81 FR 18642 - 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 81, Issue 62 (March 31, 2016)

Page Range		18642-18643
FR Document		2016-07187

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for renewal of 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. These information collections expire March 31, 2016.

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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 submission to OMB.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for renewal of 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. These information collections expire March 31, 2016.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 2, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collections to 
the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at the Office of 
Management and Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395-5806 or you may send 
an email to: [email protected]. Please send a copy of your 
comments to David Fisher, P.E., Branch Chief Irrigation and Power, 
Office of Trust Services, Division of Water and Power, Denver West 
Office Park Building 54, 13922 Denver West Parkway, Suite 300, 
Lakewood, Colorado 80401, email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Fisher, 303-231-5225. You may 
review the information collection requests online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the 
Interior collections under review by OMB.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs (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 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.

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.
    Number of Respondents: 1,300 per year.
    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 Time per Response: \1/2\ hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 650 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Dollar Cost: $0.
* * * * *
    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, subsidizing 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.

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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 office that 
provides your service.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Respondents: Water users of BIA irrigation project--individual and 
businesses.
    Number of Respondents: 7,500 per year.
    Number of Responses: 34,906 per year.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion through the irrigation season, 
averaging approximately 2 times per year.
    Obligation to Respond: The information water users submit is for 
the purpose of obtaining or retaining a benefit, namely irrigation 
water.
    Estimated Time per Response: A range of 12 minutes to 16 hours, 
depending on the specific service being requested.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,943 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Dollar Cost: $0.

Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action--Indian 
Affairs.
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Authority I. Abstract cannot guarantee that we will be able to
The authority for this action is section The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) do so.
4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 owns, operates, and maintains three III. Data
U.S.C. 1533 (f). electric power utilities that provide a
OMB Control Number: 1076–0021.
Dated: March 14, 2016. service to the end user. The BIA also Title: Electrical Service Application,
Kenneth D. Elowe,
owns, operates, and maintains 15 25 CFR 175.
irrigation projects that provide a service Brief Description of Collection: In
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region.
to the end user. To be able to properly order for electric power consumers to be
[FR Doc. 2016–07227 Filed 3–30–16; 8:45 am]
bill for the services provided, the BIA served, information is needed by the
BILLING CODE 4333–15–P must collect customer information to BIA to operate and maintain its electric
identify the individual responsible for power utilities and fulfill reporting
repaying the government the costs of requirements.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR delivering the service, and billing for Section 175.6 and 175.22 of 25 CFR
Bureau of Indian Affairs those costs. Additional information part 175, Indian electric power utilities,
necessary for providing the service is specifies the information collection
[167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010. the location of the service delivery. The requirement. Power consumers must
999900] Debt Collection Improvement Act of apply for electric service. The
1996 (DCIA) requires that certain information to be collected includes:
Renewal of Agency Information information be collected from Name; electric service location; and
Collection for Water Delivery and individuals and businesses doing other operational information identified
