80 FR 48560 - Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection (OMB Control Number 1006-0005)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 156 (August 13, 2015)

We, the Bureau of Reclamation, have 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). The Information Collection Request describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost burden.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48560-48562]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19913]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR83550000, 15XR0680A1, RX.31580001.0090104]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection (OMB Control 
Number 1006-0005)

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the Bureau of Reclamation, have 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). The 
Information Collection Request describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected cost burden.

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 September 14, 2015.

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

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Regulatory Affairs, via facsimile to (202) 395-5806, or email to 
[email protected]. A copy of your comments should also be 
directed to Stephanie McPhee, Bureau of Reclamation, 84-55000, P.O. Box 
25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007; or via email to [email protected]. 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. 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: 13,960.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.02.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 14,239.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 10,437 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           3,595           3,667           3,667
Form 7-2180EZ...................................              45             373             380             285
Form 7-2181.....................................              78           1,050           1,071           1,392
Form 7-2184.....................................              45              32              33              25
Form 7-2190.....................................              60           1,601           1,633           1,633
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             135             138             173
Form 7-21PE-IND.................................              12               4               4               1
Form 7-21TRUST..................................              60             694             708             708
Form 7-21VERIFY.................................              12           5,069           5,170           1,034
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......................................  ..............          13,960          14,239          10,437
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III. Request for Comments

    We invite comments concerning this information collection 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, 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.
    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.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
February 17, 2015 (80 FR 8342). No comments were received.

IV. 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

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cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

    Dated: July 27, 2015.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration.
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