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###### Department of Education

# AGENCY:

Department of Education.

# 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.

# DATES:

Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before October 14, 2009.

# 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 send e-mail to                         *oira_submission@omb.eop.gov*.                    

# 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 IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, 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: September 8, 2009.

Angela C. Arrington,

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management.

## Office of Postsecondary Education

*Type of Review:*                     Extension.                

*Title:*                     Application for the EU-U.S. Atlantis Program.                

*Frequency:*                     Annually.                

*Affected Public:*                     Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions.                

*Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:*

*Responses:*                     60.                 

*Burden Hours:*                     1,800.                

*Abstract:*                     The EU/U.S. Atlantis Program will support new types of cooperation in curriculum development and student exchanges between the U.S. and the European Union (EU). Consistent with the provisions of Public Law 105-244 (Title VII, Part B, Section 741 of the Higher Education Act as amended), the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) works to improve postsecondary education through grants to postsecondary educational institutions and agencies. Such grants are awarded on the basis of competitively reviewed applications submitted to FIPSE under its Comprehensive and Special Focus grant competitions. The U.S. Department of Education is requesting approval of the grant application guidelines used to solicit applications for new grants under the Special Focus Program: EU-U.S. Atlantis Program. The EU-U.S. Atlantis Program has been funded annually since fiscal year 1996.                

This information collection is being submitted under the Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information Collections (1894-0001). 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 information collection submission for OMB review may be accessed from                     *http://edicsweb.ed.gov*, by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link and by clicking on link number 4106. 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 the Internet address                     *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov*                     or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request.                

                    Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to                     *ICDocketMgr@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. E9-22032 Filed 9-11-09; 8:45 am]

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