Federal Register: June 3, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 105)
DOCID: fr03jn09-104 FR Doc E9-12924
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Reclamation Bureau
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr03jn09-104
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved collection (OMB No. 10060005).
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Agency Information Collection; Activities Under OMB Review; Comment Request
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comments must be received on or before July 6, 2009 to assure maximum consideration.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces the Bureau of Reclamation (we, our, or us) has forwarded the following Information Collection Request (ICR) 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: 10060005. This ICR 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. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Title: Individual Landholder's and Farm Operator's Certification and Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
Abstract: 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. Responses are
required to retain or obtain a benefit. These forms are submitted to
districts that use the information to establish each landholder's
status with respect to landownership limitations, fullcost 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.
Changes to the RRA Forms and the Instructions to Those Forms.
Minor editorial changes were made to the currently approved RRA
forms and the instructions to those forms prior to the 60day comment
period initiated by the notice published in the Federal Register (73 FR
63509, Oct. 24, 2008). Those changes were designed to assist the
respondents by increasing their understanding of the forms, clarifying
the instructions for use when completing the forms, and clarifying the
information that is required to be submitted to the districts with the
forms. We received no public comments from the 60day public comment
period. The proposed revisions to the RRA forms will be included starting in the 2010 water year.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Landholders and farm operators of certain lands in our
projects, whose landholdings exceed specified RRA forms submittal thresholds.
Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 15,279.
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Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.02.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 15,585.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,522 hours.
Estimate of Burden for Each Form:
Burden Annual burden
estimate per Number of Annual number on
Form No. form (in respondents of responses respondents
minutes) (in hours)
Form 72180..................................... 60 4,124 4,206 4,206
Form 72180EZ................................... 45 425 434 326
Form 72181..................................... 78 1,205 1,229 1,598
Form 72184..................................... 45 32 33 25
Form 72190..................................... 60 1,620 1,652 1,652
Form 72190EZ................................... 45 96 98 74
Form 72191..................................... 78 777 793 1,031
Form 72194..................................... 45 4 4 3
Form 721PE..................................... 75 146 149 186
Form 721PEIND................................. 12 4 4 1
Form 721TRUST.................................. 60 882 900 900
Form 721VERIFY................................. 12 5,434 5,543 1,109
Form 721FC..................................... 30 214 218 109
Form 721XS..................................... 30 144 147 74
Form 721FARMOP................................. 78 172 175 228
Totals.................................. .............. 15,279 15,585 11,522 Comments.
Comments are invited 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;
(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, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
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 RRA forms. A Federal Register notice with a 60day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information was published in the Federal Register (73 FR 63509, Oct. 24, 2008). No public comments were received.
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.
Before including your address, telephone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire commentincluding your personal identifying
informationmay 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.
Dated: April 21, 2009.
Richard W. Rizzi,
Acting Director, Program and Policy Services, Denver Office. [FR Doc. E912924 Filed 6209; 8:45 am]
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