Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 68 / Wednesday, April 9, 1997 / Notices 17181

Written public comments and

suggestions received by May 29, 1997

will be addressed in the final EIS/EIR.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Management Group, 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 May 9,

1997.

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: April 3, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Management

Group.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Quarterly Cumulative Caseload

Report.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Government, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 82

Burden Hours: 328

Abstract: State VR agencies who

administer vocational rehabilitation

programs provide key caseload indicator

data on this form, including numbers of

persons who are applicants, determined

eligible/ineligible, waiting for services,

and also their program outcomes. This

data is used for program planning,

management, budgeting and general

statistical purposes.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Advisory Committee on

Institutional Quality and Integrity;

Meeting

AGENCY: National Advisory Committee

on Institutional Quality and Integrity,

Education.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

proposed agenda of the National

Advisory Committee on Institutional

Quality and Integrity. Notice of this

meeting is required under section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. This document is

intended to notify the general public of

its opportunity to attend this public

meeting.

DATES AND TIMES: June 16–18, 1997, 8

a.m. until 6 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Latham Hotel, 3000 M

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol F. Sperry, Executive Director,

National Advisory Committee on

Institutional Quality and Integrity, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW, Room 3082,

ROB 3, Washington, DC 20202–7592,

telephone: (202) 260–3636. 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: The

National Advisory Committee on

Institutional Quality and Integrity is

established under Section 1205 of the

Higher Education Act (HEA) as

amended by Public Law 102–325 (20

U.S.C. 1145). The Committee advises

the Secretary of Education with respect

to the establishment and enforcement of

the criteria for recognition of accrediting

agencies or associations under subpart 2

of part H of Title IV, HEA, the

recognition of specific accrediting

agencies or associations, the preparation

and publication of the list of nationally

recognized accrediting agencies and

associations, and the eligibility and

certification process for institutions of

higher education under Title IV, HEA.

The Committee also develops and

recommends to the Secretary standards

and criteria for specific categories of

vocational training institutions and

institutions of higher education for

which there are no recognized

accrediting agencies, associations, or

State agencies, in order to establish

eligibility for such institutions on an

interim basis for participation in

federally funded programs.

AGENDA: The meeting on June 16–18,

1997 is open to the public. The

following agencies will be reviewed

during the June 1997 meeting of the

Advisory Committee:

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition

1. American Academy for Liberal

Education (requested scope of

recognition: the accreditation and

preaccreditation of institutions of higher

education and programs within

institutions of higher education that

offer liberal arts degree(s) at the

baccalaureate level or a documented

equivalency)

2. Association of Advanced

Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools,

Accreditation Commission (requested

scope of recognition: the accreditation