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Federal Register notice can be obtained

at the address and telephone number set

forth below:

Mr. Michael Hansen, Program

Coordinator, CUP Completion Act

Office, Department of the Interior, 302

East 1860 South, Provo UT 84606–

6154, Telephone: (801) 379–1194, EMail address: mhansen@uc.usbr.gov

Dated: October 31, 1997.

Ronald Johnston,

CUP Program Director, Department of the

Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–29442 Filed 11–6–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Intent to Negotiate a Contract

Among Wasatch County Special

Service Area #1, Central Utah Water

Conservancy District, and Department

of the Interior for Carriage of NonProject Water Through the

Timpanogos Canal as Part of the

Wasatch County Water Efficiency

Project and Daniel Replacement

Project of the Central Utah Project

Completion Act

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary—Water and Science,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to negotiate a

contract among Wasatch County Special

Service Area #1 (WCSSA), Central Utah

Water Conservancy District (District),

and Department of the Interior for

carriage of non-project water through

the Timpanogos Canal as part of the

Wasatch County Water Efficiency

Project and Daniel Replacement Project

(WCWEP and DRP) under the Central

Utah Project Completion Act.

SUMMARY: Pub. L. 102–575, Central Utah

Project Completion Act, Sections

202(a)(3), 207(e), and 303(b), allows for

the construction of the WCWEP and

DRP as part of the Central Utah Project.

The WCWEP and DRP Projects provide

for increasing irrigation efficiency in the

Heber Valley, conserving water, and

eliminating the diversion of water from

the upper Strawberry River tributaries to

Heber Valley. As part of the these

projects, the United States plans to

acquire, and the District intends to

improve, the Timpanogos Canal, a

feature which has historically been used

to convey Provo River water to

irrigators. The canal will be used to

convey project water and non-project

water for irrigation purposes.

The purpose of the negotiations

sessions will be to determine the

amount of non-project water which will

be conveyed through the Timpanogos

Canal and the price to be paid by

WCSSA to the Department for

conveying the non-project water.

DATES: Dates for public negotiation

sessions will be announced in local

newspapers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Additional information on matters

related to this Federal Register notice

can be obtained at the address and

telephone number set forth below: Mr.

Reed Murray, Program Coordinator,

CUP Completion Act Office, Department

of the Interior, 302 East 1860 South,

Provo UT 84606–6154, Telephone: (801)

379–1237, E-Mail address:

rmurray@uc.usbr.gov.

Dated: October 31, 1997.

Ronald Johnston,

CUP Program Director, Department of the

Interior.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities; Comment

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs—

Office of Indian Education Programs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

the Information Collection Request for

Student Transportation Mileage Form

OMB # 1076–0134 requires renewal.

The proposed information collection

requirement, with no appreciable

changes, described below will be

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13, 44

U.S.C. 350 (c) (2) (A). The Bureau is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before January 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be mailed

to Director, Office of Indian Education

Programs, Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C St. NW,

Mail Stop 3512–MIB, Washington, DC

20240, or hand delivered to room 3512

at the above address.

All written comments will be

available for public inspection in Room

3543 of the Main Interior Building, 1849

C Street, NW, Washington, D.C. from

9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dalton J. Henry or Keener Cobb, Bureau

of Indian Affairs, Department of the

Interior, 1849 C Street, NW, MS 3512,

Washington, D.C. 20240, 202–208–3550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The information collection is needed

to collect transportation mileage for

Bureau funded schools for the purpose

of allocating transportation funds.

II. Method of Collection

The Student Transportation

regulations under 25 CFR Subpart H

contain the program eligibility and

criteria which govern the allocation of

transportation funds. Information

collected from the schools will be used

to determine rate per mile.

III. Data

(1) Title of the Collection of

Information: Office of Indian Education

Programs Indian School Equalization

Program—Student Transportation. OMB

Number: 1076–0134; Expiration Date:

September 31, 1997; Type of Review:

Renewal of a currently approved

information collection.

(2) Summary of the Collection of

Information: The collection of

information provides pertinent data

concerning the schools’ bus

transportation mileage to determine

funding for school transportation.

(3) Affected Entities: Contract and

Grant Schools and Bureau operated

schools.

(4) Description of the need for the

information and proposed use of the

information: Submission of this

information is required in order to

receive funds for student transportation.

The information is collected to

determine rate per mile from 185

schools and to allocate funds.

(5) Description of likely respondents,

including the estimated number of likely

respondents, and proposed frequency of

response to the collection of

information: Description of likely

respondents: Tribal schools

administrators; Estimated number of

respondents: 105; Proposed frequency of

responses: Annually, during student

count week.

