30-Day Notice 1006-0006

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DC 20240. If you wish to e-mail
comments, the e-mail address is
Donald_Bieniewicz@ios.doi.gov.
Reference ‘‘Klamath non-use value
survey’’ in your e-mail subject line.
Include your name and return address
in your e-mail message and mark your
message for return receipt.
DATES: Public comments will be
accepted on or before August 10, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Benjamin Simon, Acting Director, Office
of Policy Analysis, U.S. Department of
the Interior telephone at 202–208–5978
or by e-mail at
Benjamin_Simon@ios.doi.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Klamath River provides habitat
for fall and spring run Chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), coho
salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch),
steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss),
green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris),
Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentate),
and Pacific eulachon (Thaleichthys
pacificus). Some of these species are
important components of non-tribal
harvest (e.g., fall Chinook, steelhead),
some have important subsistence and
cultural value to Klamath Basin tribes
(e.g., salmon, sturgeon, lamprey,
eulachon), and some are at low levels of
abundance or ESA-listed (e.g., spring
Chinook, lamprey, coho, eulachon). In
addition to its importance as fish
habitat, the Klamath River also provides
water to agriculture through the Bureau
of Reclamation’s Klamath Irrigation
Project. Oversubscription of Klamath
water has thwarted recovery of
depressed fish stocks and led to
economic hardship for farming and
fishing communities—prompting
federal disaster relief for farmers in 2001
and for fishermen in 2006.
In November 2008 the U.S.
Government, the States of Oregon and
California, and the utility company
PacifiCorp signed an agreement in
principle (AIP) to remove four
hydroelectric dams on the Klamath
River by 2020. Dam removal is being
considered a viable alternative to
volitional fish passage (ladders and
screens), which was being considered
by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) as a condition for
relicensing of PacifiCorp’s hydroelectric
project. Parties to the AIP are working
with stakeholders (including tribes,
fishers, farmers, conservation groups,
and local governments) to reach a final
agreement that would result in the
largest dam removal project in U.S.
history. If achieved, this agreement will
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species recovery, water allocation, and
water quality problems in the Klamath
Basin.
In October 2011 the Secretary of the
Interior is expected to make a final
determination regarding dam removal,
contingent on results of an economic
analysis that will address benefits, costs,
and distributional effects of dam
removal relative to volitional fish
passage.
Dam removal is expected to have
positive long-term effects on the
viability of fish populations and other
aspects of the Klamath Basin ecosystem.
Benefits of these environmental
improvements include ‘‘non-use
values,’’ which accrue to members of
the public who value such
improvements regardless of whether
they ever consume Klamath fish or visit
the Klamath Basin. An information
collection is planned in order to
implement a state-of-the-art non-use
valuation survey of the U.S. public that
addresses the incremental
environmental improvements of dam
removal relative to volitional fish
passage. This data collection is intended
to address one component of an
economic analysis that will include all
costs and benefits of dam removal
relative to volitional fish passage.

Klamath nonuse value
survey ........

Estimated
number of
burden hours

Responses

3,000

6,000

II. Data
OMB Control Number: None. This is
a new collection.
Title: Non-Use Valuation Survey,
Klamath River Dam Removal.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: New.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Estimate Annual Number of
Respondents: 6,000.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
6,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,000.
III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this
IC on: (1) Whether or not the collection
of information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
our estimate of the burden for this
collection of information; (3) ways to
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of the information to be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents. 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 IC. Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail 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.
Dated: June 3, 2009.
Benjamin M. Simon,
Acting Director, Office of Policy Analysis, U.S.
Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. E9–13376 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Agency Information Collection;
Activities Under OMB Review;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently
approved collection (OMB No. 1006–
0006).
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: Certification
Summary Form, Reporting Summary
Form for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR
part 426 and 43 CFR part 428, OMB
Control Number: 1006–0006. 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.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove this information
collection, but may respond after 30
days; therefore, public comments must

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be received on or before August 10,
2009 to assure maximum consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may send written
comments regarding the burden
estimate, or any other aspect of the
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Desk Officer for the Department of
the Interior at the Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, via facsimile to (202)
395–5806 or e-mail to
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. A copy
of your comments should also be
directed to the Bureau of Reclamation,
Attention: 84–53000, PO Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225–0007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445–2897.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Certification Summary Form,
Reporting Summary Form for Acreage

Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR
part 428.
Abstract: These forms are to be used
by district offices to summarize
individual landholder (direct or indirect
landowner or lessee) and farm operator
certification and reporting forms as
required by the RRA, 43 CFR part 426,
and 43 CFR part 428. This information
allows us to establish water user
compliance with Federal reclamation
law.
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
60-day comment period initiated by the
notice published in the Federal Register
(73 FR 63508, 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 60-day public comment period.
The proposed revisions to the RRA
forms will be included starting in the
2010 water year.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Contracting entities that
are subject to the acreage limitation
provisions of Federal reclamation law.
Estimated Total Number of
Respondents: 210.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.25.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 263.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 10,520 hours.

ESTIMATE OF BURDEN FOR EACH FORM
Estimated
number of
respondents

Form No.

Frequency of
response

Total annual
responses

Burden hours
per response

Total burden
hours

7–21SUMM–C and tabulation sheets ..................................
7–21SUMM–R and tabulation sheets ..................................

174
36

1.25
1.25

218
45

40
40

8,720
1,800

Total ..............................................................................

210

1.25

263

........................

10,520

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 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published in the
Federal Register (73 FR 63508, Oct. 24,
2008). No public comments were
received.
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove this information collection,
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submitted to OMB within 30 days in
order to assure maximum consideration.
Before including your address,
telephone number, e-mail 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.
Dated: April 21, 2009.
Richard W. Rizzi,
Acting Director, Program and Policy Services,
Denver Office.
[FR Doc. E9–13413 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for 1029–0061
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing
its intention to request renewed
approval for the collection of
information for 30 CFR part 795—
Permanent Regulatory Program—Small
Operator Assistance Program (SOAP).
This collection request has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. The information collection
request describes the nature of the
information collection and the expected
burden and cost.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove the information
collections but may respond after 30
days. Therefore, public comments
should be submitted to OMB by July 9,
2009, in order to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Department of
Interior Desk Officer, by telefax at (202)
395–5806 or via e-mail to
OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov. Also,
please send a copy of your comments to
John A. Trelease, Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,

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