Notice2023-14437
Agency Information Collection Activities; Forms to Determine Compliance by Certain Landholders
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Published
July 10, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentReclamation Bureau
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), are proposing to renew an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 130 (Monday, July 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43629-43631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14437]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR83550000, 234R5065C6, RX.59389832.1009676; OMB Control Number 1006-
0023]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Forms to Determine
Compliance by Certain Landholders
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), are proposing to renew an
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 8, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by email to Janice Perez, Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Policy
and Programs, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4329222d2a2026332631263903363021316d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afc5cec1c6cccadfcaddcad5efdadccddd81c8c0d9">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1006-0023 in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Janice Perez by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3b9b2bdbab0b6a3b6a1b6a993a6a0b1a1fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2a8a3acaba1a7b2a7b0a7b882b7b1a0b0eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>,
or by telephone at (303) 817-4477. Individuals in the United States who
are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require approval under the PRA. We may not
conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on
new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public
understand our information collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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
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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.
Abstract.
Identification of limited recipients--Some entities that receive
Reclamation irrigation water may believe that they are under the
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA) forms submittal threshold and,
consequently, may not submit the appropriate RRA form(s). However, some
of these entities may in fact have a different RRA forms submittal
threshold than what they believe it to be due to the number of natural
persons benefiting from each entity and the location of the land held
by each entity. In addition, some entities that are exempt from the
requirement to submit RRA forms due to the size of their landholdings
(directly and indirectly owned and leased land) may in fact be
receiving Reclamation irrigation water for which the full-cost rate
must be paid because the start of Reclamation irrigation water
deliveries occurred after October 1, 1981 [43 CFR 426.6(b)(2)]. The
information obtained through completion of the Limited Recipient
Identification Sheet (Form 7-2536) allows us to establish entities'
compliance with Federal reclamation law. The Limited Recipient
Identification Sheet is disbursed at our discretion.
Trust review--In order to administer section 214 of the RRA and 43
CFR 426.7, we are required to review and approve all trusts. Land held
in trust generally will be attributed to the beneficiaries of the trust
rather than the trustee if the criteria specified in the RRA and 43 CFR
426.7 are met. We may extend the option to complete and submit for our
review the Trust Information Sheet (Form 7-2537) instead of actual
trust documents when we become aware of trusts with a relatively small
landholding (40 acres or less in districts subject to the prior law
provisions of Federal reclamation law, 240 acres or less in districts
subject to the discretionary provisions of Federal reclamation law). If
we find nothing on the completed Trust Information Sheet that would
warrant the further review of a particular trust, that trustee will not
be burdened with submitting trust documents to us for in-depth review.
The Trust Information Sheet is disbursed at our discretion.
Acreage limitation provisions applicable to public entities--Land
farmed by a public entity can be considered exempt from the application
of the acreage limitation provisions provided the public entity meets
certain criteria pertaining to the revenue generated through the
entity's farming activities (43 CFR 426.10 and the Act of July 7, 1970,
Public Law 91-310). We are required to ascertain whether public
entities that receive Reclamation irrigation water meet such revenue
criteria regardless of how much land the public entities hold (directly
or indirectly own or lease) [43 CFR 426.10(a)]. In order to minimize
the burden on public entities, standard RRA forms are submitted by a
public entity only when the public entity holds more than 40 acres
subject to the acreage limitation provisions westwide, which makes it
difficult to apply the revenue criteria as required to those public
entities that hold less than 40 acres. When we become aware of such
public entities, we request those public entities complete and submit
for our review the Public Entity Information Sheet (Form 7-2565), which
allows us to establish compliance with Federal reclamation law for
those public entities that hold 40 acres or less and, thus, do not
submit a standard RRA form because they are below the RRA forms
submittal threshold. In addition, for those public entities that do not
meet the exemption criteria, we must determine the proper rate to
charge for Reclamation irrigation water deliveries. The Public Entity
Information Sheet is disbursed at our discretion.
Acreage limitation provisions applicable to religious or charitable
organizations--Some religious or charitable organizations that receive
Reclamation irrigation water may believe that they are under the RRA
forms submittal threshold and, consequently, may not submit the
appropriate RRA form(s). However, some of these organizations may in
fact have a different RRA forms submittal threshold than what they
believe it to be depending on whether these organizations meet all of
the required criteria for full special application of the acreage
limitations provisions to religious or charitable organizations [43 CFR
426.9(b)]. In addition, some organizations that (1) do not meet the
criteria to be treated as a religious or charitable organization under
the acreage limitation provisions, and (2) are exempt from the
requirement to submit RRA forms due to the size of their landholdings
(directly and indirectly owned and leased land), may in fact be
receiving Reclamation irrigation water for which the full-cost rate
must be paid because the start of Reclamation irrigation water
deliveries occurred after October 1, 1981 [43 CFR 426.6(b)(2)]. The
Religious or Charitable Organization Identification Sheet (Form 7-2578)
allows us to establish certain religious or charitable organizations'
compliance with Federal reclamation law. The Religious or Charitable
Organization Identification Sheet is disbursed at our discretion.
Title of Collection: Forms to Determine Compliance by Certain
Landholders, 43 CFR part 426.
OMB Control Number: 1006-0023.
Form Numbers: Form 7-2536, Form 7-2537, Form 7-2565, and Form 7-
2578.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Entity landholders, trusts, public
entities, and religious or charitable organizations identified by
Reclamation that are subject to the acreage limitation provisions of
Federal reclamation law.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 125.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 125.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: See table below.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 15 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: Generally, these forms will be submitted
only once per identified entity, trust, public entity, or religious or
charitable organization. Each year, we expect new responses in
accordance with the following numbers.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
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Burden
estimate per Number of Annual number Annual burden on
Form No. form (in respondents of responses respondents (in
minutes) hours)
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Limited Recipient Identification Sheet........ 5 50 50 4
Trust Information Sheet....................... 5 50 50 4
Public Entity Information Sheet............... 15 15 15 4
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Religious or Charitable Identification Sheet.. 15 10 10 3
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Totals.................................... .............. 125 125 15
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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.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Christopher Beardsley,
Director, Policy and Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-14437 Filed 7-7-23; 8:45 am]
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