Electric Service Data for the Operation business with the government. This in the local administrative manuals. All
of Irrigation and Power Projects and information includes the taxpayer information is collected from each
Systems identification number for possible electric power consumer.
future use to recover delinquent debt. Type of Review: Extension without
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
To implement the DCIA requirement to change of currently approved collection.
Interior.
collect customer information, the BIA Respondents: BIA electric power
ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB. has included a section concerning the consumers—individuals.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the collection of information in its Number of Respondents: 1,300 per
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the regulations governing its electrical year.
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has power utilities (25 CFR 175) and in its Frequency of Response: The
submitted to the Office of Management regulations governing its irrigation information is collected once, unless the
and Budget (OMB) a request for renewal projects (25 CFR 171). respondent requests new electrical
of the collection of information for service elsewhere or if it has been
II. Request for Comments
Electrical Service Application, disconnected for failure to pay their
The BIA requests your comments on electric bill.
authorized by OMB Control Number this collection concerning: (a) The
1076–0021 and Water Request, Obligation to Respond: Responses are
necessity of this information collection required to receive or maintain a
authorized by OMB Control Number for the proper performance of the
1076–0141. These information benefit.
functions of the agency, including Estimated Time per Response: 1⁄2
collections expire March 31, 2016. whether the information will have hour.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
submit comments on or before May 2, agency’s estimate of the burden (hours 650 hours.
2016. and cost) of the collection of Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments information, including the validity of Dollar Cost: $0.
on the information collections to the the methodology and assumptions used; * * * * *
Desk Officer for the Department of the (c) Ways we could enhance the quality, OMB Control Number: 1076–0141.
Interior at the Office of Management and utility, and clarity of the information to Title: Water Request, 25 CFR 171.
Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806 be collected; and (d) Ways we could Brief Description of Collection: In
or you may send an email to: OIRA_ minimize the burden of the collection of order for irrigators to receive water
Submission@omb.eop.gov. Please send a the information on the respondents. deliveries, information is needed by the
copy of your comments to David Fisher, Please note that an agency may not BIA to operate and maintain its
P.E., Branch Chief Irrigation and Power, conduct or sponsor, and an individual irrigation projects and fulfill reporting
Office of Trust Services, Division of need not respond to, a collection of requirements. Section 171.140 and other
Water and Power, Denver West Office information unless it has a valid OMB sections cited in section 171.40 of 25
Park Building 54, 13922 Denver West Control Number. CFR 171, [Irrigation] Operation and
Parkway, Suite 300, Lakewood, It is our policy to make all comments Maintenance, specifies the information
Colorado 80401, email: david.fisher@ available to the public for review at the collection requirement. Water users
bia.gov. location listed in the ADDRESSES section. must apply for water delivery and for a
Before including your address, phone number of other associated services,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
number, email address or other personal such as, subsidizing a farm unit,
David Fisher, 303–231–5225. You may
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identifying information in your requesting leaching service, requesting
review the information collection comment, you should be aware that water for domestic or stock purposes,
requests online at http:// your entire comment—including your building structures or fences in BIA
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the personal identifying information—may rights-of-way, requesting payment plans
instructions to review Department of the be made publicly available at any time. on bills, establishing a carriage
Interior collections under review by While you can ask us in your comment agreement with a third-party,
OMB. to withhold your personal identifying negotiating irrigation incentives leases,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: information from public review, we and requesting an assessment waiver.

