Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 219 / Monday, November 13, 2000 / Notices 67721

Dated: November 6, 2000.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Revision

Title: State Plan for Independent

Living and Center for Independent

Living Programs (SC)

Frequency: Annually

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Not-for-profit

institutions; Individuals or household;

Businesses or other for-profit; Farms;

Federal Government

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 3,300

Burden Hours: 60

Abstract: Chapter 1 of Title VII of the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended

(Act) authorizes financial assistance to

States for providing, expanding and

improving the provision of independent

living services, to develop and support

Statewide networks of Centers for

Independent Living (CIL) , to improve

working relationships among State

Independent Living Services, CILs,

Statewide Independent Living Councils,

programs funded under other titles of

the Act, and other programs that address

issues relevant to individuals with

disabilities funded by Federal and nonFederal authorities.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIOlIMGlIssues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or

the collection activity requirements

should be directed to Sheila Carey at

(202) 708–6287 or via her internet

address SheilalCarey@ed.gov.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, 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

December 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Acting

Desk Officer, Department of Education,

Office of Management and Budget, 725

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

Lauren_Wittenberg@omb.eop.gov.

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 Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, publishes that 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.

Dated: November 6, 2000.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: New.

Title: The National Institute on

Disability and Rehabilitation Research

(NIDRR) Quality of Research Rating

Scale.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 300; Burden Hours:

100.

Abstract: To assess quality of NIDRR

funded research, a reliable, valid, and

efficient instrument needs to be

developed and tested. A form will be

administered to 300 people. Responses

will be analyzed for validity and

reliability. If the results are satisfactory,

the form will be used for future quality

of research assessment.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or

the collection activity requirements

should be directed to Sheila Carey at

(202) 708–6287 or via her internet

address Sheila_Carey@ed.gov.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Energy Technology

Laboratory; Notice of Availability of a

Financial Assistance Solicitation

AGENCY: National Energy Technology

Laboratory, Department of Energy

(DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability of a

financial assistance solicitation.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

intent to issue Financial Assistance

Solicitation No. DE–PS26–00NT41003

entitled ‘‘Infrastructure Reliability for

Natural Gas.’’ Natural gas consumption

in the U.S. is projected to reach or

exceed 32 trillion cubic feet (TCF) per

year by 2020, increasing from 22 TCF

per year in 1997. In addition, potential

lower emission targets for greenhouse

gases could even increase the demand

for natural gas as high as 35 TCF per

year. Maintaining the integrity and

efficiency of the gas infrastructure may

be the most important challenge to

achieving a substantial increase in gas

deliverability given the age of the

existing pipelines. Technological