55614 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 207 / Monday, October 27, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

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: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

December 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments 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.

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.

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: October 21, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Annual Report of Children in

State Agency and Locally Operated

Institutions for Neglected or Delinquent

Children.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 3,052.

Burden Hours: 4,120.

Abstract: An annual survey is

conducted to collect data on (1) the

number of children enrolled in

educational programs of State-operated

institutions for neglected or delinquent

(N or D) children, community day

programs for N or D children and adult

correctional institutions and (2) the

October caseload of N or D children in

local institutions. ED uses the data

collected through this survey in the

statutory formula to allocate Title I, Part

A and Part D, Subpart 1 funds.

[FR Doc. 97–28324 Filed 10–24–97; 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 26, 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: October 21, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement.
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Title: Application for Grants Under

the Magnet Schools Assistance Program

(MSAP).

Frequency: Triennially.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 180.

Burden Hours: 4,500.

Abstract: The application is used by

local educational agencies to apply

under the magnet schools program. The

Department uses this information to

make grant awards.

[FR Doc. 97–28323 Filed 10–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.200]

Graduate Assistance in Areas of

National Need Program; Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 1998

Purpose of Program: This program

provides fellowships through academic

departments and programs of

institutions of higher education to assist

graduate students of superior ability

who demonstrate financial need. The

purpose of the program is to sustain and

enhance the capacity for teaching and

research in areas of national need.

Eligible Applicants: Academic

departments and programs of

institutions of higher education that

meet the requirements in 34 CFR 648.2.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: January 5, 1998.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: March 5, 1998.

Applications Available: November 7,

1998.

Available Funds: $16,000,000.

Estimated Range of Awards:

$122,251–$750,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$243,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 60.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 85, and

86; and (b) the regulations in 34 CFR

Part 648.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Stipend Level: The Secretary has

determined that the maximum

fellowship stipend for academic year

1998–1999 is $15,000, which is equal to

the level of support that the National

Science Foundation is providing for its

graduate fellowships.

Institutional Payment: The Secretary

estimates that the institutional payment

for academic year 1998–1999 will be

$10,051, which represents a 3.3 percent

adjustment of the academic year 1997–

1998 payment based on the Department

of Labor’s projection in April 1997 of

the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for

1997. The Secretary will adjust the

institutional payment prior to the

issuance of grant awards based on the

Department of Labor’s projection in

December 1997 of the CPI for 1998.

Priorities

Absolute Priorities

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34

CFR 648.33, the Secretary gives an

absolute preference to applications that

meet one or more of the following

priorities. The Secretary funds under

this competition only applications that

meet one or more of these absolute

priorities:

Applications that propose to provide

fellowships in one or more of the

following areas of national need:

Biology, Chemistry, Computer and

Information Sciences, Engineering,

Geoscience, Mathematics, and Physics.

Invitational Priority 1—

Within the absolute priority specified

above, the Secretary is particularly

interested in receiving applications from

mathematics programs that train Ph.Ds

in mathematics who will specialize in

the teaching of mathematics, to students

at the K–12 level.

Invitational Priority 2—

Within the absolute priority specified

above, the Secretary is interested in

receiving applications from biology,

chemistry, and physics programs that

train Ph.Ds who will specialize in the

teaching of biology, chemistry or

physics, to students at the K–12 level.

Invitational Priority 3—

Within the absolute priority specified

above, the Secretary is interested in

receiving applications from engineering

programs that train Ph.Ds for careers in

the fields of environmental/

environmental health and robotic

technology.

For Applications or Information

Contact

Cosette H. Ryan, U.S. Department of

Education, International Education and

Graduate Program Service, 600

Independence Ave, S.W., Suite 600–B,

Portals Building, Washington, D. C.

20202–5247. Telephone: (202) 260–

3608. 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 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.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format, also, by

contacting that person. However, the

Department is not able to reproduce in

an alternate format the standard forms

included in the application package.

Note: The official application notice for a

discretionary grant competition is the notice

published in the Federal Register.

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.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134l–

1134q–1.

Dated: October 20, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–28425 Filed 10–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Hanford

Site Solid (Radioactive and Hazardous)

Waste Program; Environmental Impact

Statement, Richland, WA

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) announces its intent to

prepare an environmental impact

statement (EIS) for the Solid Waste

Program at the Hanford Site, and to

conduct a public scoping process

pursuant to the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended