# Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 240 / Thursday, December 14, 2006 / Notices

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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 240 / Thursday, December 14, 2006 / Notices

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.

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

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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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 240 / Thursday, December 14, 2006 / Notices
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)

114* ............................................................................................................................

57

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.
[FR Doc. E6–21245 Filed 12–13–06; 8:45 am]
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