[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59740-59741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24263]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Agency Information Collection; Proposed Revisions to a Currently
Approved Information Collection; 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: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us)
intends to submit a request for renewal (with revisions) of an existing
approved information collection to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB): 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. We request your comments on the
revised RRA forms and specific aspects of the information collection.
DATES: Your written comments must be received on or before November 29,
2010.
ADDRESSES: You may send written comments to the Bureau of Reclamation,
Attention: 84-53000, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007. You may
request copies of the proposed revised forms by writing to the above
address or by contacting Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445-2897.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445-2897.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Individual Landholder's and Farm
Operator's Certification and Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation, 43
CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
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.
Changes to the RRA Forms and the Instructions to Those Forms
The changes made to the currently approved RRA forms and the
corresponding instructions are editorial in nature and 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. 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.
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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
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.
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.
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 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.
[FR Doc. 2010-24263 Filed 9-27-10; 8:45 am]
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