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from public review, BOEM cannot
guarantee that it will be able to do so.
Public Hearings: BOEM will host
virtual public hearings on the Draft EIS
in February 2021. Information regarding
these hearings can be found at https://
www.boem.gov/ak258. The purpose of
these hearings is to receive public
comments on the Draft EIS. These
hearings are scheduled as follows:
• February 9, 2021; 2:00 p.m.–4:00
p.m. (Alaska Standard Time (AKST))
• February 10, 2021; 6:30 p.m.–8:30
p.m. (AKST)
• February 11, 2021; 2:00 p.m.–4:00
p.m. (AKST)
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.; 43 CFR
46.415 (2019 ed.).
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR85672000, 21XR0680A2,
RX.31480001.0040000; OMB Control
Number 1006–0028]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Recreation Survey
Questions
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comments.
AGENCY:

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 March
16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
by mail to Ronnie Baca, Bureau of
Reclamation, Asset Management
Division, 86–67200, P.O. Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225–0007; or by email to
rbaca@usbr.gov. Please reference OMB
Control Number 1006–0028 in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Ronnie Baca by email
at rbaca@usbr.gov, or by telephone at
(303) 445–3257. Individuals who are
hearing or speech impaired may call the
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339
for TTY assistance. You may also view
the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain.

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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: Reclamation is responsible
for recreation development at all of its
reservoirs. Presently, there are more
than 240 designated recreation areas on
our lands within the 17 Western States
hosting approximately 40 million

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visitors annually. As a result, we must
be able to respond to emerging trends,
changes in the demographic profile of
users, changing values, needs, wants,
and desires, and conflicts between user
groups. Statistically valid and up-todate data derived from the user is
essential to developing and providing
recreation programs relevant to today’s
visitor. Reclamation is requesting reapproval for the collection of data from
recreational users on Reclamation lands
and waterbodies. To meet our needs for
the collection of visitor use data, we
will be requesting OMB to authorize a
two-part request: survey questions for
our regional offices to choose from, and
a survey form template. This will allow
for a custom designed survey
instrument to fit a specific activity or
recreation site. The custom designed
survey would be created by extracting
questions from the approved list of
survey questions that are applicable to
the recreation area and issue being
evaluated. Only questions included in
the pre-approved list of survey
questions will be used.
Title of Collection: Recreation Survey
Questions.
OMB Control Number: 1006–0028.
Form Number: 7–2675, Recreation
Survey Questions.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Respondents to the surveys will be
members of the public engaged in
recreational activities on Reclamation
lands and waterbodies. Visitors will
primarily consist of local residents,
people from large metropolitan areas in
the vicinity of the lake/reservoir, and
people from out of state.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 696.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 696.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 15 minutes per survey (an
average of 20 questions will be used on
each survey; each question will take
approximately 45 seconds to complete
on average).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 140.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Twice
annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden cost: None.
It is estimated that there will be a total
of 140 out of 696 contacts that choose
not to respond to the survey. These nonrespondents account for 1 burden hour
per year.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
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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).
Karen Knight,
Director, Dam Safety and Infrastructure.
[FR Doc. 2021–00806 Filed 1–14–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR03240000, XXXR4079G1,
RX.03441994.0209100]

Central Arizona Project, Arizona; Water
Allocations
Bureau of Reclamation and the
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of final decision to
reallocate non-Indian agricultural (NIA)
priority Central Arizona Project (CAP)
water.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Department of the
Interior (Department) hereby issues
notice of its final decision to reallocate
NIA priority CAP water in accordance
with the Arizona Department of Water
Resources’ (ADWR) recommendation for
reallocation. The Department will
implement this decision by offering to
enter into a subcontract with the entities
and for the quantities of NIA priority
CAP water listed in this notice, as
recommended by ADWR. Any NIA
priority CAP water subject to this
decision which remains uncontracted
after completion of the contracting
process shall be available for future
round(s) of ADWR recommendation and
subsequent contracting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Leslie Meyers, Bureau of Reclamation,
Phoenix Area Office, 6150 West
Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ
85306–4001; telephone 623–773–6211;
facsimile 623–773–6480; email
lmeyers@usbr.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
may call the Federal Relay Service at 1–
800–877–8339 TTY/ASCII to contact the
Ms. Meyers during normal business
hours or to leave a message or question
after hours. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Previous Notices Related to CAP Water
Previous notices related to CAP water
were published in the Federal Register
at 37 FR 28082, December 20, 1972; 40
FR 17297, April 18, 1975; 41 FR 45883,
October 18, 1976; 45 FR 52938, August
8, 1980; 45 FR 81265, December 10,