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The information to be collected DATES: BLM Alaska must receive all SUMMARY: This notice corrects two dates
includes: Full legal name; correct nominations and comments on these that appear in the SUPPLEMENTARY
mailing address; taxpayer identifying tracts for consideration on or before May INFORMATION section of a notice that
number; water delivery location; if 2, 2016. published in the Federal Register on
subdividing a farm unit—a copy of the ADDRESSES: Mail nominations and/or Wednesday, March 23, 2016 (81 FR
recorded plat or map of the subdivision comments to: State Director, Bureau of 15555).
where water will be delivered; the time Land Management, Alaska State Office, On page 15555, column 3, line 24 of
and date of requested water delivery; 222 West 7th Ave., Mailstop 13, the notice, which reads ‘‘Wednesday,
duration of water delivery; amount of Anchorage, AK 99513–7504. Before April, 13, 2015,’’ is corrected to read,
water delivered; rate of water flow; including your address, phone number, ‘‘Wednesday, April 13, 2016.’’
number of acres irrigated; crop statistics; email address, or other personal On page 15555, column 3, line 35 of
any other agreements allowed under 25 identifying information in your the notice, which reads ‘‘Thursday,
CFR part 171; and any additional nominations and/or comment, you September 3, 2015’’ is corrected to read,
information required by the local project should be aware that your entire ‘‘Thursday, April 14, 2016.’’
office that provides your service. comment—including your personal Kristin Bail,
Type of Review: Extension without identifying information—may be made Acting Assistant Director, Resources and
change of currently approved collection. publicly available at any time. While Planning.
Respondents: Water users of BIA you can ask us in your comment to [FR Doc. 2016–07273 Filed 3–30–16; 8:45 am]
irrigation project—individual and withhold your personal identifying BILLING CODE 4310–84–P
businesses. information from public review, we
Number of Respondents: 7,500 per cannot guarantee that we will be able to
year. do so. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Number of Responses: 34,906 per
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
year. Bureau of Reclamation
Frequency of Response: On occasion Wayne Svejnoha, BLM Alaska Energy
through the irrigation season, averaging and Minerals Branch Chief, 907–271– [RR08100000, 16XR0680A1,
approximately 2 times per year. 4407. Persons who use a RY.1541CH20.60IR161]
Obligation to Respond: The telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information Announcement of Requirements and
information water users submit is for
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 Registration for a Prize Competition
the purpose of obtaining or retaining a
to contact the above individual during Seeking: Detecting the Movement of
benefit, namely irrigation water.
Estimated Time per Response: A normal business hours. The FIRS is Soils (Internal Erosion) Within Earthen
range of 12 minutes to 16 hours, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Dams, Canals, Levees, and their
depending on the specific service being to leave a message or question with the Foundations
requested. above individual. You will receive a AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: reply during normal business hours. Interior.
17,943 hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM ACTION: Notice.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour is issuing a call for nominations and
Dollar Cost: $0. comments on tracts for the upcoming SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation,
2016 NPR–A Oil and Gas Lease Sale, in collaboration with the U.S. Army
Elizabeth K. Appel,
pursuant to 43 CFR 3131.2. When Corps of Engineers, is seeking new
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and methods for detecting the movement
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. describing tracts nominated for leasing
or providing comments, please use the (erosion) of soils in earthen structures
[FR Doc. 2016–07187 Filed 3–30–16; 8:45 am]
NPR–A maps, legal descriptions of the and foundations. These methods may
BILLING CODE 4337–15–P detect internal erosion either directly or
tracts, and additional information
available through the BLM Alaska Web indirectly (detecting properties that
site at http://www.blm.gov/ak. The BLM typically indicate internal erosion is
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR taking place). The goal is to detect soil
also requests comments on tracts which
Bureau of Land Management should receive special consideration or movement earlier than occurs by current
analysis. visual inspection and instrumentation
[16X.LLAK930000.L13100000.EI0000.241A] methods.
Bud C. Cribley,
Call for Nominations and Comments DATES: Listed below are the specific
State Director.
for the 2016 National Petroleum dates pertaining to this prize
[FR Doc. 2016–07272 Filed 3–30–16; 8:45 am]
Reserve in Alaska Oil and Gas Lease competition:
BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 1. Submission period begins on March
Sale
31, 2016.
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 2. A webinar concerning this prize
Interior. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR competition will be held on April 7,
ACTION: Notice. Bureau of Land Management 2016. Instructions for participating in
the webinar are included in the on-line
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land [LLWO260000.L10600000.PC0000. postings at the addresses shown below.
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Management (BLM) Alaska State Office LXSIADVSBD00] The webinar will also be recorded and
is issuing a call for nominations and posted at these same addresses.
comments on tracts for the upcoming Notice of Wild Horse and Burro 3. Submission period ends on May 10,
2016 National Petroleum Reserve in Advisory Board Meeting; Correction 2016.
Alaska (NPR–A) Oil and Gas Lease Sale. AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 4. Judging period ends on July 11,
A map of the NPR–A showing areas Interior. 2016.
available for leasing is online at 5. Winners announced by July 29,
ACTION: Correction.
http://www.blm.gov/ak. 2016.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of submission to OMB.
Dates		Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before May 2, 2016.
Contact		David Fisher, 303-231-5225. You may review the information collection requests online at http:// www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the Interior collections under review by OMB.
FR Citation		81 FR 18642

81 FR 18642 - 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 INTERIORBureau of Indian Affairs

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 62 (March 31, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs