Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 58 / Wednesday, March 26, 1997 / Notices 17

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Wendy Taylor, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW., 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 of the

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.

Dated: March 20, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Management

Group.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: List of Hearing Officers—

Recordkeeping.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 1,600

Burden Hours: 1,600

Abstract: Under Part B of the

Individuals with Disabilities Education

Act, each local educational agency

receiving Part B funds must keep a list

of persons who serve as hearing officers

along with their qualifications. The list

serves to provide interested parties of

the background of hearing officers.

[FR Doc. 97–7584 Filed 3–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Solicitation for Financial

Assistance Number DE–PS07–

97ID13520—Geothermal Power

Initiative

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office, DOE.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office

(ID) is seeking cost shared applications

that promote the commercialization of

geothermal energy and result in a nearterm increase in the amount of electrical

power generated from geothermal

energy in the United States.

Applications are being solicited in two

areas: (1) Projects that will result in new

geothermal power production either

from new plants or from retrofits to

existing plants; or (2) research and

development of technologies that will

improve performance or reduce the

costs associated with geothermal power

plants. Approximately $1,100,000 in

federal funds is available to fund the

selected project(s) under this

solicitation. DOE anticipates making

one or more cooperative agreement

awards for projects with durations of

three years or less. A minimum of 50%

non-federal cost share is required for

new or retrofit power plant power

production projects. A minimum of

20% non-federal cost share is required

for geothermal research and

development projects. Collaborations

between industry, national laboratory,

and university participants are

encouraged.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Trudy Thorne, Contract Specialist;

Procurement Services Division; U.S.

DOE, Idaho Operations Office, 850

Energy Drive, MS 1221, Idaho Falls, ID

83401–1563; telephone (208) 526–9519;

E-mail thorneta@inel.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

statutory authority for the program is

Geothermal Energy Research,

Development and Demonstration (Pub.

L. 93–410), and the Energy Policy Act of

1992 (Pub. L. 102–486, as amended by

Pub. L. 103–437 on November 2, 1994).

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance (CFDA) Number for this

program is 81.087. The solicitation text

is expected to be posted on the DOE–ID

Procurement Services Division home

page on or about March 25, 1997, and

may be accessed using Universal

Resource Locator address http://

www.inel.gov/doeid/solicit.html.

Application package forms will not be

included on the home page and should

be requested from the contract

specialist. Requests for application

packages must be written. Include

company name, mailing address, point

of contact, telephone number, and fax

number. Write to the contract specialist

at the address above, via fax number

(208) 526–5548, or via E-mail to

thorneta@inel.gov.

Issued in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on March 19,

1997.

Brad G. Bauer,

Acting Director, Procurement Services

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7608 Filed 3–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Department

of Energy, Los Alamos National

Laboratory

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is

hereby given of the following Advisory

Committee meeting: Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Los Alamos National

Laboratory.

DATES: Tuesday, April 8, 1997: 6:30

p.m.–9:30 p.m.; 8:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

(public comment session).

ADDRESSES: Northern New Mexico

Community College, 1002 North On ̃ ate

Street, Espan ̃ola, New Mexico 87532.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Ann DuBois, Los Alamos National

Laboratory Citizens’ Advisory Board

Support, Northern New Mexico

Community College, 1002 Onate Street,

Espanola, NM 87352, (800)753–8970, or

(505)753–8970, or (505)262–1800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Advisory Board is to make

recommendations to DOE and its