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are available from the Superintendent,
Padre Island National Seashore, P.O.
Box 181300 Corpus Christi, Texas
78480–1300, Telephone (361) 949–8173,
extension 224.
Jock Whitworth,
Superintendent.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended;
System of Records
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of minor changes to two
systems of records.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5
U.S.C. 552a), notice is hereby given that
the Department of the Interior proposes
minor changes to two systems of records
managed by the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation). These changes are to the
systems of records:
‘‘Claims, WBR–5’’
‘‘Acreage Limitation, WBR–31’’
The above notices are published in
their entirety below.
DATES: These actions are effective March
17, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information regarding ‘‘Claims, BOR–5’’
contact Ms. Debra Lange, Property and
Office Services, Policy and Systems
Team at (303) 445–2030, or for
information regarding ‘‘Acreage
Limitation, BOR–31’’ contact Mr.
Richard Rizzi, Reclamation Law,
Contracts, and Repayment Office at
(303) 445–2900. For general information
regarding Reclamation’s Privacy Act
program, call Mr. Casey Snyder at (303)
445–2048.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Recent
Privacy Act Compilations list the
following systems of records with a
prefix of ‘‘Reclamation’’ (e.g.,
Reclamation-5). When originally
published in the Federal Register these
systems of records were identified with
an organization prefix of ‘‘WBR’’ (e.g.,
WBR–5). The content of the systems of
records is the same; the prefixes on
these systems were changed to reflect
organizational changes.
The system of records notices being
revised and the reason for revision are
listed below:
• Claims, WBR–5, previously
published in the Federal Register on
September 27, 1984 (49 FR 38195). This

publication revises the system location
and the system manager’s title and
address. Federal Government
organization titles have been updated
and other minor editorial changes made.
• Acreage Limitation, WBR–31,
previously published in the Federal
Register on March 9, 1994 (59 FR
11085). This publication revises the
retention and disposal statement to
reflect the revisions to the Acreage
Limitation Rules and Regulations, 43
CFR part 426, which became effective
January 1, 1998. Specifically, the
retention period of the certification and
reporting forms (including verification
forms) is changed from 3 to 6 years and
the Code of Federal Regulations cited is
changed from 43 CFR 426.10(h) to 43
CFR 426.19(e). The term ‘‘Federal
Employer’s Identification Numbers’’ is
changed to ‘‘Taxpayer’s Identification
Numbers’’ in the categories of records in
the system and the retrievability
statements. In addition, the term
‘‘Individual Taxpayer’s Identification
Numbers’’ is added to both statements.
Organization titles have been updated
and other minor editorial changes made.
All other changes proposed are editorial
in nature.
Rayleen Cruz,
Manager, Property and Facilities Group.
INTERIOR/WBR–5
SYSTEM NAME:

Claims.
SYSTEM LOCATION:

Commissioner’s Office, Reclamation
Service Center, and Regional Offices:
Pacific Northwest, Mid-Pacific, Lower
Colorado, Upper Colorado, and Great
Plains. See appendix for addresses.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:

Individuals who have filed tort,
employee, or appropriation act claims,
and claims under the Teton Dam
Disaster Assistance Act.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Records include claims and
supporting documents submitted,
information developed during
investigations of claims, and final
disposition.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.
2671–2680; Military Personnel and
Civilian Employees’ Claims Act, 31
U.S.C. 3701, 3721; Public Works for
Water and Power Development and
Energy Research Appropriation Act,
1977, Pub. L. 94–355, 90 Stat. 889;
Teton Dam Disaster Assistance Act, Pub.
L. 94–400, 90 Stat. 1211; Supplemental

Appropriation Act, 1977, Pub. L. 94–
438, 90 Stat. 1415; and annual Energy
and Water Development Appropriation
Acts.
PURPOSE(S):

For settlement of damages relating to
tort and non-tortious claims and for loss
or damage to employee’s personal
property resulting from activities of
Reclamation. Routine uses of records
maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of
such uses:
The primary uses of the records are to
establish the facts and circumstances of
each claim, compile statistical data, and
evaluate claims. Disclosures outside the
Department of the Interior may be made:
(1) To the Department of Justice when
related to litigation or anticipated
litigation; (2) of information indicating a
violation or potential violation of a
statute, regulation, rule, order, or license
to appropriate Federal, State, local, or
foreign agencies responsible for
investigating or prosecuting the
violation or for enforcing or
implementing the statute, rule,
regulation, order, or license; (3) from the
record of an individual in response to
an inquiry from a congressional office
made at the request of that individual;
(4) where relevant or necessary to the
hiring or retention of an employee, or
the issuance of a security clearance,
license, contract, grant, or other benefit,
information may be disclosed: (a) To a
Federal agency that has requested the
information, or (b) to a Federal, State, or
local agency to enable the Department of
the Interior to obtain information from
such agency; (5) to the Soil
Conservation Service, and Farm Service
Agency of the Department of
Agriculture (USDA); Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Army Corps of
Engineers, and Department of Housing
and Urban Development to assure that
benefits to claimants have not been
duplicated by the several agencies
involved in disaster programs; (6) to the
Department of Treasury, Internal
Revenue Service, and State revenue and
taxation departments relative to
compensation for loss of salary or
income; (7) to the Small Business
Administration, Farm Service Agency,
and Department of Housing and Urban
Development regarding loans secured
through those agencies; and (8) to
General Services Administration (GSA)
to document problems with GSA
contract movers which result in claims
against Reclamation.

