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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, 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 

November 28, 2008. 

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. 

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: September 24, 2008. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Student Aid Report (SAR). 

Frequency: Weekly; Monthly; 

Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 17,123,392. 

Burden Hours: 5,678,454. 

Abstract: The Free Application for 

Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) collects 

the data necessary to determine a 

student’s eligibility for participation in 

the following federal student assistance 

programs identified in the Higher 

Education Act (HEA): The Federal Pell 

Grant Program; the Campus-Based 

Programs; the William D. Ford Federal 

Direct Loan Program; the Federal Family 

Education Loan Program; the Academic 

Competitiveness Grant; and the National 

Science and Mathematics Access to 

Retain Talent (SMART) Grant. The 

Student Aid Report (SAR) is the ouput 

document for the FAFSA. FAFSA 

applicants use the SAR to review and 

confirm the information provided on 

their FAFSA, as required by law. 

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 3847. 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 SAR.comments@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 

SAR.comments@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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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted the 

Energy Information Administration’s 

Natural Gas Data Collection Program 

Package collections to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

revision and a three-year extension 

under section 3507(h)(1) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., at 

3507(h)(1)). 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

October 29, 2008. If you anticipate that 

you will be submitting comments but 

find it difficult to do so within that 

period, you should contact the OMB 

Desk Officer for DOE listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to OMB 

Desk Officer for DOE, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget. To 

ensure receipt of the comments by the 

due date, submission by FAX at 

202–395–7285 or e-mail to 

Nathan_J._Frey@omb.eop.gov is 

recommended. The mailing address is 

726 Jackson Place NW., Washington, DC 

20503. The OMB DOE Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at (202) 395–7345. (A 

copy of your comments should also be 

provided to EIA’s Statistics and 

Methods Group at the address below.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Grace Sutherland. 

To ensure receipt of the comments by 

the due date, submission by FAX 

(202–586–5271) or e-mail 

(grace.sutherland@eia.doe.gov) is also 

recommended. The mailing address is 

Statistics and Methods Group (EI–70), 

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0670. 

Ms. Sutherland may be contacted by 

telephone at (202) 586–6264. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

section contains the following 

information about the energy 

information collections submitted to 

OMB for review: (1) The collection 

numbers and title; (2) the sponsor (i.e., 

the Department of Energy component); 

(3) the current OMB docket number (if 

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applicable); (4) the type of request (i.e, 

new, revision, extension, or 

reinstatement); (5) response obligation 

(i.e., mandatory, voluntary, or required 

to obtain or retain benefits); (6) a 

description of the need for and 

proposed use of the information; (7) a 

categorical description of the likely 

respondents; and (8) an estimate of the 

total annual reporting burden (i.e., the 

estimated number of likely respondents 

times the proposed frequency of 

response per year times the average 

hours per response). 

1. EIA–176, EIA–191, EIA–757, EIA– 

857, EIA–895, EIA–910, and EIA–912. 

2. Energy Information Administration. 

3. OMB Number 1905–0175. 

4. Revision and Three-year extension. 

5. All forms are mandatory except 

EIA–895, which is voluntary. 

6. The purpose of the Natural Gas 

Data Collection Program Package is to 

collect basic and detailed data to meet 

EIA’s mandates and energy data users’ 

needs. Adequate evaluation of the 

industry requires production, 

processing, transmission, distribution, 

storage, marketing, consumption, and 

price data. The data collected by EIA on 

these forms are unique. While 

somewhat similar or related data may be 

available from private and/or industry 

sources, as well as from other Federal 

agencies, such data are not reasonable 

alternatives for the data provided by the 

Natural Gas Data Collection Program 

Package survey forms. Data from the 

forms in the Natural Gas Data Collection 

Program Package are published in the 

Annual Energy Outlook, Annual Energy 

Review, Natural Gas Annual, Natural 

Gas Monthly, Natural Gas Weekly 

Market Update Report, Weekly Natural 

Gas Storage Report, Monthly Energy 

Review, Short-Term Energy Outlook, 

State Energy Data Report, and numerous 

other EIA publications. 

7. Business or other for-profit. 

8. 50,749. 

Please refer to the supporting 

statement as well as the proposed forms 

and instructions for more information 

about the purpose, who must report, 

when to report, where to submit, the 

elements to be reported, detailed 

instructions, provisions for 

confidentiality, and uses (including 

possible nonstatistical uses) of the 

information. For instructions on 

obtaining materials, see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. No. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Issued in Washington, DC, September 23, 

2008. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Statistics and Methods Group, 

Energy Information Administration. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719, FRL–8722–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; NPDES and 

Sewage Sludge Monitoring Reports; 

EPA ICR No. 0229.17; OMB Control No. 

2040–0004. 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that 

EPA is planning to submit a request to 

renew and consolidate existing 

approved Information Collection 

Requests (ICRs) and to update the 

burden in those estimates to include the 

burden associated with EPA’s upcoming 

Vessels General Permit (VGP) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Two of these ICRs (NPDES and 

Sewage Sludge Monitoring Reports ICR, 

OMB 2040–0004 and CSO Control 

Policy, OMB 2040–0170) are scheduled 

to expire on September 30, 2008. All of 

the burden will be consolidated under 

the NPDES and Sewage Sludge 

Monitoring Reports ICR (OMB 2040– 

0004). Before submitting the ICR to 

OMB for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 28, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2008–0719, by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ow-docket@epa.gov 

(Identify Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2008–0719 in the subject line). 

• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 4203M, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Please include a 

total of three copies. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments 

identified by the Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2008–0719. EPA’s policy is 

that all comments received will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amelia Letnes, State and Regional 

Branch, Water Permits Division, OWM 

Mail Code: 4203M, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–5627; email address: letnes.amelia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How Can I Access the Docket and/or 

Submit Comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2008–0719, which is available 

for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

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