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Dated: December 12, 2014. 

Thomas M. Harrigan, 

Deputy Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter VI 

[Docket ID ED–2014–OPE–0161] 

RIN 1840–AD18 

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; 

Negotiator Nominations and Schedule 

of Committee Meetings—William D. 

Ford Federal Direct Loan Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to establish 

negotiated rulemaking committee. 

SUMMARY: We announce our intention to 

establish a negotiated rulemaking 

committee to prepare proposed 

regulations governing the William D. 

Ford Federal Direct Loan (Federal Direct 

Loan) Program authorized under title IV 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA). The committee will 

include representatives of organizations 

or groups with interests that are 

significantly affected by the topics 

proposed for negotiations. We request 

nominations for individual negotiators 

who represent key stakeholder 

constituencies for the issues to be 

negotiated to serve on the committee, 

and we set a schedule for committee 

meetings. 

DATES: We must receive your 

nominations for negotiators to serve on 

the committee on or before January 20, 

2015. The dates, times, and locations of 

the committee meetings are set out in 

the Schedule for Negotiations section in 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

ADDRESSES: Please send your 

nominations for negotiators to Wendy 

Macias, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street NW., Room 8017, 

Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: 

(202) 502–7526 or by email: 

wendy.macias@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the content of this 

notice, including information about the 

negotiated rulemaking process or the 

nomination submission process, 

contact: Wendy Macias, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street 

NW., Room 8017, Washington, DC 

20006. Telephone: (202) 502–7526 or by 

email: wendy.macias@ed.gov. 

For information about negotiated 

rulemaking in general, see The 

Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title 

IV Regulations, Frequently Asked 

Questions at http://www2.ed.gov/policy/ 

highered/reg/hearulemaking/hea08/negreg-faq.html. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) toll free at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 3, 2014, we published a 

notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 

52273) announcing our intent to 

establish a negotiated rulemaking 

committee under section 492 of the HEA 

to develop proposed regulations to 

allow more student borrowers of Federal 

Direct Loans to use a ‘‘Pay as You Earn’’ 

repayment plan in accordance with the 

Presidential Memorandum issued on 

June 9, 2014 (available at 

www.whitehousce.gov/the-press-office/

2014/06/09/presidential-memorandumfederal-student-loan-repayments). We 

also announced two public hearings at 

which interested parties could comment 

on the topic suggested by the U.S. 

Department of Education (Department) 

and suggest additional topics for 

consideration for action by the 

negotiated rulemaking committee. 

Those hearings were held on October 

23, 2014, in Washington, DC, and on 

November 4, 2014, in Anaheim, 

California. We invited parties to 

comment and submit topics for 

consideration in writing as well. 

Transcripts from the public hearings are 

available at http://www2.ed.gov/policy/

highered/reg/hearulemaking/2015/

index.html. Written comments 

submitted in response to the September 

3, 2014, notice may be viewed through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Instructions for 

finding comments are available on the 

site under ‘‘How to Use 

Regulations.gov’’ in the Help section. 

Individuals can enter docket ID ED– 

2014–OPE–0124 in the search box to 

locate the appropriate docket. 

Regulatory Issues: After considering 

the information received at the regional 

hearings and the written comments, we 

have decided to establish a negotiating 

committee to (1) prepare proposed 

regulations to establish a new Pay as 

You Earn repayment plan for those not 

covered by the existing Pay as You Earn 

Repayment Plan in the Federal Direct 

Loan Program, and (2) establish 

procedures for Federal Family 

Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan 

holders to use to identify U.S. military 

servicemembers who may be eligible for 

a lower interest rate on their FFEL 

Program loans under section 527 of the 

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 

(SCRA). 

Under the Department’s current 

regulations, once a loan holder (the 

Secretary or a FFEL loan holder) 

receives a servicemember’s written 

request and a copy of the 

servicemember’s military orders, the 

maximum interest rate on any Federal 

Direct Loan or FFEL program loan made 

prior to the borrower entering activeduty status is six percent while the 

borrower is on active-duty status. (See 

34 CFR 685.202(a)(4) and 682.202(a)(8)). 

On August 25, 2014, the Department 

published Dear Colleague Letter GEN– 

14–16 (available at http://ifap.ed.gov/

dpcletters/GEN1416.html) announcing 

that the Department had adopted new 

procedures for determining a borrower’s 

eligibility for benefits under the SCRA 

and authorizing FFEL loan holders to 

adopt similar procedures. The 

Department now seeks to include those 

procedures in the regulations and to 

require FFEL loan holders to use those 

procedures. 

