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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.

Dated: June 16, 1998.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Evaluation of Effective Adult

Basic Education Programs and Practices.

Frequency: Three (3) times per year

(May, September, and December).

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit institutions;

State, local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or

LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 78.

Burden Hours: 618.

Abstract: The U.S. Department of

Education has been working with State

Directors of adult education and local

providers to document the learning

gains of adult education participants.

Because little is known about the

effectiveness of adult basic education

(ABE) programs for first-level learners,

this is an exploratory study. Hence, we

are developing measures to describe the

operational and instructional

characteristics of ABE programs and are

testing methods of measuring outcomes.

The programs participating in the study

were selected based on information

collected in previous case studies that

had evidence of good instruction, where

teachers had been trained in a specific

model for delivering adult education

instruction, and where there was

evidence of effective program

operations. Respondents are program

participants who voluntarily enroll in

federally funded adult basic education

classes.

[FR Doc. 98–16474 Filed 6–19–98; 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 Acting 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 July 22,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, 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, 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.

Dated: June 16, 1998.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: 1999 National Household

Education Survey (NHES: 99).

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 107,155.

Burden Hours: 15,826.

Abstract: The NHES: 99 will be a

telephone survey of households

remeasuring key indicators from past

NHES surveys related to such topics as

Early Childhood Care and Program

Participation, Parent/Family

Involvement in Education; Youth Civic

Involvement, and Adult Education.

Respondents will be parents of children

from birth through 12th grade, youth

enrolled in grades 6 through 12, and

adults age 16 and older and not enrolled

in grade 12 or below. The collection will

provide information on the National

Household Education Goals which

pertain to school readiness (Goal 1),

student achievement and citizenship

(Goal 3), adult literacy and lifelong

learning (Goal 6), and parental

participation (Goal 8), and the U.S.

Department of Education’s Strategic

Plan of 1998–2000.

[FR Doc. 98–16475 Filed 6–19–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–595–000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of

Application

June 16, 1998.

Take notice that on June 5, 1998, ANR

Pipeline Company (ANR), 500

Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan

48243, filed an application pursuant to

Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and

Part 157 of the Commission’s

Regulations for authorization to utilize