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The USG has also determined that

serious damage to this industry is

directly attributable to a sharp and

substantial increase in imports of the

subject yarn from Thailand. Imports

from Thailand have increased

significantly, both absolutely and

relative to domestic production and

world imports, thereby increasing

Thailand’s share of U.S. imports and the

U.S. market. Thailand’s low-valued

imports adversely affected U.S.

domestic prices.U.S. imports of the

subject yarn from Thailand rose to

1,279,683 kilograms in 1996, an increase

of 22.3 percent above the 1,046,174

kilograms imported during 1995. In the

first quarter of 1997, imports from

Thailand surged to 610,843 kilograms,

85.8 percent above the 328,698

kilograms imported in the first quarter

of 1996. Imports from Thailand for the

year ending June 1997 reached

1,557,205 kilograms, 39.7 percent above

the 1,114,926 kilograms imported

during the same period a year earlier.

The USG further determined that

increases in imports of the subject yarn

from all sources constitute the actual

threat of serious damage or the

exacerbation of serious damage to the

defined domestic industry producing a

like and/or directly competitive

product, and that, based on sharp and

substantial increases in imports of the

subject product from Thailand, such

threat was attributable to Thailand.

[FR Doc. 97–24868 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

HQ USAF Scientific Advisory Board

Meeting

The C2 Advisory Group Meeting in

support of the HQ USAF Scientific

Advisory Board will meet at Norfolk,

VA on October 29–30, 1997, from 8:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The purpose of the meeting is to

gather information and receive briefings.

The meeting will be closed to the

public in accordance with section 552b

of Title 5, United States Code,

specifically subparagraphs (1) and (4)

thereof.

For further information, contact the

HQ USAF Scientific Advisory Board

Secretariat at (703) 697–8404.

Barbara A. Carmichael,

Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–24905 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3910–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Scientific Advisory Board

AGENCY: Armed Forces Institute of

Pathology (AFIP), DOD.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Pub. L. (92–463) announcement is made

of the following open meeting:

Name of Committee: Scientific

Advisory Board (SAB).

Dates of Meeting: 13–14 November

1997.

Place: Armed Forces Institute of

Pathology, Building 54, 14th St & Alaska

Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20306–6000.

Time: 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (13

November 1997); 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

(14 November 1997).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Ridgely Rabold, Center for Advanced

Pathology (CAP), AFIP, Building 54,

Washington, DC 20306–6000, phone

(202) 782–2553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

General function of the board: The

Scientific Advisory Board provides

scientific and professional advice and

guidance on programs, policies, and

procedures of the AFIP.

Agenda: The Board will hear status

reports from the AFIP Deputy Directors,

Center for Advanced Pathology Director,

the National Museum of Health and

Medicine, and each of the pathology

departments. Board Members will visit

several of the pathology departments.

Open board discussions: Reports will

be given on all visited departments. The

reports will consist of findings,

recommended areas of further research,

and suggested solutions. New trends

and/or technologies will be discussed

and goals established. The meeting is

open to the public.

Mary V. Yonts,

Alternate Army Federal Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–24899 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

SUMMARY: The 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 October 1, 1997. A

regular clearance process is also

beginning. Interested persons are

invited to submit comments on or before

November 18, 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,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection request

should be addressed to Patrick J.

Sherrill, Department of Education, 7th &

D Streets, SW., Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

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, SW., 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 Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief
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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: September 15, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Applications for Assistance

(sections 8002 and 8003) and State

Certification Requests (section 8009)—

Impact Aid.

Abstract: A local educational agency

must submit an application to the

Department to receive Impact Aid

payments under sections 8002 or 8003

of the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act (ESEA), and a State

requesting certification under section

8009 of the ESEA must submit data for

the Secretary to determine whether the

State has a qualified equalization plan

and may take Impact Aid payments into

consideration in allocating State aid.

