Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 228 / Monday, November 29, 2004 / Notices 69365

instruments to be used in the Impact 

Evaluation of Charter School Strategies. 

The baseline intake instrument will 

collect information from parents of 

children applying for admission to the 

charter schools included in the study. 

The administrative records instruments 

will be used to collect information on 

student outcomes such as test scores 

and will be completed by school or 

district staff in these charter schools as 

well as in comparison schools that are 

attended by control group students. The 

study will examine the impacts of these 

charter schools on student outcomes 

over a two-year follow-up period. 

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 2613. 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 Kathy Axt at her 

e-mail address Kathy.Axt@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. E4–3344 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

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 29, 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 19, 2004. 

Jeanne Van Vlandren, 

Director, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Gaining Early Awareness and 

Readiness for Undergraduate Programs 

(GEAR UP) Application for State Grants. 

Frequency: One-time. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden:

Responses: 35. 

Burden Hours: 1,400. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

information collection is to allow states 

to apply for funding under the Gaining 

Early Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) 

program. The information collected in 

the GEAR UP application package 

allows the Department to make 

determinations as to whether potential 

applicants are eligible for GEAR UP 

funding and to allow field readers to 

score and rank applications for the 

Department to make funding 

determinations. 

This information collection is being 

submitted under the Streamlined 

Clearance Process for Discretionary 

Grant Information Collections (1890–

0001). Therefore, the 30-day public 

comment period notice will be the only 

public comment notice published for 

this information collection. 

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 2642. 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. E4–3345 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

DOE Notification That an Additional 45-

Days Is Needed To Develop Its 

Implementation Plan in Response to 

Recommendation 2004–1 of the 

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 

Board, Oversight of Complex, HighHazard Nuclear Operations

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 

2004–1, concerning oversight of 

complex, high-hazard nuclear 

operations was published in the Federal 

Register on June 7, 2004 (69 FR 31815). 

The Secretary accepted the 

Recommendation on July 21, 2004 (69 

FR 48476). In accordance with section 

315(e) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 

as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2286d(e), the 

Secretary informed the Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board that the 

Department requires an additional 45 

days to complete its implementation 

plan. With the additional 45-days 

allowed to complete its implementation 

plan, the Department expects to approve

69366 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 228 / Monday, November 29, 2004 / Notices 

the 2004–1 implementation plan by 

December 23, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, data, 

views, or arguments concerning the 

Secretary’s response to: Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana 

Avenue NW., Suite 700, Washington, 

DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Theodore D. Sherry, Deputy Manager, 

Department of Energy, NNSA Y–12 Site 

Office, 200 Administration Road, P.O. 

Box 2001, Oak Ridge, TN 37830.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 23, 

2004. 

Mark B. Whitaker, Jr., 

Departmental Representative to the Defense 

Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 228 / Monday, November 29, 2004 / Notices 69367


EN29NO04.000</GPH>
69368 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 228 / Monday, November 29, 2004 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 04–26281 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–C

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[SFUND–2000–0008; FRL–7843–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request, 

Continuous Release Reporting 

Regulations (CRRR) Under CERCLA 

1980 (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 

1445.06, OMB Control Number 2050–

0086

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that the following Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. This ICR is 

scheduled to expire on November 30, 

2004. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. The ICR describes the nature of 

the information collection and 

estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments must be 

submitted on or before December 29, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number SFUND–

2000–0008 to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to superfund.docket@epa.gov, or 

by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 

Response (5202T), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 

and (2) OMB at: Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lynn M. Beasley, Office of Emergency 

Management (5204G), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (703) 603–9086; fax 

number: (703) 603–9104; e-mail address: 

beasley.lynn@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On July 9, 2004 (69 FR 41472), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. 

SFUND–2000–0008, which is available 

for public viewing at the Office of Solid 

Waste and Emergency Response Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Office of Solid Waste and 

Emergency Response Docket is (202) 

566–0276. An electronic version of the 

public docket is available through EPA 

Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

submit or view public comments, access 

the index listing of the contents of the 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

docket ID number identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

CBI, or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket. 

Title: Continuous Release Reporting 

Regulations (CRRR) under CERCLA 

1980 (Renewal). 

Abstract: Section 103(a) of CERCLA, 

as amended, requires the person in 

charge of a vessel or facility to 

immediately notify the National 

Response Center (NRC) of a hazardous 

substance release into the environment 

if the amount of the release equals or 

exceeds the substance’s reportable 

quantity (RQ). The RQ of every 

hazardous substance can be found in 

Table 302.4 of 40 CFR 302.4. 

Section 103(f)(2) of CERCLA provides 

facilities relief from this per-occurrence 

notification requirement if the 

hazardous substance release at or above 

the RQ is continuous and stable in 

quantity and rate. Under the Continuous 

Release Reporting Requirements 

(CRRR), to report such a release as a 

continuous release you must make an 

initial telephone call to the NRC, an 

initial written report to the EPA Region, 

and, if the source and chemical 

composition of the continuous release 

do not change and the level of the 

continuous release does not 

significantly increase, a follow-up 

written report to the EPA Region one 

year after submission of the initial 

written report. If the source or chemical 

composition of the previously reported 

continuous release changes, notifying 

the NRC and EPA Region of a change in 

the source or composition of the release 

is required. Further, a significant 

increase in the level of the previously 

reported continuous release must be 

reported immediately to the NRC 

according to section 103(a) of CERCLA. 

Finally, any change in information 

submitted in support of a continuous 

release notification must be reported to 

the EPA Region. 

The reporting of a hazardous 

substance release that is equal to or 

above the substance’s RQ allows the 

Federal government to determine 

whether a Federal response action is 

required to control or mitigate any 

potential adverse effects to public health 

or welfare or the environment. 

The continuous release of hazardous 

substance information collected under 

CERCLA section 103(f)(2) is also 

available to EPA program offices and 

other Federal agencies who use the 

information to evaluate the potential 

need for additional regulations, new 

permitting requirements for specific 

substances or sources, or improved 

emergency response planning. State and 

local government authorities and 

facilities subject to the CRRR use release 

information for purposes of local 

emergency response planning. Members 

of the public, who have access to release 

information through the Freedom of 

Information Act, may request release 

information for purposes of maintaining 

an awareness of what types of releases 

are occurring in different localities and 

what actions, if any, are being taken to