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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: February 28, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Report of Children with

Disabilities Exiting Special Education

During the School Year.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 58; Burden Hours:

53,244.

Abstract: This package provides

instructions and a form necessary for

States to report the number of students

aged 14 and older served under the

Individuals with Disabilities Education

Act, Part B (IDEA–B) exiting special

education. The form satisfies reporting

requirements and is used by the Office

of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

to monitor State Educational Agencies

(SEAs) and for Congressional reporting.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346.

Please specify the complete title of the

information collection when making

your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or

the collection activity requirements

should be directed to Sheila Carey at

(202) 708–6287 or via her internet

address Sheila_Carey@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

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

SUMMARY: The Acting Leader,

Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer,

invites comments on the proposed

information collection requests as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995.

DATES: An emergency review has been

requested in accordance with the Act

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507 (j)), since

public harm is reasonably likely to

result if normal clearance procedures

are followed. Approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) has

been requested by March 5, 2001. A

regular clearance process is also

beginning. Interested persons are

invited to submit comments on or before

May 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

regarding the emergency review should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Desk

Officer: Department of Education, Office

of Management and Budget; 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

Lauren_Wittenberg@omb.eop.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) 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 Leader,

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer,

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. 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

respondents, including through the use

of information technology.

Dated: March 1, 2001.

Joe Schubart,

Acting Leader, Regulatory Information

Management, Office of the Chief Information

Officer.

Office of Student Financial Assistance

Programs

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Joint Special Leveraging

Educational Assistance Partnership

(SLEAP) and Leveraging Educational

Assistance and Partnership (LEAP)

Formulas Grant Application Collection.

Abstract: The LEAP and SLEAP

programs use matching Federal and

State funds to provide a nationwide

system of grants to assist postsecondary

educational students with substantial

financial need. On this application the

states provide information the

Department requires to obligate funds

and for program management. The

signed assurances legally bind the states

to administer the programs according to

regulatory and statutory requirements.

With the clearance of this collection, the

Department is seeking to automate the

application for web-based applying for

both the LEAP Program and the

subprogram, SLEAP. There are no

significant changes to the current LEAP

form data elements. There are, however,

some additional items pertaining to the

SLEAP Program which combines the

application into one form for both

programs.

Additional Information: Because of

the recent changes (December, 2000) to

the law, the time schedule of having to

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go live with the information collection

early enough for states to apply for

funding and the awarding of funds to

states by July 1, 2001, the Department is

requesting emergency approval.

Frequency: Annually

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden

Responses: 56.

Burden Hours: 112.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request should be

addressed to Vivian Reese, Department

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,

SW., Room 4050, Regional Office

Building 3, Washington, DC 20202–

4651, or should be electronically mailed

to the internet address

OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov, or should be

faxed to 202–708–9346.

Comments regarding burden and/or

the collection activity requirements,

contact Joseph Schubart at (202) 708–

9266 or his internet address

Joe_Schubart@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 ENERGY

National Energy Technology

Laboratory

Notice of Intent To Issue a Financial

Assistance Solicitation (PS)

AGENCY: National Energy Technology

Laboratory (NETL), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Issue a

Financial Assistance Solicitation (PS).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

intent to issue Financial Assistance

Solicitation No. DE–PS26–01NT40868

entitled ‘‘Gas Storage Program

Solicitation.’’ The general goal of this

research and development effort is to

support further development of the

innovative gas storage concepts that are

required to meet the needs of the natural

gas industry and end-use customers of

the U.S. through the year 2015. The Gas

Storage Program’s ‘‘Advanced Storage

Concepts (ASC)’’ projects have been

exploring alternatives to service the

need for new storage development and

expansion in close proximity to areas of

growing residential natural gas use and

existing and planned industrial and

power generation facilities without

conventional storage options.

