FR Doc 03-31222
[Federal Register: December 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 243)]
[Notices]
[Page 70496-70497]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of
the Chief Information Officer 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
January 20, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Melanie Kadlic, 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 
Melanie_Kadlic@omb.eop.gov.

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 Leader, Regulatory Information
Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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)

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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: December 15, 2003.
Angela C. Arrington,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.

Office of Innovation and Improvement

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: Application for Grants under the State Charter School
Facilities Incentive Grant Program.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal gov't, SEAs or LEAs.

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                                           Responses       Burden hours
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Reporting and recordkeeping hour                    12            4,800
 burden:..............................
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    Abstract: This is a grant application for a program to give States
incentive grants to establish new or enhance existing per-pupil
facilities aid programs for charter schools.
    This information collection is being submitted under the
Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information
Collections (1890-0001). Therefore, the 30-day public comment period
notice will be the only public comment notice published for this
information collection.
    Requests for copies of the submission for OMB review; comment
request may be accessed from
  http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the

``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number
2424. When you access the information collection, click on ``Download
Attachments'' to view. Written requests for information should be
addressed to Vivian Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Room 4050, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC
20202-4651, or to the e-mail address mailto:vivan.reese@ed.gov.
 Requests may also be electronically mailed to the Internet address
 OCIO_RIMG@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 Kathy Axt at her e-mail address
Kathy.Axt@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. 03-31222 Filed 12-17-03; 8:45 am]

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