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certificates are reported to the Attorney 

General.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Respondents: 64,250.

Responses Per Respondent: 20.

Total Responses: 1,285,000.

Hours Per Response: .0065.

Total Burden hours: 8,352.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

FAR Secretariat (VR), Room 4035, 1800 

F Street, Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0018, 

Certification of Independent Price 

Determination and Parent Company and 

Identifying Data, in all correspondence.

Dated: October 28, 2004

Laura Auletta,

Acting Director, Contract Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 04–25295 Filed 11–12–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Director, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer 

invites comments on the submission for 

OMB review as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 15, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Carolyn Lovett, Desk Officer, 

Department of Education, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, or faxed to (202) 395–6974.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) provide interested Federal 

agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Director, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, publishes that notice containing 

proposed information collection 

requests prior to submission of these 

requests to OMB. Each proposed 

information collection, grouped by 

office, contains the following: (1) Type 

of review requested, e.g., new, revision, 

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2) 

title; (3) summary of the collection; (4) 

description of the need for, and 

proposed use of, the information; (5) 

respondents and frequency of 

collection; and (6) reporting and/or 

recordkeeping burden. OMB invites 

public comment.

Dated: November 5, 2004. 

Jeanne Van Vlandren, 

Director, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Guaranty Agency Financial 

Report. 

Frequency: Monthly, annually. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; businesses or other 

for-profit. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden:

Responses: 612. 

Burden Hours: 33,660. 

Abstract: The Guaranty Agency 

Financial Report is used to request 

payments from and make payments to 

the Department of Education under the 

Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) 

program authorized by Title IV, Part B 

of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 

1965, as amended. The report is also 

used to monitor the agency’s financial 

activities, including activities 

concerning its Federal fund, operating 

fund and the agency’s restricted 

account. 

Requests for copies of the submission 

for OMB review; comment request may 

be accessed from http://

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 2641. 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., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to the 

Internet address OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or 

faxed to 202–245–6621. Please specify 

the complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be directed to Sheila Carey at her 

e-mail address Sheila.Carey@ed.gov.

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. 04–25256 Filed 11–12–04; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[AMS–FRL–7837–7] 

California State Motor Vehicle 

Pollution Control Standards; Request 

for Waiver of Federal Preemption; 

Opportunity for Public Hearing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for public 

hearing and comment. 

SUMMARY: The California Air Resources 

Board (CARB) has notified EPA that it 

has adopted amendments to the 

California heavy-duty diesel regulations 

for 2007 and subsequent model year 

vehicles and engines (‘‘2007 California 

Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Standards’’) 

and related test procedures including 

the not-to-exceed (NTE) and 

supplemental steady-state tests 

(‘‘supplemental test procedures’’) to 

determine compliance with applicable 

standards. By letter dated July 16, 2004, 

CARB submitted a request that EPA 

grant a waiver of preemption under 

section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7543(b) for these 

amendments. This notice announces 

that EPA has tentatively scheduled a 

public hearing concerning California’s 

request and that EPA is accepting 

written comment on the request.

DATES: EPA has tentatively scheduled a 

public hearing concerning CARB’s 

request on December 15, 2004 beginning 

at 10 a.m. EPA will hold a hearing only 

if a party notifies EPA by December 6, 

2004, expressing its interest in 

presenting oral testimony. By December 

10, 2004, any person who plans to 

attend the hearing should call David 

Dickinson at (202) 343–9256 to learn if 

a hearing will be held. If EPA does not 

receive a request for a public hearing, 

then EPA will not hold a hearing, and 

instead consider CARB’s request based 

on written submissions to the docket. 

Any party may submit written 

comments by January 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: EPA will make available for 

public inspection at the Air and 

Radiation Docket and Information 

Center written comments received from 

interested parties, in addition to any