[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
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Part IV





Department of Education





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34 CFR Part 668



Student Assistance General Provisions; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

34 CFR Part 668

RIN 1840-AC36


Student Assistance General Provisions

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Final regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary amends the regulations governing the Student 
Assistance General Provisions to add the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) control numbers to certain sections of these regulations. 
These sections contain information collection requirements approved by 
OMB. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid 
OMB control number. The Secretary takes this action to inform the 
public that these regulations have been approved and affected parties 
must comply with them.

EFFECTIVE DATE: These regulations are effective on July 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula Husselmann, U.S. Department of 
Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., (Room 3053, ROB-3) 
Washington, D.C. 20202. Telephone: (202) 708-8242. 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: Final regulations for the Student Assistance 
General Provisions were published in the Federal Register on November 
27, 1996 (61 FR 60490 (Record Retention)), November 29, 1996 (61 FR 
60565 (Financial Responsibility)), and November 29, 1996 (61 FR 60578 
(Project EASI/Cash Management)). Compliance with information collection 
requirements in certain sections of these regulations was delayed until 
those requirements were approved by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995. On January 17, 1997, OMB approved the information 
collection requirements for the record retention regulations, the 
factors of financial responsibility regulations, the standards of 
administrative capability, the compliance and financial statement audit 
regulations. On January 27, OMB approved the information collection 
requirements for the EASI/cash management regulations. The information 
collection requirements in these regulations will become effective with 
all of the other provisions of the regulations on July 1, 1997.

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking

    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 
that, under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), public comment on the regulations is 
unnecessary and contrary to the public interest.

List of Subjects

34 CFR Part 668

    Administrative practice and procedure, Colleges and universities, 
Consumer protection, Education, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Student aid, Vocational education.

    Dated: May 9, 1997.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.

    The Secretary amends part 668 of title 34 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations as follows:

PART 668--STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. The authority citation for Part 668 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1085, 1088, 1091, 1092, 1094, 1099c, and 
1141, unless otherwise noted.


Secs. 668.15, 668.16, 668.23, 668.24  [Amended]

    2. Sections 668.15, 668.16, 668.23, and 668.24 are amended by 
adding the OMB control number following the sections to read as 
follows: ``(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under 
control number 1840-0537)''


Secs. 668.165, 668.167  [Amended]

    3. Sections 668.165 and 668.167 are amended by adding the OMB 
control number following the sections to read as follows: ``(Approved 
by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1840-
0697)''

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