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upcoming meeting of the National
Advisory Council on Indian Education
(the Council) and is intended to notify
the general public of their opportunity
to attend. This notice also describes the
functions of the Council. Notice of the
Council’s meetings is required under
section (10)(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act and by the
Council’s charter.
Agenda: The purpose of the meeting
will be to discuss the development of
the annual report to Congress, NACIE
activity plan and subcommittee reports.
The Council will also receive a briefing
on the National Indian Education
Conference, including a discussion on
strategies gained from the conference for
implementing the No Child Left Behind
Act in a manner that is consistent with
tribal traditions, language and culture.
Date and Time: May 23, 2005; 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Location: American Indian Center,
1630 W. Wilson Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois 60640.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernard Garcia, Group Leader, Office of
Indian Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202. Telephone:
202–260–1454. Fax: 202–260–7779.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Council advises the Secretary of
Education on the funding and
administration (including the
development of regulations, and
administrative policies and practices) of
any program over which the Secretary
has jurisdiction and includes Indian
children or adults as participants or
programs that may benefit Indian
children or adults, including any
program established under Title VII,
Part A of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act. The Council submits to
the Congress, not later than June 30 of
each year, a report on the activities of
the Council that includes
recommendations the Council considers
appropriate for the improvement of
Federal education programs that include
Indian children or adults as participants
or that may benefit Indian children or
adults, and recommendations
concerning the funding of any such
program.
The gerneral public is welcome to
attend the May 23, 2005 meeting to be
held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Chicago,
IL. Individuals who need
accommodations for a disability in order
to participate (i.e., interpreting services,
assistive listening devices, materials in
alternative format) should notify
Bernard Garcia at 202–260–1454 by May
11, 2005. We will attempt to meet
requests after this date, but cannot
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guarantee availability of the requested
accommodation. The meeting site is
accessible to individuals with
disabilities.
Records are kept of all Council
proceedings and are available for public
inspection at the Office of Indian
Education, United States Department of
Education, Room 5C141, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202.
Dated: April 29, 2005.
Margaret Spellings,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC05–545–000; FERC–545]
Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
April 27, 2005.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collection and request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 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 by June 27, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of
the proposed collection of information
can be obtained from the Commission’s
Web site (https://www.ferc.gov/docsfilings/elibrary.asp) or to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn:
Michael Miller, Office of the Executive
Director, ED–1, 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, an original
and 14 copies of such comments should
be submitted to The Office of the
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426 and refer to
Docket No. IC05–545–000.
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 https://
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www.ferc.gov and click on ‘‘Make an efiling’’, and then follow the instructions
for each screen. 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 FERC’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–545 ‘‘Gas
Pipeline Rates: Rate Change (Nonformal)’’ (OMB No. 1902–0154) is used
by the Commission to implement the
statutory provisions of sections 4, 5, 8,
10 and 16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA)
(15 U.S.C. 717c–717o, PL 75–688, 52
Stat. 822 and 830) and Title III of the
Natural Gas Policy Act (15 U.S.C. 3301–
3432, Pl. 95–621). A natural gas
company must obtain Commission
authorization for all rates and charges
made, demanded or received in
connection with the transportation of
natural gas in interstate commerce. The
Commission is authorized to investigate
the rates charged by natural gas pipeline
companies subject to its jurisdiction. If,
after the investigation, the Commission
is of the opinion that the rates are
‘‘unjust or unreasonable or unjustly
discriminatory or unduly preferential,’’
it is authorized to determine and
prescribe just and reasonable rates. The
NGA also provides the Commission
with a means for considering the
reasonableness of rates through
settlement conferences or hearings.
The data filed in rate change
applications for all rates and charges
made, demanded, or received in
connection with the transportation of
natural gas are used by the Commission
to establish a basis for determining just
and reasonable rates that should be
charged, and the rate of return which
can be earned by the regulated natural
gas company. However rate regulation,
combined with the obligations of major
natural gas companies to serve all
customers fairly and equitably, also
prevents rate discrimination. Major
natural gas companies and others
engaged in the transportation of natural
gas must file this information for
ratemaking purposes and certain NGPA
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authorizations approval. The reporting
requirements for this information
collection are found in 18 CFR part 154
of the Commission’s regulations. These
reporting requirements are mandatory.
