80 FR 77371 - Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Water Delivery and Electric Service Data for the Operation of Irrigation and Power Projects and Systems
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 239 (December 14, 2015)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 239 (December 14, 2015)
| Page Range | 77371-77372 | |
| FR Document | 2015-31343 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 77371-77372] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-31343] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs [167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900] Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Water Delivery and Electric Service Data for the Operation of Irrigation and Power Projects and Systems AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice of request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking comments on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the collection of information for Electrical Service Application authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0021 and Water Request authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0141. Both of these information collections expire March 31, 2016. DATES: Submit comments on or before February 12, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to Yulan Jin, Chief, Division of Water and Power, Office of Trust Services, Mail Stop 4655--MIB, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240; telephone: (202) 219-0941 or email: yulan.jin@bia.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yulan Jin, telephone: (202) 219-0941 or email: yulan.jin@bia.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The BIA owns, operates, and maintains three electric power utilities that provide a service to the end user. The BIA also owns, operates, and maintains 15 irrigation projects that provide a service to the end user. To be able to properly bill for the services provided, the BIA must collect customer information to identify the individual responsible for repaying the government the costs of delivering the service, and billing for those costs. Additional information necessary for providing the service is the location of the service delivery. The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA) requires that certain information be collected from individuals and businesses doing business with the government. This information includes the taxpayer identification number for possible future use to recover delinquent debt. To implement the DCIA requirement to collect customer information, the BIA has included a section concerning the collection of information in its regulations governing its electrical power utilities (25 CFR 175) and in its regulations governing its irrigation projects (25 CFR 171). II. Request for Comments The BIA requests your comments on this collection concerning: (a) The necessity of this information collection for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (hours and cost) of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) Ways we could enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) Ways we could minimize the burden of the collection of the information on the respondents. Please note that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and an individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it has a valid OMB Control Number. It is our policy to make all comments available to the public for review at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable 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. III. Data OMB Control Number: 1076-0021. Title: Electrical Service Application, 25 CFR 175. Brief Description of Collection: In order for electric power consumers to be served, information is needed by the BIA to operate and maintain its electric power utilities and fulfill reporting requirements. Section 175.6 and 175.22 of 25 CFR part 175, Indian electric power utilities, specifies the information collection requirement. Power consumers must apply for electric service. The information to be collected includes: Name; electric service location, and other operational information identified in the local administrative manuals. All information is collected from each electric power consumer. Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved collection. Respondents: BIA electric power consumers--individuals and businesses. Number of Respondents: 3,000 per year. Estimated Time per Response: \1/2\ hour. Frequency of Response: The information is collected once, unless the respondent requests new electrical service elsewhere or if it has been disconnected for failure to pay their electric bill. Obligation to respond: Responses are required to receive or maintain a benefit. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,500 hours. * * * * * OMB Control Number: 1076-0141. Title: Water Request, 25 CFR 171. Brief Description of Collection: In order for irrigators to receive water deliveries, information is needed by the BIA to operate and maintain its irrigation projects and fulfill reporting requirements. Section 171.140 and other sections cited in section 171.40 of 25 CFR 171, [Irrigation] Operation and Maintenance, specifies the information collection requirement. Water users must apply for water delivery and for a number of other associated services, such as, subdividing a farm unit, requesting leaching service, requesting water for domestic or stock purposes, building structures or fences in BIA rights-of-way, requesting payment plans on bills, establishing a carriage agreement with a third-party, negotiating irrigation incentives leases, and requesting an assessment waiver. The information to be collected includes: Full legal name; correct mailing address; taxpayer identifying number; water delivery location; if subdividing a farm unit--a copy of the recorded plat or map of the subdivision where water will be delivered; the time and date of requested water delivery; duration of water delivery; amount of water delivered; rate of water flow; number of acres irrigated; crop statistics; any other agreements allowed under 25 CFR part 171; and any additional information required by the local project [[Page 77372]] office that provides your service. The information water users submit is for the purpose of obtaining or retaining a benefit, namely irrigation water. Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved collection. Respondents: Water users of BIA irrigation project--individual and businesses. Number of Respondents: 6,539 per year. Number of Responses: 27,075 per year. Estimated Time per Response: A range of 18 minutes to 6 hours, depending on the specific service being requested. Frequency of Response: On occasion through the irrigation season, averaging approximately two times per year. Obligation to respond: Responses are required to receive or maintain a benefit. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,059 hours. Elizabeth K. Appel, Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action--Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. 2015-31343 Filed 12-11-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4337-15-P
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Section 6. Severability and Savings the costs of delivering the service, and Section 175.6 and 175.22 of 25 CFR
Clause billing for those costs. Additional part 175, Indian electric power utilities,
If any part or provision of this Statute information necessary for providing the specifies the information collection
is held invalid, void, or unenforceable service is the location of the service requirement. Power consumers must
by a court of competent jurisdiction, delivery. The Debt Collection apply for electric service. The
such adjudication shall not be held to Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA) information to be collected includes:
render such provisions inapplicable to requires that certain information be Name; electric service location, and
other persons or circumstances. Further, collected from individuals and other operational information identified
the remainder of the Statute shall not be businesses doing business with the in the local administrative manuals. All
affected and shall continue to remain in government. This information includes information is collected from each
full force and effect. the taxpayer identification number for electric power consumer.
possible future use to recover Type of Review: Extension without
[FR Doc. 2015–31313 Filed 12–11–15; 8:45 am]
delinquent debt. To implement the change of currently approved collection.