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1980; 48 FR 12446, March 24, 1983; 56
FR 28404, June 20, 1991; 56 FR 29704,
June 28, 1991; 57 FR 4470, February 5,
1992; 57 FR 48388, October 23, 1992; 65
FR 39177, June 23, 2000; 65 FR 43037,
July 12, 2000; 67 FR 38514, June 4,
2002; 68 FR 36578, June 18, 2003; 69 FR
9378, February 27, 2004; and, 71 FR
50449, August 25, 2006. These notices
and decisions were made pursuant to
the authority vested in the Secretary of
the Interior (Secretary) by the
Reclamation Act of 1902, as amended
and supplemented (32 Stat. 388, 43
U.S.C. 391), the Boulder Canyon Project
Act of December 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 1057,
43 U.S.C. 617), the Colorado River Basin
Project Act of September 30, 1968 (82
Stat. 885, 43 U.S.C. 1501), the Arizona
Water Settlements Act (Settlements Act)
(Pub. L. 108–451, 118 Stat. 3478), and
in recognition of the Secretary’s trust
responsibility to Indian tribes.
Background of CAP Water Allocations
In a Record of Decision (ROD)
published on March 24, 1983 (48 FR
12446), the Secretary, among other
actions, superseded and replaced the
1980 ROD (45 FR 81265, December 10,
1980), reiterated the allocations to
Indian tribes reflected in that 1980 ROD,
allocated CAP water for non-Indian
municipal and industrial (M&I) uses,
and allocated the remaining amount for
NIA uses. Subject to certain conditions,
the CAP water for Indian uses was
allocated to 12 Indian tribes for
irrigation use or for maintaining tribal
homelands. Also subject to certain
conditions, the CAP water for M&I uses
was allocated based on the State of
Arizona’s 1982 allocation
recommendations for non-Indian
entities that provided an amount of CAP
water for M&I use to certain non-Indian
entities, with the remaining amount of
CAP water allocated for NIA use. The
CAP NIA water was allocated to 23 nonIndian irrigation districts or other
agricultural entities as a percentage of
the NIA water supply that was available
in any given year.
Two-party CAP water service
contracts were executed between the
United States and individual Indian
tribes in 1980 pursuant to the 1980
ROD. CAP non-Indian M&I water
service subcontracts and CAP NIA water
service subcontracts were executed with
those entities allocated CAP water and
desiring to enter into subcontracts for
CAP water. The CAP water service
subcontracts for the non-Indian M&I
water and the NIA water are three-party
subcontracts among the entity, the
Central Arizona Water Conservation
District (CAWCD), and the Bureau of
Reclamation (Reclamation). Some of the

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entities that were allocated NIA water
and M&I priority water elected not to
contract for the offered allocations. After
completing the initial subcontracting
process, 29.3 percent of the NIA water
supply and 65,647 acre-feet per year of
M&I water was not under contract.
Congress enacted the Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community Water
Rights Settlement Act of 1988 (102 Stat.
2558) (SRPMIC Act). Pursuant to section
11(h) of the SRPMIC Act, the Secretary
was required to request a reallocation
recommendation from ADWR for the
remaining NIA water that was not under
contract. The Secretary was also
required to reallocate the uncontracted
CAP water for NIA use and to offer new
or amendatory subcontracts for such
water.
By letter dated January 7, 1991,
ADWR recommended an allocation to
the Secretary. The Secretary published a
notice on June 20, 1991 (56 FR 28404),
inviting public comments on the
proposed reallocation of CAP water.
After considering the public comments,
the Secretary published a final decision
on February 5, 1992 (57 FR 4470). That
decision contemplated that new or
amendatory CAP water service
subcontracts would be offered soon
thereafter.
CAP water service subcontracts for
the reallocated water were not executed
for several reasons, including but not
limited to the following: (1) Some
entities could not meet the financial
feasibility requirements for receipt of
CAP water; (2) lack of agreement on the
form of the CAP water service
subcontract, and (3) financial
difficulties in the CAP NIA sector.
Beginning in the early 1990s, longterm utilization of the CAP water
available for reallocation under the 1992
decision and of the uncontracted CAP
M&I priority water was a central issue
in negotiations to resolve various
operational and financial disputes
between Reclamation and CAWCD.
After attempts at negotiations failed,
water contracting issues were included
in litigation and the resulting stipulated
settlement between the United States
and CAWCD. To implement some of the
conditions contained in the stipulated
settlement, new Federal legislation was
required.
After the 1992 decision but before
Federal legislation was enacted, the
Secretary published on June 4, 2002 (67
FR 38514), a notice of proposed
modification to the 1983 decision. The
1983 decision provided that the M&I
allocation can be made more firm by
execution of feasible non-potable
effluent exchanges with Indian tribes
and the M&I allocation was subject to

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