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and (3), (c) and (e) and published in 32

CFR part 701, subpart G. For additional

information contact the system manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.033]

Student Financial Assistance Federal

Work-Study Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of the closing date for

filing the ‘‘Institutional Application for

the Work-Colleges Program.’’

SUMMARY: The closing date for the

institutional application for the WorkColleges Program (2000–2001 award

year) is June 29, 2000. To participate in

the Work-Colleges program, an

institution must be a public or private

nonprofit institution that requires all

resident students to participate in a

comprehensive work-learning program.

(See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for a

complete description of the

requirements.) The Work-Colleges

Program along with the Federal WorkStudy Program and the Job Location and

Development Program are known

collectively as the Federal Work-Study

programs. The Work-Colleges Program

is authorized by part C of title IV of the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended (HEA).

DATES: Closing Date and Methods for

Submitting the Institutional Application

and Agreement. To participate in the

Work-Colleges Program and to apply for

funds for that program for the 2000–

2001 award year, an eligible institution

must mail or hand deliver its

‘‘Institutional Application and

Agreement for Participation in the

Work-Colleges Program’’ to the

Department on or before June 29, 2000.

If you choose you may fax or e-mail

your ‘‘Institutional Application and

Agreement for Participation in the

Work-Colleges Program’’ by 4 p.m.

eastern time on June 29, 2000. You must

fax the form to Richard Coppage at (202)

260–0522 or (202) 205–1919 or E-mail to

the following address:

RichardlCoppage@ed.gov.

ADDRESSES: Applications and

Agreements Delivered by Mail. An

institution must address an institutional

application and agreement delivered by

mail to Mr. Richard Coppage, WorkColleges Program, Student Financial

Assistance, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,

Portals Building, Suite 600D,

Washington, D.C. 20202. An applicant

must show proof of mailing consisting

of one of the following: (1) A legibly

dated U.S. Postal Service postmark; (2)

a legible mail receipt with the date of

mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal

Service: (3) a dated shipping label,

invoice, or receipt from a commercial

carrier; or (4) any other proof of mailing

acceptable to the Secretary of Education.

If an institutional application and

agreement is sent through the U.S.

Postal Service, the Secretary does not

accept either of the following as proof

of mailing: (1) A private metered

postmark or (2) a mail receipt that is not

dated by the U.S. Postal Service.

An institution should note that the

U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly

provide a dated postmark. Before

relying on this method, an institution

should check with its local post office.

The Secretary encourages an

institution to use certified or at least

first-class mail. Institutions that submit

an application and agreement after the

closing date of June 29, 2000, are not

considered for participation or funding

under the Work-Colleges Program for

award year 2000–2001.

Applications and Agreements

Delivered by Hand. If an institution

delivers its institutional application and

agreement by hand, it must deliver the

institutional application and agreement

to Mr. Richard Coppage, Work-Colleges

Program, Student Financial Assistance,

Portals Building, 1250 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Suite 600D Washington,

D.C. 20202. The Secretary accepts handdelivered institutional applications and

agreements between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

(Eastern time) daily, except Saturdays,

Sundays, and Federal holidays. The

Secretary will not accept an

institutional application and agreement

for the 2000–2001 award year that is

delivered by hand after 4:00 p.m. on

June 29, 2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Work-Colleges Program, we allocate

funds when available for that program

to eligible institutions. We will not

allocate funds under the Work-Colleges

Program for award year 2000–2001 to

any eligible institution unless the

institution files its ‘‘Institutional

Application and Agreement for

Participation in the Work-Colleges

Program’’ by the closing date. If an

institution submits its application and

agreement after the June 29, 2000

closing date, we will use this

application and agreement to determine

the institution’s eligibility to participate

in the Work-College Program beginning

with the 2001–2002 award year.

To apply for participation and

funding under the Work-Colleges

Program, an institution must satisfy the

definition of ‘‘work-college’’ in section

448(e) of the HEA. The term ‘‘workcollege’’ under the HEA means an

eligible institution that (1) is a public or

private nonprofit institution with a

commitment to community service; (2)

has operated a comprehensive worklearning program for at least two years;

(3) requires the participation of all

resident students in a comprehensive

work-learning program and the

provision of services as an integral part

of the institution’s educational program

and as part of the institution’s

educational philosophy; and (4)

provides students participating in the

comprehensive work-learning program

with the opportunity to contribute to

their education and to the welfare of the

community as a whole.

Applicable Regulations

The following regulations apply to the

Work-Colleges Program:

(1) Student Assistance General

Provisions, 34 CFR part 668.

(2) General Provisions for the Federal

Perkins Loan Program, Federal WorkStudy Program, and Federal

Supplemental Educational Opportunity

Grant Program, 34 CFR part 673.

(3) Federal Work-Study Programs, 34

CFR part 675.

(4) Institutional Eligibility Under the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended, 34 CFR part 600.

(5) New Restrictions on Lobbying, 34

CFR part 82.

(6) Governmentwide Debarment and

Suspension (Nonprocurement) and

Governmentwide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants), 34 CFR

part 85.

(7) Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Prevention, 34 CFR part 86.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Richard Coppage Work-Colleges

Program, Student Financial Assistance,

U.S. Department of Education, 400

Maryland Avenue, SW., Portals

Building, Suite 600D, Washington, D.C.

