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Interim Reports

(An interim report is a follow-up

report on an accrediting agency’s

compliance with specific criteria for

recognition that was requested by the

Secretary when the Secretary granted

initial or renewed recognition to the

agency)—

1. Accrediting Commission of Career

Schools and Colleges of Technology

2. American Academy for Liberal

Education

3. American Bar Association, Council

of the Section of Legal Education and

Admissions to the Bar

4. American Board of Funeral Service

Education, Committee on Accreditation

5. American Dental Association,

Commission on Dental Accreditation

6. American Psychological

Association, Committee on

Accreditation

7. American Veterinary Medical

Association, Council on Education

8. Association of Advanced

Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools,

Accreditation Commission

9. The Council on Chiropractic

Education, Commission on

Accreditation

10. Council on Education or Public

Health

11. Liaison Committee on Medical

Education

12. Montessori Accreditation Council

for Teacher Education, Commission on

Accreditation

13. Western Association of Schools

and Colleges, Accrediting Commission

for Schools

State Agencies Recognized for the

Approval of Public Postsecondary

Vocational Education

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition

1. Oklahoma State Board of

Vocational and Technical Education

2. Utah State Board for Vocational

Education

State Agency Recognized for the

Approval of Nurse Education

Petition for Renewal of Recognition

1. Iowa Board of Nursing

2. Maryland Board of Nursing

Federal Agencies Seeking DegreeGranting Authority

In accordance with the Federal policy

governing the granting of academic

degrees by Federal agencies (approved

by a letter from the Director, Bureau of

the Budget, to the Secretary, Health

Education, and Welfare, dated

December 23, 1954), the Secretary is

required to establish a review committee

to advise the Secretary concerning any

legislation that maybe proposed that

would authorize the granting of degrees

by a Federal agency. The review

committee forwards its recommendation

concerning a Federal agency’s proposed

degree-granting authority to the

Secretary, who then forwards the

committee’s recommendation and the

Secretary’s recommendation to the

Office of Management and Budget for

review and transmittal to the Congress.

The Secretary uses the Advisory

Committee as the review committee

required for his purpose. Accordingly,

the Advisory Committee will review the

following institution at this meeting:

Proposed Master’s Degree-Granting

Authority

1. Air University Montgomery, AL;

Air War College (request to award the

master’s degree in Strategic Studies) and

Air Command and Staff College (request

to award the master’s degree in

Operational Military Arts and Science)

2. Department of Defense Polygraph

Institute, Anniston AL (request to award

the master’s of science in Forensic

Psychophysiology)

Public Inspection of Petitions and

Third-Party Comments

All petitions and interim reports, and

those third-party comments received in

advance of the meeting, will be

available for public inspection and copy

at the U.S. Department of Education,

ROB–3, Room 3915, 7th and D Streets,

SW., Washington, DC 20202–5244,

telephone (202) 708–7417 between the

hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday

through Friday, until November 15,

1998. They will be available again after

the December 7–9 Advisory Committee

meeting. It is preferred that an

appointment be made in advance of

such inspection or copying.

Dated: June 16, 1998.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 98–16395 Filed 6–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Agency information collection

activities: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Energy Information

Administration (EIA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

revision, and extension of the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

expiration date of the form RW–859,

‘‘Nuclear Fuel Data Survey’’, and the

termination of RW–859S ‘‘Nuclear Fuel

Data Supplement’’.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 18, 1998.

If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below of your

intention to do so as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Jim

Finucane, Office of Coal, Nuclear,

Electric and Alternate Fuels, EI–52,

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0650,

telephone: (202) 426–1960, e-mail:

jim.finucane@eia.doe.gov, and fax

(202)–426–1280.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form and instructions

should be directed to Jim Finucane at

the address listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Request for Comments

I. Background

In order to fulfill its responsibilities

under the Federal Energy

Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–

275) and the Department of Energy

Organization Act (Pub. L. 95–91), the

Energy Information Administration

(EIA) is obliged to carry out a central,

comprehensive, and unified energy data

and information program. As part of this

program, EIA collects, evaluates,

assembles, analyzes, and disseminates

data and information related to energy

resource reserves, production, demand,

and technology, and related economic

and statistical information relevant to

the adequacy of energy resources to

meet demands in the near and longer

term future for the Nation’s economic

and social needs.

