54838 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 204 / Wednesday, October 22, 1997 / Notices

Boland at the above address or by

telephone at (703) 305–9300.

Dated: October 15, 1997.

Bruce A. Lehman,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce and

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.

[FR Doc. 97–27973 Filed 10–21–97; 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

November 21, 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: October 16, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Common Core of Data (CCD)

Surveys.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:

Responses: 57

Burden Hours: 9,635

Abstract: The CCD Survey collects

data annually from state education

agencies about student enrollments,

graduation, dropout; education staff;

school and agency characteristics; and

revenues and expenditures for public

elementary and secondary education.

The Department will use this

information to provide an official listing

of public elementary and secondary

schools and education agencies in the

United States; and provide basic

information and descriptive statistics on

public elementary and secondary

schools and schooling, including school

finance.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Applications for the Programs to

Encourage Minority Students to Become

Teachers.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov’t,

SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 150

Burden Hours: 4,800

Abstract: This application is essential

to conducting the competition for new

awards in fiscal year 1998 for eligible

institutions of higher education and

state and local educational agencies for

the Programs to Encourage Minority

Students to Become Teachers.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Federal Direct Stafford/Ford

Loan and Federal Direct Unsubsidized

Stafford/Ford Loan Promissory Note and

Disclosure.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 2,600,000

Burden Hours: 433,160

Abstract: This form is the means by

which a Federal Direct Stafford/Ford

and/or Federal Direct Unsubsidized

Stafford/Ford Loan borrower promises

to repay his or her loan.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Federal Direct PLUS Loan

Application and Promissory Note.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 210,000

Burden Hours: 105,000

Abstract: This form is the means by

which a Federal Direct PLUS Loan

borrower promises to repay his or her

loan.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Addendum to Federal Direct

PLUS Loan Promissory Note Endorser.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 52,500

Burden Hours: 26,250

Abstract: This form is the means by

which an endorser for a Federal Direct

PLUS Loan borrower with an adverse

credit history applies for and promises

to repay the Federal Direct PLUS loan

if the borrower does not pay it.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Annual Client Assistance

Program (CAP) Report.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 57

Burden Hours: 342
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Abstract: Form RSA–227 is used to

analyze and evaluate the Client

Assistance Program (CAP) administered

by designated CAP agencies. These

agencies provide services to clients and

client applicants of programs, projects,

and community rehabilitation programs

authorized by the Rehabilitation Act of

1973, as amended. Data also are

reported on information and referral

services to any individual with a

disability.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Educational Research Policy

and Priorities Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Educational Research

Policy and Priorities Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of committee

teleconference.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming teleconference of the

Executive Committee of the National

Educational Research Policy and

Priorities Board. Notice of this meeting

is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This

document is intended to notify the

general public of their opportunity to

attend the meeting. The public is being

given less than 15 days’ notice because

of the need to accommodate the

schedules of the members.

DATE: October 29, 1997.

TIME: 4–6 p.m.

LOCATION: 80 F St., NW, Room 100,

Washington, DC 20208–7564.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thelma Leenhouts, Designated Federal

Official, National Educational Research

Policy and Priorities Board,

Washington, DC 20208–7564. Tel.: (202)

219–2065; fax: (202) 219–1528; e-mail:

ThelmalLeenhouts@ed.gov. The main

telephone number for the Board is (202)

208–0692.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Educational Research Policy

and Priorities Board is authorized by

Section 921 of the Educational

Research, Development, Dissemination,

and Improvement Act of 1994. The

Board works collaboratively with the

Assistant Secretary for the Office of

Educational Research and Improvement

to forge a national consensus with

respect to a long-term agenda for

educational research, development, and

dissemination, and to provide advice

and assistance to the Assistant Secretary

in administering the duties of the Office.

The Executive Committee will approve

for publication on behalf of the Board

Standards for the Conduct and

Evaluation of Research: Assessing

Performance on Contracts, Grants, and

Cooperative Agreements; and discuss

possible research topics for FY 99. A

final agenda will be available from the

Board office on October 22. Records are

kept of all Board proceedings and are

available for public inspection at the

office of the National Educational

Research Policy and Priorities Board,

Suite 100, 80 F St., NW, Washington,

DC 20208–7564.

Dated: October 16, 1997.

Eve M. Bither,

Executive Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. EA–158 and EA–160]

Applications to Export Electric Energy;

Williams Energy Services and

Rochester Gas and Electric

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

AGENCY: Notice of applications.

SUMMARY: Williams Energy Services

Company, a power marketer, and

Rochester Gas and Electric, a public

utility, have submitted applications to

export electric energy to Canada

pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal

Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before November 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–27), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

287–5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. § 824a(e)).

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the

Department of Energy (DOE) has

received applications from the following

companies for authorization to export

electric energy to Canada, pursuant to

section 202(e) of the FPA:

Applicant Application

date Docket No.

Williams Energy Services Company (WESCO) ......................................................................................................... 10/1/97 EA–158

Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) ...................................................................................................... 10/10/97 EA–160

WESCO, a power marketing company,

does not own or control any facilities for

the generation or transmission of

electricity, nor does it have a franchised

service area. WESCO proposes to

transmit to Canada electric energy

purchased from electric utilities and

other suppliers within the U.S. RG&E is

a regulated public utility serving

customers in and around Rochester,

New York. RG&E proposes to transmit to

Canada electric energy that is excess to

its system or purchased from electric

utilities or other suppliers within the

U.S.

The applicants would arrange for the

exported energy to be transmitted to

Canada over the international facilities

owned by Basin Electric Power

Cooperative, Bonneville Power

Administration, Citizens Utilities,

Detroit Edison Company, Eastern Maine

Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of

the Highgate Project, Maine Electric

Power Company, Maine Public Service

Company, Minnesota Power and Light

Company, Minnkota Power Cooperative,

New York Power Authority, Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation, Northern

States Power, and Vermont Electric

Transmission Company. Each of the

transmission facilities, as more fully

described in these applications, has

previously been authorized by a

Presidential permit issued pursuant to

Executive Order 10485, as amended.

Procedural Matters.

Any persons desiring to become a

party to these proceedings or to be heard

by filing comments or protests to these

applications should file a petition to

intervene, comment or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the