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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: May 19, 1998.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Application for Ability to

Benefit Testing Approval.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Businesses or other forprofits; Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 150,090.

Burden Hours: 77,040.

Abstract: The Secretary will publish a

list of approved tests which can be used

by postsecondary educational

institutions to establish the ability to

benefit for a student who does not have

a high school diploma or its equivalent.

[FR Doc. 98–13766 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Information Collection

Extensions: Proposed Collection

Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Agency Information Collection

Extensions: proposed collection

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) has submitted an information

collection package to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

extension under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).

The package covers the collection of

information concerning annual

applications from the owners of

qualified renewable energy generation

facilities for the consideration of

renewable energy production incentive

payments. This information is used by

the Department to determine if the

applicant’s facility qualifies for these

payments and to determine the amount

of net electricity produced for sale that

qualifies for these payments. This

information is critical to ensure that the

Government has sufficient information

to ensure the proper use of public funds

for these incentive payments.

DATES: Comments regarding the

information collection package should

be submitted to the OMB Desk Officer

at the following address no later than

June 22, 1998. If you anticipate that you

will be submitting comments, but find

it difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the OMB Desk officer of your

intention to do so as soon as possible.

The Desk Officer may be telephoned at

(202) 395–3084. (Also, please notify the

DOE contact listed in this notice.)

ADDRESSES: Address comments to DOE

Desk Officer, Office of Management and

Budget, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Room 10102,

New Executive Office Building, 725

17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert H. Brewer, Office of Utility

Technologies (EE–10), Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585, (202)

586–2206.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

package contains the following

information: (1) Title of the information

collection package; (2) current OMB

control number; (3) type of respondents;

(4) estimated number of responses; (5)

estimated total burden hours, including

record keeping hours, required to

provide the information; (6) purpose;

and (7) number of collections.

Package Title: Renewable Energy

Production Incentives.

Current OMB No.: 1910–0068.

Type of Respondents: State,

municipal, county, and non-profit

electric cooperative owners of qualified

renewable energy generation facilities

that produce electricity for sale.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 18

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 205

Purpose: To receive annual payment

consideration for electricity produced in

the prior fiscal year, an annual

application has to be submitted by the

owner/agent of the owner that provides

information which establishes the

qualification of the facility (ownership

qualifications, type of renewable energy

source used, time of first use for new or

converted facilities, sale of electricity

produced, and location in a State) and

information on the metered/calculated

amount of electricity produced. An

owner of a qualified facility can submit

an annual application for each of the

first ten fiscal years of that facility’s

operation.

Statutory Authority: Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Pub. L. No 104–13, 44 U.S.C.

3507 (g) and (h).

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 18,

1998.

Dan W. Reicher,

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy.

[FR Doc. 98–13729 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

State Energy Program Special Projects

Financial Assistance

AGENCY: The Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice for second round funding

for 1998 State Energy Program special

projects.

SUMMARY: As options offered under the

State Energy Program (SEP) for fiscal

year 1998, the Office of Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy is

announcing the availability of financial

assistance to States for special project

activities for Remote Applications of

Solar and Renewable Energy to Reduce

or Avoid Diesel and Gasoline Power

Generation. Funding is being provided

by the Office of Utility Technologies in

the Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy. States that are

awarded funding for special projects

will carry out their projects in

conjunction with their efforts under

SEP, with the special projects funding

and activities tracked separately so that

the end-use sector programs may follow

the progress of their projects.

The projects must meet the relevant

requirements of the program providing

the funding, as well as of SEP, as

specified in the program guidance/

solicitation. Among the goals of the

special projects activities are to assist

States to: accelerate deployment of

energy efficiency and renewable energy

technologies; facilitate the acceptance of

emerging and underutilized energy

efficiency and renewable energy

technologies; and increase the

responsiveness of Federally funded

technology development efforts to

private sector needs.

DATES: The program guidance/

solicitation is available on May 22,

1998. Applications must be received by

July 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES AND FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Faith

Lambert at the U.S. Department of

Energy Headquarters, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–2319,

for referral to the appropriate DOE

Regional Support Office.