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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.

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: July 8, 1998.

Donald Rappaport,

Chief Financial and Chief Information

Officer, Office of the Chief Financial and

Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Safe and Drug-Free Schools and

Communities Act: Request for Clearance

of the State Education Agency and

Governor’s Reporting Forms.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 109.

Burden Hours: 4,360.

Abstract: Section 4117 of the Safe and

Drug-Free Schools and Communities

Act (SDFSCA) requires state chief

executive officers, and state educational

agencies (SEAs) to submit to the

Secretary on a triennial basis a report on

the implementation and outcomes of

state, local and Governor’s SDFSCA

programs. ED must report to the

President and Congress on a biennial

basis regarding the national impact of

SDFSCA programs. The two

instruments, one for SEAs and one for

Governor’s programs, included with this

Paperwork Reduction Act submission

will be used by states to submit the

required data to ED.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: New.

Title: Early Childhood Longitudinal

Study (ECLS) First Grade Fall 1998 Pilot

Study, Fall 1999 and Spring 2000 Full

Scale.

Frequency: Fall 1998, Fall 1999, and

Spring 2000.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 600.

Burden Hours: 313.

Abstract: The ECLS begins in Fall

1998–1999 with a kindergarten cohort.

This clearance is for follow up activities

with this cohort of students one year

later, when they are typically in first

grade. There will be a pilot of the first

grade fall survey in Fall 1998, and the

full scale surveys will take place in Fall

of 1999 and Spring of 2000. The ECLS

looks at the crucial first years of school

from the perspective of the students,

teachers, parents, and school

administrators. There are assessments of

the students. The survey is intended to

provide information about early

childhood preschool learning

experiences, from birth to age 8,

preparation for formal schools, first

school experiences, and progress made

over the first years of school.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: William D. Ford Federal Direct

Loan Program Electronic Debit Account

Brochure and Authorization Form.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 102,000.

Burden Hours: 3,400.

Abstract: This form will be the means

by which a Direct Loan borrower

authorizes establishment of an

Electronic Debit Account.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: National Longitudinal Survey of

Schools (NLSS).

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 18,800.

Burden Hours: 10,760.

Abstract: This study is being

conducted to support the legislative

requirement in P.L. 103–382, Section

1501 to assess the implementation of

Title I and education reform. It will

examine principals’ and teachers’

understanding and implementation of

standards-based reform and the new

provisions of Title I. Information on

schools serving significant proportions

of migrant, limited-English proficient

(LEP), or Native American students, and

schools that have been identified as in

need of improvement will also be

gathered.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Guaranty Agency Quarterly/

Annual Report.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profits, State, local or Tribal Gov’t,

SEAs or LEAs. Reporting and

Recordkeeping Hour Burden:

Responses: 37.

Burden Hours: 9,250.

Abstract: The Guaranty Agency

Quarterly/Annual Report is submitted

by 37 agencies operating a study loan

insurance program under agreement

with the Department of Education.

These reports are used to evaluate

agency operations, make payments to

agencies as authorized by law, and to

make reports to Congress.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Standards for the Conduct and

Evaluation of Activities Carried Out by

the Office of Educational Research and

Improvement (OERI)—Phase 1.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Businesses or other forprofits; Not-for-profit institutions; State,

local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 1.

Burden Hours: 1.

Abstract: OERI was required by its

authorizing statute to establish

standards for the processes it uses to

evaluate applications for grants and

cooperative agreements and proposals

for contracts. These established

standards (34 CFR 700) allow OERI to

tailor selection criteria to individual

programs by selecting from the menu of

selection criteria contained in this

regulation. This regulation has also

eliminated the need for separate

programs within OERI to establish

individual program regulations to create

evaluation criteria.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Chief Financial and Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Financial and 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 August

12, 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 Chief

Financial and Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Financial and 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: July 8, 1998.

Donald Rappaport,

Chief Financial and Chief Information

Officer, Office of the Chief Financial and

Chief Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: 1998–1999 Field Test for

Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS):

Local Educational Agency (LEA),

Administrator, School, Teacher and

Library/Media Center, 1999–2000

Teacher Listing Form, 1999–2000 Full

Scale SASS: LEA, Administrator,

School, Teacher and Library/Media

Center.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov’t,

SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 104,341.

Burden Hours: 107,802.

Abstract: The National Center for

Education Statistics (NCES) will use the

field test to assess data collection

procedures and survey instruments that

are planned for the full scale SASS in

1999–2000. Policy makers, researchers

and practitioners at the national, state

and local events use SASS data.

Respondents include public and private

school principals, teachers, and school,

LEA and library/media center staff

persons.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[IC98–566–001 FERC–566]

Information Collection Submitted for

Review and Request for Comments

July 7, 1998.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission for review

by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

has submitted the energy information

collection listed in this notice to the

Office Management and Budget (OMB)

for review under provisions of Section

3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (Pub. L. No. 104–13). Any

interested person may file comments on

the collection of information directly

with OMB and should address a copy of

those comments to the Commission as

explained below. The Commission

received comments from electric

utilities and electric trade associations

in response to an earlier Federal

Register notice of February 5, 1998 (63

FR 5933). The Commission has

addressed these comments in its

submission to OMB.

DATES: Comments regarding this

collection of information are best

assured of having their full effect if

received on or before August 12, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to Office

of Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Desk Officer, 725 17th

Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20503. A

copy of the comments should also be

sent to Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, Attention: Mr.

Michael Miller, 888 First Street N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 208–1415, by fax at

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at

michael.miller@ferc. fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description

The energy information collection

submitted to OMB for review contains:

1. Collection of Information: FERC–

566 ‘‘Annual Report of a Utility’s

Twenty Largest Purchasers’’

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

3. Control No.: OMB No. 1902–0114.

The Commission is now requesting that

OMB approve a three-year extension of

the current expiration date, with no

changes to the existing collection. This

is a mandatory information collection

requirement.

4. Necessity of Collection of

Information: Submission of the

information is necessary to fulfill the

requirements of Section 211-

Interlocking Directorates, which defines

monitoring and regulatory operations

concerning interlocking directorate

positions held by utility personnel and

possible conflicts of interest. The

information submitted enables the

Commission to carry out its

responsibilities in implementing the

statutory provisions of the Title II,

Section 211 of the Public Utility

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.

5. Respondent Description: The

respondent universe currently

comprises on average, 175 companies