Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 32 / Wednesday, February 16, 2011 / Notices 9003 

Dated: February 11, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3472 Filed 2–15–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 18, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. 

Dated: February 11, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: Annual 

Performance Report of Independent 

Living for Older Individuals Who are 

Blind. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0608. 

Agency Form Number(s): ED(RSA)-7– 

OB FORM. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies or Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 56. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 446. 

Abstract: This data collection 

instrument is being submitted to obtain 

approval for information collection on 

the Independent Living Services For 

Older Individuals Who Are Blind 

program. Through this program, grants 

are made to states to support services for 

individuals age 55 or older whose 

severe visual impairment makes 

competitive employment difficult to 

obtain but for whom independent living 

goals are feasible. This data will be used 

to evaluate and construct a profile for 

the program nationwide. The 

respondents will be the managers of the 

Independent Living Services For Older 

Individuals Who Are blind program in 

each of the 56 states and territories. The 

revisions to this instrument consist of 

two additional items in Part I to capture 

the amount of other federal funds made 

available to the program, and the 

carryover for those funds. In Part III, the 

order of requested information was 

rearranged to avoid double counting of 

consumers in the race and ethnicity 

categories; an item was added to capture 

the number of consumers served who 

are homeless; and items were added to 

capture the number of consumers 

referred from nursing homes, assisted 

living facilities, government/social 

service agencies, and self referrals. In 

Part IV, section C was revised to omit 

‘‘assistive technology’’ and avoid the 

overlap with section B—specifically B2 

and C2 which asked for the same 

information. The word ‘‘regained’’ was 

changed to ‘‘maintained’’ or ‘‘gained’’ 

wherever it appeared in the document 

as appropriate. Finally, in Part VI, we 

added language to link the information 

requested to that already provided in 

Part IV, and added items to capture the 

number of consumers who died while 

receiving services. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4519. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3488 Filed 2–15–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

e-mailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a 

cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please note 

that written comments received in 

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