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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 176 / Monday, September 14, 2009 / Notices Acquisition Regulation,’’ which requires alternative payment protection for construction contracts that exceed $30,000 but do not exceed $100,000. Although not required by statute, under certain circumstances the FAR permits the Government to require bonds on other than construction contracts. B. Annual Reporting Burden Respondents: 11,304. Responses per Respondent: 5. Total Responses: 56,520. Hours per Response: .42. Total Burden Hours: 23,738. Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0045, Bid, Performance, and Payment Bonds, in all correspondence. Dated: September 8, 2009. Al Matera, Director, Acquisition Policy Division. [FR Doc. 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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: September 8, 2009. Angela C. Arrington, IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management. Office of Postsecondary Education Type of Review: Extension. Title: Application for the EU–U.S. Atlantis Program. Frequency: Annually. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions. Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 60. Burden Hours: 1,800. Abstract: The EU/U.S. Atlantis Program will support new types of cooperation in curriculum development and student exchanges between the U.S. and the European Union (EU). Consistent with the provisions of Public Law 105–244 (Title VII, Part B, Section 741 of the Higher Education Act as amended), the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) works to improve postsecondary education through grants to postsecondary educational institutions and agencies. Such grants are awarded on the basis of competitively reviewed applications submitted to FIPSE under its Comprehensive and Special Focus grant competitions. The U.S. Department of Education is requesting approval of the grant application guidelines used to solicit applications for new grants under the Special Focus Program: EU–U.S. Atlantis Program. The EU–U.S. Atlantis Program has been funded annually since fiscal year 1996. This information collection is being submitted under the Streamlined PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 46989 Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information Collections (1894– 0001). 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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. E9–22032 Filed 9–11–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Department of Education. 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 October 14, 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 or send e-mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 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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: September 9, 2009. Angela C. Arrington, Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management. cprice-sewell on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES Office of Vocational and Adult Education Type of Review: New. Title: Strengthening America’s Competitiveness through Math Instruction-Teacher Training Field Test. Frequency: Once. Affected Public: Individuals or household. Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 67. Burden Hours: 67. Abstract: This initiative involves three Adult Numeracy Instruction (ANI) Professional Development Institutes. Twenty teachers and ten program administrators from ten adult education programs from each of two states will participate in a field test of the professional development Institutes. The goals of the institutes are to: • Enhance teacher knowledge and use of research-based adult education mathematics standards. • Increase and deepen mathematics content knowledge among teacher participants. • Increase the repertoire of instructional skills among teachers working with adults in ABE, pre-GED, and GED classes. • Increase state capacity to support teachers in the area of mathematics instruction. VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:23 Sep 11, 2009 Jkt 217001 The study will involve the administration of the following instruments: • Pre/Post surveys of participants. • Pre/Post administration of a cognitive assessment to participating teachers. • Post-professional development interviews with participating teachers and program administrators. Requests for copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may be accessed from https:// edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and by clicking on link number 4022. 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. [FR Doc. E9–22034 Filed 9–11–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [FE Docket No. 09–92–LNG] ConocoPhillips Company; Application for Blanket Authorization To Export Liquefied Natural Gas Office of Fossil Energy, DOE. Notice of application. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application filed on August 31, 2009 by ConocoPhillips Company (ConocoPhillips), requesting blanket authorization to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) that previously had been imported from foreign sources on their own behalf or as agent for others on a short-term or spot market basis from existing facilities on Quintana Island, Texas in an amount up to the equivalent of 500 Billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas to the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Japan, South PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Korea, India, China, Taiwan, France, and/or Italy, as well as any country with the capacity to import ocean-going LNG, with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or policy. ConocoPhillips seeks to export the LNG over a two year period commencing on the date of the authorization. The application is filed under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b), as amended by section 201 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102– 486), DOE Delegation Order No. 00– 002.00G (Jan. 29, 2007) and DOE Redelegation Order No. 00–002.04D (Nov. 6, 2007). Protests, motions to intervene, notices of intervention, and written comments are invited. DATES: Protests, motions to intervene or notices of intervention, as applicable, requests for additional procedures, and written comments are to be filed at the address listed below no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, October 14, 2009. ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy (FE–34), Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and Supply, Office of Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E–042, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larine Moore or Beverly Howard, U.S. Department of Energy (FE–34), Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and Supply, Office of Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E–042, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586– 9478; (202) 586–9387. Edward Myers, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Fossil Energy and Energy Efficiency, Forrestal Building, Room 6B–159, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–3397. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background ConocoPhillips is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Houston, Texas. ConocoPhillips is an independent producer and seller of natural gas and an importer of LNG into the U.S. ConocoPhillips requests that the proposed authorization to export LNG requested herein be applicable to exports from the Freeport LNG Development, L.P. (FLNG) terminal. 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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 176 (Monday, September 14, 2009)]
[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 
October 14, 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 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

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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 IC Clearance Official, 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: September 9, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory 
Information Management Services, Office of Management.

Office of Vocational and Adult Education

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: Strengthening America's Competitiveness through Math 
Instruction-Teacher Training Field Test.
    Frequency: Once.
    Affected Public: Individuals or household.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:

Responses: 67.
Burden Hours: 67.

    Abstract: This initiative involves three Adult Numeracy Instruction 
(ANI) Professional Development Institutes. Twenty teachers and ten 
program administrators from ten adult education programs from each of 
two states will participate in a field test of the professional 
development Institutes. The goals of the institutes are to:
     Enhance teacher knowledge and use of research-based adult 
education mathematics standards.
     Increase and deepen mathematics content knowledge among 
teacher participants.
     Increase the repertoire of instructional skills among 
teachers working with adults in ABE, pre-GED, and GED classes.
     Increase state capacity to support teachers in the area of 
mathematics instruction.
    The study will involve the administration of the following 
instruments:
     Pre/Post surveys of participants.
     Pre/Post administration of a cognitive assessment to 
participating teachers.
     Post-professional development interviews with 
participating teachers and program administrators.
    Requests for copies of the information collection submission for 
OMB review may be accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting 
the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 
4022. 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.

[FR Doc. E9-22034 Filed 9-11-09; 8:45 am]
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