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the Battery, New York. The project area

includes the ocean and bay shorelines,

Fire Island, Moriches and Shinnecock

Inlets, barrier beaches, the mainland, as

well as suitable offshore borrow areas

for that will supply material for beach

construction and replenishment.

2. Reasonable Alternative Actions

The ongoing reformulation study will

further consider beach fill alternatives,

and others, including, but not limited

to, ‘‘hard structures’’ such as groin

fields, seawalls, revetments, and

breakwaters to identify an economically

optimal plan.

3. Scoping Process

A. Public Involvement

A separate scoping correspondence

detailing the proposed plan will be

distributed to all appropriate public and

private agencies and organizations with

the intent of receiving opinions all from

interested parties. Public information

meetings will be scheduled throughout

the EIS phase. Additions to this mailing

list can be made by notifying the project

EIS coordinator.

B. Significant Issues Requiring In-Depth

Analysis

1. Water Quality Impacts 2.

Archaeological and Cultural Resources

Impacts 3. Aquatic and Terrestrial

Resources Impacts 4. Shorebird

Populations 5. Recreational Impacts 6.

Economic Impacts 7. Longshore Sand

Transport.

C. Environmental Review and

Consultation

Review will be conducted as outlined

in the Council on Environmental

Quality regulations dated November 29,

1983 (40 CFR parts 1500–108) and U.S.

Army Corps of Engineer regulation ER

200–2–2 dated March 4, 1988.

4. Scoping Meetings

To date, there have been two

interagency scoping meetings: a. an

Interagency Scoping meeting sponsored

by the New York District, held on

November 7, 1996, and b. a Municipal

Information meeting sponsored by the

local sponsor, the New York Department

of Environmental Conservation. The

first scheduled public information

meetings have been scheduled for July

30, 1997, at Dowling College, Oakdale,

New York and August 14, 1997 at

Southampton, Hampton Bays

Community Center, New York. The

purpose of the information meetings is

to enable the public to: learn about the

potential alternatives, suggest other

alternatives, and provide input to the

study and technical managers regarding

potential data gaps. A series of meetings

will follow and are to be scheduled at

a later date and advertised in local

newspapers.

5. Estimated Date of DEIS Availability

May 2001.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3710–06–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Management Group, 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 August

27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

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 of the

Information Resources Management

Group publishes this 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 at the address specified

above. Copies of the requests are

available from Patrick J. Sherrill at the

address specified above.

Dated: July 22, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Management

Group.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Title: Evaluation Form for the

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad

Program.

Frequency: One Time Per

Application.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 125.

Burden Hours: 94.

Abstract: Form to be used by

participants under the Fulbright-Hays

Seminars Abroad program to evaluate

the substance and quality of the

seminars and the administrative

capability of the overseas agencies.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Type of Review: New.

Title: Department of Education

Federal Cash Award Certification

Statement and Department of Education

Federal Cash Quarterly Confirmation

Statement.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not for Profit institutions;

Federal Government; State, Local or

Tribal Government, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 12,000.

Burden Hours: 38,160.

Abstract: The collection of the Federal

Cash Award Statement is necessary for

the Agency to monitor cash advanced to

grantees and to obtain expenditure

information for each grant from

grantees. Information collection is used

to report total outlays to the Office of

Management and Budget and the
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Department of the Treasury and is used

to project the Federal government’s and

the Department’s financial condition.

This information collection also enables

the Department to provide Treasury

with outlay information to facilitate

Treasury’s estimation of future

borrowing requirements. Respondents

include over 12,000 State, local, college,

university, proprietary school and nonprofit grantees who draw funds from the

Department.

The collection of Federal cash

quarterly confirmation statement

enables grantees to identify

discrepancies in grant authorizations,

and funds drawn and funds refunded.

Action is required only if a grantee’s

records do not agree with the

information contained on the statement.

This information will be used to help

grantees report and initiate resolution of

discrepancies. Respondents include

over 12,000 State, local, college,

university, proprietary school and nonprofit grantees who draw funds from the

Department.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: New.

Title: Grantee Reporting Form.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; State,

local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 165.

Burden Hours: 1.

Abstract: Rehabilitation Services

Administration (RSA) training grants

provide stipends to ‘‘RSA Scholars’’ in

order to train skilled rehabilitation

personnel. Grantees are required to

‘‘track’’ scholars, relative to the

‘‘payback’’ provision in the

Rehabilitation Act. Data collection is

reported annually to RSA in order to

monitor performance and report

progress to Congress.

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Reports Regarding Employment of

Veterans

AGENCY: The Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document provides

notice to DOE contractors and

prospective bidders/offerors that annual

reports regarding employment of certain

veterans must be furnished to the

Department of Labor. Under the Energy

and Water Development Appropriations

Act, 1997, the Department of Energy

will seek to verify that an offeror or

contractor has submitted their required

annual ‘‘Veterans 100’’ report before

making any contract award, renewal or

expenditure.

EFFECTIVE DATES: This limitation is

effective for the term of the

appropriation which is October 1, 1996

through September 30, 1997, or such

later date as the funds may be available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard B. Langston, Office of

Procurement and Assistance Policy

(HR–51), Office of the Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Procurement and

Assistance Management, Department of

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue

SW., Washington, D.C. 20585–0705,

(202) 586–8247.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Energy and Water Development

Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law

104–206, provides at Section 510 that

none of the funds made available in the

Act may be obligated or expended to

award or renew a contract if the

contractor has not filed its most recent

annual report regarding the employment

of certain veterans (‘‘Veterans 100

Report’’) which may be required by

section 4212(d) of title 38 of the United

States Code. These reporting

requirements are described in more

detail at on § 22.1308 of the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR

22.1302). Generally, the report is

required under any Federal contract

exceeding $10,000 by a clause found at

§ 52.222–37 of the Federal Acquisition

Regulation (48 CFR 52.222–37). Before

making an award, renewal or

expenditure from this appropriation, the

Department of Energy will seek to verify

that the offeror or contractor has

submitted its most recent required

‘‘Veterans 100’’ report. If a required

report has not been filed, the

Department may not make an award,

renewal or expenditure until the

required report is furnished to the

Department of Labor.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on July 12,

1997.

Richard H. Hopf,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Procurement

and Assistance Management.

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. RP97–90–002 and RP97–99–

003]

Algonquin LNG, Inc.; Notice of

Compliance Filing

July 22, 1997.

Take notice that on July 18, 1997,

Algonquin LNG, Inc. (ALNG) tendered

for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

First Revised Volume No. 1, Sub

Original Sheet No. 83, to be effective

July 1, 1997.

ALNG asserts that he purpose of this

filing is to comply with the

Commission’s letter order dated July 3,

1997 in Docket Nos. RP97–90–001 and

RP97–99–002. ALNG states that the July

3 letter order required ALNG to revise

its tariff to reflect certain GISB

nominations standards, for which the

Commission denied ALNG’s requests for

waivers.

ALNG states that copies of the filing

were served on firm customers of

ALNG, interested state commissions and

parties to the proceedings.

Any person desiring to protest this

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Section

385.211 of the Commission’s

Regulations. All such motions or

protests must be filed as provided in

Section 154.210 of the Commission’s

Regulations. Protests will be considered

by the Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Copies of this filing are

on file with the Commission and

available for public inspection in the

Public Reference Room.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–2867–000]

The Alternative Current Power Group;

Notice of Issuance of Order

July 23, 1997.

The Alternative Current Power Group

(ACPG) submitted for filing a rate

schedule under which ACPG will

engage in wholesale electric power and

energy transactions as a marketer. ACPG