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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed project includes upgrading an

existing training range to a modern

digitized multi-purpose training range;

construction of a series of landing

zones, drop zones and maneuver areas

and a grassed C130 landing strip;

upgrade of existing roads; installation of

fiber optics and other infrastructure

improvements. The facilities would

prepare the mounted force warriors for

full spectrum combat operations. The

proposed facilities would fully support

new equipment training such as the

M1A2 Main Battle Bank (MBT) Systems

Enhancement Package (SEP), the M2A3

Bradley Fighting Vehicles, and the Light

Armored Vehicle (LAV III), as well as

other enhanced vehicles requiring

digital capability. These vehicles are

equipped with a dynamic new computer

system that uses digital technology to

provide soldiers with on the move and

instantaneous battlefield

communications. The Notice of Intent

for the proposed project was published

in the Federal Register (65 FR 31534,

May 18, 2000).

Submit electronic comments and data

by sending via electronic mail (email) to

Linda.Pollock@knox.army.mil. Submit

comments as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Fort Knox also accepts

data on disks in Microsoft Word 2000

file format or ASCII format.

Individuals who wish to review the

DEIS may examine a copy at any of the

following locations: Barr Library, 400

Quartermaster Street, Fort Knox,

Kentucky 40121–5000 and Ridgeway

Memorial Library, 127 North Walnut

Street, P.O. Box 146, Shepherdsville,

Kentucky 40165.

The DEIS has also been distributed to

Federal, state, and local regulatory

agencies, known interested

organizations, and those individuals

who have requested it.

Dated: May 17, 2001.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health), OASA (I&E)

[FR Doc. 01–12981 Filed 5–22–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Notice of Availability of the Proposed

Army Alternate Procedures Regarding

the Protection of Army Historic

Properties and Environmental

Assessment/Finding of No Significant

Impact for the Adoption of the Army

Alternate Procedures

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This announces the

availability of the Army Alternate

Procedures (AAP) to 36 CFR Part 800:

Protection of Army Historic Properties

and Environmental Assessment (EA)/

Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI)

for the adoption of the AAP. The Army

intends to sign the FONSI unless public

comments identify significant impacts

or issues that have not been considered.

The AAP is an optional procedure that

an installation may choose to adopt to

satisfy compliance with Section 106 of

the National Historic Preservation Act

(NHPA) in lieu of the existing

regulations set forth in the Advisory

Council on Historic Preservation’s

(Council) regulations at 36 CFR Part

800. The Army and the Council have

consulted extensively with State

Historic Preservation Officers, Indian

tribes and Native Hawaiian

organizations, and the National Trust for

Historic Preservation throughout the

development of the AAP. The EA gives

full consideration and adoption of

alternate procedures as the proposed

action, and two reasonable alternatives

to the proposed action.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

June 22, 2001.

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the

proposed AAP, the EA, and FONSI,

contact the U.S. Army Environmental

Center, ATTN: SFIM–AEC–PA (Joe

Ricci), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

21010–5401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Chuck Wright at (703) 693–0675.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed action is the adoption of the

proposed AAP for compliance with

Section 106 of the NHPA and for

comprehensive management and

preservation of historic properties on

lands owned or controlled by the

Department of the Army. The AAP, once

adopted, would stand in place of the

project-by-project review procedures set

forth in 36 CFR Part 800. The AAP’s

build upon and rely on the internal

policy requirement for installations to

prepare Integrated Cultural Resource

Management Plans in accordance with

Army Regulation 200–4, Cultural

Resources Management, as implemented

by more detailed guidance in

Department of the Army Pamphlet 200–

4. The AAP’s would authorize Army

installation commanders to develop

Historic Property Components (HPC) to

the installation’s Integrated Cultural

Resources Management Plan (ICRMP).

Once certified by the Council, the HPC

would serve as the installation’s Section

106 compliance agreement for a five (5)

year period. The installation’s Section

106 compliance responsibilities would

be met through implementation of the

HPC rather than case-by-case,

formalized, external review of

individual undertakings as presently

required by 36 CFR Part 800.

Installations choosing not to develop

certified HPC’s would continue to

review undertakings in accordance with

36 CFR Part 800.

The EA considered, evaluated and

assessed alternatives: (a) The No Action

Alternative (continued project-byproject review under 36 CFR Part 800);

(b) The Programmatic Agreement (PA)

Alternative (adoption of an agency

policy encouraging the use of PA’s

under existing regulations to implement

the historic preservation portions of an

installation’s ICRMP); and (c) the

proposed action alternative (adoption of

the AAP’s). Consideration of the

alternatives analyzed in the EA leads to

the Army’s decision to adopt the AAP’s.

The No Action Alternative would allow

a continued ad-hoc approach to

compliance with Section 106 and

management of historic properties. With

the anticipated growth in the Army’s

historic properties inventory, continued

review of undertakings on a case-bycase basis will likely remain inefficient

and lead to increased program costs.

The PA Alternative better meets the

stated purpose and need since it would

provide a programmatic basis for

Section 106 compliance, relying on an

installation’s ICRMP. The Army’s past

experience with PA’s, however, is that

they have not been effective in resolving

adverse effects, and, generally result in

reversion to case-by-case, formalized,

external review when such effects are

identified. The proposed action (i.e.,

AAP’s) more squarely meets the stated

purpose and need for action. The

AAP’s) more squarely meets the stated

purpose and need for action. The AAP’s

build on the present management

approach established by Army

Regulation 200–4 and leverage the

existing Army historic properties

management policy, programs and

participants. Management in this

manner will facilitate overall Army

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compliance with Section 106; and, will

otherwise provide the agency with the

ability to act as a more responsible

steward for historic properties entrusted

to its care.

Copies of the AAP, EA and FONSI can

also be found on the Council’s web site

at www.achp.gov/army.html.

Dated: May 17, 2001.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army,

(Environment, Safety, and Occupational

Health) OASA(I&E).

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, 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 July 23,

2001.

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.

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: May 17, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Notice Inviting Proposals for

participation in the Experimental Sites

Initiative.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: Individuals or

household; Not-for-profit institutions;

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

LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 500.

Burden Hours: 2,500.

Abstract: The Secretary invites

proposals to reinvent the administration

of Federal student assistance programs

through the use of the experimental

sites authority (Section 487A(b)) of the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended. The program is intended to

encourage institutions to develop

innovative strategies to improve Title IV

program administration.

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, 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 July 23,

2001.

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.

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.