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clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Issued at Washington, D.C. on November 3,

1997.

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development

Corporation.

David G. Sanders,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–29384 Filed 11–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–61–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission to OMB for Review;

Comment Request

October 23, 1997.

The Department of Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13. Copies of the submission(s)

may be obtained by calling the Treasury

Bureau Clearance Officer listed.

Comments regarding this information

collection should be addressed to the

OMB reviewer listed and to the

Treasury Department Clearance Officer,

Department of the Treasury, Room 2110,

1425 New York Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20220.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–0794.

Form Number: IRS Form 8554.

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Application for Renewal of

Enrollment to Practice Before the

Internal Revenue Service.

Description: This information related

to the approval of continuing

professional education programs and

the renewal of the enrollment status for

those individuals admitted (enrolled) by

the Internal Revenue Service.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 39,500.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper: 1 hour, 12

minutes.

Frequency of Response: Other (Onetime filing).

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 47,400 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1096.

Form Number: Form 9117.

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Excise Tax Program Order Blank

for Forms and Publications.

Description: Form 9117 allows

taxpayers who must file Form 720

returns a systemic way to order

additional tax forms and informational

publications.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

15,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 3 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

500 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1271.

Regulation Project Number: REG–

208165 (formerly INTL–54–91) and

REG–209035–86 (formerly INTL–178–

86) NPRM.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Transfers of Stock or Securities

by U.S. Persons to Foreign Corporations,

and Foreign Liquidations and

Reorganizations.

Description: A U.S. person must

generally file a gain recognition

agreement with the Service in order to

defer gain on a section 367(a) transfer of

stock to a foreign corporation, and must

file a notice with the Service if it

realizes any income in a section 367(b)

exchange. These requirements ensure

compliance with the respective sections.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

600.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 4 hours.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

2,400 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear (202)

622–3869, Internal Revenue Service,

Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10226, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–29313 Filed 11–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

Summer Institute for the Study of the

United States for Foreign Secondary

School Teachers and Teacher Trainers

ACTION: Notice—Request for Proposals.

SUMMARY: The Branch for the Study of

the U.S. of the Office of Academic

Programs of the United States

Information Agency’s Bureau of

Educational and Cultural Affairs

announces an open competition for an

assistance award program entitled

‘‘Summer Institute for the Study of the

United States for Foreign Secondary

School Teachers and Teacher Trainers.’’

Public and private non-profit

organizations meeting the provisions

described in IRS regulation 26 CFR

1.501(c) may apply to develop a sixweek graduate-level program designed

for a multinational group of up to 30

secondary school teachers and teacher

trainers. The program is intended to

provide participants with a deeper

understanding of the United States so

that textbooks, curricula and teaching

about U.S. society, culture and

institutions in foreign secondary schools

and teacher training institutions will be

improved. Tentative program dates are

June 20 through July 31, 1998.

USIA is seeking detailed proposals

from colleges, universities, consortia of

colleges and universities, and other notfor-profit academic organizations that

have an established reputation in the

disciplines and sub-disciplines that

comprise American Studies, and that

can demonstrate expertise in conducting

graduate-level programs for foreign

educators. Applicant institutions must

have a minimum of four years’

experience in conducting international

exchange programs. The project director

or one of the key program staff

responsible for the academic program

must have a doctoral degree in

American studies or a related discipline.

Staff escorts traveling under the USIA

cooperative agreement support must be

U.S. citizens with demonstrated

qualifications for this service.

Overall grant making authority for

this program is contained in the Mutual

Educational and Cultural Exchange Act

of 1961, Pub. L. 87–256, as amended,

also known as the Fulbright-Hays Act.

The purpose of the Act is ‘‘to enable the

Government of the United States to

increase mutual understanding between

the people of the United States and the

people of other countries * * *; to

strengthen the ties which unite us with

other nations by demonstrating the

educational and cultural interests,

developments, and achievements of the

people of the United States and other

nations * * * and thus to assist in the

development of friendly, sympathetic

and peaceful relations between the

United States and the other countries of

the world.’’

Programs and projects must conform

with Agency requirements and