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Department of Conservation and Natural

Resources and included in the DRBC

Comprehensive Plan. The proposed

power line will provide service to an

existing commercial enterprise in Port

Clinton, Schuylkill County,

Pennsylvania. The line will cross on

poles located near two bridges; one just

upstream of a railroad bridge over the

Schuylkill River between Tilden

Township, Berks County and Port

Clinton Borough, Schuylkill County,

and one at the Broad Street Bridge over

the Little Schuylkill River in Port

Clinton Borough.

3. Glen Mills Schools D–97–39

A surface water withdrawal project to

provide a monthly average of 367,000

gallons per day (gpd) (11 mg/30 days)

for irrigation of the proposed 18-hole

Golf Course at Glen Mills located in

Thornbury Township, Delaware County,

Pennsylvania. The applicant proposes to

withdraw water from Chester Creek and,

if needed to supplement flow, from two

existing on-site wells (averaging less

than 100,000 gpd).

4. American Cyanamid Company D–

97–41

A project to upgrade an existing

120,000 gpd average monthly capacity

industrial wastewater treatment plant

(IWTP) located at the applicant’s

Agricultural Research Division facilities

at U.S. Route 1 and Quakerbridge Road

in West Windsor Township, Mercer

County, New Jersey. The IWTP will

continue to provide secondary

biological treatment utilizing an

extended aeration activated sludge

process. Tertiary filtration will be

provided as well as ultraviolet

disinfection prior to discharge via an

aeration cascade to an unnamed

tributary of the Assunpink Creek. The

applicant’s facilities are located on

property that straddles the Delaware

River Basin divide and a major portion

of the applicant’s water source is

obtained from wells located outside the

Delaware River Basin. However, the

applicant proposes a high overall BOD

removal rate (98 percent) that will offset

the imported load.

5. City of Bethlehem Authority D–97–

47 CP

A proposed temporary emergency

surface water withdrawal project that

entails installation of an intake structure

in the Beltzville Reservoir, just

downstream of the confluence of

Pohopoco Creek with the Reservoir’s

backwater, in Towamensing Township,

Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The

withdrawal is planned to provide an

average of 15 million gallons per day

during a three-year period while the

applicant’s Penn Forest Dam is

undergoing reconstruction and refilling.

The applicant’s distribution system

serves the City of Bethlehem and 11

other municipalities in its vicinity, in

both Lehigh and Northampton Counties.

Documents relating to these items may

be examined at the Commission’s

offices. Preliminary dockets are

available in single copies upon request.

Please contact Thomas L. Brand at (609)

883–9500 ext. 221 concerning docketrelated questions. Persons wishing to

testify at this hearing are requested to

register with the Secretary at (609) 883–

9500 ext. 203 prior to the hearing.

Dated: January 12, 1998.

Susan M. Weisman,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1416 Filed 1–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6360–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Awards Program for Model

Professional Development; Notice of

New Application Deadline for Certain

Applicants for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998

SUMMARY: The Secretary establishes a

new deadline for the submission of

applications under the National Awards

Program for Model Professional

Development for FY 1998 by those

schools and school districts in areas of

Maine, New Hampshire, New York and

Vermont that the President or the

governors of those States have declared

disaster areas because of the severe ice

storms that occurred during the week of

January 5, 1998, as well as to schools

and the school district on the Island of

Guam.

NEW DEADLINE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF

APPLICATIONS: The new deadline for the

Department’s receipt of applications

from these schools and school districts

is January 26, 1998. In addition, the

Secretary will consider, on a case-bycase basis, a written request received by

January 26, 1998, for a further extension

of the application deadline for any

school or school district in these

affected areas that confirm an inability

to meet this new application deadline

because of continued storm-related

disruptions.

SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS OR EXTENSION

REQUESTS: Application to the National

Awards Program or written requests for

an extension of the application deadline

beyond January 26, 1998, must be sent

to Sharon Horn, Office of Educational

Research and Improvement, U.S.

Department of Education, 555 New

Jersey Avenue, NW., Room 506E,

Washington, DC 20208–5644.

Telephone: 202–219–2203.

To obtain information on the program,

call or write Sharon Horn at the address

and telephone number identified above.

Inquiries also may be sent by e-mail to

sharonlhorn@ed.gov or by FAX at

(202) 219–2198. 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.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

format (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

the preceding paragraph.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format, also, by

contacting that person. However, the

Department is not able to reproduce in

an alternate format the standard forms

included in the application package.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 30, 1997, the Secretary

announced in the Fedeal Register (62

FR 58874) the National Awards Program

For Model Professional Development for

FY 1998. This program recognizes a

variety of schools and school districts

with model professional development

activities in the pre-kindergarten

through twelfth grade levels that have

led to increases in student achievement.

The notice inviting applications for the

program (62 FR 58874), which

accompanied the notice of eligibility

and selection criteria for the program,

identified the deadline for transmittal of

applications as January 15, 1998. During

the week of January 5, 1998, portions of

the States of Maine, New Hampshire,

New York and Vermont experienced

extraordinarily severe ice storms that

extinguished electric service and caused

major disruptions to school

communities in these areas. In addition,

the Secretary has learned that the school

community on the Island of Guam is

only now reopening on a part-time basis

as a result of a severe typhoon that

struck, the island on December 16, 1997.

