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writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the National

Assessment Governing Board, Suite 825,

800 North Capitol Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20002.

List of Subjects

Pilot tests for the voluntary national

tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade

mathematics and Information Collection

Requests.

Dated: June 25, 1998.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

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DEPARTENT 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 31,

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., 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 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.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review:

Title: Application for Seven Foreign

Language and Area Studies Programs.

Frequency: Annually or Every 3

Years.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 469; Burden Hours:

43,213.

Abstract: Collect program and budget

information to make grants to institution

of higher education. This information

collection falls under the streamlined

process for discretionary grants under

OMB Control Number 1890–0001.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Local Implementation of Federal

Programs.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 849; Burden Hours:

872.

Abstract: The Department of

Education is charged with evaluating

Title I of ESEA and other elementary

and secondary education legislation

enacted by the 103rd Congress. These

studies will collect information on the

operations and effects at the district

level of legislative provisions and

federal assistance, in the context of state

education reform efforts. Findings will

be used in reporting to Congress and

improving information dissemination.

Respondents are local superintendents,

directors of federal programs, directors

of research and assessment, and school

principals.

No comments were received during

the 60-day comment period. Minor

revisions have been made to the

instrument during the interim. There are

two differences between the earlier

version of the survey and the revised

version being submitted to OMB, the are

as follows:

(1) The original survey addressed a

wide range of topics concerning the

implementation of federal programs,

with emphasis on data use, crossprogram coordination,

intergovernmental relations, and

services to homeless children and

youth. The revised survey is more

focused on data needed for ED reporting

to Congress under the Government

Performance and Results Act (GPRA). It

incorporates a number of data elements

required in the Department’s Strategic

Plan and Annual Performance Plans.

Questions about services to homeless

children and youth have been dropped,

and the number of questions about

intergovernmental relations and the

implementation of specific federal

programs has been reduced.

(2) The revised version required a

smaller sample. Rather than drawing a

large random sample of approximately

1500 districts stratified by proverty and

district size as previously planned, the

instrument will now draw a smaller

random sample of 789 districts that will

permit national estimates, but not

estimates for distinct strata.

Additionally, the entire sample of

districts in the ED Study of Education

Resources and Funding is being

incorporated into this sample so that the

two studies can share key data elements.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–406–000]

CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice

of Informal Settlement Conference

June 25, 1998.

Take notice that an informal

settlement conference will be convened

in this proceeding on Wednesday, July

1, 1998, at 10:00 a.m., at the offices of

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,
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Washington, DC, 20426, for the purpose

of exploring the possible settlement of

the above-reference docket.

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR

385.102(c), or any participant as defined

in 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to

attend. Persons wishing to become a

party must move to intervene and

receive intervenor status pursuant to the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

385.214).

For additional information, please

contact William J. Collins at (202) 208–

0248.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–619–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Application

June 25, 1998.

Take notice that on June 17, 1998,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), a Delaware corporation,

having its principal place of business at

12801 Fair Lakes Parkway, Fairfax,

Virginia, 22030–1046, filed an

abbreviated application pursuant to

Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, as

amended, for permission and approval

to abandon certain natural gas services,

as more fully described in the

application.

Columbia proposes to abandon from

service Munderf Storage Field and

transmission pipelines 4393 and 4394,

all located in Jefferson County,

Pennsylvania. Due to the deteriorating

condition of the casing in the only well

(Munderf Storage Well 552) in Munderf

Storage field and at the recommendation

of the State of Pennsylvania Department

of Environmental Resources, Columbia

plugged Well 552 on July 13, 1994.

Columbia has determined that because

of changes in market requirements,

sources of supply and transmission

facilities in the Munderf area, that

current and future market requirements

can be met without the Munderf Storage

Field. Columbia has also determined

that with the abandonment of Munderf

Storage Field, transmission lines 4393

and 4394, consisting of 677 feet of 4-

inch diameter pipeline, will no longer

be needed. The estimated net debit to

accumulated provision for depreciation

for both the storage field and lines is

$138,475.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before July 16,

1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C., 20426, a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)

and the Regulations under the Natural

Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests

filed with the Commission will be

considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceedings. Any person wishing

to become a party to a proceeding or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure, a hearing will be held

without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that a grant of the

certificate is required by the public

convenience and necessity. If a motion

for leave to intervene is timely filed, or

if the Commission on its own motion

believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Columbia to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–2580–000]

HDI Associates III; Notice of

Withdrawal

June 25, 1998.

Take notice that on June 22, 1998,

HDI Associates III tendered for filing

Notice of Withdrawal of its filing made

on April 17, 1998, in Docket No. ER98–

2580–000.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 216 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.216). All such motions

and protests should be filed on or before

July 7, 1998. Protests will be considered

by the Commission to determine the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceedings. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–2581–000]

HDI Associates III; Notice of

Withdrawal

June 25, 1998.

Take notice that on June 22, 1998,

HDI Associates III tendered for filing

Notice of Withdrawal of its filing made

on April 17, 1998, in Docket No. ER98–

2581–000.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing 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 216

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 18

CFR 385.216). All such motions and

protests should be filed on or before July

7, 1998. Protests will be considered by

the Commission to determine the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceedings. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

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