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Environmentally Sound Products, in all

correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

This information collection complies

with Section 6002 of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

(42 U.S.C. 6962). RCRA requires the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

to designate items which are or can be

produced with recovered materials.

RCRA further requires agencies to

develop affirmative procurement

programs to ensure that items composed

of recovered materials will be purchased

to the maximum extent practicable.

Affirmative procurement programs

required under RCRA must contain, as

a minimum (1) a recovered materials

preference program and an agency

promotion program for the preference

program; (2) a program for requiring

estimates of the total percentage of

recovered materials used in the

performance of a contract, certification

of minimum recovered material content

actually used, where appropriate, and

reasonable verification procedures for

estimates and certifications; and (3)

annual review and monitoring of the

effectiveness of an agency’s affirmative

procurement program.

The items for which EPA has

designated minimum recovered material

content standards are (1) cement and

concrete containing fly ash, (2) paper

and paper products, (3) lubricating oil

containing re-refined oil, (4) retread

tires, and (5) building insulation

products. The FAR rule also permits

agencies to obtain pre-award

information from offerors regarding the

content of items which the agency has

designated as requiring minimum

percentages of recovered materials.

There are presently no known agency

designated items.

In accordance with RCRA, the

information collection applies to

acquisitions requiring minimum

percentages of recovered materials,

when the price of the item exceeds

$10,000 or when the aggregate amount

paid for the item or functionally

equivalent items in the preceding fiscal

year was $10,000 or more.

Contracting officers use the

information to verify offeror/contractor

compliance with solicitation and

contract requirements regarding the use

of recovered materials. Additionally,

agencies use the information in the

annual review and monitoring of the

effectiveness of the affirmative

procurement programs required by

RCRA.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 30 minutes per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

64,350; responses per respondent, 1;

total annual responses, 64,350;

preparation hours per response, .5; and

total response burden hours, 32,175.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals:

Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), Room 4037, 1800 F Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)

501–4755. Please cite OMB control No.

9000–0134, Environmentally Sound

Products, in all correspondence.

Dated: October 20, 1997.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

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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 November 10, 1997.

A regular clearance process is also

beginning. Interested persons are

invited to submit comments on or before

December 29, 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,

D.C. 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection request

should be addressed to Patrick J.

Sherrill, Department of Education, 7th &

D Streets, S.W., Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, D.C.

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, S.W., 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

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
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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: October 22, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Vocational and Adult

Education.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Performance Report for StateAdministered Vocational Technical

Education Programs

Abstract: This report will identify

students served in the state vocationaltechnical system with emphasis on

special populations, indicate those

states in need of technical assistance to

improve services to those students, and

provide trend data to demonstrate the

effectiveness of vocational-technical

education in meeting the needs of youth

and adults.

Additional Information: This

information request represents an

extension of a collection previously

approved by OMB . It is being submitted

at this time because as recently as

August of this year we had been

anticipating the passage of new

legislation for vocational-technical

education and had been crafting new

directions for States to follow that

would be oriented toward the

accountability requirements of the new

law as well as the requirements of the

Results Act. The House Representatives

passed its version of new legislation in

June and the Senate was anticipating

action by early September. It now

appears that enactment of a new Federal

law for vocational-technical education

will not occur until 1998 and will likely

have an implementation date of July

1999.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:

Responses: 53.

Burden Hours: 2,756.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Arms Control and

Nonproliferation Policy; Proposed

Subsequent Arrangement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Subsequent Arrangement.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 131 of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(42 U.S.C. 2160), notice is hereby given

of a proposed ‘‘subsequent

arrangement’’ under the Agreement for

Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of

Nuclear Energy Between the United

States of America and the European

Atomic Energy Community

(EURATOM) and the Agreement for

Cooperation Between the Government of

the United States of America and the

Government of Canada Concerning the

Civil Uses of Atomic Energy.

The subsequent arrangement to be

carried out under the above-mentioned

agreements involves approval of the

following: RTD/EU(CA)–14 for the

transfer of 15,000 grams of enriched

uranium fuel fabrication scrap,

containing 2,962.5 grams of the isotope

U235 (less than 20 percent enrichment)

from AECL in Chalk River, Canada, to

UKAEA in Dounreay, United Kingdom,

for the purpose of recovering uranium

for return to Canada in the form of

uranium metal pieces to be used in the

fabrication of NRU reactor fuel.

In accordance with section 131 of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,

it has been determined that this

subsequent arrangement will not be

inimical to the common defense and

security.

This subsequent arrangement will

take effect no sooner than fifteen days

after the date of publication of this

notice.

Dated: October 22, 1997.

For the Department of Energy.

Cherie P. Fitzgerald,

Director, International Policy and Analysis

Division, Office of Arms Control and

Nonproliferation.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Arms Control and

Nonproliferation Policy; Proposed

Subsequent Arrangement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Subsequent Arrangement.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 131 of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(42 U.S.C. 2160), notice is hereby given

of a proposed ‘‘subsequent

arrangement’’ under the Agreement for

Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of

Nuclear Energy Between the United

States of America and the European

Atomic Energy Community

(EURATOM) and the Agreement for

Cooperation Between the Government of

the United States of America and the

Government of Canada Concerning the

Civil Uses of Atomic Energy.

The subsequent arrangement to be

carried out under the above-mentioned

agreements involves approval of the

following: RTD/EU(CA)–15 for the

transfer of 25,000 grams of enriched

uranium fuel fabrication scrap,

containing 23,280 grams of the isotope

U–235 (93.15 percent enrichment) from

AECL in Chalk River, Canada, to

UKAEA in Dounreay, United Kingdom,

for the purpose of recovering high

enriched uranium for return to Canada

within a twelve month period for use as

target material for the production of

Molybdenum 99.

In accordance with section 131 of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,

it has been determined that this

subsequent arrangement will not be

inimical to the common defense and

security.

This subsequent arrangement will

take effect no sooner than fifteen days

after the date of publication of this

notice.

For the Department of Energy.

Dated: October 22, 1997.

Cherie P. Fitzgerald,

Director, International Policy and Analysis

Division, Office of Arms Control and

Nonproliferation.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

American Statistical Association

Committee on Energy Statistics;

Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770),

notice is hereby given of the following

meeting:

NAME: American Statistical Association

Committee on Energy Statistics.

DATES AND TIMES: Thursday, November

13, 9:00 am–5:00 pm. Friday, November

14, 9:00 am–12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn-Capitol, 550 C

Street, S.W., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

William I. Weinig, EIA Committee

Liaison, U.S. Department of Energy,

Energy Information Administration, EI–

70, Washington, DC 20585, Telephone:

(202) 426–1101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of Committee

To advise the Department of Energy,

Energy Information Administration