[Federal Register: December 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 249)]
[Notices]
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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. 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. 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 February 25,
2003.
ADDRESSES: You may send written comments to the Bureau of Reclamation,
Attention: D-5200, PO 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: Changes to the RRA forms and the
instructions to those forms.
We made a few editorial changes to the currently approved RRA forms
and the instructions to those forms that 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 included
starting in the 2004 water year.
In response to landholding situations that have arisen in certain
districts that are subject to the acreage limitation provisions where a
public entity owns or leases land through a legal entity, a new
``Attachment Sheet for Form 7-21PE'' (Form 7-21PE-IND) has been
developed for approval as part of this information collection. In lieu
of modifying the ``Declaration of Public Entities Landholdings'' (Form
7-21PE) to address the rare instances where a public entity indirectly
owns or leases land, the one-page Form 7-21PE-IND will be completed in
conjunction with the Form 7-21PE. There is no increase in burden hours
resulting from the addition of this form because (1) the occurrence of
public entities that indirectly hold land is isolated at best, and (2)
this information is currently required from the applicable public
entities on a separate sheet of paper. Therefore, the burden hours
applicable to Form 7-21PE-IND are included in those listed below for
Form 7-21PE. The development of Form 7-21PE-IND provides a consistent
format in which to gather information that is currently required.
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 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. These forms are
submitted to districts who 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.
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: 19,202.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.02.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 19,586.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 14,829 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 5,358 5,465 5,465
Form 7-2180EZ................................... 45 537 548 411
Form 7-2181..................................... 78 1,758 1,793 2,331
Form 7-2184..................................... 45 40 41 31
Form 7-2190..................................... 60 1,910 1,948 1,948
Form 7-2190EZ................................... 45 113 115 86
Form 7-2191..................................... 78 891 909 1,182
Form 7-2194..................................... 45 4 4 3
Form 7-21PE..................................... 66 205 209 230
Form 7-21TRUST.................................. 60 1,331 1,358 1,358
Form 7-21VERIFY................................. 12 6,452 6,581 1,316
Form 7-21FC..................................... 30 243 248 124
Form 7-21XS..................................... 30 164 167 84
Form 7-21FARMOP................................. 78 196 200 260
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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) 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 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.
Department of the Interior practice is to make comments, including
names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review.
Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address
from public disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by
law. There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a
respondent's identity from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If
you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make all
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.
Dated: December 10, 2002.
Elizabeth Cordova-Harrison,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy.
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