20202. Telephone (202) 708–4694.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339. Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

format (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape or computer diskette) by

contacting the Alternate Format Center

at (202) 260–9895 between 8:30 a.m.

and 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, Monday

through Friday.

Electronic Access to This Document

You may view this document, as well

as all other Department of Education

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documents published in the Federal

Register, in text or Adobe Portable

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet

at either of the following sites:

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http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the PDF version you must have

the Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is

available free at either of the previous

sites. If you have questions about using

the PDF version, call the U.S.

Government Printing Office (GPO), toll

free, at 1–888–293–6498; or in the

Washington, D.C., area at (202) 512–

1530.

Note: The official version of this document

is the document published in the Federal

Register. Free Internet access to the official

edition of the Federal Register and the Code

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO

Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/

index.html

Program Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2756b.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Greg Woods,

Chief Operating Officer, Student Financial

Assistance.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Information Collection Under

Review by the Office of Management

and Budget

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) has submitted renewals for an

additional three years for the

information collection(s) listed at the

end of this notice to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review under sections 3507(h)(1) and

3506(c) of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).

Each entry contains the following

information: (1) The collection number

and title; (2) a summary of the collection

of information, type of request (new,

revision, extension, or reinstatement),

response obligation (mandatory,

voluntary, or required to obtain or retain

benefits); (3) a description of the need

and proposed use of the information; (4)

a description of the likely respondents;

and (5) an estimate of the total annual

reporting burden (i.e., the estimated

number of likely respondents times the

proposed frequency of response per year

times the average hours per response).

DATES: Comments must be filed within

30 days of publication of this notice. If

you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments but find it

difficult to do so within the time

allowed by this notice, you should

advise the OMB DOE Desk Officer listed

below of your intention to do so as soon

as possible. The OMB DOE Desk Officer

may be telephoned at (202) 395–3084.

(Also, please notify the EIA contact

listed below.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the

Department of Energy Desk Officer,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 726 Jackson Place NW,

Washington, DC 20503. (Comments

should also be addressed to the Office

of Information, Records and Resource

Management at the address below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information

should be directed to Peter J. Grahn, Jr.,

Office of Information, Records and

Resource Management (SO–31),

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0670.

Mr. Grahn may be contacted by

telephone at (301) 903–4653, FAX at

(301) 903–6223, or e-mail at

Peter.Grahn@hq.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

information collections submitted to

OMB for review were:

1. Current OMB No.: 1910–0300.

Package Title: Environment, Safety and

Health. Summary: A three-year

extension is requested, which includes

both mandatory and voluntary response

obligations. Purpose: This information

is required by the Department to ensure

that Departmental environment, safety

and health resources and requirements

are managed efficiently and effectively

and to exercise management oversight of

DOE contractors. The package contains

nine information and/or recordkeeping

requirements. Type of Respondents:

DOE management and operating

contractors and offsite contractors.

Estimated Number of Responses: 5,050.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 205,050.

2. Current OMB No.: 1910–0500.

Package Title: Financial Management.

Summary: A three-year extension is

requested for these mandatory response

obligations. Purpose: This information

is required by the Department to ensure

that financial management resources

and requirements are managed

efficiently and effectively and to

exercise management oversight of DOE

contractors. The package contains 13

information and/or recordkeeping

requirements. Type of Respondents:

DOE management and operating

contractors and offsite contractors.

Estimated Number of Responses:

12,715. Estimated Total Burden Hours:

164,528.

3. Current OMB No.: 1910–1400.

Package Title: Compliance Statement:

Energy/Water Conservation Standards

for Appliances. Summary: A three-year

extension is requested for these

mandatory response obligations.

Purpose: This information is required by

the Department to ensure that

manufacturers test and maintain records

concerning the energy or water

consumption of covered products, and

precludes the distribution of any such

products that do not meet standards

established by Congress. By regulation

(10 CFR 430.62(a)), DOE requires

manufacturers of covered products to

submit a compliance statement for each

new basic model of a product. The

package contains 14 information and/or

recordkeeping requirements. Type of

Respondents: Manufacturers of products

covered in Part 430 of Title 10 of the

Code of Federal Regulations. Estimated

Number of Responses: 99. Estimated

Total Burden Hours: 1,584.

4. Current OMB No.: 1910–5102.

Package Title: Reporting and

Recordkeeping Requirements for Makeor-Buy Plans. Summary: A three-year

extension is requested for these

mandatory response obligations.

Purpose: This information is required by

the Department to ensure that the

Department’s management and

operations are subcontracting in the

most cost-effective and efficient manner.

Type of Respondents: DOE management

and operating contractors and offsite

contractors. Estimated Number of

Responses: 36. Estimated Total Burden

Hours: 5,350.

5. Current OMB No.: 1910–5103.

Package Title: Reporting and

Recordkeeping Requirements for Safety

Management System. Summary: A

three-year extension is requested for

these mandatory response obligations.

Purpose: This information is required by

the Department to ensure that the

Department’s management and

operating contractors are performing

work safety at DOE facilities. Type of

Respondents: DOE management and

operating contractors and offsite

contractors. Estimated Number of

Responses: 7. Estimated Total Burden

Hours: 2,450.

Statutory Authority: Sections 3507(h)(1)

and 3506(c) of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).

Issued in Washington, DC, May 30, 2000.

Howard Landon,

Director, Office of Special Projects.

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