Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Data Collection Submission.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request

(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 13, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted

to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of

the Interior, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. A copy of

your comments should also be directed to the Bureau of Reclamation,

Attention Mr. Jeffrey Addiego, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, PO Box

61470, Boulder City, NV 89006-1470.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of

the proposed collection of information, contact Mr. Jeffrey Addiego,

(702) 293-8525, or e-mail at JA[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) whether the

proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of Reclamation, including whether the

information shall have practical use; (b) the accuracy of Reclamation's

estimated burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to

enhance the quality, use, and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to respond, including through the use of

automated collection techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Title: Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.

OMB No.: Reinstatement of OMB No. 1006-0014.

Description of respondents: All diversions of mainstream Colorado

River water along the lower Colorado River must be accounted for and,

for non-Indian diverters, in accordance with a water use contract with

the Secretary of the Interior. Each diverter (including well pumpers)

must be identified and their diversion locations and water use

determined. This requires an inventory of wells along the lower

Colorado River and the gathering of specific information concerning

each well.

Frequency: These data will be collected only once for each well

owner or operator as long as changes in water use, or other changes

that would impact contractual or administrative requirements are not

made.

Estimated completion time: An average of 30 minutes is required for

Reclamation to interview individual well owners or operators.

Reclamation will use the information collected during these interviews

to complete the information collection form.

Annual responses: 1,000.

Anual burden hours: 500 hours.

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 forms. the Federal Register notice with a 60-

day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of

information was published on May 21, 1999 (64 FR 27806).

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.

Dated: November 5, 1999.

Murlin Coffey,

Manager, Property and Office Services.

[FR Doc. 99-29545 Filed 11-10-99; 8:45 am]

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