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[FR Doc No: 94-25827]


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[Federal Register: October 19, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

34 CFR Part 685

RIN 1840-AC11

 

Federal Direct Student Loan Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Final Standards, Criteria, and Procedures, compliance with 
information collection requirements.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary amends the final Standards, Criteria, and 
Procedures under the Federal Direct Student Loan (Direct Loan) Program 
to add the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers to 
certain sections of the Standards, Criteria, and Procedures. Those 
sections contain information collection requirements approved by OMB. 
The Secretary takes this action to inform the public that these 
requirements have been approved, and therefore affected parties must 
comply with them.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 19, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Edelstein, U.S. Department of 
Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 3012, ROB-3, Washington, 
D.C. 20202. Telephone (202) 708-9406. 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 July 1, 1994, final Standards, Criteria, 
and Procedures were published in the Federal Register governing the 
repayment and consolidation of loans under the Federal Direct Student 
Loan (Direct Loan) Program in the academic year beginning July 1, 1994 
(59 FR 34278). Compliance with information collection requirements in 
34 CFR 685.209, 685.213, 685.214, and 685.215 was delayed until those 
requirements were approved by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1980. On September 23, 1994 OMB approved those information collection 
requirements under that Act; therefore affected parties must now comply 
with those requirements.

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 in 34 CFR Part 685

    Administrative practice and procedure, Colleges and universities, 
Education, Loan programs--education, Student Aid, Vocational education.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.268, Federal 
Direct Student Loan).

    Dated: October 12, 1994.

David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.

PART 685--STANDARDS, CRITERIA, AND PROCEDURES FOR THE DIRECT LOAN 
PROGRAM

    1. The authority citation for part 685 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.


Secs. 685.209, 685.213, 685.214 and 685.215  [Amended]

    2. Sections 685.209, 685.213, 685.214, and 685.215 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 1840-0693)''

[FR Doc. 94-25827 Filed 10-18-94; 8:45 am]
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