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Quakertown, Bucks County, in the

Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground

Water Protected Area.

9. Moyer Packing Company D–97–44

An application for approval of a

ground water withdrawal project to

supply up to 3.0 mg/30 days of water to

the applicant’s beef processing facility

from new Well Nos. 7 and 8, and to

increase the existing withdrawal limit

from all wells from 6.4 mg/30 days to

11.5 mg/30 days. The project is located

in Franconia Township, Montgomery

County, in the Southeastern

Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected

Area.

Documents relating to these items

may be examined at the Commission’s

offices. Preliminary dockets are

available in single copies upon request.

Please contact Thomas L. Brand at (609)

883–9500 ext. 221 concerning docketrelated questions. Persons wishing to

testify at this hearing are requested to

register with the Secretary at (609) 883–

9500 ext. 203 prior to the hearing.

Dated: December 2, 1997.

Susan M. Weisman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32319 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6360–01–P

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 February

9, 1998.

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 angency’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: December 4, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Field Test New Assessment

Items for Third International

Mathematics and Sciences Study

Replication (TIMSS–R).

Frequency: Field test for new

assessment items.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:

Responses: 625. Burden Hours: 1,563.

Abstract: In order to provide

international benchmarks against which

to measure the mathematics

performance of American students as

part of the President’s new voluntary

test, and the measure progress toward

the U.S. national goal of being first in

the world in mathematics and science in

the year 2000, the National Center for

Education Statistics desires to repeat

TIMSS in the U.S. in 1999.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Institutional Survey of the

Operation of the Federal Work-Study

Program.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 850 Burden Hours:

1,700.

Abstract: This study will describe the

operation of the Federal Work-Study

program at postsecondary education

institutions nationwide. This survey

will provide, for the first time,

nationally-representative data on the

workings of this program. Results will

be used by Congress during the

reauthorization of the Higher Education

Act and for other oversight

responsibilities.

[FR Doc. 97–32232 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC–555]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

December 4, 1997.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

soliciting public comment on the

specific aspects of the information

collection described below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to

comments submitted on or before

February 9, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

records retention requirements can be

obtained from and written comments

may be submitted to the Federal Energy