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Central Avenue, Phoenix AZ 85012–

1936 at (602) 640–2003, or Mr. Alex

Watt, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los

Angeles District, Attn: CESPL–PD–RQ,

P.O. Box 532711, Los Angeles CA 90053

at (213) 452–3860.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Army

Corps of Engineers intends to prepare an

EIS to assess the environmental effects

associated with the proposed action for

the Tres Rios Feasbility Study. The

public will have the opportunity to

comment on this analysis before any

action is taken to implement the

proposed action.

Scoping

The Army Corps of Engineers will

conduct a scoping meeting prior to

preparing the Environmental Impact

Statement to aid in determining the

significant environmental issues

associated with the proposed action.

The public, as well as Federal, State,

and local agencies are encouraged to

participate in the scoping process by

submitting data, information, and

comments identifying relevant

environmental and socioeconomic

issues to be addressed in the

environmental analysis. Useful

information includes other

environmental studies, published and

unpublished data, alternatives that

should be addressed in the analysis, and

potential mitigation measures associated

with the proposed action.

A public scoping meeting will be held

both in conjunction with the City of

Phoenix in September, 1997. The

location, date, and time of the public

scoping meeting will be announced in

the local news media. A separate notice

of this meeting will be sent to all parties

on the project mailing list.

Individuals and agencies may offer

information or data relevant to the

environmental or socioeconomic

impacts by attending the public scoping

meeting, or by mailing the information

to Mr. Alex Watt at the address below

prior to January 30, 1998. Comments,

suggestions, and requests to be placed

on the mailing list for announcement

and for the Draft EIS, should be sent to

Alex Watt, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, Los Angeles District, Attn:

CESPL–PD–RQ, P.O. Box 532711, Los

Angeles CA 90053.

Availability of the Draft EIS

The Draft EIS is expected to be

published and circulated in October

1999, and a public hearing to receive

comments on the Draft EIS will be held

after it is published.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–23112 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief Information

Officer, 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

September 29, 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, SW., 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 Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, 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: August 25, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Evaluation of the Eisenhower

Professional Development Program:

State and Local Activities.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov’t,

SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 4,313.

Burden Hours: 3,817.

Abstract: The Planning and

Evaluation Service is conducting a

three-year study to examine the

Eisenhower Professional Development

Program and to report on the progress of

the program with respect to a set of

Performance Indicators established by

the Department of Education. The

evaluation will provide information on

the types of professional development

activities supported by the program, the

effects of program participation on

classroom teaching, and the quality of

program planning and coordination.

Clearance is sought for a National

Profile, In-Depth Cases, and a

Longitudinal Study of Teacher Change,

to be conducted during the 1997–1998

school year. Respondents include

teachers, educational administrators,

and professional development

providers.

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Notice Establishing Deadlines for the

Submission of Requests for Waivers

That Would Directly Affect SchoolLevel Activities

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Acting

Deputy Secretary establishes deadlines