The Secretary is concerned that

because of these circumstances schools

and school districts in these affected

areas that wish to apply for recognition

under the National Awards Program

may be prevented from doing so by the

previously announced application

deadline. For this reason, the Secretary

extends the deadline for transmittal of

applications under the National Awards

Program until January 26, 1998, for

those schools and school districts in the

States of Maine, New Hampshire, New

York and Vermont that the President or
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the governors of those States have

declared to be disaster areas, as well as

for schools and the school district on

Guam. Since it is impossible to predict

whether continued disruptions in utility

service will preclude the submission of

applications by January 26, 1998, the

Secretary also will consider, on a caseby-case basis, a written request received

by January 26, 1998, for a further

extension of the application deadline for

any school or school district in these

affected areas that confirms its inability

to meet the January 26 application

deadline because of continued stormrelated disruptions.

ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO THIS DOCUMENT:

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Fedeal Register, in text or portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the Adobe

Acrobat Reader Program with Search,

which is available free at either of the

previous sites. If you have questions

about using the pdf, call the U.S.

Government Printing Office toll free at

1–888–293–6498.

Anyone may also view these

documents in text copy only on an

electronic bulletin board of the

Department. Telephone: (202) 219–1511

or, toll free, 1–800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option

G—Files/Announcements, Bulletins and

Press Releases.

Note: The official version of a document is

the document published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 8001.

Dated: January 16, 1998.

Ricky T. Takai,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational

Research and Improvement.

[FR Doc. 98–1549 Filed 1–16–98; 5:03 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission of Data by State

Educational Agencies

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of dates of submission of

State revenue and expenditure reports

for fiscal year 1997 and of revisions to

those reports.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education

announces dates for the submission by

State educational agencies (SEAs) of

expenditure and revenue data and

average daily attendance statistics on ED

Form 2447 (the National Public

Education Financial Survey) for fiscal

year (FY) 1997. The Secretary sets these

dates to ensure that data are available to

serve as the basis for timely distribution

of Federal funds. The U.S. Bureau of the

Census is the data collection agent for

the Department’s National Center for

Education Statistics (NCES). The data

will be published by NCES and will be

used by the Secretary in the calculation

of allocations for FY 1999 appropriated

funds.

DATES: The date on which submissions

will first be accepted is March 15, 1998.

The mandatory deadline for the final

submission of all data, including any

revisions to previously submitted data,

is September 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: SEAs may mail ED Form

2447 to: Bureau of the Census,

ATTENTION: Governments Division,

Washington, DC 20233–6800.

Alternatively, SEAs may hand deliver

submissions to: Governments Division,

Bureau of the Census, 8905 Presidential

Parkway, Washington Plaza II, Room

508, Upper Marlboro, MD, by 4 p.m.,

Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

If an SEA’s submission is received by

the Bureau of the Census after

September 8, in order for the

submission to be accepted, the SEA

must show one of the following as proof

that the submission was mailed on or

before the mandatory deadline date:

1. A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service

postmark.

2. A legible mail receipt with the date

of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal

Service.

3. A dated shipping label, invoice, or

receipt from a commercial carrier.

4. Any other proof of mailing

acceptable to the Secretary.

If the SEA mails ED Form 2447

through the U.S. Postal Service, the

Secretary does not accept either of the

following as proof of mailing:

1. A private metered postmark.

2. A mail receipt that is not dated by

the U.S. Postal Service.

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before

relying on this method, an SEA should check

with its local post office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Lawrence R. MacDonald, Chief, Bureau

of the Census, ATTENTION:

Governments Division, Washington, DC

20233–6800. Telephone: (301) 457–

1574. 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.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this notice in an alternate format

(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or

computer diskette) on request to: Frank

Johnson, National Center for Education

Statistics, U.S. Department of

Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue,

N.W., Room 410E, Washington, DC

20208–5651.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

authority of section 404(a) of the

National Education Statistics Act of

1994 (20 U.S.C. 9003(a)), which

authorizes NCES to gather data on the

financing of education, NCES collects

data annually from SEAs through ED

Form 2447. The report from SEAs

includes attendance, revenue, and

expenditure data from which NCES

determines the average State per pupil

expenditure (SPPE) for elementary and

secondary education.

In addition to using the SPPE data as

useful information on the financing of

elementary and secondary education,

the Secretary uses these data directly in

calculating allocations for certain

formula grant programs, including Title

I of the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act of 1965, as amended by

the Improving America’s Schools Act of

1994 (Title I), Impact Aid, and Indian

Education. Other programs such as the

Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the

Technology Literacy Challenge Fund,

the Education for Homeless Children

and Youth Program under Title VII of

the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless

Assistance Act, the Dwight D.

Eisenhower Professional Development

Program, and the Safe and Drug-Free

Schools and Communities Program

make use of SPPE data indirectly

because their formulas are based, in

whole or in part, on State Title I

allocations.

In January 1998, the Bureau of the

Census, acting as the data collection

agent for NCES, will mail to SEAs ED

Form 2447 with instructions and

request that SEAs submit data to the

Bureau of the Census on March 15,

1998, or as soon as possible thereafter.

SEAs are urged to submit accurate and

complete data on March 15, or as soon

as possible thereafter, to facilitate timely

processing. Submissions by SEAs to the

Bureau of the Census will be checked

for accuracy and returned to each SEA

for verification.

Having accurate information, on time,

is critical to an efficient and fair

allocation process, as well as the NCES

statistical process. To ensure timely

distribution of Federal education funds

based on the best, most accurate data

available, NCES establishes, for

allocation purposes, September 8, 1998,