34678 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 105 / Wednesday, May 31, 2000 / Notices

690–2727 or e-mail address

(susan.1.rees@sam.usace.army.mil).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public

comments can be submitted through a

variety of methods. Written comments

may be submitted to the Corps by mail,

facsimile, or electronic methods,

comments (written or oral) may be

presented at a public meeting to be

scheduled during the month of July,

2000 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Additional

information on these meetings will be

mailed in a public notice to the agencies

and the public and announced in news

releases.

John A. Hall,

Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–13576 Filed 5–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–CR–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of

Engineers

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS)/Draft Environmental Impact

Report (DEIR)/Feasibility Study for

Coyote Creek at Rock Springs Flood

Damage Reduction Study, City of San

Jose, Santa Clara County, CA

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this EIS/EIR is

to identify and evaluate the

environmental impacts of alternatives

developed to provide flood damage

reduction on Coyote Creek in the Rock

Springs area in San Jose, California, as

authorized by Section 205 of the 1948

Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701s), as

amended. To fulfill the requirements of

Section 102(2)(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act, the Corps of

Engineers has determined that the

proposed action may have a significant

effect on the quality of the human

environment, and therefore, requires the

preparation of an Environmental Impact

Statement. This document will also

serve as the Environmental Impact

Report (EIR) under the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Lead agency under CEQA is the Santa

Clara Valley Water District. This

environmental assessment is required

by the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, as amended (Pub. L. 91–

190). Section 102(2)(A) requires Federal

agencies to: ‘‘Utilize a systematic

interdisciplinary approach, which will

insure the integrated use of the natural

and social sciences and the

environmental design arts in planning

and decision making, which may have

an impact on man’s environment.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Written comments and questions

regarding the scoping process or

preparation of the EIS/EIR/FS may be

directed to Tamara Terry, U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, San Francisco

District, 333 Market Street, 717S,

Seventh Floor, San Francisco, CA

94105–2197, (415) 977–8545, Fax: (415)

977–8695. E-mail:

tterry@spd.usace.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Authority: Pursuant to Section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act. of 1969, as implemented by

the Council on Environmental Quality

Act (CEQA) regulations (40 CFR Parts

1500–1508), the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the

Department of the Army and Santa Clara

Valley Water District hereby give notice

of intent to prepare a joint

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report/

Feasibility Study (EIS/EIR/FS) for the

Rock Springs Flood Damage Reduction

Project, Santa Clara, California.

2. Comments/Scoping Meetings:

Interested parties are requested to

express their views concerning the

proposed activity. The public is

encouraged to provide written

comments in addition to or in lieu of,

oral comments at the scoping meeting.

To be most helpful, scoping comments

should clearly describe specific

environmental topics or issues, which

the commentator believes the document

should address. Oral and written

comments receive equal consideration.

Two workshop-scoping sessions will be

held on Thursday, June 29, 2000. The

first, from 2:30–4:30 p.m., is intended

primarily for local, state, and federal

agencies and organizations. The second,

from 7–9 p.m. is intended for all

interested parties. Both meetings will be

held at the Leininger Community

Center, 1300 Senter Road, San Jose,

California.

3. Availability of EIS/EIR/FS: The

Draft EIS/EIR/FS should be available for

public review in the spring of 2001.

4. Agencies Supporting Project: The

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Santa

Clara Valley Water District will be the

lead agencies in preparing the combined

EIS/EIR/FS. The EIS/EIR/FS will

provide an analysis supporting both the

requirements of NEPA and CEQA in

addressing impacts to the environment,

which may result from implementation

of flood control measures.

5. Purpose and Need for Project: This

project is intended to reduce flood

damages from high water in Coyote

Creek.

6. Study Area Description: The Rock

Springs study area encompasses an area

bounded by Phelan Avenue, Senter

Drive, and Needles Drive, in the Rock

Springs area of San Jose, Santa Clara

County, California.

7. 1997 Flooding: In 1997, 25

apartment buildings were badly

damaged during the January 27, 1997

flood on Coyote Creek, approximately a

15-year event. Water in some buildings

was 4 to 5 feet deep.

8. Project Alternatives: a. No Action.

This alternative assumes that no flood

damage reduction measures, structural

or non-structural, will be implemented

in the project area by the Federal

government or any other entity.

Flooding would continue at the same

frequency and intensity as it has in the

past.

b. Flood Control Alternatives.

Preliminary analysis suggests that flood

damage reduction alternatives to be

studied for the Coyote Creek at Rock

Springs area would include both

structural and non-structural measures.

Structural alternatives identified at this

time are an embankment levee and

floodwall, or a setback levee.

9. Other Environmental Review and

Consultation Requirements: The DEIS/

EIR will be used as the primary

information document to secure

compliance the Clean Water Act Section

404(b)(1) guidelines, the Fish and

Wildlife Coordination Act, and the

Endangered Species Act. The DEIS/EIR

will be used by the local sponsor to

meet its responsibilities under the

California Environmental Quality Act,

and used by the San Francisco Regional

Water Quality Control Board to meet its

responsibilities under the PorterCologne Act. The DEIS/EIR will be used

by the ‘‘trustee agency’’ reviews by the

State of California.

10. DEIS/EIR Availability: The DEIS/

EIR will be available to the public in the

Spring of 2001.

Peter T. Grass,

LTC, EN, Commanding.

[FR Doc. 00–13577 Filed 5–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–19–U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information

Management Group, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the proposed information collection

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 105 / Wednesday, May 31, 2000 / Notices 34679

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before July 31,

2000.

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 Leader,

Information Management Group, 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.

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: May 25, 2000.

William Burrow,

Leader, Information Management Group,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Section 704 Annual

Performance Report (Parts I and II).

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local, or

Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Not-forprofit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 336; Burden

Hours: 11,760.

Abstract: This form accomplishes the

Statutory mandate for data collection in

Title VII of Rehabilitation Act of 1973,

as amended (Act) and implementing

regulations. These data collection

requirements are found in sections 13,

706, 721, and 725 of the Act and 34 CFR

part 366. In meeting these statutory and

regulatory requirements the 704 Reports

serve as: annual performance reports

and are a basis for further funding

grantees submitting the reports; a report

of the training and technical assistance

survey; the basis for mandatory on-site

compliance reviews conducted by the

Education Department on 15% of

Centers for Independent Living (CILs)

funded through the CIL program; an

annual compliance self-evaluation with

standards and indicators; and as a

source for an Annual Report to

Congress.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. 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 (202) 708–

6287 or via her internet 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. 00–13564 Filed 5–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information

Management Group, 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 June 30,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW, Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

DWERFEL@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 Leader,

Information Management Group, 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: May 25, 2000.

William Burrow,

Leader, Information Management Group,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Undersecretary.

Type of Review: New.

Title: Annual Performance Report for

the Gaining Early Awareness for

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)

Grantees.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: 

Responses: 185;

Burden Hours: 6,475.

Abstract: The purpose of this

information collection is accountability

for program implementation and

student outcomes for the Gaining Early

Awareness and Readiness for

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP).

The information collected enables the

U.S. Department of Education to