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Abstract: The information collection

plan provides the U.S. Department of

Education with the procedure of

submitting its discretionary grant

information collections through a

streamlined Paperwork Reduction Act

clearance process which does not fit

under the Generic Application (1890–

0009). This streamlined clearance

process has been in effect for the last

eight years. By streamlining the

clearance process, the Department has

reduced burden on the public. Instead

of publishing two separate Federal

Register notices, the Department limits

public responsibilities to only one

response period. Public acceptance has

been positive.

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 3240. 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.,

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington,

DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. 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.

[FR Doc. E6–21336 Filed 12–13–06; 8:45 am]

Dated: December 8, 2006.

Dianne M. Novick,

Acting Leader, Information Policy and

Standards Team, Regulatory Information

Management Services, Office of Management.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

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AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Acting Leader,

Information Policy and Standards Team,

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 February

12, 2007.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

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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 Acting

Leader, Information Policy and

Standards Team, 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.

Federal Student Aid

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Guaranty Agency Financial

Report.

Frequency: Monthly, Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Businesses or

other for-profit.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 612.

Burden Hours: 33,660.

Abstract: The Guaranty Agency

Financial Report is used to request

payments from and make payments to

the Department of Education under the

Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL)

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Program authorized by Title IV, Part B

of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended (HEA). The report is also used

to monitor the agency’s financial

activities, including activities

concerning its Federal fund; operating

fund and the agency’s restricted

account.

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 3239. 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.,

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington,

DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. 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.

[FR Doc. E6–21337 Filed 12–13–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. IC07–580–000; FERC 580]

Commission Information Collection

Activities, Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Extension

December 7, 2006.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

soliciting public comment on the

specific aspects of the information

collection described below.

DATES: Comments on the collection of

information are due February 16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of

the proposed collection of information

can be obtained from the Commission’s

Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docsfilings/elibrary.asp) or from the Federal

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Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn:

Michael Miller, Office of the Executive

Director, ED–34, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may

be filed either in paper format or

electronically. Those parties filing

electronically do not need to make a

paper filing. For paper filing, the

original and 14 copies of such

comments should be submitted to the

Secretary of the Commission, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426

and refer to Docket No. IC07–580–000.

Documents filed electronically via the

Internet must be prepared in

WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable

Document Format, or ASCII format. To

file the document, access the

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov and click Documents and

Filing tab, then choose eFiling from the

drop-down menu. Follow the

instructions provided. First time users

will have to establish a user name and

password. The Commission will send an

automatic acknowledgement to the

sender’s e-mail address upon receipt of

comments.

All comments may be viewed, printed

or downloaded remotely via the Internet

through the Commission’s homepage

using the eLibrary link. For user

assistance, contact

FERCOlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free

at (866) 208–3676 or for TTY, contact

(202) 502–8659.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by

telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at

michael.miller@ferc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

information collected under the

requirements of FERC Form No. 580

‘‘Interrogatory on Fuel and Energy

Purchase Practices, Docket No. IN79–

6’’—(OMB No. 1902–0137) is used by

the Commission to carry out its

responsibilities in implementing the

statutory provisions of the Federal

Power Act (FPA). The FPA was

amended by the Public Utility

Regulatory Policies Act (49 Stat. 851; 16

U.S.C. 824d) to require the Commission

to review ‘‘not less frequently than

every two (2) years * * * of practices

* * * to ensure efficient use of

resources (including economical

purchase and use of fuel and electric

energy) * * *’’ The collection of this

information is specifically required by

Federal statute (FPA Section 205(f)) and

thus the Commission lacks authority to

allow waivers for the filing of this

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information. In addition, the

Commission entertains requests for

confidential treatment pursuant to 18

CFR 388.112 for the coal mine price

data and coal rail transportation cost

data submitted in response to questions

3(i) and 3(1.2), respectively, only when

disclosure would violate the terms of a

confidentiality clause of a rail

transportation contract. No other

requests for confidential treatment are

considered. The information is used to:

(1) Review as mandated by statute, fuel

purchase and cost recovery practices to

ensure efficient use of resources,

including economical purchase and use

of fuel and electric energy, under fuel

adjustment clauses on file with the

Commission; (2) evaluate fuel costs in

individual rate filings; (3) supplement

periodic utility audits. The information

has also been used by the Energy

Information Administration under a

Congressional mandate to study various

aspects of coal, oil, and gas

transportation rates.

Action: The Commission is requesting

a three-year extension of the current

expiration date, with no changes to the

existing collection of data.

Burden Statement: Public reporting

burden for this collection is estimated

as:

Number of respondents annually

Number of responses per respondent

Average burden

hours per response

Total annual burden hours

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1) × (2) × (3)

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63.16#

3,600

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*(114 responses every two years).

# rounded off.

Estimated cost burden to respondents

is $211,391. (3,600 hours/2080 hours

per year times $122,137 per year average

per employee = $ 211,391). The cost per

respondent is $1,854).

The reporting burden includes the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended to generate, maintain, retain,

disclose, or provide the information

including: (1) Reviewing instructions;

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and

utilizing technology and systems for the

purposes of collecting, validating,

verifying, processing, maintaining,

disclosing and providing information;

(3) adjusting the existing ways to

comply with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements; (4)

training personnel to respond to a

collection of information; (5) searching

data sources; (6) completing and

reviewing the collection of information;

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise

disclosing the information.

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The estimate of cost for respondents

is based upon salaries for professional

and clerical support, as well as direct

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs

include all costs directly attributable to

providing this information, such as

administrative costs and the cost for

information technology. Indirect or

overhead costs are costs incurred by an

organization in support of its mission.

These costs apply to activities, which

benefit the whole organization rather

than any one particular function or

activity.

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the Commission,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of

the agency’s estimate of the burden of

the proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (3)

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ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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