Additional Information: This

application has been revised as a result

of an amendment to Title VIII of the

Elementary and Secondary Education

Act. Section 3(a) of the Impact Aid

Technical Amendments of 1996 (P.L.

104–195) added section 8003(a)(4) to the

Impact Aid law. This amendment

authorizes the Impact Aid program to

consider United States military

dependents living off base (‘‘military b’’

children) as if they were living on base

(‘‘military a’’ children) when base

housing is undergoing renovation. This

provision will result in increased

payments for applicants with qualifying

children. Therefore, the Department is

seeking approval for the new Table 9 to

be added to the previously approved

Impact Aid application for FY 1999.

An emergency clearance has been

requested by October 1, 1997 for the

following reasons: (1) If not approved in

time, it would cause public harm

because it will result in payments being

delayed to all section 8003 applicants;

and (2) section 8005 of the Impact Aid

law requires the Secretary to establish a

deadline for the submission of Impact

Aid applicants. Late applications would

result in reduced payment or no

payment at all. The Secretary

established a deadline of January 31

through regulations (34 CFR Section

222.3(a)). It is necessary to receive an

emergency clearance of Table 9 so that

applicants have sufficient time to

comply with the application deadline.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Federal Government; State,

Local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 925,698.

Burden Hours: 943,318.

[FR Doc. 97–24887 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Intent To Prepare a HighLevel Waste and Facilities Disposition

Environmental Impact Statement,

Idaho Falls, ID

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) intends to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

to evaluate alternatives for managing the

high-level waste and associated

radioactive wastes and facilities at the

Idaho National Engineering and

Environmental Laboratory (INEEL).

Under the terms of a 1995 Settlement

Agreement with the State of Idaho,

which has been incorporated into a

court order, DOE agreed to treat highlevel radioactive wastes currently stored

at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant

(ICPP) at INEEL and remove these

wastes from Idaho. The proposed EIS,

titled the High-Level Waste and

Facilities Disposition Environmental

Impact Statement, will assist the

Department in making the decisions

necessary for management of these

radioactive wastes in a manner that will

comply with applicable laws and

regulations, and protect the

environment and the health and safety

of the workers and the public in a costeffective manner.

This EIS will be tiered from two

Environmental Impact Statements: (1)

the Department of Energy Programmatic

Spent Nuclear Fuel Management and

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory

Environmental Restoration and Waste

Management Programs EIS (SNF & INEL

EIS, issued in April 1995), and (2) the

DOE Waste Management Programmatic

Environmental Impact Statement (WM

PEIS, issued in May 1997). As a result,

this EIS will make use of previously

developed information and analyses.

The DOE’s proposed action is to treat

high-activity calcine and sodiumbearing liquid radioactive wastes in a

new facility using a radionuclide

partitioning technology to separate highlevel waste from low-level waste. The

proposed action would also include

closure of 11 underground storage tanks,

the New Waste Calcining Facility, and

associated laboratories and support

buildings at the ICPP.

This EIS will consider reasonable

alternatives for treatment of the highactivity calcine and the sodium-bearing

wastes, and for dispositioning of

facilities associated with those wastes.

Alternatives ranging from grouting

wastes in existing high-level waste

facilities at the ICPP Tank Farm to the

complete removal and disposal of these

wastes will be considered. Alternatives

involving the separation of only the

transuranic constituents from the

wastes, separation of and removal of

hazardous wastes, and full actinide and

metal recovery will also be considered.

DOE will conduct public scoping

workshops on this proposed EIS on

October 16, in Idaho Falls, ID and on

October 23, 1997, in Boise, ID.

DATES: DOE announces two public

workshops and welcomes public

discussion on the scope of the EIS,

including the alternatives the

Department is considering. This public

scoping period begins with the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register and will continue until

November 24, 1997. DOE invites other

Federal agencies, Native American

tribes, State and local governments and

the general public to comment on the

scope of this EIS.

Two public workshops will be held

during this scoping period: