Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 70 / Friday, April 11, 1997 / Notices 17789

Gulf War Veterans Illnesses

Investigative Team, Suite 810, 5205

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–

3881, or to the Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Health Affairs), 1200 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–1200.

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES:

The OSD’s rules for accessing records,

for contesting contents and appealing

initial agency determinations are

published in OSD Administrative

Instruction 81; 32 CFR part 311; or may

be obtained from the system manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information is from the individuals

themselves, witnesses to a possible

agent event, health care providers who

have evaluated patients with illnesses

possibly related to service in the Persian

Gulf, as well as extracts from historical

records to include: personnel files and

lists, unit histories, medical records,

and related sources.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

[FR Doc. 97–9342 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army Corps of

Engineers

Environmental Advisory Board

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463),

this notice sets forth the schedule and

proposed agenda of the forthcoming

meeting of the Chief of Engineers

Environmental Advisory Board (EAB).

The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held from

8:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 6, 1997, to

11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 8, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be at the

Double Tree Hotel, 300 Army/Navy

Drive, Arlington, (Pentagon City),

Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Paul Rubenstein, Headquarters, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, Washington,

DC 20314–1000, (202) 761–1257.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The theme

of the subject meeting on ‘‘NonIndigenous Species and Our Nation’s

Waterbodies’’ follows:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

plays a vital role in protecting America’s

waters from non-native predators,

parasites, pathogens and competitors.

The 55th Meeting of the Chief of

Engineers Environmental Advisory

Board (EAB) will offer participants with

an important opportunity to examine

and analyze Corps research programs

designed to identify, access and manage

non-indigenous species that interfere

with the valued uses of our Nation’s

waterbodies.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–9336 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–92–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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 June 10,

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: April 7, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Management

Group.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Public Libraries Survey, FY

1996–FY 1998.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:

Responses: 57.

Burden Hours: 1,710.

Abstract: The Public Libraries survey

has been conducted annually since it

first collected FY 1990 data. The Data

collection provides a national census of

public libraries and their public library

service outlets. It includes descriptive

data for each state and for each

individual public library. The data are

collected entirely electronically and the

survey is designed and coordinated by

a federal/state cooperative system. Data

collected allow analysis of such

important variables as expenditures,

staffing, size of collection and services

comparing among libraries of similar

size (as measured by population of legal

service area). This information is used

for policy decisions in the areas of

legislation, funding and resource

allocation. With this complete file of

administrative entities, it is possible to