Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 6 / Thursday, January 9, 1997 / Notices 1327

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this notice is to inform

carriers that the Small Business

Administration (SBA) has raised the

ceiling on the amount of annual receipts

a company can make and still be

classified as a small business. That

dollar amount rose from $12.5 million

to $18.5 million. For the purpose of

transportation service acquisition, a

small business concern is one which is

independently owned and operated, is

not dominant in its field of operations,

and together with its affiliates has

annual receipts not exceeding $18.5

million. Interested parties may refer to

the SBA’s regulations in 13 Code of

Federal Regulations, part 121 for

additional details.

Juanita H. Maberry,

Alternate, Army Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–466 Filed 1–8–97; 8:45 am]

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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES

SAFETY BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provision of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. § 552b), notice is hereby given

that the Board will extend the date for

holding the record open until February

28, 1997.

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: Previously announced

in the December 2, 1996, Federal

Register notice of December 12, 1996,

Sunshine Act Meeting, 61 FR 63833.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATE FOR

HOLDING THE RECORD OPEN: January 13,

1997, as announced at the hearing on

December 12, 1996.

CHANGES IN MEETING NOTICE: The Board

is extending the date to receive

additional comments or supplements to

the record from January 13, 1997, to

February 28, 1997.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Robert M. Andersen, General Counsel,

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,

625 Indiana Avenue, NW., Suite 700,

Washington, DC 20004, (800) 788–4016.

This is a toll-free number.

Dated: January 7, 1997.

Robert M. Andersen,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–577 Filed 1–7–97; 9:50 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Acting 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 March

10, 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 Acting 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 for 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: January 3, 1997.

Arthur F. Chantker,

Acting Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Combined Application for the

Talent Search and Educational

Opportunity Centers Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; State, local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs

or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 1,200.

Burden Hours: 40,800.

Abstract: The application form is

needed to conduct a national

competition for program years 1997–98

for the Talent Search and Educational

Opportunity Centers. These programs

provide federal financial assistance in

the form of grants to institutions of

higher education, public and private

agencies and organizations,

combinations of institutions and

agencies and, in exceptional cases,

secondary schools to establish and

operate projects designed to provide

information regarding financial and

academic assistance available for

individuals who desire to pursue a

program of postsecondary education,

and assist individuals to apply for

admission to institutions that offer

programs of postsecondary education.

[FR Doc. 97–451 Filed 1–8–97; 8:45 am]

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Office of Educational Research and

Improvement; Notice of Proposed

Information Collection Requests for

Combined Application for the OERI

Visiting Scholars Fellowship Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Correction notice.

SUMMARY: On December 4, 1996, a

notice of proposed information

collection for the Combined Application