamation, intend to submit a request for
renewal of an existing approved information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) titled, Lower Colorado River Well
Inventory, OMB Control Number 1006-0014. The current OMB approval
expires on August 31, 2015.
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DATES: Submit written comments on this information collection request
on or before April 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments or requests for copies of the forms to
Paul Matuska, Water Accounting and Verification Group Manager, LC-4200,
Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Regional Office, P.O. Box 61470,
Boulder City, NV 89006-1470; or by email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Matuska at (702) 293-8164.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the
Bureau of Reclamation is requesting approval for the collection of data
from well and river-pump owners and operators along the lower Colorado
River in Arizona, California, and Nevada.
I. Abstract
Pursuant to the Boulder Canyon Project Act (Pub. L. 70-642, 45
Stat. 1057), all diversions of mainstream Colorado River water must be
in accordance with a Colorado River water entitlement. The Consolidated
Decree of the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. California, 547
U.S. 150 (2006) requires the Secretary of the Interior to account for
all diversions of mainstream Colorado River water along the lower
Colorado River, including water drawn from the mainstream by
underground pumping. To meet the water entitlement and accounting
obligations, an inventory of wells and river pumps is required along
the lower Colorado River, and the gathering of specific information
concerning these wells.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1006-0014.
Title: Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.
Form Number: LC-25.
Frequency: These data are collected only once for each well or
river-pump owner or operator as long as changes in water use, or other
changes that would impact contractual or administrative requirements,
are not made. A respondent may request that the data for its well or
river pump be updated after the initial inventory.
Respondents: Well and river-pump owners and operators along the
lower Colorado River in Arizona, California, and Nevada. Each diverter
(including well pumpers) must be identified and their diversion
locations and water use determined.
Estimated Completion Time: An average of 20 minutes is required to
interview individual well and river-pump owners or operators.
Estimated Annual Total Number of Respondents: 1,500.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,500.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 500 hours.
IV. Request for Comments
We invite your comments on:
(a) whether the 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 estimated time and cost burden of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used;
(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 increased 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.
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: December 17, 2014.
Terrance J. Fulp,
Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-02031 Filed 2-2-15; 8:45 am]
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