81 FR 71528 - Proposed New Information Collection: OMB Control Number 1094-ONEW, Indian Water Rights Settlements: Economic Analysis
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 200 (October 17, 2016)
Office of the Secretary
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 200 (October 17, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-25044 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 200 (Monday, October 17, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 71528-71529] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-25044] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary [16XD4523WK DWK000000.000000 DS10100000] Proposed New Information Collection: OMB Control Number 1094- ONEW, Indian Water Rights Settlements: Economic Analysis AGENCY: Secretary's Indian Water Rights Office, Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Secretary's Indian Water Rights Office, Department of the Interior announces the proposed creation of a new public information collection and seeks public comments on the provisions thereof. DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by December 16, 2016. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Rachel Brown, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., MS 7069-MIB, Washington, DC 20240, fax 202-208-6970, or by electronic mail to [email protected]. Please mention that your comments concern the Indian Water Rights Settlements: Economic Analysis, OMB Control Number 1093-0NEW. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information collection request, any explanatory information and related forms, see the contact information provided in the ADDRESSES section above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract This notice is for a new information collection. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which implement the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., require that interested members of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). The Secretary's Indian Water Rights Office (SIWRO) is tasked with overseeing and coordinating the Federal Government's Indian water rights settlement program and is undertaking a study on the economic outcomes associated with Indian water rights settlements (IWRS). The purpose of the study is to identify and track social and economic changes that occur as a result [[Page 71529]] of the implementation of enacted settlements. The Office of Indian Water Rights is located within the Secretary's Office. The Office leads, coordinates, and manages the Department's Indian water rights settlement program (109 Departmental Manual 1.3.E(2)). II. Data (1) Title: Indian Water Rights Settlements: Economic Analysis. OMB Control Number: 1093-0NEW. Type of Review: New Information Collection. Affected Entities: State, Local & Tribal Governments as well as some Private Sector entities. Estimated annual number of respondents: 48. Frequency of responses: One time. (2) Annual reporting and recordkeeping burden: Total annual reporting per response: 2.73 hours. Total number of estimated responses: 48. Total annual reporting: 131 hours. (3) Description of the need and use of the information. Indian reserved water rights are vested property rights for which the United States has a trust responsibility, with the United States holding legal title to such water in trust for the benefit of Indian tribes. Federal policy supports the resolution of disputes regarding Indian water rights through negotiated settlements. Settlement of Indian water rights disputes breaks down barriers and helps create conditions that improve water resources management by providing certainty as to the rights of all water users who are parties to the disputes. At a time of increasing competition for Federal funds, it is important to quantify and describe the economic impacts and net benefits of the implementation of enacted Indian water rights settlements. III. Request for Comments The Departments invite comments on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agencies, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the agencies' estimate of the burden of the collection of information and the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or other forms of information technology. ``Burden'' means the total time, effort, and financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and use technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, and to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. It is our policy to make all comments available to the public for review. Before including Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as your address, phone number, email address, or other personal information in your comment(s), you should be aware that your entire comment (including PII) may be made available to the public at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold PII from public view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. If you wish to view any comments received, you may do so by scheduling an appointment with the contact provided in the ADDRESSES section above. A valid picture identification is required for entry into the Department of the Interior. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter of public record. 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 Office of Management and Budget control number. David D. Alspach, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior. [FR Doc. 2016-25044 Filed 10-14-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4334-63-P
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application for tax-exempt bond therefore, NOT eligible for the increase DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
financing for Project D is filed with the in basis accorded a project in a 2017
bond-issuing agency on October 30, DDA, since it does not meet all of the Office of the Secretary
2017. Bonds are issued for Project D on conditions for a multiphase project, as [16XD4523WK DWK000000.000000
April 30, 2019, but Project D is not defined in this notice. The original DS10100000]
placed in service until January 30, 2020. application for credits for the first phase
Project D is eligible for the increase in did not describe the multiphase Proposed New Information Collection:
basis available to projects located in composition of the project. Also, the OMB Control Number 1094–ONEW,
2017 DDAs because: (1) One of the two application for credits for the second Indian Water Rights Settlements:
events necessary for triggering the Economic Analysis
phase of Project F was not made in the
effective date for buildings described in
year immediately following the first AGENCY: Secretary’s Indian Water Rights
Section 42(h)(4)(B) of the IRC (the two
events being bonds issued and buildings phase application year. Office, Office of the Secretary,
placed in service) took place on April Findings and Certifications Department of the Interior.
