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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 of the

Information Resources Group, 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 at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

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 8, 1996.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: Application for Grants Under

the Innovative Programs Section of the

Magnet Schools Assistance Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs and LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Burden:

Responses: 150.

Burden Hours: 3,600.

Abstract: The application is used by

local educational agencies to apply for

funds to administer innovative

programs under the Magnet Schools

Program. The proposed projects must

involve strategies other than magnet

schools, be organized around a special

emphasis, theme, or concept, and

involve parent and community input.

[FR Doc. 96–11968 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Proposed Billy Shaw Dam and

Reservoir

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of floodplain and

wetlands involvement.

SUMMARY: This notice announces BPA’s

proposal to fund the construction of the

Billy Shaw Dam and Reservoir in an

area of floodplains and wetlands located

in the Duck Valley Indian Reservation

in Idaho and Nevada. In accordance

with DOE regulations for compliance

with floodplain and wetlands

environmental review requirements (10

CFR Part 1022), BPA will prepare a

floodplain and wetlands assessment and

will perform this proposed action in a

manner so as to avoid or minimize

potential harm to or within the affected

floodplain and wetlands. The

assessment will be included in the

environmental assessment being

prepared for the proposed project in

accordance with the requirements of the

National Environmental Policy Act. A

floodplain statement of findings will be

included in any finding of no significant

impact that may be issued following the

completion of the environmental

assessment.

DATES: Comments are due to the address

below no later than June 1, 1996

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the

Public Involvement and Information

Manager, Bonneville Power

Administration - CKP, P.O. Box 12999,

Portland, Oregon 97212. Internet

address: comment@bpa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Kathy Fisher - ECN, Bonneville Power

Administration, P.O. Box 3621,

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621, phone

number 503–230–4375, fax number

503–230–5699.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Billy

Shaw Dam and Reservoir is proposed

for construction in the Billy Shaw

Slough, located west of the town of

Owyhee, Nevada in Section 15, T. 47 N.,

R. 1 E. The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of

the Duck Valley Reservation are seeking

BPA funding approval to develop the

Billy Shaw Dam and Reservoir as a lake

fishery. The new lake fishery would

substitute resident fish for the tribal loss

of the salmon and steelhead fishery

caused by the Hells Canyon hydropower

complex.

The lowlands areas of the Billy Shaw

Slough are seasonally flooded

ephemeral alluvial washes. The

saturated zones or intermittent riverine

areas are defined as waterways of the

United States. These intermittent

riverine waters are winding, trend south

to northwest, and occupy approximately

3 acres of the site in the narrow winding

bottom of the slough. The banks are

steep, undercut, and eroded with an

average height of one to two feet. The

bottoms are sandy, for the most part

barren of vegetation, and intermittently

saturated during the fall and winter

months.

Maps and further information are

available from BPA at the address

above.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on May 2,

1996.

Thomas C. McKinney,

NEPA Compliance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–12050 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Watershed Restoration Program Early

Action Projects

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of Floodplain and

Wetlands Involvement.

SUMMARY: This notice announces BPA’s

proposal to fund watershed restoration

projects to improve salmon habitat in

floodplains and wetlands located

throughout the Columbia River Basin in

the states of Washington, Oregon, and

Idaho. In accordance with DOE

regulations for compliance with

floodplain and wetlands environmental

review requirements (10 CFR Part 1022),

BPA will prepare a floodplain and

wetlands assessment and will perform

this proposed action in a manner so as

to avoid or minimize potential harm to

or within the affected floodplains and

wetlands. After BPA issues the

assessment, a floodplain statement of

findings will be published in the

Federal Register.

DATES: Comments are due to the address

below no later than May 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the

Public Involvement and Information

Manager, Bonneville Power

Administration—CKP, P.O. Box 12999,

Portland, Oregon, 97212. Internet

address: comment@bpa.gov.