[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 684-685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00370]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2019-ICCD-0006]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Cancer 
Treatment Deferment

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an 
emergency review of a new information collection.

DATES: Approval by the OMB has been requested by January 24, 2019. A 
regular clearance process is also hereby being initiated. Interested 
persons are invited to submit comments on or before April 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2019-ICCD-
0006. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal 
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily 
accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the docket ID 
number and the title of the information collection request when 
requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that comments 
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period 
will not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments 
submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the 
Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9086, 
Washington, DC 20202-0023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Beth Grebeldinger, 202-377-4018.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The 
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to 
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be 
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden 
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the 
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, 
including through the use of information technology. Please note that 
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered 
public records.
    Title of Collection: Cancer Treatment Deferment.
    OMB Control Number: 1845-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 5,000.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 833.
    Abstract: The Department of Education (Department) is requesting an 
emergency clearance for a new information collection. This collection 
will be used to obtain information from federal student loan borrowers 
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determine eligibility for a deferment of repayment of their federal 
student loan while receiving cancer treatment and for the 6-month 
period after such treatment. Section 309 of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2019, included a provision for the Department to 
implement this new basis for deferment. It was effective immediately 
upon enactment.
    Additional Information: An emergency clearance approval for the use 
of the system is described below due to the following conditions:
    On September 28, 2018, the President signed the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2019 into law. Section 309 of the law included a 
new deferment for Direct Loan, FFEL Program, and Perkins Loan borrowers 
who are receiving cancer treatment and for the 6-month period following 
such treatment. The law was immediately effective, meaning that 
borrowers can immediately request and, if eligible, should receive the 
deferment. Because the law provided no time to implement before the 
deferment became effective, the Department requests that OMB allow the 
Department to clear the collection associated with the implementation 
for the Cancer Treatment Deferment using the emergency clearance 
procedures of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, outlined in 42 
U.S.C. 3507(j) by January 24, 2019.

    Dated: January 28, 2019.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Program, Information 
Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-00370 Filed 1-30-19; 8:45 am]
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