Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 5, 2000 / Notices 75927

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS

analyzed three disposal alternatives

with respect to the disposal and

subsequent reuse of the 676-acre (440

land acres and 236 submerged land

acres) comprising the MOTBY: (1) the

no action alternative, under which the

property would be maintained in a

caretaker status after closure; (2) the

unencumbered alternative, under which

the Army would transfer the property

without encumbrances, such as

environmental restrictions and

easements; and (3) the encumbered

disposal alternative, under which the

Army would transfer the property with

various environmental restrictions and

easements, limiting the future use of the

property.

In the ROD, the Army concludes that

the FEIS adequately addresses the

impacts of property disposal and

documents its decision to transfer the

property as encumbered. Possible

encumbrances include: Covenants and

restrictions pertaining to asbestoscontaining material, lead-based paint,

floodplains, future remedial activities

after transfer, wetlands, easements and

rights-of-way.

Dated: November 29, 2000.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army,

(Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health), OASA (I&E).

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Acting 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 January

4, 2001.

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 Acting

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 29, 2000.

William Burrow,

Acting Leader, Regulatory Information

Management, Office of the Chief Information,

Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement.

Type of Review: New.

Title: International Association for the

Evaluation of Educational Achievement

(IEA) Progress in International Reading

Literacy Study.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 6,900, Burden

Hours: 9,350.

Abstract: Information collected is

used to assess the reading literacy skills,

habits, and attitudes of approximately

6,000 4th-graders in 200 schools.

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 Kathy Axt at her internet

address Kathy_Axt@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

Office of Science; Office of Science

Financial Assistance Program Notice

01–04; Division of Materials Sciences

and Engineering, Robotics and

Intelligent Machines (RIM) Program

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice inviting academic

research grant applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Basic Energy

Sciences (BES) of the Office of Science

(SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),

supports fundamental research in the

natural sciences and engineering

leading to new and improved energy

technologies and to understanding and

mitigating the environmental impacts of

energy technologies. In keeping with its

mission, the DOE hereby announces its

interest in receiving grant applications

for support under its Robotics and

Intelligent Machines (RIM) Program.

RIM is needed to develop cost-effective

solutions to tasks relating to energy

efficiency, safety, and security.

Applications should be from

investigators who are currently involved

in basic research in this area, and

should be submitted through an U.S.

academic institution. The purpose of

this program is to support fundamental

research in Robotics and Intelligent

Machines for the present and future

needs of the Department of Energy.

Restrocted Eligibility: Eligibility is

restricted to academic research

institutions. This is required by the

Fiscal Year 2001, Congressional Budget

for the DOE Office of Science, where it

is stated ‘‘a new, university-based

research effort in Robotics and

Intelligent Machines will focus on

sensors and sensor integration, remote

operation and data acquisition, and

controls.’’

DATES: Potential applicants are strongly

encouraged to submit a brief preapplication. DOE should receive all preapplications, referencing Program

Notice 01–04, by 4:30 P.M., E.S.T.,

January 2, 2001. A response to the preapplications encouraging or

discouraging a formal application will

be communicated to the applicant