44462 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 162 / Thursday, August 21, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: An emergency review has been

requested in accordance with the Act

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507 (j)), since

public harm is reasonably likely to

result if normal clearance procedures

are followed. Approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) has

been requested by September 19, 1997.

A regular clearance process is also

beginning. Interested persons are

invited to submit comments on or before

October 20, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

regarding the emergency review 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,

D.C. 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection request

should be addressed to Patrick J.

Sherrill, Department of Education, 7th &

D Streets, S.W., Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, D.C.

20202–4651.

Written comments regarding the

regular clearance and 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, or should

be electronic mailed to the internet

address #FIRB@ed.gov, or should be

faxed to 202–708-9346.

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 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 3506 (c)(2)(A)) requires that the

Director of OMB provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. The Office of

Management and Budget (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 Acting Deputy

Chief Information Officer, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests at the beginning of

the Departmental review of the

information collection. 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. ED invites

public comment at the address specified

above. Copies of the requests are

available from Patrick J. Sherrill at the

address specified above.

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: August 15, 1997.

Linda C. Tague

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Emergency.

Title: Report of Children and Youth

with Disabilities Receiving Special

Education Under Part B of Individuals

with Disabilities Education Act.

Abstract: This package provides

instructions and forms necessary for

States to report the number of children

with disabilities served under IDEA-B

receiving special education and related

services. It serves as the basis for

distributing Federal assistance,

monitoring, implementing, and

Congressional reporting.

Additional Information: This form

provides instructions and information

for States to submit a count of children

and youth with disabilities receiving

special education and related services.

This information is used by the Office

of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

as the basis for providing Federal

assistance to States. In addition, OSEP

uses this information to assist in

establishing programmatic priorities

(such as expanding or adapting services

for students with serious emotional

disturbance), to monitor States to ensure

compliance with Federal statute and

regulations, and to disseminate data to

Congress and the public.

Emergency clearance is requested on

the basis of a statutory deadline.

Revisions to the form were necessitated

by the passage of P.L. 105–17, the

Individuals with Disabilities Education

Act Amendments of 1997. While the

data collection requirements (Section

618) of this law do not go into effect

until July 1, 1998, two sections of the

law—Section 602 and Section 611—

which impact the 1997 data collection

went into effect on June 4, 1997.

Therefore, this emergency clearance

must be effective for the statutory

collection of child count data on

October 31 or December 1, 1997.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 58.

Burden Hours: 15,196.

[FR Doc. 97–22123 Filed 8–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC–511]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

August 15, 1997.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. 104–13), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

soliciting public comment on the

specific aspects of the information

collection described below.

DATES: Comments are due October 20,

1997.