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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

acreage limitation provisions of Federal
reclamation law, and individuals that
operate such land.

STORAGE:

Note: Records pertaining to corporate or
other commercial entities are also maintained
in the system. Only records pertaining to
individuals are protected by the Privacy Act.

Maintained in manual form in file
folders.
RETRIEVABILITY:

By claimant’s name.
SAFEGUARDS:

Records are maintained with
safeguards in accordance with the
requirements of 43 CFR 2.51 for manual
records.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

In accordance with approved
retention and disposal schedules.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Claims Officers in the Reclamation
Service Center, Commissioner’s Office,
and Regional Offices: Pacific Northwest,
Mid-Pacific, Lower Colorado, Upper
Colorado, and Great Plains. See
appendix for addresses.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Inquiries regarding the existence of a
record(s) should be addressed to the
System Manager at the appropriate
address listed in the appendix. See 43
CFR 2.60.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Same as Notification above. See 43
CFR 2.63.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Written petitions for amendment
should be sent to the System Manager
at the appropriate address listed in the
appendix. See 43 CFR 2.71.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Claimants. Investigations conducted
by Reclamation officials and
contractors, officials of the Department
of the Interior, and State and local
governments.
INTERIOR/WBR–31
SYSTEM NAME:

Acreage Limitation.
SYSTEM LOCATION:

(1) District offices in which subject
individuals submitted certification and
reporting forms (addresses may be
obtained from the applicable regional
office); (2) Regional offices listed in the
appendix; and (3) Bureau of
Reclamation, PO Box 25007, Denver,
Colorado 80225–0007.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:

Individuals that directly or indirectly
own or lease land that is subject to the

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

For owners, lessees, and operators:
Names, addresses, and telephone
numbers.
For owners and lessees: Taxpayer’s
Identification Numbers; Individual
Taxpayer’s Identification Numbers;
Social Security Numbers; citizenship
status; status pursuant to Federal
reclamation law; legal descriptions or
assessor parcel numbers; deeds;
contracts or agreements relative to the
transfer of land ownerships, including
excess land sales and pertinent details
of such sales; signature authorization
documents; power-of-attorney
documents; irrevocable elections; terms
and effective dates of leases; leases;
lease/purchase options; trust
agreements; partnership agreements;
and corporate resolutions.
For farm operators: Farm operating
agreements, type of services provided,
acreage operated by farm operators, and
other pertinent details.
Authority for maintenance of the
system: Reclamation Act of 1902, as
amended and supplemented (43 U.S.C.
371), especially sections 206, 224(c),
224(g), and 228 of the Reclamation
Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa).
PURPOSE(S):

The primary purpose of the system is
to obtain from landowners and lessees
written information on their
landholdings that is pertinent to their
compliance with the ownership and
full-cost pricing provisions of Federal
reclamation law.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

The data collected are used by district
and Bureau of Reclamation personnel to
determine compliance with Federal
reclamation law.
Disclosures outside the Department of
the Interior may be made pursuant to 43
CFR 2.56 and: (1) To the U.S.
Department of Justice or in a proceeding
before a court or adjudicative body
when (a) the United States, the
Department of the Interior, a component
of the Department, or when represented
by the Government, an employee of the
Department is a party to litigation or
anticipated litigation or has an interest
in such litigation, and (b) the
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that the disclosure is relevant or
necessary to the litigation and is
compatible with the purpose for which
the records were compiled; (2) Of
information indicating a violation or
potential violation of a statute,
regulation, rule, order, lease, license,
contract, grant, or other agreement to
appropriate Federal, State, tribal,
territorial, local, or foreign agencies
responsible for investigating or
prosecuting the violation of, or for
enforcing, implementing, or
administering a statute, regulation, rule,
order, lease, license, contract, grant, or
other agreement; (3) To a congressional
office from the record of an individual
in response to an inquiry the individual
has made to the congressional office; (4)
To non-Federal auditors under contract
with the Department of the Interior to
perform audits relating to the acreage
limitation program; (5) To the Internal
Revenue Service for the purpose of
reporting the existence of ‘‘illegal
Federal irrigation subsidies’’ as defined
by Section 90 of the Internal Revenue
Code; and (6) To financial institutions
for the purpose of acquiring information
needed by the lender to complete the
certification and reporting requirements
of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982
(43 U.S.C. 390aa) for involuntarily
acquired irrigable or irrigation land.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:

Disclosure pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552a(b)(12). Disclosures may be made
from this system to consumer reporting
agencies as defined in the Fair Credit
Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f)) or the
Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966
(31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)).
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:

Records are maintained in manual
form in file folders and, where
automated, on magnetic media.
RETRIEVABILITY:

Manual records are retrieved by
district and/or landholder name, by
assessor parcel number, by excess land
sale number, and/or by acreage
limitation topic (e.g., trusts, farm
operators, etc.). Automated records are
retrieved by district identification
number; sale number; landholder name;
operator name; Social Security Number
(if available); Taxpayer’s Identification
Number; Individual Taxpayer’s
Identification Number; telephone
number; address; and/or identifying
property characteristics, such as an
assessor’s parcel number.