BILLING CODE 4337–15–P DCIA requirement to collect customer Respondents: BIA electric power
information, the BIA has included a consumers—individuals and businesses.
section concerning the collection of Number of Respondents: 3,000 per
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR information in its regulations governing year.
Bureau of Indian Affairs its electrical power utilities (25 CFR Estimated Time per Response: 1⁄2
175) and in its regulations governing its hour.
[167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/ irrigation projects (25 CFR 171). Frequency of Response: The
A0A501010.999900] information is collected once, unless the
II. Request for Comments
Renewal of Agency Information respondent requests new electrical
The BIA requests your comments on service elsewhere or if it has been
Collection for Water Delivery and this collection concerning: (a) The
Electric Service Data for the Operation disconnected for failure to pay their
necessity of this information collection electric bill.
of Irrigation and Power Projects and for the proper performance of the
Systems Obligation to respond: Responses are
functions of the agency, including required to receive or maintain a
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, whether the information will have benefit.
Interior. practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
ACTION: Notice of request for comments. agency’s estimate of the burden (hours 1,500 hours.
and cost) of the collection of
* * * * *
SUMMARY: In compliance with the information, including the validity of
OMB Control Number: 1076–0141.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the the methodology and assumptions used;
Title: Water Request, 25 CFR 171.
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking (c) Ways we could enhance the quality,
Brief Description of Collection: In
comments on the renewal of Office of utility, and clarity of the information to
order for irrigators to receive water
Management and Budget (OMB) be collected; and (d) Ways we could
deliveries, information is needed by the
approval for the collection of minimize the burden of the collection of
BIA to operate and maintain its
information for Electrical Service the information on the respondents.
Please note that an agency may not irrigation projects and fulfill reporting
Application authorized by OMB Control requirements. Section 171.140 and other
Number 1076–0021 and Water Request conduct or sponsor, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of sections cited in section 171.40 of 25
authorized by OMB Control Number CFR 171, [Irrigation] Operation and
1076–0141. Both of these information information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number. Maintenance, specifies the information
collections expire March 31, 2016. collection requirement. Water users
DATES: Submit comments on or before It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the must apply for water delivery and for a
February 12, 2016. number of other associated services,
location listed in the ADDRESSES section.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments such as, subdividing a farm unit,
Before including your address, phone
on the information collection to Yulan requesting leaching service, requesting
number, email address, or other
Jin, Chief, Division of Water and Power, water for domestic or stock purposes,
personally identifiable information in
Office of Trust Services, Mail Stop building structures or fences in BIA
your comment, you should be aware
4655—MIB, 1849 C Street NW., rights-of-way, requesting payment plans
that your entire comment—including
Washington, DC 20240; telephone: (202) on bills, establishing a carriage
your personal identifying information—
219–0941 or email: yulan.jin@bia.gov. agreement with a third-party,
may be made publicly available at any
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: time. While you can ask us in your negotiating irrigation incentives leases,
Yulan Jin, telephone: (202) 219–0941 or comment to withhold your personal and requesting an assessment waiver.
email: yulan.jin@bia.gov. identifying information from public The information to be collected
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: review, we cannot guarantee that we includes: Full legal name; correct
will be able to do so. mailing address; taxpayer identifying
I. Abstract number; water delivery location; if
The BIA owns, operates, and III. Data subdividing a farm unit—a copy of the
maintains three electric power utilities OMB Control Number: 1076–0021. recorded plat or map of the subdivision
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that provide a service to the end user. Title: Electrical Service Application, where water will be delivered; the time
The BIA also owns, operates, and 25 CFR 175. and date of requested water delivery;
maintains 15 irrigation projects that Brief Description of Collection: In duration of water delivery; amount of
provide a service to the end user. To be order for electric power consumers to be water delivered; rate of water flow;
able to properly bill for the services served, information is needed by the number of acres irrigated; crop statistics;
provided, the BIA must collect customer BIA to operate and maintain its electric any other agreements allowed under 25
information to identify the individual power utilities and fulfill reporting CFR part 171; and any additional
responsible for repaying the government requirements. information required by the local project
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office that provides your service. The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant Section 5. Application of 18 U.S.C. 1161
information water users submit is for to the Act of August 15, 1953, Pub. Law By adopting this Statute, the Tribe
the purpose of obtaining or retaining a 83–277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 1161, as hereby regulates the sale,
benefit, namely irrigation water. interpreted by the Supreme Court in manufacturing, distribution, and
Type of Review: Extension without Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 (1983), the consumption of liquor while ensuring
change of currently approved collection. Secretary of the Interior shall certify and that such activity conforms with all
Respondents: Water users of BIA publish in the Federal Register notice of applicable laws of the State of California
irrigation project—individual and adopted liquor ordinances for the as required by 18 U.S.C. § 1161 and the
businesses. purpose of regulating liquor transactions United States.
