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OEIS/EIS) to evaluate the construction 

and operation of a proposed Undersea 

Warfare Training Range. In accordance 

with NEPA and its implementing 

regulations, this notice announces the 

dates and locations of public hearings. 

Open information sessions will 

precede the scheduled public hearing at 

each of the locations listed below and 

will allow individuals to review the 

data presented in the Draft OEIS/EIS. 

Navy representatives will be available 

during the information sessions to 

clarify information related to the Draft 

OEIS/EIS. The open information 

sessions are scheduled from 3:30 p.m. to 

5:30 p.m. and from 6:30 to 7 p.m., 

followed by the public hearings from 7 

p.m. to 9:30 p.m. 

DATES: Public hearing dates are as 

follows: 

1. Tuesday, November 15, 2005, 7 

p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Chincoteague, VA. 

2. Thursday, November 17, 2005, 7 

p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Morehead City, NC. 

3. Monday, November 21, 2005, 7 

p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Jacksonville, FL. 

ADDRESSES: Public hearing locations are 

as follows: 

1. Chincoteague—Chincoteague 

Community Center, 6155 

Community Drive, Chincoteague, 

VA 23336. 

2. Morehead City—Crystal Coast Civic 

Center, 3505 Arendell Street, 

Morehead City, NC 28557. 

3. Jacksonville—Wilson Center for the 

Arts, Florida Community College, 

Jacksonville South Campus, 119091 

Beach Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL 

32246. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Keith Jenkins, Naval Facilities 

Engineering Command Atlantic, (Code 

EV21KJ), 6506 Hampton Boulevard, 

Norfolk, VA 23508; telephone: 757–

322–4046; Fax: 757–322–4894. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed action is to instrument a 

1,713-square-kilometer (500-squarenautical-mile) area of the ocean with 

undersea cables and sensor nodes, 

creating an Undersea Warfare Training 

Range (USWTR), and to use the area for 

Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) 

training. Such training would typically 

involve up to three vessels and two 

aircraft using the range for any one 

training event. The instrumented area 

would be connected to the shore via a 

single trunk cable. The proposed action 

would require logistical support for 

ASW training, including the handling 

(launch and recovery) of exercise 

torpedoes (non-explosive) and 

submarine target simulators. 

The Navy requires an instrumented 

undersea warfare training range to 

support worldwide deployment and 

current and future mission requirements 

in fulfillment of the U.S. world role and 

the Global War on Terror, and to 

counter the threat of modern diesel 

submarines. The proposed USWTR 

provides an environment that is 

consistent with real-world threat 

situations where training exercises can 

be conducted under safe and controlled 

conditions, as well as providing 

critically important real-time training 

feedback. The purpose of the proposed 

action is to enable the Navy to train 

effectively in an environment 

encompassing 37 to 274 meters (120 to 

900 feet) water depth at a suitable 

location for Atlantic Fleet units. 

The Draft OEIS/EIS reviews a 

thorough site selection process and 

describes in detail three reasonable 

siting alternatives located within 

existing east coast Operating Areas 

(OPAREAS). The action alternatives 

considered are Alternative/Site A in the 

Cherry Point OPAREA, Alternative/Site 

B in the Virginia Capes OPAREA, and 

Alternative/Site C in the Jacksonville 

OPAREA. These three potential sites, 

along with the No Action Alternative, 

are evaluated in the Draft OEIS/EIS. Site 

A in the Cherry Point OPAREA is the 

Navy’s preferred alternative. 

The potentially affected areas of the 

preferred site (in the Cherry Point 

OPAREA) and the alternate sites (within 

the Virginia Capes and Jacksonville 

OPAREAS) have been studied in detail 

to determine how installation of and 

operations on the proposed USWTR 

would potentially affect the marine and 

landside environments. 

The Draft OEIS/EIS has been 

distributed to various Federal, state, and 

local agencies, as well as other 

interested individuals and 

organizations. In addition, copies of the 

Draft OEIS/EIS have been distributed to 

the following libraries for public review: 

1. Virginia Beach Central Library, 4100 

Virginia Beach Boulevard, Virginia 

Beach, VA 23452. 

2. Eastern Shore Public Library, 23610 

Front Street, Accomac, VA 23301. 

3. Chincoteague Island Library, 4077 

Main Street, Chincoteague Island, 

VA 23336. 

4. Carteret County Public Library, 210 

Turner Street, Beaufort, NC 28516. 

5. Onslow County Public Library, 58 

Doris Avenue East, Jacksonville, NC 

28540. 

6. Jacksonville Public Library, Regency 

Square Branch, 9900 Regency 

Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL 32225. 

An electronic copy of the Draft OEIS/ 

EIS is also available for public viewing 

at: http://projects.earthtech.com/ 

USWTR/. Single copies of the Draft 

OEIS/EIS and Executive Summary are 

available upon request by contacting 

Mr. Keith Jenkins at 757–322–4046. 

Federal, state, and local agencies and 

interested parties are invited and urged 

to be present or represented at the 

hearing. Written comments can also be 

submitted during the information 

sessions preceding the public hearings. 

Oral statements will be heard and 

transcribed by a stenographer; however, 

to ensure the accuracy of the record, all 

statements should be submitted in 

writing. All statements, both oral and 

written, will become part of the public 

record on the Draft OEIS/EIS and will be 

addressed in the Final Overseas 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Statement (Final 

OEIS/EIS). Equal weight will be given to 

both oral and written statements. 

In the interest of available time, and 

to ensure all who wish to give an oral 

statement have the opportunity to do so, 

each speaker’s comments will be limited 

to three (3) minutes. If a longer 

statement is to be presented, it should 

be summarized at the public hearing 

and the full text submitted in writing 

either at the hearing or mailed or faxed 

to: Naval Facilities Engineering 

Command Atlantic, Attn: Mr. Keith 

Jenkins (Code EV21KJ), 6506 Hampton 

Boulevard, Norfolk, VA 23508; Fax 757–

322–4894. 

All written comments must be 

postmarked by December 28, 2005, to 

ensure they become part of the official 

record. All comments will be addressed 

in the Final OEIS/EIS. 

Dated: October 20, 2005. 

I.C. Le Moyne, Jr. 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information 

Management Case Services Team, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, 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 

December 27, 2005. 

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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, 

Information Management Case Services 

Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, 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: October 24, 2005. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Leader, Information Management Case 

Services Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Evaluation of Reading 

Comprehension Interventions. 

Frequency: Semi-Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 700. 

Burden Hours: 4,100. 

Abstract: The Evaluation of Reading 

Comprehension Interventions addresses 

the questions of whether reading 

comprehension interventions can 

improve student reading achievement in 

content subject areas and what 

interventions are most effective. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

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

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 2912. 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., 

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to the Internet 

address OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 

202–245–6621. 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 

e-mail 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information 

Management Case Services Team, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, 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 

November 28, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Rachel Potter, Desk Officer, 

Department of Education, 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 Leader, 

Information Management Case Services 

Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, 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: October 24, 2005. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Leader, Information Management Case 

Services Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Common Core of Data Survey 

System. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 114. 

Burden Hours: 10,732. 

Abstract: The Common Core of Data is 

the National Center for Education 

Statistics’ universe data collection for 

finance and nonfinance information 

about public school districts and 

schools. Information is collected 

annually from school districts about the 

districts and their member schools 

including enrollment by grade, race/ 

ethnicity, and gender. Information is 

also collected about students receiving 

various types of services such as English 

Language Learner services. The CCD 

also collects information about the 

occurrence of high school dropouts. 

Information about teachers and staffing 

is also collected. 

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 2829. When