[Federal Register: April 15, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 71)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Education.
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.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
May 15, 2009.
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-
6974 or send e-mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
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. OMB
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform
its statutory obligations. The Director, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management, publishes that notice
containing proposed information collection requests prior to submission
of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information collection, grouped
by office, contains the following: (1) Type of review requested, e.g.
new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3)
Summary of the collection; (4) Description of the need for, and
proposed use of, the information; (5) Respondents and frequency of
collection; and (6) Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites
public comment.
Dated: April 10, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
Federal Student Aid
Type of Review: New.
Title: Documents Associated with the Notice of Terms and Conditions
of Additional Purchase of Loans under the ``Ensuring Continued Access
to Student Loans Act of 2008''.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 14,780.
Burden Hours: 14,780.
Abstract: The Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of
2008 (Pub. L. No. 110-227) (the ECASLA) which was signed into law on
May 7, 2008, amended the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (the
HEA) by adding a new Section 459A that provides the U.S. Department of
Education (the Department) with temporary authority to purchase student
loans from Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program lenders. The
documents included with this submission establish the terms and
conditions that will govern certain loan purchases through the
replication for the 2009-2010 academic year of the Loan Participation
Purchase Program and the Loan Purchase Commitment Program that have
been established for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 academic years.
Requests for copies of the information collection submission for
OMB review may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting
the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number
3940. 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 ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-
0920. Please specify the complete title of the information collection
when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
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. E9-8619 Filed 4-14-09; 8:45 am]
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