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###### Department of Education

# 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 May 15, 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 or send an e-mail to                         *oira_submission@omb.eop.gov*.                    

# 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: April 9, 2009.

Angela C. Arrington,

Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management.

## Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

*Type of Review:*                     Extension.                

*Title:*                     Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program—Phase I—Grant Application Package.                

*Frequency:*                     Annually.                

*Affected Public:*                     Businesses or other for-profit; not-for-profit institutions.                

*Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:*

*Responses:*                     200.                 

*Burden Hours:*                     9,000.                

*Abstract:*                     This application package invites small business concerns to submit a Phase I application for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 84.133). This is in response to Public Law 106-554, the “Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000, H.R. 5667” (the “Act”) enacted on December 21, 2000. The Act requires certain agencies, including the Department of Education (ED) to establish a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program by reserving a statutory percentage of their extramural research and development budgets to be awarded to small business concerns for research or research and development through a uniform, highly competitive, three-phase process each fiscal year.                

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 3978. When you access the information collection, click on “Download Attachments” to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department                           ( print page 17459)                        of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, Washington, D.C. 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. E9-8545 Filed 4-14-09; 8:45 am]

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