Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 146 /Thursday, July 30, 1998 / Notices 40703

published on July 14, 1998, at 63 FR

37860. The Effective Date: of the

alteration should read August 14, 1998.

This amendment brings the notice into

compliance with the 30 day statutory

public comment period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Vahan Moushegian, Jr., at (703) 607-

2943.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Effective Date: for the system of records

notice published on July 14, 1998, at 63

FR 37860. The Effective Date: should

read August 14, 1998. This amendment

brings the notice into compliance with

the 30 day statutory public comment

period.

Dated: July 20, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–19786 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–F

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

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: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

September 28, 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, 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.

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.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Regular.

Title: Regulations for Federal Perkins

Loan Program, Due Diligence,

Reporting/Disclosure and

Recordkeeping—Subpart C.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Businesses or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 2,796.530.

Burden Hours: 80,431.

Abstract: Institutions of higher

education make student loans,

information is necessary in order to

monitor loan borrowers and documents

are needed that can be used as proof in

case of legal implications or

proceedings.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Regular.

Title: Federal Perkins Loan, Federal

Work-Study, Federal Supplemental

Educational Opportunity Grant

Programs.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Businesses or other forprofits; Not-for-profit institutions.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 17,188.

Burden Hours: 12,719.

Abstract: Camp-based program

records are maintained by the

institutions that administer the program.

Records are necessary to ensure that the

institution has followed regulatory

procedures in administering these

programs and to justify the payments of

funds by Department of Education.

[FR Doc. 98–20320 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT 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 August

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., 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, 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
40704 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 146 /Thursday, July 30, 1998 / Notices

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 Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Regular.

Title: Study of the Outcomes of

Diversity in Higher Education.

Frequency: One-time only.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profits, Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping HourBurden:

Responses: 12,475.

Burden Hours: 2,782.

Abstract: This study focuses on

outcomes of diversity in higher

education for students and faculty; it

also examines the effect of diversity on

institutional policies and programs.

This is a three-year, 10-institution case

study effort that includes interviews

with administrators and faculty and

focus group discussions with students,

as well as a survey of samples of faculty

and students.

[FR Doc. 98–20319 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA–189]

Application to Export Electric Energy;

PanCanadian Energy Services Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

AGENCY: Notice of Application.

SUMMARY: PanCanadian Energy Services

Inc. (PCES) has applied for authority to

transmit electric energy from the United

States to Canada pursuant to section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before August 31, 1998.

ADDRESS: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–27), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

287–5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).

On July 20, 1998, the Office of Fossil

Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy

(DOE) received an application from

PCES, a power marketer and whollyowned subsidiary of PanCanadian

Energy Inc., to transmit electric energy

from the United States to Canada.

Specifically, PCES proposes to transmit

to Canada electric energy purchased

from U.S. electric utilities and Federal

power marketing agencies.

PCES proposes to arrange for the

delivery of electric energy to Canada

over transmission facilities owned by

Basin Electric Power Cooperative,

Bonneville Power Administration,

Bradfield Electric, Citizens Utilities,

Detroit Edison Company, Eastern Maine

Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of

the Highgate Project, Maine Electric

Power Company, Maine Public Service

Company, Minnesota Power, Inc.,

Minnkota Power Cooperative, New York

Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk

Power Corporation, Northern States

Power and Vermont Electric

Transmission Company.

The construction of each of the

international transmission facilities to

be utilized by PCES, as more fully

described in the application, has

previously been authorized by a

Presidential permit issued pursuant to

Executive Order 10485, as amended.

Procedural Matters

Any person desiring to become a

party to this proceeding or to be heard

by filing comments or protests to this

application should file a petition to

intervene, comment or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the

FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedures

(18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen

copies of each petition and protest

should be filed with the DOE on or

before the date listed above.

Comments on the PCES application to

export electric energy to Canada should

be clearly marked with Docket EA–189.

Additional copies are to be filed directly

with Lee A. Alexander, Dickstein

Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP,

Washington, DC 20037 AND Patricia A.

McCunn Miller, PanCanadian Petroleum

Limited, 125 9th Avenue, N.W., Calgary,

Alberta T2P 2S5, Canada.

A final decision will be made on this

application after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (NEPA), and a

determination is made by the DOE that

the proposed action will not adversely

impact on the reliability of the U.S.

electric power supply system.

Copies of this application will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above or by accessing the

Fossil Energy Home Page at http://

www.fe.doe.gov. Upon reaching the

Fossil Energy Home page select

‘‘Regulatory’’ and ‘‘Electricity’’ from the

options menus.

Issued in Washington, DC on July 23, 1998.

Anthony J. Como,

Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office

of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal &

Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 98–20376 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB)

DATES: Monday, August 17, 1998: 8:30

a.m.—5:00 p.m.; Tuesday, August 18,

1998: 8:30 a.m.—5:00 p.m.; Wednesday,

August 19, 1998: 7:30 a.m.—6:00 p.m.

(An optional tour of the radioactive

waste management site on the Nevada

Test Site)

ADDRESS: Monday & Tuesday, August 17

& 18, 1998: University of Nevada—Las