[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72818-72819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29787]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, 
Regulatory Information 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 
December 27, 2010.

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 e-mailed to [email protected] with a cc: to 
ICDocketMgr[co x mmat]ed.gov. 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

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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: November 22, 2010.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory 
Information Management Services, Office of Management.

Federal Student Aid

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title of Collection: William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct 
Loan) Program Federal Direct PLUS Loan Master Promissory Note and 
Endorser Addendum.
    OMB Control Number: 1845-0053.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: On Occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,992,600.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 717,582.
    Abstract: The William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) 
Program Federal Direct PLUS Loan Master Promissory Note and Endorser 
Addendum serves as the means by which a borrower applies for a Direct 
Consolidation Loan and promises to repay the loan. Related documents 
included with this collection are: (1) Additional Loan Listing Sheet 
(provides additional space for a borrower to list loans that he or she 
wishes to consolidate, if there is insufficient space on the 
Application and Promissory Note); (2) Request to Add Loans (serves as 
the means by which a borrower may add other loans to an existing Direct 
Consolidation Loan within a specified time period); and (3) Loan 
Verification Certificate (serves as the means by which the U.S. 
Department of Education obtains the information needed to pay off the 
holders of the loans that the borrower wants to consolidate).
    Requests for 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 4387. 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 
ed.gov">ICDocketMgr@ed.gov 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. 2010-29787 Filed 11-24-10; 8:45 am]
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