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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

34 CFR Parts 602, 628, 667, and 682

 

Secretary's Procedures and Criteria for Recognition of 
Accrediting Agencies; State Postsecondary Review Program; Federal 
Family Education Loan Program; and Endowment Challenge Grant Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Final regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary amends the regulations governing the Secretary's 
Procedures and Criteria for Recognition of Accrediting Agencies; State 
Postsecondary Review Programs; Federal Family Education Loan Program; 
and Endowment Challenge Grant Program to add the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) control numbers to certain sections of the 
regulations. Those sections contain information collection requirements 
approved by OMB. The Secretary takes this action to inform the public 
that these requirements have been approved.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 7, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mattie L. Bonner, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 5123, Washington, D.C. 
20202. Telephone (202) 401-8300. Individuals who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 29, 1994, final regulations were 
published in the Federal Register for the Secretary's Procedures and 
Criteria for Recognition of Accrediting Agencies (59 FR 22250); State 
Postsecondary Education Review Program (59 FR 22286); and Federal 
Family Education Loan Program (59 FR 22462). The final regulations for 
the Endowment Challenge Grant Program were published in the Federal 
Register on February 23, 1993 at 58 FR 11162. Compliance with the 
information collection requirements in these regulations was delayed 
until those requirements were approved by OMB under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1980, as amended. OMB approved the information 
collection requirements for the Secretary's Procedures and Criteria for 
Recognition of Accrediting Agencies and the State Postsecondary 
Education Review Program on July 1, 1994. The information collection 
requirements for the Federal Family Education Loan Program were 
approved by OMB on June 28, 1994. The Endowment Challenge Grant Program 
information collection requirements were approved by OMB on May 25, 
1993.
    Section 682.202 was inadvertently listed as containing information 
collection requirements in the notice of revised effective date 
published in the Federal Register on June 30, 1994 (59 FR 33682). This 
section was determined not to contain information collection 
requirements and was correctly removed from the list of sections that 
contained information collection requirements subject to OMB approval 
in the correction notice published in the Federal Register on June 8, 
1994 (56 FR 29543).

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking

    In accordance with section 431(b)(2)(A) of the General Education 
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232(b)(2)(A)) and the Administrative 
Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553), it is the practice of the Secretary to 
offer interested parties the opportunity to comment on proposed 
regulations. However, the publication of OMB control numbers is purely 
technical and does not establish substantive policy. Therefore, the 
Secretary has determined, under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), that proposed 
rulemaking is unnecessary and contrary to the public interest and that 
a delayed effective date is not required under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).

List of Subjects

34 CFR Part 602

    Colleges and universities, Education, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

34 CFR Part 667

    Administrative practice and procedures, Colleges and universities, 
Education, Grant programs-education, Loan Programs-education, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements.

34 CFR Part 682

    Administrative practice and procedures, Colleges and universities, 
Education, Loan programs-education, Reporting and recording 
requirements, Student aid, Vocational education.

34 CFR Part 628

    Colleges and universities, Education, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    Dated: August 31, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.

    The Secretary amends parts 602, 667, 682, and 628 of Title 34 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 602--SECRETARY'S PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA FOR RECOGNITION OF 
ACCREDITING AGENCIES

    1. The authority citation for part 602 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1099b, unless otherwise noted.

    2. Sections 602.4, 602.10, and 602.27 are amended by adding the OMB 
control number at the end of these sections to read as follows:

``(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 1840-0607)''

PART 667--STATE POSTSECONDARY REVIEW PROGRAM

    3. The authority citation for part 667 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1099a through 1099a-3, unless otherwise 
noted.

    4. Sections 667.3, 667.4, 667.8, 667.12, 667.15, 667.21, 667.22, 
and 667.26 are amended by adding the OMB control number at the end of 
these sections to read as follows:

``(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 1840-0659)''

PART 682--FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM

    5. The authority citation for part 682 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1071 to 1087-2, unless otherwise noted.

    6. Sections 682.208, 682.402, 682.410, and 682.411 are amended by 
adding the OMB control number at the end of these sections to read as 
follows:

``(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 1840-0538)''.

PART 628--ENDOWMENT CHALLENGE GRANT PROGRAM

    7. The authority citation for part 628 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1065, unless otherwise noted.

    8. Sections 628.20 and 628.32 are amended by adding the OMB control 
number at the end of these sections to read as follows:

``(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 1840-0531)''

[FR Doc. 94-21916 Filed 9-6-94; 8:45 am]
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