37546 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 133 / Monday, July 13, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: NROTC Applicant

Questionnaire; NAVCRUIT Form 1131/

6; OMB Number 0703–0028.

Type of Request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 40,000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 40,000.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 10,000.

Needs and Uses: The information

collection is used by the Navy

Recruiting Command to determine basic

eligibility for the Four-Year NROTC

Scholarship Program, and is necessary

for the initial screening of prospective

applicants. Use of this questionnaire is

the only accurate and specific method to

determine scholarship awards. Each

individual who wishes to apply for the

scholarship program completes and

returns the questionnaire.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer. Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing. Written requests for copies of

the information collection proposal

should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/

DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

Dated: July 7, 1998.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–18541 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Final Environmental Assessment and

Finding of No Significant Impact for

the Fielding of the ‘‘Generator,

Mechanical Smoke: For Dual Purpose

Unit, M56’’ and the ‘‘Generator Smoke

Mechanical: Mechanized Smoke

Obscurant System M58’’

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army

announces the availability of the final

Programmatic Environmental

Assessment (PEA) and Finding of No

Significant Impact (FNSI) for the

Fielding of the ‘‘Generator, Mechanical

Smoke: For Dual Purpose Unit, M56’’

and the ‘‘Generator Smoke Mechanical:

Mechanized Smoke Obscurant System

M58.’’ The Army published a notice of

availability in the Federal Register of

the drafts for both the PEA and FNSI on

April 27, 1998 (63 FR 20615), which

initiated a 30-day period for public

review and comment. The public review

and comment period ended on May 27,

1998.

The Army’s proposed action is to field

the M56 and M58 to Army installations

across the Nation for use in visual and

infrared training. The PEA discloses the

general types of impacts and effects on

all relevant aspects of the human

environment (e.g., flora, fauna, air, soil,

water and human health) that will likely

result from use of the graphite module

in training. See PEA, pages 55–65.

Receiving installations will be required

to prepare site-specific analyses in

which they consider the intensity of

impacts associated with the emission of

graphite particles into the local

environment, and, if appropriate,

develop mitigation measures.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the final PEA and

FNSI may be obtained by writing to

Commander, U.S. Army Environmental

Center, ATTN:SFIM–AEC–

(Mr. Hankus), Aberdeen Proving

Ground, Maryland 21010–5401 or by

calling (410) 671–2556.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No public

comments were received following the

30-day comment period on the draft

PEA and finding. As a result, the Army

has finalized the FNSI and will proceed

with implementation of the proposed

action without further review and

comment. Preparation of an

Environmental Impact Statement will

not be required.

Dated: July 2, 1998.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health) (OASA (I, L&E)).

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Chief Financial and Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Financial and Chief Information Officer,

invites comments on the proposed

information collection requests as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

September 11, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

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