Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Fast Response Survey System: Survey on Effects of Energy Needs and Expenditures on U.S. Public Schools [OERI]

[Federal Register: October 5, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 194)]
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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 
November 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Karen Lee, Desk Officer, 
Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th 
Street, N.W., Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, 
D.C. 20503 or should be electronically mailed to the internet address 
Karen_F._Lee@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

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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: October 1, 2001.
John Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and Improvement

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: Fast Response Survey System: Survey on Effects of Energy 
Needs and Expenditures on U.S. Public Schools.
    Frequency: One time.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Govt.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
    Responses: 1,000.
    Burden Hours: 500 hours.
    Abstract: This survey will provide national estimates on energy 
needs of public school districts; actual expenditures for Fiscal Year 
2000, budgeted and actual expenditures for Fiscal Year 2001, and 
budgeted expenditures for 2002. The survey will ask about methods used 
to cover budget shortfalls, and measures taken to minimize energy 
expenditures. The survey will also ask about cost-saving meausres that 
school districts taken in Fiscal Years 2000, 2001, and 2002, but also 
the extent to which the chief financial officer of the school district 
perceives the school district has succeeded in reducing energy usage 
and cost per unit.
    Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request 
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or should be addressed to 
Vivian Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 
4050, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, D.C. 20202-4651. 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 (540) 776-7742 or via 
her internet 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.

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