49502 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 183 / Monday, September 22, 1997 / Notices

September 26, 1997. During the closed

session on September 25, the National

Defense Panel staff will address Issue

Reviews and Report Status on Projects

at the Crystal Mall 3 office. On

September 26 from 0900–1000 during

the closed session the Panel will meet

with Terry O’Connell, Chairman of the

Reserve Forces Policy Board at the

Crystal Mall 3 office. The remainder of

the Panel’s time will be used to discuss

the NDP staff presentations on various

future strategies, desired capabilities,

and developing force elements.

The determination to close the

meeting is based on the consideration

that it is expected that discussion will

involve classified matters of national

security concern throughout.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact the National Defense

Panel at (703) 602–4175/6.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–25084 Filed 9–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary of Defense

Department of Defense Wage

Committee; Notice of Closed Meetings

Pursuant to the provisions of section

10 of Pub. L. 92–463, the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, notice is

hereby given that closed meetings of the

Department of Defense Wage Committee

will be held on October 7, 1997; October

14, 1997; October 21, 1997; and October

28, 1997, at 10:00 a.m. in Room A105,

The Nash Building, 1400 Key

Boulevard, Rosslyn, Virginia.

Under the provisions of section 10(d)

of Pub. L. 92–463, the Department of

Defense has determined that the

meetings meet the criteria to close

meetings to the public because the

matters to be considered are related to

internal rules and practices of the

Department of Defense and the detailed

wage data to be considered were

obtained from officials of private

establishments with a guarantee that the

data will be held in confidence.

However, members of the public who

may wish to do so are invited to submit

material in writing to the chairman

concerning matters believed to be

deserving of the Committee’s attention.

Additional information concerning

the meetings may be obtained by writing

to the Chairman, Department of Defense

Wage Committee, 4000 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–4000

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–25085 Filed 9–19–97; 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 October

22, 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 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 16, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements for the William D. Ford

Federal Direct Loan Program.

Frequency: Varies by section.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 4,402,728.

Burden Hours: 1,789,269.

Abstract: The proposed rules require

the collection of additional information,

in certain cases, in order to discharge a

borrower’s obligation to repay a Federal

Direct Consolidation Loan due to a total

and permanent disability.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: State Library Agencies Survey,

FY 1997–FY 1999.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:

Responses: 51.

Burden Hours: 612.

Abstract: This survey is proposed as

an annual data collection as part of a

federal-state cooperative system of data

collection. State Library Agencies

(STLAs) are the official agency of a state

charged by state law with the extension

and development of public library

services and they receive broader

legislative mandates affecting libraries

of all types in the states (i.e., public,

academic, school, special and library

systems). The data are collected entirely

electronically and the survey is

designed and coordinated by a federal/

state cooperative system. The survey

will provide state and federal

policymakers with information about
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STLAs, their governance, allied

operations, development services to

libraries and library systems, support of

electronic information networks, etc.

[FR Doc. 97–25043 Filed 9–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.264A]

Rehabilitation Continuing Education

Programs; Notice Inviting Applications

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)

1998

Purpose Of Program: To support

cooperative agreements for training

centers that serve either a Federal region

or another geographic area and provide

a broad, integrated sequence of training

activities throughout a multi-State

geographical area.

Eligible Applicants: State and public

or nonprofit agencies and organizations,

including Indian tribes and institutions

of higher education.

Deadline For Transmittal Of

Applications: November 14, 1997.

Deadline For Intergovernmental

Review: January 13, 1998.

Applications Available: September

22, 1997.

Available Funds: $2,903,732.

Estimated Range Of Awards:

$318,612—$525,900.

Maximum Awards By Rehabilitation

Services Administration (RSA) Region:

In no case does the Secretary make an

initial award greater than the amount

listed for each of the following RSA

regions for a single budget period of 12

months. The Secretary rejects and does

not consider an application that

proposes a budget exceeding this

amount.

Maximum Level Of Awards By RSA

Region:

Region II—$439,800

Region III—$525,900

Region VI—$505,300

Region VII—$348,500

Region VIII—$318,612

Region IX—$428,500

Region X—$337,120

Note: Applicants should apply for level

funding for each project year. Also,

applicants are subject to a four percent costshare requirement on awards.

Estimated Number Of Awards: 7.

Note: Applications are invited for the

provision of training for Department of

Education Regions II, III, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and

X only. The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 60 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,

and 86; and (b) The regulations for this

program in 34 CFR Parts 385 and 389.

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR Part 79

apply to all applicants except federally

recognized Indian tribes.

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR Part 86

apply to institutions of higher education

only.

The Rehabilitation Act Amendments

of 1992, enacted October 29, 1992, also

applies. Specifically note that under

section 21(b)(6) of the Rehabilitation

Act, as amended, applicants are

required to demonstrate how they will

address, in whole or in part, the needs

of individuals with disabilities from

minority backgrounds.

For Applications Contact: The Grants

and Contracts Service Team (GCST),

U.S. Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., room 3317

Switzer Building, Washington, D.C.

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 205–

8351. The preferred method for

requesting applications is to FAX your

request to (202) 205–8717. 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.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format by contacting the

GCST. However, the Department is not

able to reproduce in an alternate format

the standard forms included in the

application package.

For Further Information Contact:

Ellen Chesley, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

S.W., room 3318 Switzer Building,

Washington, D.C. 20202–2649.

Telephone: (202) 205–9481.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

format (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

the preceding paragraph.

Electronic Access to This Document

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the Adobe

Acrobat Reader Program with Search,

which is available free at either of the

previous sites. If you have questions

about using the pdf, call the U.S.

Government Printing Office toll free at

1–888–293–6498.

Anyone may also view these

documents in text copy only on an

electronic bulletin board of the

Department. Telephone: (202) 219–1511

or toll free, 1–800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option

G—Files/Announcements, Bulletins and

Press Releases.

Note: The official version of a document is

the document published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 774.

Dated: September 17, 1997.

Howard R. Moses,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special

Education and Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 97–25110 Filed 9–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–641–000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Site

Visit

September 16, 1997.

On September 22, 1997, beginning at

1:30 p.m., the Office of Pipeline

Regulation (OPR) staff will conduct a

compliance inspection of ANR Pipeline

Company’s (ANR) Michigan Leg South

Looping Project facilities in Porter

County, Indiana, and Will County,

Illinois, beginning at ANR’s

construction office located at 8619

Louisiana Place, Merrillville, Indiana.

All parties may attend. Those

planning to attend must provide their

own transportation.

For further information, please

contact Paul McKee at (202) 208–1088.

Warren C. Edmunds,

Deputy Director, Office of Pipeline

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–25030 Filed 9–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–524–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

September 16, 1997.

Take notice that on September 11,

1997, Columbia Gas Transmission