[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2012)] [Notices] [Pages 12039-12040] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2012-4721] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Submission for OMB Review AGENCY: Department of Education. ACTION: Comment Request. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and [[Page 12040]] Records Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13). DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before March 29, 2012. 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 emailed to [email protected] with a cc: to [email protected]. Please note that written comments received in response to this notice will be considered public records. 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. The OMB is particularly interested in comments which: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate 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) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Dated: February 23, 2012. Kate Mullan, Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management. Office of Postsecondary Education Type of Review: Reinstatement. Title of Collection: Application for Grants Under Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program. OMB Control Number: 1840-0619. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 330. Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 10,260. Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education is requesting a reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection of information entitled ``Application for New Awards under the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program.'' The Department is requesting the reinstatement with change because of the implementation of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 revisions to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, the authorizing statute for the program. This application will be used to award new grants and collect data under the McNair program. The McNair program provides grants to institutions of higher education and combinations of such institutions to prepare low-income, first- generation college students, and students from groups underrepresented in graduate education, for doctoral study. 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. Copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or from the Department's Web site at http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 04815. 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 [email protected] or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the complete title of the information collection and OMB Control Number when making your request. 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. 2012-4721 Filed 2-27-12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P