DATES: The solicitation will be available

on the DOE/NETL’s Internet address at

http://www.netl.doe.gov/business on or

about March 16, 2001. Based on the

information contained herein,

prospective Applicants are encouraged

to begin defining their requirements and

potential teaming arrangements prior to

release of the solicitation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kelly A. McDonald, Contract Specialist,

MS I07, U.S. Department of Energy,

National Energy Technology Laboratory,

3610 Collins Ferry Road, P.O. Box 880,

Morgantown, WV 26507–0880, E-mail

Address: kelly.mcdonald@netl.doe.gov,

Telephone Number: (304) 285–4113.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: It is

anticipated that this action will consist

of a single solicitation with three (3)

multiple needs areas that specifically

address: (1) Proof-of-concept studies or

demonstrations aimed at establishing

the potential for full-scale field

deployment and commercialization of

previously developed technologies such

as Lined Rock Cavern, RefrigeratedMined Rock Cavern, Gas Storage as

Hydrates, or Gas Storage in Basalt (a

CD–ROM publication titled ‘‘Advanced

Gas Storage Concepts: Technologies for

the Future,’’ which contains the final

reports of the Lined Rock Cavern,

Refrigerated-Mined Rock Cavern, and

Gas Storage as Hydrates concepts, is

available through the CD–ROM

Ordering System at the NETL website

http://www.netl.doe.gov/publications);

(2) development of new ideas for

innovative storage alternatives; or (3)

development of technological

innovations in salt brine disposal to

overcome the dominant barrier to

developing salt cavern storage in areas

remote to ocean disposal. Proposed

approaches are anticipated that will

include teaming arrangements and can

encompass any combination of theory,

laboratory validation of concepts, field

validation of concepts, proof-of-concept

demonstration, or commercial

technology demonstration. The overall

goal of this solicitation shall be to work

toward a demonstration of the storage

concept at a commercially scalable size.

It is anticipated that the work performed

under this action will consist of three

(3) phases similar to the following:

Phase I—Concept Definition and

Research, Development and Testing

(RD&T) Planning;

Phase II—Research, Development and

Testing; and,

Phase III—Preliminary Engineering

Design of the Storage Technology.

The maximum period of performance

for all three (3) phases is estimated at

forty-eight (48) months. The goal of this

procurement is to encourage private

sector firms to proceed with detailed

engineering design and obtain private

sector funding for the construction and

operation of an advanced natural gas

storage technology. It is recognized that

each Applicant may propose varying

scopes of effort for one or more of the

three (3) phases, and consequently, an

Applicant is not required to perform all

Phase I activities if significant work on

Phase I type activities has previously

been completed. If the Applicant

proposes to initially proceed to Phase II

or III efforts, information must be

included in their application which

demonstrates the merit of the previous

research and reference to the results. For

successful Applicants proposing to

Phase II or III, the cost of work

performed by the Recipient to satisfy the

Phase I or II requirements prior to the

execution of the resulting agreement

will not be considered when calculating

cost-share. Due to the nature and

objective of this solicitation, it is

anticipated that a mixture of proposals

will be accepted with staggered

beginning dates, and it is therefore

anticipated that any Applicant selected

for award shall proceed on it’s own

schedule, independent of any other

application. The schedule will be based

on the best estimate of the time it will

take the team to complete the three (3)-

phase effort, address the objective of the

advanced natural gas storage program,

and meet the government’s target date

for completion of the Preliminary

Engineering Design.

DOE anticipates multiple cooperative

agreement awards under each area of

interest resulting from this solicitation,

and no fee or profit will be paid to a

Recipient or Subrecipient under the

awards. This particular program is

covered by section 3001 and 3002 of the

Energy Policy Act (EPAct), 42 U.S.C.

13542 for financial assistance awards.

EPAct 3002 requires a cost-share

commitment of at least twenty (20)

percent from non-Federal sources for

research and development projects and

at least fifty (50) percent for

demonstration and commercial projects.

Depending on the phase and maturation

stage of the agreement, cost-share

expectations will range from 20 to 50

percent. The particular program is also

covered by section 2306 of EPAct, 42

U.S.C. 13525 for financial assistance

awards. In order for a company to be

eligible for an award under this

solicitation, the Applicant must be a

United States-owned company. If the

Applicant is not a United States-owned

company, it must be incorporated or

organized in a foreign country that