18088 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 68 / Monday, April 10, 1995 / Notices

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Governments.

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 100

Burden Hours: 2,200

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0

Burden Hours: 0

Abstract: This form will be used by

State Educational agencies to apply

for funding under the Comprehensive

Regional Centers Program. The

Department will use the information

to make grant awards.

Additional Information: Clerance for

this information collection is

requested by April 21, 1995. An

expedited review is requested in order

to give the various entities sufficient

time to prepare plans/applications,

and to publish the application by May

1.

[FR Doc. 95–8657 Filed 4–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Group, invites comments on

proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980.

DATES: An expedited review has been

requested in accordance with the Act,

since allowing for the normal review

period would adversely affect the public

interest. Approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) has

been requested by April 7, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street NW., Room 3208, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request should be

addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue SW., Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill, (202) 708–9915.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3517 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1980 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3517) requires

that the Director of OMB provide

interested Federal agencies and persons

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, Information Resources

Group, publishes this notice with the

attached proposed information

collection request prior to submission of

this request to OMB. This notice

contains the following information: (1)

Type of review requested, e.g.,

expedited; (2) Title; (3) Abstract; (4)

Additional Information; (5) Frequency

of collection; (6) Affected public; and (7)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. Because an expedited review

has been requested, a description of the

information to be collected is also

included as an attachment to this notice.

Dated: April 4, 1995.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: Expedited.

Title: State Plan for the Even Start

Family Literacy Program—Part B of

Title I of the ESEA

Frequency: Annually

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Governments

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 56

Burden Hours: 840

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0

Burden Hours: 0

Abstract: The Secretary is requiring

each State to submit a State plan

showing how it will operate the Even

Start Family Literacy Program. The

Department will use the information

to facilitate oversight of the program

with regard to the fiscal

accountability of the States in their

administration of a discretionary

grants program, and States’

compliance with the statute. It will

also use the information to ensure that

States are operating consistently with

their plans, for research and

evaluation.

Additional Information: Clearance for

this information collection is

requested by April 7, 1995. An

expedited review is requested in order

to give the States sufficient time to

prepare plans/applications, and to

allow for revisions/reproduction of

the application.

[FR Doc. 95–8658 Filed 4–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

Direct Grant Programs for Native

Hawaiians

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for

new awards for fiscal year 1995.

SUMMARY: The Secretary invites

applications for new awards for fiscal

year (FY) 1995 under the Department’s

direct grant programs for Native

Hawaiians and announces deadline

dates for the transmittal of applications

under these programs. This combined

application notice contains fiscal and

programmatic information for potential

applicants under the Department’s

programs announced in this issue of the

Federal Register.

DATES: The chart for each principal

office (Charts 1 and 2) includes the

following dates for each program or

competition: (1) the date on which

applications will be available; (2) the

deadline for submission of applications;

and (3) the deadline date for transmittal

of State Process Recommendations by

State Single Points of Contact (SPOCs)

and comments by other interested

parties under Executive Order 12372

(Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs).

FOR APPLICATIONS OR FURTHER

INFORMATION: The address and telephone

number for obtaining applications for,

or further information about, a program

are in the application notice for that

program.

For Users of TDD or FIRS: Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD

number, if any, listed in the individual

application notices. If a TDD number is

not listed for a given program,

individuals who use a TDD may call the

Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8

a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday

through Friday.

For Electronic Access to Information:

Information about the Department’s

funding opportunities, including copies

of application notices for discretionary

grant competitions, can be viewed on

the Department’s electronic bulletin

board (ED Board), telephone (202) 260–

9950; or on the Internet Gopher Server

at GOPHER.ED.GOV (under

Announcements, Bulletins and Press

Releases). However, the official