(6) Estimate of total annual reporting

and record keeping burden that will

result from the collection of

information: 263 hours; Reporting 2.5

hours/response×105 respondents=263

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours=263 hours.

Estimated Annual Costs: $5,450.00

(2.5 hours×105×$20.00).
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IV. Request for Comments

The Department of the Interior invites

comments on: (a) Whether the collection

of information is necessary for the

proper performance of the functions of

the agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agencies’

estimate of the burden (including the

hours and cost) of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumption used; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology. Burden means

the total time, effort, or financial

resources expended by persons to

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or

provide information to or for a Federal

agency. This includes the time needed

to review instructions; to develop,

acquire, install and utilize technology

and systems for the purpose of

collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information, to search

data sources, to complete and review

the collection of information; and to

transmit or otherwise disclose the

information.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to a collection of information,

unless it displays a currently valid

Office of Management and Budget

control number.

Dated: October 17, 1997.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs.

OMB # 1076–0134

Expiration Date ( )

Office of Indian Education Programs

Indian School Equalization Program

(ISEP) Student Transportation

Transportation forms must be

certified (signed and dated) by the

school principal and education line

officer. Do not forward to Washington,

DC, without the two required signatures.

All transportation forms are due in

Washington, DC, on or before the first

week in November after the count week.

For each School Year, student

transportation funds will be allocated to

schools based on the following

guidelines. Although, all transportation

forms are due in Washington, DC,

during the first week in November, after

the count week, schools are to forward

transportation forms to their respective

Education Line Officer by Friday the

first week in October after the count

week. The Education Line Officer will

certify the Transportation Program

during the certification of the student

membership count.

Rates Per Mile

A single rate will be used for all

ground transportation miles. Since we

are limited by the amount reflected in

the Budget Fiscal Year (BFY) budget

request, the rate per mile cannot be

ascertained until we know the actual

total miles reported for the School Year

after the count week. The rate in BFY

1996–97 was $1.60 per mile.

Mileage for after school programs

such as athletics, band, detention and/

or study hall, and extra curricular

activities, such as arts and crafts

programs, are considered part of the

instructional program and not eligible

for ISEP transportation funding.

Mileage for all day and boarding

students to attend instructional

programs less than full time at locations

other than the school reporting the

transportation mileage are considered

part of the instructional program and are

not eligible for ISEP transportation

funding.

Day School Students

Do not use transportation time as

instruction time to meet the minimum

required hours for academic funding.

For each vehicle, report the following:

1. The total mileage separately by

vehicle number.

2. Mileage from point of origin

(school, home of bus driver, etc.) to

students’ homes or pick up points and

return to school.

3. Mileage for vehicles that are used

for several routes during one morning or

afternoon, with no break in service, by

recording only the beginning and

ending odometer reading.

4. Mileage for each of the five days of

count week, rounded to one decimal

point. Funding will be based on the

average of the Tuesday, Wednesday, and

Thursday mileage.

Funds shall be allocated to each

school which provides daily

transportation of students between the

students’ residences (or other traditional

pick up points on the reservation) and

the school site. The following formula

was used for the computation of funds

in BFY 1996–97 and will apply for BFY

1997–98 funding computation.

Average number of miles traveled by

all buses on one day (including pick up

and return, excluding field trips and

extra curricular activities).

×180 days of school

=Annual student transportation miles.

×Rate per mile

=Transportation funding for day school

students

A route, is from point of origin

(school, home of bus driver, etc.) to

students’ homes or pick up points and

return to school.

A run is one or more routes by a

vehicle in the morning or the afternoon

when there is no break in the

transportation of students to and from

school. Vehicle transportation size

means the number of passengers the bus

holds.

Boarding School Students

Funds shall be allocated to each

boarding school to provide for students’

arrival at school in the Fall, round trip

home at Christmas, and their return

home at the end of the school year,

using the following formula:

Actual number of miles traveled by all

buses or other vehicles to get students

to school at the beginning of the year.

×4 one way trips per year

= Annual student transportation miles

×Rate per mile

= Transportation funding for boarding

school students.

Note that the rate is calculated against

vehicle miles rather than miles per

student. DO NOT REPORT ONE-WAY

MILEAGE BY FOUR. To receive

funding, a school must transport

students.

Peripheral Dormitory Students

If OIEP provides transportation to the

public school, the day school student

calculation may be used. Additionally,

the boarding school student calculation

shall be used to provide the student’s

transportation between home and

peripheral dormitory, but the dormitory

must transport students to receive

funding.