Number of Respondents: 6,539 per in Indian country. The North Fork
year. Rancheria of Mono Indians of California Section 6. Declaration of Public Policy;
Number of Responses: 27,075 per Tribal Council duly adopted the North Findings
year. Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of The Tribal Council enacts this Statute,
Estimated Time per Response: A California Liquor Ordinance on July 07, based upon the following findings:
range of 18 minutes to 6 hours, 2014. (a) The distribution, possession,
depending on the specific service being This notice is published in consumption and sale of liquor on the
requested. accordance with the authority delegated Tribe’s Reservation is a matter of special
Frequency of Response: On occasion by the Secretary of the Interior to the concern to the Tribe.
through the irrigation season, averaging Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. I (b) The Tribe is the beneficial owner
approximately two times per year. certify that the North Fork Rancheria of of Tribal Trust Lands, upon which the
Obligation to respond: Responses are Mono Indians of California Tribal Tribe plans to construct and operate a
required to receive or maintain a Council duly adopted by Resolution the gaming facility and related
benefit. North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians entertainment and lodging facilities.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: of California Liquor Control Statute by (c) The Tribe’s gaming facility will
14,059 hours. Resolution No. 14–32 dated July 07, serve as an integral and indispensable
Elizabeth K. Appel,
2014. part of the Tribe’s economy, providing
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Dated: December 3, 2015. revenue to the Tribe’s government and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. Kevin K. Washburn, employment to tribal citizens and others
[FR Doc. 2015–31343 Filed 12–11–15; 8:45 am] Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. in the local community.
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(d) Federal law, as codified at 18
ARTICLE ONE INTRODUCTION U.S.C. 1154 and 1161, currently
Section 1. Authority prohibits the introduction of liquor into
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Indian country, except in accordance
This Statute is enacted pursuant to
with State law and the duly enacted law
Bureau of Indian Affairs the Act of August 15, 1953 (Pub. L. 83–
of the Tribe.
277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 1161) and
[167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/ (e) The Tribe recognizes the need for
by powers vested in the Tribal Council
A0A501010.999900] strict control and regulation of liquor
of the North Fork Rancheria (‘‘Tribal
transactions on Tribal Trust Lands
Council’’) to develop, adopt and enforce
North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians because of potential problems
statutes as authorized under Article VI,
of California Liquor Control Statute associated with the unregulated or
Section 1 of the Constitution of the
inadequate regulated sale, possession,
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, North Fork Rancheria, adopted May 18,
distribution, and consumption of liquor.
Interior. 1996.
(f) Regulating the possession, sale,
ACTION: Notice. Section 2. Purpose distribution and manufacture of liquor
The purpose of this Statute is to within Tribal Trust Lands is also
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the consistent with the Tribe’s interest in
liquor control statute of the North Fork regulate and control the possession,
sale, manufacture and distribution of ensuring the peace, safety, health, and
Rancheria of Mono Indians of general welfare of the Tribe and its
California. The liquor control statute liquor within Tribal Trust Lands, in
order to permit alcohol sales by tribally citizens.
regulates and controls the possession, (g) Tribal control and regulation of
sale, manufacture, and distribution of owned and operated enterprises and
private lessees, and at tribally approved liquor on Tribal Trust Lands is
alcohol in conformity with the laws of consistent with the Tribe’s custom and
the State of California for the purpose of special events. Enactment of a liquor
control statute will help provide a tradition of controlling the possession
generating new Tribal revenues. and consumption of liquor on tribal
source of revenue for the continued
DATES: This code shall become effective lands and at tribal events.
operation of the tribal government, the
December 14, 2015. (h) The purchase, distribution, and
delivery of governmental services, and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. the economic viability of tribal sale of liquor on Tribal Trust Lands
Harley Long, Tribal Government Officer, enterprises. shall take place only at duly licensed (i)
Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of tribally owned enterprises, (ii) other
Indian Affairs, 2800 Cottage Way, Section 3. Short Title enterprises operating pursuant to a lease
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Sacramento, California 95825, This Statute shall be known and cited with the Tribe, and (iii) tribally-
Telephone: (916) 978–6000, Fax: (916) as the ‘‘Liquor Control Statute.’’ sanctioned events.
978–6099; or Ms. Laurel Iron Cloud, (i) The sale or other commercial
Chief, Division of Tribal Government Section 4. Jurisdiction manufacture or distribution of liquor on
Services, Office of Indian Services, This Statute shall apply to all lands Tribal Trust Lands, other than sales,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street now or in the future under the manufacture, and distributions made in
NW., MS–4513–MIB, Washington, DC governmental authority of the Tribe, strict compliance with this Statute, is
20240, Telephone: (202) 513–7641. including Tribal Trust Lands. detrimental to the health, safety, and
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of request for comments. | |
| Dates | Submit comments on or before February 12, 2016. | |
| Contact | Yulan Jin, telephone: (202) 219-0941 or email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 77371 |
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