Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Federal Register: May 12, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 90)

Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division,

Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management 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

June 11, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer,

Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New

Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395- 5806,

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or send e-mail to oira_submission@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 Director, 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.

Dated: May 6, 2009.

Angela C. Arrington,

Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory

Information Management Services, Office of Management.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: Application Package for the Erma Byrd Scholarship Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or household; Businesses or other for- profit; Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:

Responses: 220.

Burden Hours: 110.

Abstract: These instructions and forms will be used by scholarship applicants to provide information to the U.S. Department of Education that is needed to select recipients for the Erma Byrd Scholarship

Program. Title III of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 authorizes the Secretary to award scholarships to individuals pursuing a course of study that will lead to a career in industrial health and safety occupations, including mine safety. Under the Erma Byrd Scholarship

Program, individual students apply for scholarships. In order to judge all applications in a consistent manner and to reduce the time required for the review process, it is necessary to collect the appropriate information from all individual applicants by means of a uniform application form.

This information collection is being submitted under the

Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information

Collections (1894-0001). 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 information collection submission for

OMB review may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 4026. 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 the Internet address ICDocketMgr@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 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.

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