[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59666-59667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24846]


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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, 
Privacy, Information and 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 
October 27, 2011.

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 
[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: September 22, 2011.
Darrin King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.

Federal Student Aid

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title of Collection: Federal Family Educational Loan Program (FFEL) 
Regulations--Administrative Requirements for States, Not-For-Profit 
Lenders, and Eligible Lender Trustees.
    OMB Control Number: 1845-0085.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit Institutions; State. Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 73.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 73.
    Abstract: The regulations in 34 CFR 682.302 (f) assure the 
Secretary that the integrity of the program is protected from fraud and 
misuse of the program funds. These regulations require a State, non-
profit entity, or eligible lender trustee to provide to the Secretary a 
certification on the State or non-profit entity's letterhead signed by 
the State or non-profit's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), which states 
the basis upon which the entity qualifies as a State or non-profit 
entity. The submission must include documentation establishing the 
entity's State or non-profit status. In addition, the submission must 
include the name and lender identification number for which the 
eligible not-for profit designation is being certified. Once an entity 
has been approved as an eligible not-for-profit holder, the entity must 
provide to the Seretary an annual certification on the State or no-
profit entity's letterhead signed by the CEO, which includes the name 
and lender identification number(s) of the entities for which 
designation is being recertified. The annual certifcation must state 
that the State or non-profit entity has not altered its status as a 
State or non-profit entity since its prior certification to the 
Secretary and that it continues to satisfy the requirements of an 
eligible not-for-profit holder either in its own right or through a 
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agreement with an eligible lender trustee. Further, when an approved 
not-for-profit holder has a change in status, within 10 days of 
becoming aware of the occurrence of a change that may result in a State 
or non-profit entity that has been designated an eligible not-for-
profit holder, either directly or through an eligible lender trustee, 
losing that eligibility, the State or non-profit entity must submit 
details of the change to the Secretary.
    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 4663. 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. 2011-24846 Filed 9-26-11; 8:45 am]
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