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products. The Commission now

announces that it has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget a

request for extension of approval of that

collection of information.

These regulations implement

provisions of the Consumer Product

Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous

Substances Act, and the Flammable

Fabrics Act that require persons and

firms to notify the Commission before

exporting any product that fails to

comply with an applicable standard or

regulation enforced under provisions of

those laws. The Commission is required

by law to transmit the information

relating to the proposed exportation to

the government of the country of

intended destination.

Additional Information About the

Request for Extension of Approval of

Information Collection Requirements

Agency address: Consumer Product

Safety Commission, Washington, D.C.

20207.

Title of information collection:

Procedures for export of noncomplying

products, 16 CFR Part 1019.

Type of request: Extension of

approval.

Frequency of collection: Varies

depending upon volume of

noncomplying goods exported.

General description of respondents:

Exporters of products that fail to comply

with standards or regulations enforced

under provisions of the Consumer

Product Safety Act, the Federal

Hazardous Substances Act, or the

Flammable Fabrics Act.

Estimated Number of respondents:

160 per year.

Estimated average number of

responses per respondent: 1.125 per

year.

Estimated number of responses for all

respondents: 180 per year.

Estimated number of hours per

response: 1.

Estimated number of hours for all

respondents: 180 per year.

Estimated cost of collection for all

respondents: Unknown.

Comments: Comments on this request

for extension of approval of information

collection requirements should be

submitted by July 20, 1998 to (1) Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for CPSC, Office

of Management and Budget, Washington

D.C. 20503; telephone: (202) 395–7340,

and (2) the Office of the Secretary,

Consumer Product Safety Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20207.

Copies of this request for an extension

of an information collection

requirement are available from Robert

Frye, Director, Office of Planning and

Evaluation, Consumer Product Safety

Commission, Washington, DC 20207;

telephone: (301) 504–0416, extension

2243.

Dated: June 15, 1998.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: Thursday, June 25, 1998

10:00 a.m.

LOCATION: Room 410, East West Towers,

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda,

Maryland.

STATUS: Closed to the Public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Compliance Status Report

The staff will brief the Commission on

the status of various compliance

matters.

For a recorded message containing the

latest agenda information, call (301)

504–0709.

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: Sadye E. Dunn, Office of

the Secretary, 4330 East West Highway,

Bethesda, MD 20207 (301) 504–0800.

Dated: June 16, 1998.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

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: An emergency review has been

requested in accordance with the Act

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507 (j)), since

public harm is reasonably likely to

result if normal clearance procedures

are followed. Approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) has

been requested by June 25, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

regarding the emergency review 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,

D.C. 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection request

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, or

should be electronically mailed to the

internet address PatlSherrill@ed.gov,

or should be faxed to 202–708–8196.

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 Director of OMB provide

interested Federal agencies and the

public an early opportunity to comment

on information collection requests. The

Office of Management and Budget

(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 at the beginning of

the Departmental review of the

information collection. 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. ED 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
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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 15, 1998.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: Year 2000 Survey of the Direct

Loan Schools.

Abstract: In order to facilitate decison

making, the Department will survey

Direct Loan Institutions to learn their

Year 2000 compliance situations.

Additional Information: Direct Loan

Schools or their third party servicers

will be asked five survey questions.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profits; Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 1,739.

Burden Hours: 290.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Recognition of Accrediting Agencies,

State Agencies for Approval of Public

Postsecondary Vocational Education,

and State Agencies for Approval of

Nurse Education

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Request for comments on

agencies applying to the Secretary for

initial or renewed recognition.

