48636 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 179 / Tuesday, September 16, 1997 / Notices

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: September 10, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Financial and Performance

Report, Library Services and

Construction Act (LSCA), Titles I, II,

and III.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:

Responses: 55.

Burden Hours: 2,481.

Abstract: The State Library

Administrative Agency submits the

Financial and Performance Report

reflecting project expenditures and

completion data, the relationship of the

projects to the LSCA Long-range Plan,

and evaluation project data for Title I

(Public Library Services); Title II (Public

Library Construction and Technology

Enhancement); and Title III (Interlibrary

Cooperation and Resource Sharing).

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board;

Notice of Open Meeting.

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Consistent with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463, 86

Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of the

following advisory committee meeting:

Name: Secretary of Energy Advisory

Board—Electric System Reliability Task

Force.

DATES AND TIMES: Thursday, September

25, 1997, 8:30 am–4:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: Sheraton Inn, Grand

Ballroom, 180 Water Street, Plymouth,

Massachusetts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard C. Burrow, Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board (AB–1), U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586–1709

or (202) 586–6279 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The electric power industry is in the

midst of a complex transition to

competition, which will induce many

far-reaching changes in the structure of

the industry and the institutions which

regulate it. This transition raises many

reliability issues, as new entities emerge

in the power markets and as generation

becomes less integrated with

transmission.

Purpose of the Task Force

The purpose of the Electric System

Reliability Task Force is to provide

advice and recommendations to the

Secretary of Energy Advisory Board

regarding the critical institutional,

technical, and policy issues that need to

be addressed in order to maintain the

reliability of the nation’s bulk electric

system in the context of a more

competitive industry.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, September 25, 1997

8:30–8:45 am—Opening Remarks &

Objectives—Philip Sharp, ESR Task

Force Chairman

8:45–9:15 am—Working Session:

Discussion of the ESR Task Force

Work Plan

9:15–10:15 am—Working Session:

Discussion of a Draft Position Paper

on the Roles of Reliability

Organizations

10:15–10:30 am—Break

10:30–11:30 am—Working Session:

Review of a Draft Position Paper on

the Roles of Reliability Organizations

11:30–12:00 pm—Public Comment

Period

12:00–1:15 pm—Lunch

1:15–2:15 pm—Working Session:

Discussion of Technology Issues

Affecting Reliability

2:15–3:30 pm—Panel Discussion: The

Need to Extend FERC Jurisdiction to

All Entities In Order to Provide

Reliability Oversight

3:30–4:00 pm—Public Comment Period

4:00 pm Adjourn.

This tentative agenda is subject to

change. The final agenda will be

available at the meeting.

Public Participation

The Chairman of the Task Force is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will, in the Chairman’s

judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct

of business. During its meeting in

Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Task

Force welcomes public comment.

Members of the public will be heard in

the order in which they sign up at the

beginning of the meeting. The Task

Force will make every effort to hear the

views of all interested parties. Written

comments may be submitted to Skila

Harris, Executive Director, Secretary of

Energy Advisory Board, AB–1, US

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20585. This notice is

being published less than 15 days before

the date of the meeting due to

programmatic issues that had to be

resolved prior to publication.

Minutes

Minutes and a transcript of the

meeting will be available for public

review and copying approximately 30

days following the meeting at the

Freedom of Information Public Reading

Room, 1E–190 Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C., between 9:00 am and

4:00 pm, Monday through Friday except

Federal holidays. Information on the

Electric System Reliability Task Force

and the Task Force’s interim report may

be found at the Secretary of Energy

Advisory Board’s web site, located at

http://vm1.hqadmin.doe.gov:80/seab/.

Issued at Washington, D.C., on September

10, 1997.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management

Officer.

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