30, 2019, within the 730-day period ACTION: Notice and request for
after a complete application for tax- Environmental Impact comments.
exempt bond financing was filed, (2) the
This notice involves the SUMMARY: In compliance with the
application was filed during a time
establishment of fiscal requirements or Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
when the location of Project D was in a
DDA, and (3) both the issuance of the procedures that are related to rate and Secretary’s Indian Water Rights Office,
bonds and placement in service of cost determinations and do not Department of the Interior announces
Project D occurred after the application constitute a development decision the proposed creation of a new public
was submitted. affecting the physical condition of information collection and seeks public
(Case E) Project E is a multiphase specific project areas or building sites. comments on the provisions thereof.
project located in a 2017 DDA that is Accordingly, under 40 CFR 1508.4 of DATES: Consideration will be given to all
NOT a designated DDA or QCT in 2018. the regulations of the Council on comments received by December 16,
The first phase of Project E received an Environmental Quality and 24 CFR 2016.
allocation of credits in 2017, pursuant to 50.19(c)(6) of HUD’s regulations, this ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
an application filed March 15, 2017, notice is categorically excluded from to Rachel Brown, U.S. Department of the
which describes the multiphase environmental review under the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., MS 7069–
composition of the project. An National Environmental Policy Act of MIB, Washington, DC 20240, fax 202–
application for tax credits for the second 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). 208–6970, or by electronic mail to
phase of Project E is filed with the Rebrown@usbr.gov. Please mention that
allocating agency by the same entity on Federalism Impact your comments concern the Indian
March 15, 2018. The second phase of Water Rights Settlements: Economic
Project E is located on a contiguous site. Executive Order 13132 (entitled
‘‘Federalism’’) prohibits an agency from Analysis, OMB Control Number 1093–
Credits are allocated to the second 0NEW.
phase of Project E on October 30, 2018. publishing any policy document that
The aggregate amount of credits has federalism implications if the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
allocated to the two phases of Project E document either imposes substantial request a copy of the information
exceeds the amount of credits that may direct compliance costs on state and collection request, any explanatory
be allocated to an applicant in one year local governments and is not required information and related forms, see the
under the allocating agency’s QAP and by statute, or the document preempts contact information provided in the
is the reason that applications were state law, unless the agency meets the ADDRESSES section above.
made in multiple phases. The second consultation and funding requirements SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
phase of Project E is, therefore, eligible of section 6 of the executive order. This I. Abstract
for the increase in basis accorded a notice merely designates DDAs and
project in a 2017 DDA, because it meets QCTs as required under IRC Section 42, This notice is for a new information
all of the conditions to be a part of a as amended, for the use by political collection.
multiphase project. The Office of Management and Budget
subdivisions of the states in allocating
(Case F) Project F is a multiphase (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320,
the LIHTC. This notice also details the which implement the Paperwork
project located in a 2017 DDA that is
technical methods used in making such Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501
NOT a designated DDA in 2018 or 2019.
designations. As a result, this notice is et seq., require that interested members
The first phase of Project F received an
allocation of credits in 2017, pursuant to not subject to review under the order. of the public and affected agencies have
an application filed March 15, 2017, Dated: October 5, 2016. an opportunity to comment on
which does not describe the multiphase Katherine M. O’Regan, information collection and
composition of the project. An Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
application for tax credits for the second and Research. 1320.8(d)).
phase of Project F is filed with the The Secretary’s Indian Water Rights
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allocating agency by the same entity on Office (SIWRO) is tasked with
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March 15, 2019. Credits are allocated to overseeing and coordinating the Federal
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the second phase of Project F on Government’s Indian water rights
October 30, 2019. The aggregate amount settlement program and is undertaking a
of credits allocated to the two phases of study on the economic outcomes
Project F exceeds the amount of credits associated with Indian water rights
that may be allocated to an applicant in settlements (IWRS). The purpose of the
one year under the allocating agency’s study is to identify and track social and
QAP. The second phase of Project F is, economic changes that occur as a result
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of the implementation of enacted techniques or other forms of information DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
settlements. The Office of Indian Water technology.
Rights is located within the Secretary’s Bureau of Land Management
‘‘Burden’’ means the total time, effort,
Office. The Office leads, coordinates, and financial resources expended by [LLMT924000 L14400000.FR0000
and manages the Department’s Indian persons to generate, maintain, retain, 16XL1109AF; MO#4500091180; MTM
water rights settlement program (109 108489]
disclose, or provide information to or
Departmental Manual 1.3.E(2)).
for a Federal agency. This includes the Notice of Proposed Classification of
II. Data time needed to review instructions; to Public Lands and Minerals for State
(1) Title: Indian Water Rights develop, acquire, install, and use Indemnity Selection, Montana
Settlements: Economic Analysis. technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
OMB Control Number: 1093–0NEW.
Type of Review: New Information information, processing and Interior.
Collection. maintaining information, and disclosing ACTION: Notice.
Affected Entities: State, Local & Tribal and providing information; to train SUMMARY: The Montana Department of
Governments as well as some Private personnel and to be able to respond to Natural Resources and Conservation
Sector entities. a collection of information, to search (State) has filed a petition for
Estimated annual number of data sources, and to complete and classification and application to obtain
respondents: 48. review the collection of information; public lands and mineral estate in lieu
Frequency of responses: One time. and to transmit or otherwise disclose of lands to which the State was entitled,
(2) Annual reporting and the information. but did not receive under its Statehood
recordkeeping burden: Act. The State did not receive title
Total annual reporting per response: It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review. Before because the lands had previously been
2.73 hours. appropriated. Under Section 7 of the
Total number of estimated responses: including Personally Identifiable
Taylor Grazing Act of 1934, the Bureau
48. Information (PII), such as your address,
of Land Management (BLM) proposes to
Total annual reporting: 131 hours. phone number, email address, or other
classify sufficient acreage of public
(3) Description of the need and use of personal information in your lands/minerals in Montana for title
the information. Indian reserved water comment(s), you should be aware that transfer to the State to satisfy this
rights are vested property rights for your entire comment (including PII) obligation to the State. Of the area
which the United States has a trust may be made available to the public at proposed for State Indemnity Selection,
responsibility, with the United States any time. While you may ask us in your 10,560 acres are designated as greater
holding legal title to such water in trust comment to withhold PII from public sage-grouse General Habitat
for the benefit of Indian tribes. Federal view, we cannot guarantee that we will Management area.
policy supports the resolution of be able to do so. If you wish to view any DATES: Comments must be received by
disputes regarding Indian water rights comments received, you may do so by
through negotiated settlements. December 16, 2016.
scheduling an appointment with the The BLM will not consider or include
Settlement of Indian water rights
contact provided in the ADDRESSES comments received after the close of the
disputes breaks down barriers and helps
section above. A valid picture comment period or comments delivered
create conditions that improve water to an address other than the one listed
resources management by providing identification is required for entry into
the Department of the Interior. below. Persons asserting a claim to or
certainty as to the rights of all water interest in the lands or mineral estate
users who are parties to the disputes. At Comments submitted in response to
described in this notice will find the
a time of increasing competition for this notice will be summarized and/or requirements for filing such claims in
Federal funds, it is important to included in the request for OMB the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
quantify and describe the economic approval of this information collection;
ADDRESSES: The public may submit
impacts and net benefits of the they also will become a matter of public written comments by mail or hand
implementation of enacted Indian water record. delivery to: State Director, Montana/
rights settlements.
An agency may not conduct or Dakotas State Office, Bureau of Land
III. Request for Comments sponsor, and a person is not required to Management, Department of the
The Departments invite comments on: respond to, a collection of information Interior, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings,
(a) Whether the collection of unless it displays a currently valid MT 59101.
information is necessary for the proper Office of Management and Budget FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
performance of the functions of the control number. Ledger, Realty Specialist, Branch of
agencies, including whether the Lands, Realty, and Renewable Energy;
David D. Alspach, telephone (406) 329–3733; email
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agencies’ Information Collection Clearance Officer, jledger@blm.gov. Persons who use a
Office of the Secretary, Department of the telecommunications device for the deaf
estimate of the burden of the collection
Interior. (TDD) may call the Federal Information
of information and the validity of the
[FR Doc. 2016–25044 Filed 10–14–16; 8:45 am] Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, to contact the above individual during
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utility, and clarity of the information to normal business hours. The FIRS is
be collected; and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of to leave a message or question with the
the collection of information on above individual. You will receive a
respondents, including through the use reply during normal business hours.
of appropriate automated, electronic, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections
mechanical, or other collection 2275 and 2276 of the Revised Statutes,
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