Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 111 / Friday, June 8, 2001 / Notices 30895

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: June 4, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Applications for Grants under

the Smaller Learning Communities

Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 700

Burden Hours: 45,500

Abstract: This application will be

used to award grants to local

educational agenices for the purpose of

creating and implementing smaller

learning environments in large high

schools.

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. 01–14433 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

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 August 7,

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: June 4, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: National Assessment of

Educational Progress, 2002 Field Test

for the 2003 Full Scale Assessment.

Frequency: Pilot and field test.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit institutions;

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

LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 9,750

Burden Hours: 2,500

Abstract: The NAEP Technology

Based Assessment Project (TBA) is

meant to explore the feasibility and best

methods for assessing mathematics and

writing on line. It is also intended to

explore students’ abilities to solve

problems in technology-rich

environments. It is anticipated that in

the future such technology-based

assessments will reduce assessment

burden by allowing, among other things,

for online administration and scoring of

assessment instruments. The pilot study

uses background questions and items

from suitable subject questionnaires,

including questions about computer use

that are currently cleared for other

NAEP studies.

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.

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1 IMGA is a group of Utah municipalities

organized pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation

Act, Title 11 Chapter 13 of the Utah Code, which

allows Utah municipalities to organize a

cooperative legal entity having the same powers as

a municipality including those given by the statute.

2Although the municipalities presently have

requested only transportation service, Questar Gas

believes the same issues will arise if it is requested

in the future to make sales of natural gas for resale

by the municipalities.

3 82 FERC ¶16,057 (1998).

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 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. 01–14434 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. IC01–542–001, FERC–542]

Information Collection Submitted for

Review and Request for Comments

June 4, 2001.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission for review

of the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) and request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

has submitted the energy information

collection listed in this notice to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review under the provisions

of section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).

Any interested person may file

comments on the collection of

information directly with OMB and

should address a copy of those

comments to the Commission as

explained below. The Commission did

not receive comments in response to an

earlier Federal Register notice of

January 24, 2001 (66 FR 7634) and has

made a notation in this submission.

DATES: Comments regarding this

collection are best assured of having

their full effect if received on or before

July 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Address comments to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission Desk Officer,

725 17th Street, NW., Washington DC

20503. A copy of the comments should

also be sent to Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, Attention:

Mr. Michael Miller, CI–1, 888 First

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Mr.

Miller may be reached by telephone at

(202) 208–1415, by fax at (202) 208–

2425, and by e-mail at

mike.miller@ferc.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description

The energy information submitted to

OMB for review contains:

1. Collection of Information: FERC–

542 ‘‘Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate Tracking’’

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

3. Control No: 1902–0070. The

Commission is requesting reinstatement,

without change, of the previously

approved data collection for which

approval expired December 31, 2000,

and a three-year approval of the

collection of data. This is a mandatory

information collection requirement.

4. Necessity of Collection of

Information: Submission of the

information is necessary to enable the

Commission to carry out its

responsibilities in implementing

provisions of Sections 4, 5, and 16 of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Title IV of

the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA), 15

U.S.C. 3301–3432. These statutes

empower the Commission to collect

natural gas transmission cost

information from interstate natural gas

transporters for the purposes of

verifying that these costs, which are

passed on to pipeline companies, are

just and reasonable. The Commission

implements these requirements in 18

CFR 154.4; 154.7; 154.101; 154.107;

154.201; 154.207–.209 and 154.401–

.403. Interstate natural gas pipelines are

required by the Commission to track

their transportation associated costs to

allow for the Commission’s review and

where appropriate, approval of the

through of these costs to pipeline

customers. Most of the FERC–542

tracking filings are scheduled

accountings of the cost of fuel or electric

power necessary to operate compressor

stations. Other track the costs of Gas

Research Institute fees, the

Commission’s annul charge adjustment

assessments, and various cost

reimbursements.

Tracking filings may be submitted to

any time or on a regularly scheduled

basis in accordance with the pipeline

company’s tariff. Filings may be either:

(1) Accepted; (2) suspended and set for

hearing; (3) suspended, but not set for

hearing; or (4) suspended for further

review, such as technical conference or

some other type of Commission action.

5. Respondent Description: The

respondent universe currently

comprises approximately 55 natural gas

pipeline companies.

6. Estimated Burden: 23,100 total

burden hours, 55 respondents, 165

responses annually, 140 hours per

response.

Authority: Sections 4, 5 and 16 of the NGA

(15 U.S.C. 717–717w) and Title IV of the

Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA), 15 U.S.C.

3301–3432.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14435 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–376–000]

Intermountain Municipal Gas Agency

and Questar Gas Company; Notice of

Petition for Declaratory Order

June 4, 2001.

On May 25, 2001, the Intermountain

Municipal Gas Agency (IMGA) 1 and

Questar Gas Company (Questar Gas),

formerly Mountain Fuel Supply

Company, filed a joint petition for a

declaratory order by the Commission

addressing jurisdictional issues raised

by an agreement under which Questar

Gas is to undertake natural gas

transportation services for

municipalities in Utah and Arizona for

operation of their retain natural gas

utilities.2

Questar Gas has agreed to provide

transportation service to municipalities

in Utah pursuant to a settlement

agreement approved by the Public

Service Commission of Utah (Utah PSC).

The petitioners’ joint filing may be

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Questar Gas’ northern Utah

distribution system, which is a

designated service area pursuant to

section 7(f) of the Natural Gas Act

(NGA),3 includes Questar Gas’ southern

Idaho and northern Utah distribution

facilities. Questar Gas’ southern

distribution system operates as an

exempt Hinshaw system pursuant to

NGA section 1(c). Questar Gas’ northern