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 (1)
Number of
responses per
respondent (2)
Average
burden hours per
response (3)
Total annual burden hours
(1)×(2)×(3)
152 ...................................................................................................................................
12.77
58.38
113,318
Estimated cost burden to respondents
is $5,9142,219. (113,318 hours/2080
hours per year times $108,558 per year
average per employee). The cost per
respondent is $38,909.
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.
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)
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
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other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC05–603–001, FERC–603]
Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Submitted for OMB
Review
April 27, 2005.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3507 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
has submitted the information
collection described below to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review of this information collection
requirement. Any interested person may
file comments directly with OMB and
should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
received no comments in response to an
earlier Federal Register notice of March
14, 2005 (70 FR 12461–62) and has
made this notation in its submission to
OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by May 28, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Address comments on the
collection of information to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Comments to
OMB should be filed electronically, c/o
oira__submission@omb.eop.gov. and
include the OMB Control No. as a point
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of reference. The Desk Officer may be
reached by telephone at (202) 395–4650.
A copy of the comments should also be
sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Office of the Executive
Director, ED–33, Attention: Michael
Miller, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. Comments may
be filed either in paper format or
electronically. Those persons filing
electronically do not need to make a
paper filing. For paper filings, such
comments should be submitted to the
Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and
should refer to Docket No. IC05–603–
001.
Documents filed electronically via the
Internet must be prepared in, MS Word,
Portable Document Format, Word
Perfect or ASCII format. To file the
document, access the Commission’s
Web site at https://www.ferc.gov and
click on ‘‘Make an e-filing,’’ and then
follow the instructions for each screen.
First time users will have to establish a
user name and password. The
Commission will send an automatic
acknowledgment to the sender’s E-mail
address upon receipt of comments. User
assistance for electronic filings is
available at (202) 502–8258 or by e-mail
to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments should
not be submitted to the e-mail address.
All comments are available for review
at the Commission or may be viewed on
the Commission’s Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link. Enter the docket number excluding
the last three digits in the docket
number field to access the document.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree 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:
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. IC05-545-000; FERC-545]
Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Extension
April 27, 2005.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection and request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 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 by June 27,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained from the Commission's Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filings/elibrary.asp) or to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the Executive
Director, ED-1, 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, an original and 14 copies of such comments should be submitted
to The Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and refer to Docket No.
IC05-545-000.
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 https://
www.ferc.gov and click on ``Make an e-filing'', and then follow the
instructions for each screen. 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 FERC'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-545 ``Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate Change (Non-
formal)'' (OMB No. 1902-0154) is used by the Commission to implement
the statutory provisions of sections 4, 5, 8, 10 and 16 of the Natural
Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. 717c-717o, PL 75-688, 52 Stat. 822 and 830)
and Title III of the Natural Gas Policy Act (15 U.S.C. 3301-3432, Pl.
95-621). A natural gas company must obtain Commission authorization for
all rates and charges made, demanded or received in connection with the
transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce. The Commission is
authorized to investigate the rates charged by natural gas pipeline
companies subject to its jurisdiction. If, after the investigation, the
Commission is of the opinion that the rates are ``unjust or
unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential,'' it is
authorized to determine and prescribe just and reasonable rates. The
NGA also provides the Commission with a means for considering the
reasonableness of rates through settlement conferences or hearings.
The data filed in rate change applications for all rates and
charges made, demanded, or received in connection with the
transportation of natural gas are used by the Commission to establish a
basis for determining just and reasonable rates that should be charged,
and the rate of return which can be earned by the regulated natural gas
company. However rate regulation, combined with the obligations of
major natural gas companies to serve all customers fairly and
equitably, also prevents rate discrimination. Major natural gas
companies and others engaged in the transportation of natural gas must
file this information for ratemaking purposes and certain NGPA
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authorizations approval. The reporting requirements for this
information collection are found in 18 CFR part 154 of the Commission's
regulations. These reporting requirements are mandatory.
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:
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Number of Average burden Total annual
Number of respondents annually (1) responses per hours per burden hours
respondent (2) response (3) (1)x(2)x(3)
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152.................................................... 12.77 58.38 113,318
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Estimated cost burden to respondents is $5,9142,219. (113,318
hours/2080 hours per year times $108,558 per year average per
employee). The cost per respondent is $38,909.
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.
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) 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.
Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
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