Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 60 / Tuesday, March 31, 2009 / Notices 14533 

writing to the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 

Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20581. 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 24, 

2009, by the Commission. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–7063 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management 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 April 30, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

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 Director, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, 

publishes that 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. 

Dated: March 25, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Title V Promoting 

Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for 

Hispanic Americans Application. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 100. 

Burden Hours: 7,500. 

Abstract: Collection of the 

information is necessary in order that 

the Secretary of Education can carry out 

the new graduate Promoting 

Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for 

Hispanic Americans Program under 

Title V, Part B of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended, and by the 

Higher Education Extension Act of 

2008. The information will be used in 

the evaluation process to determine 

whether proposed activities are 

consistent with legislated activities and 

to determine the dollar share of the 

Congressional appropriation to be 

awarded to successful applicants. 

This information collection is being 

submitted under the Streamlined 

Clearance Process for Discretionary 

Grant Information Collections (1894– 

0001). Therefore, the 30-day public 

comment period notice will be the only 

public comment notice published for 

this information collection. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3988. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E9–7169 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education Overview Information; 

Territories and Freely Associated 

States Education Grant (T&FASEG) 

Program; Notice Inviting Applications 

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 

2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.256A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: April 23, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 10, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 8, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Territories 

and Freely Associated States Education 

Grant (T&FASEG) program supports 

projects to raise student achievement 

through direct educational services. 

Grants are awarded competitively to 

local educational agencies (LEAs) in the 

U.S. Territories (American Samoa, the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin 

Islands) and the Republic of Palau. The 

LEA may use grant funds to carry out 

activities authorized by the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (ESEA), including teacher 

training, curriculum development, the 

development or acquisition of 

instructional materials, and general 

school improvement and reform. 

Under the T&FASEG program, the 

Secretary awards grants for projects to— 

(a) Conduct activities consistent with 

the programs described in the ESEA, 

including the types of activities 

authorized under— 

(1) Title I of the ESEA—Improving the 

Academic Achievement of the 

Disadvantaged. 

(2) Title II of the ESEA—Preparing, 

Training, and Recruiting High-Quality 

Teachers and Principals. 

(3) Title III of the ESEA—Language 

Instruction for Limited English 

Proficient and Immigrant Students. 

(4) Title IV of the ESEA—21st Century 

Schools. 

(5) Title V of the ESEA—Promoting 

Informed Parental Choice and 

Innovative Programs; and 

(b) Provide direct educational services 

that assist all students with meeting 


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