3724 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 16 / Monday, January 26, 1998 / Notices

received and shipped more than 44.8

million long tons of waterborne general

cargo to all parts of the United States

and throughout the world and received

petroleum and related products from

ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts,

the Caribbean, Africa and the Persian

Gulf.

The Corps’ New York District requests

any pertinent information about the

project area from any Federal, state, or

local agencies, and the private sector. In

particular, we request information on

the type, amount, and location of

waterborne commerce and ships calling

on the Port and any projections of future

commerce and size of ships. This

information will be used to define the

status of the Port, forecast the benefits

of channel improvements, and

determine potential Federal

involvement in providing deeper, wider

and/or realigned channels. The Corps

also welcomes any assistance and

suggestions concerning the conduct of

this study.

John Sassi,

Chief, Planning Division.

[FR Doc. 98–1721 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

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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

1955.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before February

25, 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, SW., 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 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 20, 1998.

Gloria Parker,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Goals 2000 Comprehensive

Local Reform Assistance.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 400.

Burden Hours: 12,000.

Abstract: Section 304(e) of the Goals

2000: Educate America Act authorizes

the Secretary to award direct grants to

LEAs in States that were not

participating in Goals 2000 as of

October 20, 1995, if the applicable SEA

approves the LEAs’ participation in

Goals 2000 as of that date. Both the

Oklahoma and Montana SEAs have

approved LEA participation in this

direct grant program. The Goals 2000

Act is designed to help States and

communities develop and implement

their own education reforms focused on

challenging academic standards in order

to increase student academic

achievement.

This information collection is being

submitted under the Streamlined

Clearance Process for Discretionary

Grant Information Collections (OMB

Control No. 1890–0001). Therefore, this

30-day public comment period notice

will be the only public comment notice

published for this information

collection.

[FR Doc. 98–1720 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Environmental Management;

Environmental Management Advisory

Board Renewal

Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

Law 92–463), and in accordance with

Title 41 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, section 101–6.1015(a), and

following consultation with the

Committee Management Secretariat,

General Services Administration, notice

is hereby given that the Environmental

Management Advisory Board has been

renewed for a two-year period beginning

on January 17, 1998. The Board will

provide advice to the Assistant

Secretary for Environmental

Management.

The purpose of the Board is to

provide the Assistant Secretary for

Environmental Management with advice

and recommendations on

Environmental Management projects

and issues, such as program budget,

strategic planning, risk, technology

development, the National

Environmental Policy Act, long-term

nuclear stewardship, science initiatives,

worker health and safety, and program

cost effectiveness, from the perspective

of affected groups and State Tribal, and

local governments. Consensus

recommendations to the Department of

Energy from the Board on programmatic

nationwide resolution of numerous

difficult issues will help achieve the

Department’s objective of an integrated

environmental restoration program.

Additionally, the renewal of the

Environmental Management Advisory

Board has been determined to be

essential to the conduct of Department

of Energy business and to be in the

public interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

Department of Energy by law. The Board

will operate in accordance with the