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SAFEGUARDS:

Records are maintained with
safeguards in accordance with
requirements of 43 CFR 2.51 for manual
and computer records, and 43 CFR 2.52
for conduct of employees handling
records subject to the Act.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Certiification and reporting forms
(including verification forms) are
retained for 6 years, at a minimum. The
most current fully completed
certification and reporting forms are
maintained on file with the most current
verification form, in accordance with 43
CFR 426.19(e). All other records are
retained in compliance with Bureau of
Reclamation retention schedules that
have been approved by the National
Archives and Records Administration.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Manager, Reclamation Law, Contracts,
and Repayment Office, Bureau of
Reclamation, Denver Federal Center, PO
Box 25007, Denver, Colorado 80225–
0007.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

For inquiries regarding the existence
of their own certification and reporting
forms, individuals should contact the
districts in which they have filed forms.
For requests for access to other records
in the system, individuals may send a
written request to the appropriate office
listed under ‘‘System Location.’’ If you
are unable to determine which office
has the records, you may address your
inquiry to the nearest Reclamation office
listed in the appendix, or to the System
Manager. Requests for notification of the
existence of records shall be in writing,
signed by the requester, and in
compliance with the content
requirements of 43 CFR 2.60.
RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES:

For requests for access to their own
certification and reporting forms,
individuals may contact the district(s)
in which they have filed forms. For
requests for access to other records in
the system, individuals may send a
written request to the appropriate office
listed under ‘‘System Location.’’ If you
are unable to determine which office
has the records, you may address your
inquiry to the nearest Reclamation office
listed in the appendix, or to the System
Manager. Requests for access to records
shall be in writing, signed by the
requester, and in compliance with the
content requirements of 43 CFR 2.63.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

For requests for amendment of their
own certification and reporting forms,
individuals shall contact the district(s)

in which they have filed forms. For
request for amendment of other records
in this system, individuals may send a
written request to the appropriate office
listed under ‘‘System Location.’’ If you
are unable to determine which office
has the records, you may address your
inquiry to the nearest Reclamation office
listed in the appendix, or to the System
Manager. Requests for amendment of
records shall be in writing, signed by
the requester, and in compliance with
the content requirements of 43 CFR
2.71.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Individuals on whom records are
maintained, certain Federal agencies,
State and local governmental units, and
land appraisers.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing
that the information collection requests
for the titles described below have been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
comment. The information collection
requests describe the nature of the
information collections and the
expected burden and cost for 30 CFR
Parts 750 and 877.
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 April
16, 1999 in order to be assured of
consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of either information
collection request, explanatory
information and related forms, contact
John A. Trelease at (202) 208–2783, or
electronically to jtreleas@osmre.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),
require that interested members of the
SUMMARY:

public and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
[see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)]. OSM has
submitted two requests to OMB to
renew its approval of the collections of
information contained in: 30 CFR Part
750, Requirements for surface coal
mining and reclamation operations on
Indian Lands; and 30 CFR Part 877,
Rights of entry. OSM is requesting a 3year term of approval for each
information collection activity.
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 OMB control
numbers for these collections of
information are 1029–0091 for Part 750,
and 1029–0055 for Part 877.
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a
Federal Register notice soliciting
comments for these collections of
information was published on January
4, 1999 (64 FR 179). No comments were
received. This notice provides the
public with an additional 30 days in
which to comment on the following
information collection activities:
Title: Requirements for surface coal
mining and reclamation operations on
Indian Lands—30 CFR Part 750.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0091.
Summary: Operators who conduct or
propose to conduct surface coal mining
and reclamation operations on Indian
lands must comply with the
requirements of 30 CFR 750 pursuant to
Section 710 of SMCRA.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Description of Respondents:
Applicants for coal mining permits.
Total Annual Responses: 75.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,400.
Title: Rights of Entry—30 CFR Part
877.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0055.
Summary: This regulation establishes
procedures for non-consensual entry
upon private lands for the purpose of
abandoned mine land reclamation
activities or exploratory studies when
the landowner refuses consent or is not
available.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: State
abandoned mine land reclamation
agencies.
Total Annual Responses: 30.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 30.
Send comments on the need for the
collections of information for the
performance of the functions of the
agency; the accuracy of the agency’s
burden estimates; ways to enhance the