[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 129 (Monday, July 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40269-40270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14432]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2020-SCC-0108]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; HBCU 
Capital Financing Program Deferment Applications

AGENCY: 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 June 30, 2020. A 
regular clearance process is also hereby being initiated. Interested 
persons are invited to submit comments on or before September 4, 2020.

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-2020-SCC-0108. 
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,

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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 
Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave SW, LBJ, Room 6W208D, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Donald Watson, 202-453-6166.

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: HBCU Capital Financing Program Deferment 
Applications.
    OMB Control Number: 1840-NEW.
    Type of Review: New information collection
    Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector; State, Local or Tribal 
Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 50.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 50.
    Abstract: In the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
(CARES Act), Public Law 116-136 (March 27, 2020), Congress provided 
authority for deferments due to a qualifying emergency. Generally, the 
CARES Act provides that the Secretary may grant a deferment to 
recipients of Program loans, regardless of whether the recipient is a 
public or private HBCU, for the duration of the coronavirus-related 
emergency. The Department has developed an application for HBCUs to 
seek a deferment of a Program loan under the CARES Act. This 
application will allow a Program participant to request the deferment 
and submit information for the Department's required report to Congress 
regarding its use of its CARES Act authority to grant the deferments.
    Additional Information: An emergency clearance approval for the use 
of the system is described below due to the following conditions:
    Pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures 
established at 5 CFR 1320, ED requests that the following collection of 
information, HBCU Capital Financing Program Deferment Applications, be 
processed in accordance with section 1320.13 Emergency Processing. ED 
has determined that this information must be collected prior to the 
expiration of time periods established under Part 1320, and that this 
information is essential to the ED's ability to effectively implement 
the CARES Act, Public Law 116-136 (March 27, 2020) and address the 
economic disruption posed by the Novel (new) Coronavirus (``2019-
nCoV'').

    Dated: June 30, 2020.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2020-14432 Filed 7-2-20; 8:45 am]
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