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necessary to facilitate the investigations

of the Office of the Special Assistant for

Gulf War Illnesses into the experiences

of Gulf War veterans during the war that

may be related to the illnesses

experienced by some Gulf War veterans.

The information collected will be used

to determine which Gulf War veterans

may have further information about

potential exposure incidents, to

discover if there are any other observed

incidents of exposure, to contribute to a

better understanding of the events

during and after the Gulf War, and to

encourage veterans to enroll in a

Department of Defense or Veterans

Affairs medical program.

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households.

Annual Burden Hours: 1,572.

Number of Respondents: 3,143.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden per Response: 30

Minutes.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Information on Each Collection

Covered by This Notice

Chemical/Biological Incident Survey

Respondents are Gulf War veterans

whose units were in the vicinity of a

positive chemical/biological detection,

alarm, or other reported incident. The

purpose of this survey is to develop

investigational leads to assist

investigators in their search for

confirmation of the presence or use of

chemical or biological agents during the

Gulf War.

Possible Weapons Sites

Respondents are Gulf War veterans

who served in units that reported

possible storage sites for chemical or

biological weapons agents. The purpose

of this survey is to develop possible

investigational leads that may assist

investigators in their search for

confirmation of the presence or use of

chemical or biological agents during the

Gulf War.

Depleted Uranium

Respondents are Gulf War veterans

who served in units that may have

placed them in contact with equipment

potentially contaminated with depleted

uranium (DU). Veterans will include

personnel who were in or on U.S.

combat vehicles at the time they were

struck by DU munitions fired from U.S.

tanks and personnel who were in

contact with equipment either as a

member of unit involved in retrograde

operations, or as a member of a battle

damage assessment team.

Pesticide Exposure Survey

Respondent are Gulf War veterans.

Outreach letters will be mailed to Gulf

War veterans based on their unit

assignment during the Gulf War and

their period of deployment. Calls will be

made to respondents to ask information

on experiences with pesticides during

the Gulf War deployment.

Pesticides Use/Application

Gulf War veterans who served as

physicians, environmental science

officer, entomologists, preventive

medicine specialists, field sanitation

teams members, and veterans who

served in logistics and supply positions

will be contacted to determine which

pesticides were used (including those

purchased locally) and how they were

employed in the Gulf during Operations

Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Water Contamination

Respondents will be preventive

medicine specialists, field sanitation

specialists, and transportation personnel

involved with the maintenance of water

transport vehicles who served in the

Gulf War.

Food Contamination

Respondent will be preventive

medicine specialists, field sanitation

specialists, and food service personnel

to determine what steps were taken to

ensure the safety of the food provided

to Gulf War troops.

Oil Well Fires

Respondents will be Gulf War

veterans who reported contract with oil

well fires in calls to the DoD Incident

Reporting Line. Veterans will be

contacted to get first hand accounts of

their experience with oil well fire

smoke, precautions they took, and the

duration of their exposure under the oil

well fire plume.

Retrograde Equipment

Respondents will be Gulf War veterans

involved in vehicle cleaning operations prior

to vehicles being shipped from the Gulf and

personnel who accompanied vehicles during

their retrograde shipment.

Armed Services Medical Department

Personnel

Respondents will be medical

personnel who served in the Gulf War.

These personnel will be contacted to

complete a survey of their experiences

with medical surveillance, vaccine

administration, and medical

recordkeeping during the Gulf War

deployment.

Combat Stress Control

Respondents will be military

chaplains who served in the Gulf War.

These chaplains will be surveyed to

understand their experiences as

participants in combat stress control.

Enemy Prisoners of War

Respondents will be Gulf War

veterans who served in military police

or medical units that were involved in

the processing and treatment of enemy

prisoners of war during the Gulf War

deployment.

Petroleums, Oils, and Lubricants

Respondents will be Gulf War

veterans who served in units during the

Gulf War deployment that were

involved in the acquisition, distribution,

and use of petroleums, oils, and

lubricants.

Personnel Deployed on Designated

Deployments

Respondents will be former members

of the Armed Services (including active

and reserve component) who served

during designated deployments.

Personnel will be surveyed about their

perceptions and experiences with

Medical Force Protection, Medical

Surveillance, and health support during

the designated deployment.

Dated: June 16, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–16435 Filed 6–19–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent

License

Pursuant to the provisions of Part 404

of Title 37, code of Federal Regulations,

which implements Public Law 96–517,

the Department of the Air Force

announces its intention to grant Beam

Tech Corporation (hereafter Beam

Tech), a Texas Corporation, an exclusive

license under: United States Patent

Application Serial No. 08/933,561 filed

in the names of Jill E. Parker, John L.

Alls, and Johnathan L. Kiel on

September 19, 1997 for a

‘‘Diazodenitrification in Manufacture of

Recombinant Bacterial Biosensors.’’

The license described above will be

granted unless an objection thereto,

together with a request for an

opportunity to be heard, if desired, is

received in writing by the addressee set

forth below within sixty (60) days from
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the date of publication of this Notice.

Information concerning the application

may be obtained, on request, from the

same addressee.

All communications concerning this

Notice should be sent to: Mr. Randy

Heald, Senior Intellectual Property

Counsel, Secretary of the Air Force,

Office of the General Counsel, SAF/

GCQ, 1501 Wilson Blvd., Suite 805,

Arlington, VA 22209–2403, Telephone

(703) 696–9037.

Barbara A. Carmichael,

Alternate Air Force Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–16471 Filed 6–19–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, 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 August

21, 1998.

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, D.C. 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 Acting 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.

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.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: New.

Title: Early Intervention Program for

Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities

(Part C of the Individuals with

Disabilities Education Act) Self-Study

Instrument.

Frequency: Every 3 or 4 years per

State, based on the monitoring schedule.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Businesses or other forprofits; Not-for-profit institutions; State,

local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 12.

Burden Hours: 3,360.

Abstract: Under the Early Intervention

Program for Infants and Toddlers with

Disabilities (Part C of the Individuals

with Disabilities Education Act), States

are required to maintain and implement

a Statewide, comprehensive,

coordinated, multi disciplinary,

interagency system that provides early

intervention services to infants and

toddlers with disabilities and their

families. The State’s lead agency for Part

C is responsible for the monitoring of

programs and activities within the State,

and the Federal government must

provide technical assistance to States to

carry out their Part C responsibilities.

The self study instrument provides

technical guidance to the State, and is

also used for Federal and State

monitoring of the Part C program.

[FR Doc. 98–16473 Filed 6–19–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, 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 August

21, 1998.

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, D.C. 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 Acting 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