Notice2025-08702
Agency Information Collection Activities; Lower Colorado River Well Inventory
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Published
May 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentReclamation Bureau
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Reclamation, are proposing to renew an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 94 (Friday, May 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 21075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08702]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR03042000, 25XR0680A1, RX.18786000.1501100; OMB Control Number 1006-
0014]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Lower Colorado River
Well Inventory
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, are proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments. To be
considered, your comments must be received on or before July 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by mail to Kerim Dickson, Water Accounting and Verification Group
Team Lead, LC-4200, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin
Regional Office, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, Nevada 89006-1470; or by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcd7d8d5dfd7cfd3d2fcc9cfdece92dbd3ca"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8d3dcd1dbd3cbd7d6f8cdcbdaca96dfd7ce">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Control Number 1006-0014 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerim Dickson by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9af1fef3f9f1e9f5f4daefe9f8e8b4fdf5ec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="553e313c363e263a3b15202637277b323a23">[email protected]</span></a>, or by telephone at (702) 293-8574. 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 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. All diversion of mainstream Colorado River water must be
in accordance with the Colorado River water entitlement pursuant to the
Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617; Pub. L. 70-642, 45 Stat.
1057). The Consolidated Decree of the United States Supreme Court in
Arizona v. California, 547 U.S. 150 (2006) requires the Secretary of
the Interior to account for all diversions of mainstream Colorado River
water along the lower Colorado River, including water drawn from the
mainstream by underground pumping. To meet the water entitlement and
accounting obligations, an inventory of wells and river pumps is
required along the lower Colorado River that gathers specific
information concerning these wells, such as water level, pumping
volume, and permit number.
Title of Collection: Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.
OMB Control Number: 1006-0014.
Form Numbers: Form LC-25.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Well and river-pump owners and
operators along the lower Colorado River in Arizona, California, and
Nevada. Each diverter (including well pumpers) must be identified and
their diversion locations and water use determined.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 50.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 50.
Estimated Completion Time per Respondent: An average of 20 minutes
is required to interview individual well and river-pump owners or
operators.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 17 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: These data are collected only once for
each well or river-pump owner or operator as long as changes in water
use, or other changes that would impact contractual or administrative
requirements, are not made. A respondent may request that the data for
its well or river pump be updated after the initial inventory.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
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.).
Christina Davis-Kernan,
Acting Regional Director, Lower Colorado Basin.
[FR Doc. 2025-08702 Filed 5-15-25; 8:45 am]
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