The EIA, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden required by section

3506(c)(2)(A)g of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),

conducts a presurvey consultation

program to provide the general public

and other Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing reporting forms. This

program helps to prepare data requests

in the desired format, minimize

reporting burden, develop clearly
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understandable reporting forms, and

assess the impact of collection

requirements on respondents. Also, EIA

will later seek approval by OMB for the

collections under sections 3507(g) and

(h) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, title 44, U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

This data collection will provide the

Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste

Management of the Department of

Energy (DOE) with detailed information

concerning the spent nuclear fuel

generated by the respondents

(commercial generators of spent nuclear

fuel within the U.S. are respondents to

this survey). The DOE will take

possession of this spent fuel and needs

this data to properly design the spent

fuel repository (spent fuel receiving

systems, spent fuel handling systems,

etc.) which will be the final storage/

disposal site for all of the spent fuel and

high level radioactive waste materials.

II. Current Actions

The current proposed actions are: (1)

An extension of an existing data

collection, RW–859, and (2) the

termination of a second data collection,

RW–859S. A three-year extension of the

data collection, RW–859, is proposed.

The RW–859S, which was collected

every five years, will be terminated and

four data items from that form will be

collected by RW–859. Such data items

include information on each discharged

assembly, canistered materials,

uncanistered materials, and non-fuel

components. As before, all data will be

collected once; only changes in the

specific data element will require

updating.

This revision will also permit the data

elements to be collected to be

streamlined. Specifically, all of the data

which is needed on an assembly

specific basis will be collected at one

time; thereafter referring this data by

reference to the assembly serial number.

In addition, the certification statement,

the crane data, the site data, the

transportation data, and the request for

data on fresh fuel in core will be

eliminated.

III. Request for Comments

Prospective respondents and other

interested parties should comment on

the actions discussed in item II. The

following guidelines are provided to

assist in the preparation of responses.

General Issues

A. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency and does the information have

practical utility? Practical utility is

defined as the actual usefulness of

information to or for an agency, taking

into account its accuracy, adequacy,

reliability, timeliness, and the agency’s

ability to process the information it

collects.

B. What enhancements can EIA make

to the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

As a Potential Respondent

A. Are the instructions and

definitions clear and sufficient? If not,

which instructions require clarification?

B. Can data be submitted by the due

date?

C. Public reporting burden for Form

RW–859 is estimated to average 40

hours per response. Burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended to generate, maintain, retain,

or disclose or provide the information.

Please comment on (1) the accuracy of

our estimate and (2) how the agency

could minimize the burden of the

collection of information, including the

use of information technology.

D. EIA estimates that respondents will

incur no additional costs for reporting

other than the hours required to

complete the collection. What is the

estimated: (1) Total dollar amount

annualized for capital and start-up

costs, and (2) recurring annual costs of

operation and maintenance, and

purchase of services associated with this

data collection?

E. Do you know of any other Federal,

State, or local agency that collects

similar data? If you do, specify the

agency, the data element(s), and the

methods of collection.

F. Would you be interested in

receiving and submitting the new RW–

859 form and related materials by e-mail

in electronic format?

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of the form. They also will

become a matter of public record.

Statutory Authority: Section 3506(c)(2)(A)

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. 104–13) title 44, U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Issued in Washington, DC, June 12, 1998.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–16342 Filed 6–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–2498–000]

Cobisa-Person Limited Partnership;

Notice of Issuance of Order

June 15, 1998.

Cobisa-Person Limited Partnership

(Cobisa-Person), is an exempt wholesale

generator comprised of a single general

partner, Cobisa-Person Power Company,

Inc., and a single limited partner,

Cobisa-Person Corporation. CobisaPerson filed an application requesting

that the Commission accept a power

purchase agreement and amendment

and authorize it to engage in wholesale

power sales at market-based rates, and

for certain waivers and authorizations.

In particular, Cobisa-Person requested

that the Commission grant blanket

approval under 18 CFR Part 34 of all

future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liabilities by CobisaPerson. On June 12, 1998, the

Commission issued an Order Accepting

For Filing Proposed Market-Based Rates

And Interconnection Agreement And

Amendment (Order), in the abovedocketed proceeding.

The Commission’s June 12, 1998

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (D), (E), and (G):

(D) Within 30 days after the date of

issuance of this order, any person

desiring to be heard or to protest the

Commission’s blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liabilities by Cobisa-Person should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214.

(E) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (D) above, Cobisa-Person is

hereby authorized to issue securities

and assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of CobisaPerson, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(G) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of