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been requested by May 16, 1996. A

regular clearance process is also

beginning. Interested persons are

invited to submit comments on or before

July 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

regarding the emergency review should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Wendy Taylor, Desk Officer:

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, 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, 7th &

D Streets, S.W., Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Written comments

regarding the regular clearance and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651, or should

be electronic mailed to the internet

address #FIRB@ed.gov, or should be

faxed to 202–708–9346.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

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

3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 3506 (c)(2)(A) requires that the

Director of OMB provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. The Office of

Management and Budget (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 Acting

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 13, 1996.

Arthur F. Chantker,

Acting Director, Information Resources

Group.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: Emergency.

Title: Evaluation of Federal Efforts to

Assist in School Reform.

Abstract: The U.S. Department of

Education is charged with evaluating its

technical assistance efforts associated

with the reauthorized ESEA (Elementary

and Secondary Education Act) and

Goals 2000. The survey will collect

information from school districts

regarding the sources of information and

technical assistance they use in

implementing federal programs.

Additional Information: This survey

will contribute to an Evaluation of

Federal Efforts to Assist in School

Reform, particularly those supported

through the ESEA and Goals 2000. This

survey will be used to examine school

districts’ needs and access information

and guidance. An emergency review is

requested in order to ensure that timely

information can inform Department

efforts in supporting program

implementation. Information is needed

to report to Congress and the Office of

Management and Budget on the

Department’s progress in implementing

new laws. If data is not collected before

districts close for the summer break, the

Department would not be able to

provide timely information to support

program implementation efforts in the

next year.

Frequency: One-time.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Government, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 2,408.

Burden Hours: 2,204.

[FR Doc. 96–12391 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Group, 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 16,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill, (202) 708–8196.

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

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 Director of the

Information Resources Group publishes

this 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)
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Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB 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 13, 1996.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Fulbright-Hays Training Grants:

Faculty Research Abroad Program and

Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad

Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit institutions.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 805.

Burden Hours: 27,200.

Abstract: This application allows

individual graduate student and faculty

members to compete for Fulbright-Hays

fellowships and enables the Department

of Education to make awards to U.S.

institutions of higher education to

develop and improve modern foreign

language and area studies.

[FR Doc. 96–12392 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[Docket No. FE C&E 96–03—Certification

Notice–151]

Mid-Georgia Cogen, L.P.; Notice of

Filing of Coal Capability Powerplant

and Industrial Fuel Use Act

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Filing.

SUMMARY: On May 2, 1996, Mid-Georgia

Cogen, L.P., submitted a coal capability

self-certification pursuant to section 201

of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel

Use Act of 1978, as amended.

ADDRESSES: Copies of self-certification

filings are available for public

inspection, upon request, in the Office

of Fuels Programs, Fossil Energy, Room

3F–056, FE–52, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Russell at (202) 586–9624.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of

the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use

Act of 1978 (FUA), as amended (42

U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), provides that no

new baseload electric powerplant may

be constructed or operated without the

capability to use coal or another

alternate fuel as a primary energy

source. In order to meet the requirement

of coal capability, the owner or operator

of such facilities proposing to use

natural gas or petroleum as its primary

energy source shall certify, pursuant to

FUA section 201(d), to the Secretary of

Energy prior to construction, or prior to

operation as a base load powerplant,

that such powerplant has the capability

to use coal or another alternate fuel.

Such certification establishes

compliance with section 201(a) as of the

date filed with the Department of

Energy. The Secretary is required to

publish a notice in the Federal Register

that a certification has been filed. The

following owner/operator of a proposed

new baseload powerplant has filed a

self-certification in acccordance with

section 201(d).

Owner: Mid-Georgia Cogen, L.P.

Operator: Mid-Georgia Cogen, L.P.

Location: Houston County, Georgia.

Plant Configuration: Combined

cycle—topping cycle cogeneration.

Capacity: 323 megawatts.

Fuel: Natural gas.

Purchasing Entities: Georgia Power

Company.

In-Service Date: March 1, 1998.

Issued in Washington, D.C., May 13, 1996.

Anthony J. Como,

Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office

of Fuels Programs, Office of Fossil Energy.

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Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

Notice of Intent To Provide Optional

Prescreening Process for the National

Industrial Competitiveness Through

Energy, Environment and Economics

(NICE3) Program

AGENCY: The Department of Energy

(DOE).

ACTION: Notice of intent to provide

optional prescreening process for

potential applicants under the DOE

NICE 3 program solicitation.

Presolicitation: In September, the

DOE’s Office of Industrial Technologies

will issue its FY 1997 competitive

solicitation under DOE’s NICE 3 program

to fund innovative industrial

technologies that reduce energy

consumption, waste production, and

operating costs. In an effort to assist

perspective applicants, DOE intends to

accept presolicitation submissions from

potential applicants that set out a brief

description of the project to be proposed

under the FY 1997 solicitation. DOE’s

technical staff will review these brief

descriptions and provide constructive

feedback to the potential applicant

within a two week period. This

feedback can be used by a potential

applicant in refining their proposal

under the FY 1997 solicitation.

Background Information: The goals of

the NICE 3 Program are to improve

energy efficiency, promote cleaner

production, and to improve

competitiveness in industry. The intent

of the NICE 3 program is to fund projects

that have completed the research and

development stage and are ready to

demonstrate a fully integrated

commercial unit. Some industrial

technologies that the NICE 3 project has

funded follow: SO 3 Cleaning Process in

the Manufacture of Semiconductors;

Innovative Design of a Brick Kiln Using

Low Thermal Mass Technology;

Continuously Reform Electroless Nickel

Plating Solutions; Recovery and Reuse

of Water-Washed Overspray Paint; and

HCl Acid Recovery System. For the past

five years the NICE 3 program has

offered 47 grants (approximately $14.8

million) to fund innovative industrial

technologies.

Eligible applicants for funding under

that solicitation include any authorized

agency of the 50 States, the District of

Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any

territory or possession of the United

States. For convenience, the term State

in this notice refers to all eligible State

agency applicants. Local governments,

State and private universities, private

non-profits, private businesses, and

individuals, who are not eligible as

direct applicants, must work with the

appropriate State agencies in developing

projects and forming participation

arrangements. DOE strongly encourages

and requires these types of cooperative

arrangements in support of program

goals.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number assigned to this

program is 81.105. Up to $9 million in

Federal funds will be made available by