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Center of Military History, 103 Third 

Avenue, Fort Lesley J. McNair, DC 

20319–5058. 

Any member of the public may file a 

written statement with the committee 

before, during, or after the meeting. 

Such statements may be sent to the 

Executive Secretary of the committee at 

the address shown in the paragraph 

above. To the extent that time permits, 

the committee chairman may allow 

public presentations or oral statements 

at the meeting. 

Dated: July 8, 2008. 

Richard W. Stewart, 

Chief Historian, Center of Military History. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Board on Coastal Engineering 

Research 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), 

announcement is made of the following 

committee meeting: 

Name of Committee: Board on Coastal 

Engineering Research. 

Date of Meeting: September 23–25, 

2008. 

Place: Pavilion Ballroom, Hilton 

Portland and Executive Tower, 921 SW 

6th Avenue, Portland, OR 97204. 

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (September 23, 

2008); 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (September 

24, 2008); 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (September 

25, 2008). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inquiries and notice of intent to attend 

the meeting may be addressed to Mr. 

Thomas W. Richardson, Acting 

Executive Secretary, Coastal and 

Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army 

Engineer Research and Development 

Center, Waterways Experiment Station, 

3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 

39180–6199. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

provides broad policy guidance and 

review of plans and fund requirements 

for the conduct of research and 

development of research projects in 

consonance with the needs of the 

coastal engineering field and the 

objectives of the Chief of Engineers. 

Proposed Agenda: The goal of the 

meeting is to further the understanding 

of how a ‘‘Systems Approach’’ to coastal 

protection can be practically 

implemented throughout the Corps by 

focusing on systems-based activities in 

the Pacific Northwest. The morning 

session on Tuesday, September 23, will 

consist of a presentation on the Board’s 

Initiatives on Systems Approach to 

Coastal Management, panel 

presentations on Systems Approach in 

R&D (System-wide Technologies, 

System-wide Coastal Modeling, and 

Coastal Infrastructure and Asset 

Management), panel presentations on 

the Update on the Board’s Coastal 

Study/Demonstration Initiatives 

(Coastal Field Data Collection Program 

and Coastal Data Information Program 

and the National Shoreline Management 

Study), and a presentation on the 

Retrospective on the Evolution of the 

Corps and the Coastal System. The 

afternoon session will include panel 

presentations on four major themes of 

the Actions for Change (System-Based 

Approaches, Managing Risk, 

Communicating Risk, and Improving 

Professional and Technical Expertise). 

The afternoon session will also include 

panel presentations dealing with 

Managing and Communicating Risk 

(Coastal Infrastructure Management, 

Operating Constraints and Performance 

Thresholds at Coastal Ports, Hazard 

Mitigation Assistance and Risk 

Analysis, and Communicating Coastal 

Natural Hazards and How Science Can 

Help Residents to Avoid or Mitigate 

Risks). The morning session on 

Wednesday, September 24, will consist 

of panel presentations dealing with 

Changing Northwest Pacific Climate 

(Northwest Regional Climate Model 

Predictions—Sea Level, Storm Winds 

and Waves, Snow Pack and Rainfall; 

Trends in Storm Power and 

‘‘Infragravity Surge’’ on the Oregon 

Coast and the Impacts on the Life Cycles 

of Coastal Infrastructures; and Ocean 

Monitoring and Prediction Activities in 

the Pacific Northwest: The Present and 

Future of IOOS–NANOOS and of the 

National Science Foundation Science 

and Technology Center for Coastal 

Margin Observation and Prediction) and 

panel presentations dealing with the 

Mouth of the Columbia River—Regional 

Sediment Management (RSM) and Major 

Rehabilitation Issues (Overview of the 

Southwest Washington Coastal Erosion 

Study and the Segue to RSM-related 

Activities around the Mouth of the 

Columbia River; Overview of the 

Historical and Ongoing Changes around 

the North and South Jetties at the Mouth 

of the Columbia River; Challenges of 

Combining Science, Policy, and Local 

Needs and Evolution of Thought; and 

Challenges in Maintaining our Large 

Coastal Navigation Structures and 

Sediment-Nourished Shoals). The 

afternoon panel sessions will discuss 

Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor LongTerm Management Strategy (Willapa 

Bay, WA: Making Sense of Morphologic 

Trends; Wallapa Bay, WA: MORPHOS 

Validation, District Involvement is a 

Win-Win; and Grays Harbor, WA: RiskBased Decision Making—Challenges 

and Benefits) and System-Based 

Approach—West Coast Issues and 

Applications (Western States Watershed 

Study; Headquarters, District, and 

Partner Perspectives on Project vs. 

System Budget Challenges; and West 

Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean 

Health). Thursday morning, September 

25, is devoted to a bus field trip for 

general attendees and a Board helicopter 

tour. The afternoon is devoted to a 

Board Executive Session to discuss 

ongoing initiatives and actions. 

These meetings are open to the 

public. Participation by the public is 

scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 

September 24. 

The entire meeting and field trip are 

open to the public, but since seating 

capacity is limited, advance notice of 

attendance is required. Oral 

participation by public attendees is 

encouraged during the time scheduled 

on the agenda; written statements may 

be submitted prior to the meeting or up 

to 30 days after the meeting. 

Thomas W. Richardson, 

Director, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management 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 October 

3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, 

Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 

encouraged to submit responses 

electronically by e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax 

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include the following subject line in 

their response ‘‘Comment: [insert OMB 

number], [insert abbreviated collection 

name, e.g., ‘‘Upward Bound 

Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting 

comments electronically should not 

submit paper copies. 

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 IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, 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: August 27, 2008. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Beginning Postsecondary Study 

2004/09 (BPS:04/09) Transcript 

Collection. 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: 

Not-for-Profit Institutions; State, Local 

or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 2,619. 

Burden Hours: 7,857. 

Abstract: This is a revision to the 

2004/09 Beginning Postsecondary 

Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:04/ 

09). This revision is to collect 

postsecondary transcripts for sample 

members. The BPS is conducted to 

continue the series of longitudinal 

collection efforts started in 1990 with 

the National Postsecondary Students 

Aid Study to enhance knowledge 

concerning progress and persistence in 

postsecondary education for new 

entrants. The study will address issues 

such as progress, persistence, and 

completion of postsecondary education 

programs, entry into the workforce, the 

relationship between experiences 

during postsecondary education and 

various societal and personal outcomes, 

and returns to the individual and to 

society on the investment in 

postsecondary education. 

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 3746. 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., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202-401-0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@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 IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management 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 October 

3, 3008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, 

Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 

encouraged to submit responses 

electronically by e-mail to 

oiralsubmission@omb.eop.gov or via 

fax to (202) 395-6974. Commenters 

should include the following subject 

line in their response ‘‘Comment: [insert 

OMB number], [insert abbreviated 

collection name, e.g., ‘‘Upward Bound 

Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting 

comments electronically should not 

submit paper copies. 

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 IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, 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: August 27, 2008. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Native American Vocational and 

Technical Education Program 

(NAVTEP) Performance Reports. 

Frequency: Semi-Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 30. 

Burden Hours: 1213. 

Abstract: The Native American 

Vocational and Technical Education 

Program (NAVTEP) is requesting 

approval to collect semi-annual and 

final performance reports from currently 

funded NAVTEP grantees. This 

information is necessary to 1) manage 

and monitor the current grantees, and 2) 

effectively close-out the grants at the 

end of their performance periods. The 

final performance reports will include 

final budgets, performance/statistical 


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