Air Miles

A student may be flown to and from

school, at the discretion of the

Education Line Officer, and the school

will be reimbursed on the following

formula:

Actual one way air fare at the most

economical rate to the Government

×Actual one way trips per year (not to

exceed four)

= Transportation funding for air miles
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Ground mileage from airport arrival to

school may be added to boarding school

student mileage.

Schools may be reimbursed for actual

chaperon expenses, excluding salaries,

during the transportation of students to

and from home at the beginning of

school year, Christmas, and end of the

school year.

Unimproved Roads

Because of road conditions, annual

student transportation miles on

unimproved roads reported by schools

are weighted by a factor of 1.2 before

multiplying by the standard rate per

mile.

For ISEP funding, unimproved roads

are dirt roads that have not had sand,

gravel, shale, or other materials applied,

and do not have drainage ditches and/

or shoulders.

Paper Reduction Act: The Student

Transportation information is being

collected to obtain a benefit, and will be

used to determine funding. Response to

this request is required to obtain a

benefit in accordance with Public Law

95–531. Public reporting burden for this

collection is estimated to average 2.5

hours per response, including the time

for reviewing instructions, gathering

and maintaining data, and completing

and reviewing the form.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities; Comment

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs—

Office of Indian Education Programs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

the Information Collection Request for

Adult Education Annual Report Form

OMB #1076–0120 requires renewal. The

proposed information collection

requirement, with no appreciable

changes, described below will be

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13, 44

U.S.C. 350(c)(2)(A). The Bureau is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before January 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be mailed

to Director, Office of Indian Education

Programs, Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C St. NW,

Mail Stop 3512–MIB, Washington, DC

20240, or hand delivered to room 3512

at the above address. All written

comments will be available for public

inspection in Room 3543 of the Main

Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW,

Washington, D.C. from 9:00 a.m. until

3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dalton J. Henry or Keener Cobb, Bureau

of Indian Affairs, Department of the

Interior, 1849 C Street, NW, MS 3512,

Washington, D.C. 20240, 202–208–3550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The information collection is

necessary to assess the need for adult

education programs in accordance with

25 CFR Part 46, Subpart A, Sections

46.20 Program Requirements and 46.30

Records and Reporting Requirements of

Adult Education Program.

II. Method of Collection

The Adult Education Program

regulations under 25 CFR Part 46

Subpart A contain the program

requirements which govern the

program. Information collected from the

contractors will be used for

administrative planning, setting long

and short term goals, and analyzing and

monitoring the use of funds.

III. Data

(1) Title of the Collection of

Information: Bureau of Indian Affairs

Adult Education Program Annual

Report Form. OMB Number: 1076–0120;

Expiration Date: October 31, 1997; Type

of Review: Renewal of a currently

approved information collection.

(2) Summary of the Collection of

Information: The collection of

information provides pertinent data

concerning adult education programs.

(3) Affected Entities: Tribal adult

education contractors.

(4) Description of the need for the

information and proposed use of the

information:

Submission of this information is

necessary to assess the need for adult

education programs. The information is

needed for the utilization and

management of program resources to

provide education opportunities for

adult American Indians and Alaska

Natives to complete high school

requirements, and to gain new skills and

knowledge for individual student self

enhancement. The information collected

with the annual report will be used by

the Bureau or tribal programs for fiscal

accountability and appropriate direct

services documentation. The results of

the data are used for administrative

planning.

(5) Description of likely respondents,

including the estimated number of likely

respondents, and proposed frequency of

response to the collection of

information: Description of likely

respondents: Tribal adult education

program administrators; Estimated

number of respondents: 70; Proposed

frequency of responses: Annually.

(6) Estimate of total annual reporting

and record keeping burden that will

result from the collection of

information: 280 hours; Reporting 4.0

hours/response × 70 respondents = 280

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours

= 280 hours. Estimated Annual Costs:

$5,040.00 (4.0 hours × 70 × $18.00)

IV. Request for Comments

The Department of the Interior invites

comments on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden (including the

hours and cost) of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumption used;

(c) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(d) ways to minimize the burden of

the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including through

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Burden means the total time, effort, or

financial resources expended by persons

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose

or provide information to or for a

Federal agency. This includes the time

needed to review instructions; to

develop, acquire, install and utilize

technology and systems for the purpose

of collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; to search

data sources; to complete and review

the collection of information; and to

transmit or otherwise disclose the

information.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to a collection of information,

unless it displays a currently valid

Office of Management and Budget

control number.

Dated: October 17, 1997.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs.

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