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Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. ED 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: March 11, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Management

Group.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: New.

Title: Assessment of Technical

Assistance Needs of Postsecondary

Institutions Serving Persons Deaf and

Hard of Hearing.

Abstract: This data collection is

required by the Final Funding Priority

(84.078A), paragraph (a): that the four

regional centers ‘‘conduct assessments

of the technical assistance needs of

postsecondary education institutions

related to recruiting; enrolling;

retaining; instructing; addressing the

varying communication needs and

methods used by individuals who are

deaf and hard of hearing, including

those from language minorities; and,

otherwise effectively serving students

who are deaf and hard of hearing.’’ The

data will enable the centers to plan

technical assistance strategies.

Additional Information: The four

centers coordinating this survey will

need the requested information returned

to them by May 15, 1997.

Frequency: Annually.

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

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 2,428.

Burden Hours: 1,214.

[FR Doc. 97–6563 Filed 3–14–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Management Group, 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 May 16,

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 Director,

Information Resources Management

Group 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: March 11, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Management

Group.

Office for Civil Rights

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Fall 1997 Elementary and

Secondary School Civil Rights

Compliance Report

Frequency: Biennially.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:

Responses: 63,425.

Burden Hours: 295,700.

Abstract: The Elementary and

Secondary School Civil Rights

Compliance Report is the vehicle for the

Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department

of Education, to acquire source material

in the form of data and information

regarding civil rights compliance issues

in the nation’s public elementary and

secondary schools. Information from the

E & S Compliance Report is used by

regional OCR staff when they consider

public school districts for compliance

reviews, and a source material when

civil rights compliant investigations are

conducted.

[FR Doc. 97–6564 Filed 3–14–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[Docket No. FE C&E 97–01—Certification

Notice—154]

Pasadena Cogeneration; Notice of

Filing of Coal Capability Powerplant

and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of filing.

SUMMARY: On February 28, 1997,

Pasadena Cogeneration L.P. submitted a

coal capability self-certification

pursuant to section 201 of the

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act

of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification

filings are available for public

inspection, upon request, in the Office

of Fuels Programs, Fossil Energy, Room