3096 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 13 / Wednesday, January 21, 1998 / Notices

Dated: January 15, 1998.

Tom Endres,

Director, National Senior Service Corps.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title, Associated form, and OMB

number: Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part

230, Cost Accounting Standards, and

DD Form 1861, Contract Facilities

Capital Cost of Money; DD Form 1861;

OMB Number 0704–0267.

Type of Request: Revision.

Number of Respondents: 25,609.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.6

(approximately).

Annual Responses: 42,058.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

hours.

Annual Burden Hours: 420,580.

Needs and Uses: It is Department of

Defense policy to encourage contractor

investment in facilities, which may

lead, under DoD contracts, to increased

productivity and reduced costs through

the use of modern manufacturing

technology. To motivate aggressive

capital investment, DoD rewards

contractors by recognizing contract

facilities capital cost of money (CFCCM)

and facilities capital employed in

establishing the price of certain

negotiated defense contracts, when such

contracts are priced on the basis of cost

analysis. DD Form 1861, Contract

Facilities Capital Cost of Money, is used

to compute these two elements of price.

The contracting officer may require

information from the contractor to

complete this form. The CFCCM amount

is used to help establish a price

objective in negotiated contracts. The

facilities capital employed amount is

carried forward to DD Form 1547,

Record of Weighted Guidelines Method

Application, for the purpose of

developing profit objectives on defense

contracts when the Weighted Guidelines

method is used. DFARS 230.7004–2, DD

Form 1861, indicates that: (1)

Completion of the DD Form 1861

requires information not included on

the Form CASB–CMF; and (2) the

contracting officer could request

information through a solicitation

provision.

Affected Public: Business or Other

For-Profit; Not-For-Profit Institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Weiss at the Office of Management

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room

10236, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Meeting of the Historical Records

Declassification Advisory Panel

AGENCY: Department of Defense,

Historical Advisory Committee.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

upcoming meeting of the Historical

Records Declassification Advisory

Panel. The purpose of this meeting is to

discuss recommendations to the

Department of Defense on topical areas

of interest that, from a historical

perspective, would be of the greatest

benefit if declassified. The OSD

Historian will chair this meeting.

DATE: Friday, February 6, 1998.

TIME: The HRDAP morning session will

be closed to the public from 9:00 a.m.

until 12:00 p.m. due to the necessity to

hear classified and sensitive reports in

accordance with 5 U.S.C., Sec 552(1)

(1982). The afternoon session will be

open to the public from 1:00 p.m. to

3:30 p.m.

ADDRESS: The National Archives

Building, Room 105, 7th and

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20408.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cynthia Kloss, Room 3C281, Office of

the Deputy Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Intelligence and Security),

Office of the Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Command, Control,

Communications and Intelligence), 6000

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC

20301–6000, telephone (703) 695–2289/

2686.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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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 Deputy Chief Information

Officer, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, 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 February

20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok, 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, 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
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information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, 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: January 15, 1998.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Fiscal Operations Report and

Application to Participate in Federal

Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental

Educational Opportunity Grant, and

Federal Work-Study Program.

Frequency: Annually.

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

local or Tribal Gov’t; SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 4,800.

Burden Hours: 80,586.

Abstract: This application data will be

used to compute the amount of funds

needed by each institution during the

1999–2000 Award Year. The Fiscal

Operations Report data will be used to

assess program effectiveness, account

for funds expended during the 1997–98

Award Year, and as part of the

institutional funding process.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: New.

Title: 1998 National Assessment of

Educational Progress(NAEP), Writing

Special Study.

Frequency: One Time.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:

Responses: 6,200.

Burden Hours: 2,200.

Abstract: The 1998 NAEP writing

special study is designed to bolster the

understanding of study NAEP writing

achievement with information on

student’s best writing assignments, and

the writing process. In addition, the

study will collect information about

teachers’ emphasis on writing

curriculum and instructional

approaches. The study will be

conducted with a sample of 6000 (4th

and 8th grade) students and 200

teachers. The study will use a structured

protocol to obtain more detailed and

valid information about classroom

instructional practices than a standard

background questionnaire. Students will

be asked to select three examples of

their best writing and to fill out a brief

questionnaire describing the samples of

writing that they submit.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Production of Tritium in a

Commercial Light Water Reactor

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) announces its intent to prepare

an Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) for the production of tritium using

one or more commercial light water

reactors (CLWR), pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 USC

4321 et seq.) and the DOE Regulations

Implementing NEPA (10 CFR Part 1021).

Under the CLWR Program, tritium

production could occur in one of two

manners: (1) purchase of CLWR

irradiation services; or (2) purchase of a

CLWR. Prior to preparation of the CLWR

EIS, DOE initiated a procurement

process to evaluate the feasibility of

various CLWR alternatives, and the

alternatives described in this notice

have been derived from that

procurement process. The CLWR EIS

will evaluate the environmental impacts

associated with tritium production for

all reasonable alternatives identified

through the procurement process.

DATES: Comments on the proposed

scope of the CLWR EIS are invited from

the public. To ensure consideration in

the preparation of the EIS, comments

must be postmarked by March 20, 1998.

Late comments will be considered to the

extent practicable. Public scoping

meetings to discuss issues and receive

oral comments on the scope of the EIS

will be held in the vicinity of sites that

may be affected by the proposed action.

The public scoping meetings will

provide the public with an opportunity

to present comments, ask questions, and

discuss concerns with DOE officials

regarding CLWR activities. An

interactive format will be used. The

location, date, and time for these public

scoping meetings is as follows:

Northeast Alabama Community College,

135 Alabama Highway 35 West,

February 24, 1998, 7:00 p.m.-10:00

p.m., Rainsville, AL

Rhea County High School, February 26,

1998, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.,

Evensville, TN.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has

been designated as a cooperating agency

for this EIS. Any other agency that

desires to be designated as a cooperating

agency should contact the CLWR

Program Office at the address listed

below by March 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: General questions

concerning the CLWR Project can be

asked by calling the toll-free telephone

number at 1–800–332–0801, or by

writing to: Stephen M. Sohinki,

Director, CLWR Project Office, U.S.

Department of Energy, P.O. Box 44539,

Washington, DC 20026–4539.

As an alternative, comments can also

be submitted by fax to: 1–800–631–

0612; or electronically to the CLWR

Web Site: http://www.dp.doe.gov/dp62. Please mark envelopes, faxes, and Email: ‘‘CLWR EIS Comments.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information on the DOE NEPA

process, please contact: Ms. Carol M.

Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA

Policy and Assistance (EH–42), U.S.

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20585, 202–586–4600;

or telephone 800–472–2756 to leave a

message.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All of the

nuclear weapons currently in the United

States’ stockpile must contain tritium, a

radioactive isotope of hydrogen, to

function as designed. Tritium decays at

a rate of 5.5 percent per year, giving it

a half-life of 12.3 years. Because of this

decay, the tritium contained in the

nuclear weapons must be periodically

replenished. Tritium is not a fissile

material and cannot be used alone to

construct a nuclear weapon. Tritium

also has commercial uses such as watch

dials, exit signs, and medical research.

Tritium is so rare in nature that useful

quantities must be man-made. The

United States stopped producing new

tritium in 1988 when the last

government-owned nuclear materials

production reactor at the Savannah

River Site (SRS) was shut down.

Currently, there is no capability to