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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.

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: April 30, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Field Test Activities and the

2003–2004 Full-Scale Schools and

Staffing Survey (SASS): Local

Educational Agency (LEA), Principal,

School, Teacher, Library.

Frequency: 2 series of field tests and

the full-scale SASS.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions;

State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or

LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 2,764.

Burden Hours: 2,232.

Abstract: The National Center for

Education Statistics (NCES) will use the

field test to assess data collection

procedures that are planned for the next

full-scale SASS in 2003–2004.

Policymakers, researchers and

practitioners at the national, state and

local levels use SASS data which are

representative at the national and state

levels. Respondents include public and

private school principals, teachers and

school and LEA staff persons.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or the

collection activity requirements should

be directed to Kathy Axt at at her

internet address Kathy.Axt@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. 01–11203 Filed 5–3–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection requests as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: An emergency review has been

requested in accordance with the Act

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507(j)), since public

harm is reasonably likely to result if

normal clearance procedures are

followed. Approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) has

been requested by May 7, 2001. A

regular clearance process is also

beginning. Interested persons are

invited to submit comments on or before

July 3, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

regarding the emergency review should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Desk

Officer: Department of Education, Office

of Management and Budget; 725 17th

Street, N.W., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

D.C. 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

Lauren_Wittenberg@omb.eop.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Director of OMB provide

interested Federal agencies and the

public an early opportunity to comment

on information collection requests. The

Office of Management and Budget

(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 Leader, Information

Management Group, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests at the beginning of

the Departmental review of the

information collection. 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. ED invites

public comment. 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

respondents, including through the use

of information technology.

Dated: April 30, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: School Renovation, IDEA, and

Technology Grant Application.

Abstract: ED will use the information

collected through this application to

award grants to approximately 52 State

educational agencies that will conduct

competitive grant processes to award

subgrants to eligible local educational

agencies (LEAs). The information will

also be used to describe to the Congress

and the public how these grants are

being used.

Additional Information: The

Department of Education is requesting

emergency clearance from OMB for the

School Renovation, Individuals with

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and

Technology Grant Application due to an

unanticipated event and possibly

causing public harm. Since the passage

of the FY 2001 Appropriations Act with

this program’s enactment, the

Department has been meeting with

interested groups and with contact

persons in the States to determine how

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best to implement the new program.

Funds appropriated for these grants will

become available on July 1, 2001.

Emergency approval is requested by

May 7, 2001 so that States may start

their subgrant process as soon as

possible and some grantees may have

their awards in time to undertake school

renovation and repair projects during

the summer. Summer is the primary

season for LEAs to undertake school

facility renovation projects, when

schools are not otherwise in use. Failure

to make awards on this schedule will

likely cause substantial harm to some

eligible LEAs since they may be forced

to delay their school renovation projects

until the following year.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 52; Burden Hours:

104.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request should be

addressed to Vivian Reese, Department

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,

SW., Room 4050, Regional Office

Building 3, Washington, DC 20202–

4651, or should be electronically mailed

to the internet address

OCIOlIMGlIssues@ed.gov, or should

be faxed to 202–708–9346.

Comments regarding burden and/or

the collection activity requirements,

contact Kathy Axt at her internet

address Kathy.Axt@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. 01–11204 Filed 5–3–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, 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 June 4,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Acting

Desk Officer, Department of Education,

Office of Management and Budget, 725

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

Lauren_Wittenberg@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 Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, 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 30, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Centers for International

Business Education Program.

Frequency: Once every four years.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 50.

Burden Hours: 750.

Abstract: These programs can be used

to become nationally recognized centers

for the teaching of improved business

techniques, strategies and

methodologies that emphasize the

international context in which business

is transacted.

This information collection is being

submitted under the Streamlined

Clearance Process for Discretionary

Grant Information Collections (1890–

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 proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or the

collection activity requirements should

be directed to Joseph Schubart at (202)

708–9266 or via his internet address

Joe.Schubart@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. 01–11202 Filed 5–3–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Supplement to the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement for a Geologic

Repository for the Disposal of Spent

Nuclear Fuel and High-Level

Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain,

Nye County, Nevada

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability and

opportunity for comment.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) announces the availability of a

Supplement to the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement for a Geologic

Repository for the Disposal of Spent

Nuclear Fuel and High-Level

Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain,

Nye County, Nevada (Draft EIS) (DOE/

EIS–0250D–S). The Department has

prepared this Supplement in accordance

with the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of

1982, as amended (NWPA), the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended (NEPA), the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations that

implement the procedural provisions of

NEPA, and the DOE procedures

implementing NEPA. The Council on

Environmental Quality NEPA

regulations state that an agency may

prepare a supplement when it

determines that the purposes of NEPA

will be furthered by doing so. As

anticipated, design enhancements of the

proposed repository at Yucca Mountain

have evolved since DOE issued the Draft

EIS in August 1999. Accordingly, DOE

has issued a Supplement to the Draft

EIS to address the most recent

information on design evolution,