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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. 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: November 16 2000.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Student Financial Assistance

Programs

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Title: Fiscal Operations Report and

Application to Participate (FISAP) in

the Federal Perkins Loan, Federal

Supplemental Educational Opportunity

Grant, and Federal Work-Study

Programs.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions (primary), Businesses or

other for-profit, State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 1.

Burden Hours: 25780.

Abstract: This application data will be

used to compute the amount of funds

needed by each institution during the

2002–2003 Award Year. The Fiscal

Operations Report data will be used to

assess program effectiveness, account

for funds expended during the 2002–

2001 award year, and as as part of the

institutional funding process.

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, D.C.

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 Jackie Montague at (202)

708–5359. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339.

Office of the Undersecretary

Type of Review: New Collection.

Title: Study of the SDFSCA Middle

School Coordinator Initiative.

Frequency: Semi-Annually Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs (primary), Not-forprofit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 14326.

Burden Hours: 13753.

Abstract: The national evaluation of

the Middle School Coordinator

Initiative (MSCI) will be conducted over

the course of four years and will collect

data from district prevention

coordinators, Middle School

Coordinators, district officials, school

principals, prevention teachers, school

support personnel, students, parents,

and representatives of community

organizations. Initiative implementation

will be assessed in all funded districts.

School-level program data and student

outcome data will be collected from a

sample of 30 MSCI districts as well as

30 comparison districts over four years.

Case study data will be collected from

10 of those MSCI districts.

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, D.C.

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 Kathy Axt at (703) 426–

9692. 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 26, 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, N.W., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

D.C. 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.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 227 / Friday, November 24, 2000 / Notices 70559

Dated: November 17, 2000.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Undersecretary

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired.

Title: GEPA 424 Data Collection on

the Distribution of Federal Education

Funds (JM).

Frequency: Weekly.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs (primary).

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 125.

Burden Hours: 6488.

Abstract: This data collection fulfills

a Congressional mandate to obtain

information on the distribution of

Federal education funds to school

districts. Specifically, this data

collection obtains information on

subgrants and contracts made under

state-administered programs as well as

programs that provide funds directly to

school districts.

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, D.C.

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 Jackie Montague at (202)

708–5359. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339.

Office of the Undersecretary

Type of Review: New Collection.

Title: Time to Redesignation of

Students Served by Title VII Projects

(JM)

Frequency: Other: one-time, will be

replaced by new activity.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 1.

Burden Hours: 15408.

Abstract: This activity will collect

data on the time it takes for students

served by Title VII local projects to be

redesignated as English proficient or

transitioned into mainstream programs.

We will also collect some descriptive

information on projects, and on

characteristics of students that may be

related to time to redesignation such as

age and prior schooling.

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, D.C.

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 Jackie Montague at (202)

708–5359. 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

Notice of Availability of Solicitation

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

solicitation—steel industry research

challenge.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office

(ID), is seeking applications for

conceptual designs for steel making

processes that will revolutionize the

way steel is made in the 21st century.

This is the next ‘‘stretch’’ step in

advancing the future of the domestic

steel industry and compliments the

current program based on the Steel

Technology Roadmap. Each awardee

will develop a conceptual design with

supporting technical, marketing,

economic and policy data; describe

opportunities and barriers; and develop

energy, environmental and economic

targets.

DATES: The deadline for receipt of

applications is 3:00 p.m. MST February

28, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Applications should be

submitted to: Procurement Services

Division, U.S. Department of Energy,

Idaho Operations Office, Attention:

Elaine Richardson [DE–PS07–

01ID14002], 850 Energy Drive, MS 1221,

Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401–1563.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elaine Richardson, Contract Specialist,

at richarem@id.doe.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

statutory authority for this program is

the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy

Research and Development Act of 1974

(P.L. 93–577). DOE anticipates making

approximately 1 to 4 cooperative

agreement awards each with a duration

of two years or less. At the end of the

two-year period, a panel of judges made

up of steel industry executives will

determine which designs will be

selected for long term cost-shared

research and development investment.

Approximately $500,000 in federal

funds is expected to be available to fund

the first year of selected design concept

efforts. No cost share is required. Forprofit, non-profit, state and local

governments, Indian Tribes, and

institutions of higher education may

submit applications in response to this

solicitation. Multi-partner

collaborations between steel companies,

equipment suppliers, engineering firms,

and educational institutions are strongly

encouraged; collaboration with

educational institutions and their

students is mandatory. National

laboratories will not be eligible for an

award under this solicitation. However,

an application that includes

performance of a portion of the work by

a National Laboratory may be

considered for award provided the

applicant clearly identifies the unique

capabilities, facilities, and/or expertise

the Laboratory offers the primary

applicant. The issuance date of

Solicitation No. DE–PS07–01ID14002

will be on or about November 14, 2000.

The solicitation will be available in full

text via the Internet at the following

address: http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/

psd/proc-div.html/. Technical and nontechnical questions should be submitted

in writing to Elaine Richardson by email richarem@id.doe.gov, or facsimile

at 208–526–5548 no later than January

26, 2001.

Issued in Idaho Falls on November 13,

2000.

R. Jeffrey Hoyles,

Director, Procurement Services Division.

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