DATES: Commenters should submit their

written comments by August 3, 1998 to

the address below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen W. Kershenstein, Director,

Accreditation and Eligibility

Determination Division, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 3915

ROB–3, Washington, DC 20202–5244,

telephone: (202) 708–7417. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service at 1–800–

877–8399 between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.,

Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

SUBMISSION OF THIRD-PARTY COMMENTS:

The Secretary of Education recognizes,

as reliable authorities as to the quality

of education offered by institutions or

programs within their scope, accrediting

agencies and State approval agencies for

public postsecondary vocational

education and nurse education that

meet certain criteria for recognition. The

purpose of this notice is to invite

interested third parties to present

written comments on the agencies listed

in this notice that have applied for

initial or continued recognition. A

subsequent Federal Register notice will

announce the meeting and invite

individuals and/or groups to submit

requests for oral presentation before the

National Advisory Committee on

Institutional Quality and Integrity (the

‘‘Advisory Committee’’) on the agencies

being reviewed. That notice, however,

does not constitute another call for

written comment. This notice is the

only call for written comment.

All comments received in response to

this notice will be reviewed by

Department staff as part of its evaluation

of the agencies’ compliance with the

Secretary’s Criteria for Recognition. In

order for Department staff to give full

consideration to the comments received

and to address them in the staff analyses

that will be presented to the Advisory

Committee at its December 1998

meeting, the comments must arrive at

the address listed above not later than

August 3, 1998. Comments received

after the deadline will be reviewed by

Department staff, which will take

action, as appropriate, either before or

after the meeting, should the comments

suggest that an accrediting agency is not

acting in accordance with the

Secretary’s Criteria for Recognition.

All comments must related to the

Secretary’s Criteria for the Recognition

of Accrediting Agencies. Comments

pertaining to the agencies whose interim

reports will be reviewed must be

restricted to the concerns raised in the

Secretary’s letter for which the report is

requested.

The Advisory Committee advises the

Secretary of Education on the

recognition of accrediting agencies and

State approval agencies. The Advisory

Committee is scheduled to meet

December 7–9, 1998 in Washington, DC.

All written comments in response to

this notice that are received by the

Department by the deadline will be

considered by both the Advisory

Committee and the Secretary.

Comments received after the deadline,

as indicated previously, will be

reviewed by Department staff, which

will take follow-up action, as

appropriate, either before or after the

meeting. Commenters whose comments

are received after the deadline will be

notified by staff of the disposition of

those comments.

The following agencies will be

reviewed during the December 1998

meeting of the Advisory Committee:

Nationally Recognized Accrediting

Agencies

Petition for Initial Recognition

1. Northwestern Association of

Schools and Colleges, Commission on

Schools (requested scope of recognition:

The accreditation and preaccreditation

(‘‘Candidate for Accreditation’’) of

schools offering non-degree,

postsecondary education in Alaska,

Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah,

and Washington)

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition

1. Accrediting Bureau of Health

Education Schools (Current scope of

recognition: The accreditation of

private, postsecondary allied health

education institutions, private medical

assistant programs, public and private

medical laboratory technician programs,

and allied health programs leading to

the Associate of Applied Science and

the Associate of Occupational Science

degree. Requested expansion of scope:

The accreditation of institutions offering

predominantly allied health education

programs. ‘‘Predominantly’’ is defined

by the agency as follows: At least 70

percent of the number of active

programs offered are in the allied health

area, and the number of students

enrolled in those programs exceeds 50

percent of the institution’s full-time

equivalent (FTE) students, or at least 70

percent of the FTE students enrolled at

the institution are in allied health

programs)

2. National Environmental Health

Science and Protection Accreditation

Council (requested scope of recognition:

the accreditation and preaccreditation

(‘‘Preaccreditation’’) of baccalaureate

programs in environmental health

science and protection)

3. National League for Nursing

Accrediting Commission (requested

scope of recognition: The accreditation

of programs in practical nursing, and

diploma, associate, baccalaureate and

higher degree nurse education

programs)

4. New York State Board of Regents

(requested scope of recognition: The

accreditation (registration) of collegiate

degree-granting programs or curricula

offered by institutions of higher

education in the state of New York and

of credit-bearing certificate and diploma

programs offered by degree-granting

institutions of higher education in the

state of New York)