Notice2025-22819
Agency Information Collection Activities; Diversions, Return Flow, and Consumptive Use of Colorado River Water in the Lower Colorado River Basin
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Published
December 15, 2025
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 and revise an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 238 (Monday, December 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58052-58054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22819]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR03042000, 25XR0680A1, RX.18786000.1000000; OMB Control Number 1006-
0015]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Diversions, Return
Flow, and Consumptive Use of Colorado River Water in the Lower Colorado
River Basin
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), are proposing to renew and
revise an information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
February 13, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by mail to Kerim Dickson, Team Lead, Water Accounting and
Verification Group, LCB-4210, Boulder Canyon Operations Office,
Interior Region 8: Lower Colorado Basin, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O.
Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006-1470; or by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a1cac5c8c2cad2cecfe1d4d2c3d38fc6ced7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dbb0bfb2b8b0a8b4b59baea8b9a9f5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a> with a courtesy copy to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7a5a8b5eab4afa6eaa5a4a8a8a6a3aaaea987b2b4a5b5e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c5e534e114f545d115e5f53535d585155527c494f5e4e125b534a">[email protected]</span></a>.
Please
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reference OMB Control Number 1006-0015 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerim Dickson by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9cf7f8f5fff7eff3f2dce9effeeeb2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2c9c6cbc1c9d1cdcce2d7d1c0d08cc5cdd4">[email protected]</span></a>, or by telephone at (725) 232-6443. 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 by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). We may neither conduct nor 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: Reclamation delivers Colorado River water to water users
for diversion and beneficial consumptive use in the States of Arizona,
California, and Nevada. The Consolidated Decree of the United States
Supreme Court in the case of Arizona v. California, et al., entered
March 27, 2006 (547 U.S. 150 (2006)), requires the Secretary of the
Interior to prepare and maintain complete, detailed, and accurate
records of diversions of water, return flow, and consumptive use and to
make these records available at least annually.
The information collected ensures that a State or a water user
within a State does not exceed its authorized use of Colorado River
water. Water users are obligated by provisions in their water delivery
contracts to provide Reclamation information on diversions and return
flows. Reclamation determines the consumptive use by subtracting return
flow from diversions or by other engineering means.
Revisions are being made to this information collection to
eliminate Form LC-72B, ``Fee for Diversions of Colorado River Water for
Municipal, Industrial, and Domestic Uses in the State of [Enter
State].'' This form is no longer required. The form number of Form LC-
72A, ``Diversions of Colorado River Water and Return Flow for
Municipal, Industrial, Domestic, and Irrigation Uses in the State of
[Enter State],'' will be revised to Form LC-72 as the elimination of
Form LC-72B removes the need to differentiate between Form LC-72A and
Form LC-72B.
Title of Collection: ``Diversions, Return Flow, and Consumptive Use
of Colorado River Water in the Lower Colorado River Basin.''
OMB Control Number: 1006-0015.
Form Number: LC-72, Custom Forms.
Type of Review: Revision and renewal of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: The respondents will include the Lower
Basin States (Arizona, California, and Nevada), local and Tribal
entities, water districts, and individuals that use Colorado River
water.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 84.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 491.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: See table.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 103 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly, annually, or otherwise as
stipulated by the water user's Colorado River water delivery contract
with the Secretary of the Interior.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: None.
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Frequency of data collection (monthly/ Form No. Number of Minutes/ responses/ Total Total hours/
annual) respondents response respondent responses/year year
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Annual.................................... LC-72....................... 20 10 1 20 3
Monthly................................... Custom Forms................ 37 12 12 444 89
Annual.................................... Custom Forms................ 27 25 1 27 11
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Total................................. ............................ 84 .............. .............. 491 103
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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.).
Genevieve Johnson,
Acting Regional Director, Interior Region 8: Lower Colorado Basin,
Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 2025-22819 Filed 12-12-25; 8:45 am]
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