These topics are tentative. Topics may 

be added or removed as the process 

continues. 

We intend to select negotiators for the 

committee who represent the interests 

significantly affected by the topics 

proposed for negotiations. In so doing, 

we will follow the requirement in 

section 492(b)(1) of the HEA that the 

individuals selected must have 

demonstrated expertise or experience in 

the relevant topics proposed for 

negotiations. We will also select 

individual negotiators who reflect the 

diversity among program participants, 

in accordance with section 492(b)(1) of 

the HEA. Our goal is to establish a 

committee that will allow significantly 

affected parties to be represented while 

keeping the committee size manageable. 

We generally select a primary and 

alternate negotiator for each 

constituency represented on the 

committee. The primary negotiator 

participates for the purpose of 

determining consensus. The alternate 

participates for the purpose of 

determining consensus in the absence of 

the primary. Either the primary or the 

alternate may speak during the 

negotiations. 

The committee may create subgroups 

on particular topics that may involve 

individuals who are not members of the 

committee. Individuals who are not 

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selected as members of the committee 

will be able to observe the committee 

meetings, will have access to the 

individuals representing their 

constituencies, and may be able to 

participate in informal working groups 

on various issues between the meetings. 

Constituencies: We have identified 

the following constituencies as having 

interests that are significantly affected 

by the topics proposed for negotiations. 

The Department plans to seat as 

negotiators individuals from 

organizations or groups representing 

these constituencies: 

• Students. 

• Legal assistance organizations that 

represent students. 

• Consumer advocacy organizations. 

• Groups representing U.S. military 

servicemembers or veterans. 

• Financial aid administrators at 

postsecondary institutions. 

• State attorneys general and other 

appropriate State officials. 

• Institutions of higher education 

eligible to receive Federal assistance 

under title III, parts A, B, and F, and 

title V of the HEA, which include 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities, Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions, American Indian Tribally 

Controlled Colleges and Universities, 

Alaska Native and Native HawaiianServing Institutions, Predominantly 

Black Institutions, and other institutions 

with a substantial enrollment of needy 

students as defined in title III of the 

HEA. 

• Two-year public institutions of 

higher education. 

• Four-year public institutions of 

higher education. 

• Private, nonprofit institutions of 

higher education. 

• Private, for-profit institutions of 

higher education. 

• FFEL Program lenders and loan 

servicers. 

• FFEL Program guaranty agencies 

and guaranty agency servicers 

(including collection agencies). 

The goal of the committee is to 

develop proposed regulations that 

reflect a final consensus of the 

committee. Consensus means that there 

is no dissent by any member of the 

negotiating committee, including the 

committee member representing the 

Department. An individual selected as a 

negotiator will be expected to represent 

the interests of his or her organization 

or group and participate in the 

negotiations in a manner consistent 

with the goal of developing proposed 

regulations on which the committee will 

reach consensus. If consensus is 

reached, all members of the organization 

or group represented by a negotiator are 

bound by the consensus and are 

prohibited from commenting negatively 

on the resulting proposed regulations. 

The Department will not consider any 

such negative comments on the 

proposed regulations that are submitted 

by members of such an organization or 

group. 

Nominations: Nominations should 

include: 

• The name of the nominee, the 

organization or group the nominee 

represents, and a description of the 

interests that the nominee represents. 

• Evidence of the nominee’s expertise 

or experience in the topics proposed for 

negotiations. 

• Evidence of support from 

individuals or groups within the 

constituency that the nominee will 

represent. 

• The nominee’s commitment that he 

or she will actively participate in good 

faith in the development of the 

proposed regulations. 

• The nominee’s contact information, 

including address, phone number, and 

email address. 

For a better understanding of the 

negotiated rulemaking process, 

nominees should review The Negotiated 

Rulemaking Process for Title IV 

Regulations, Frequently Asked 

Questions at http://www2.ed.gov/policy/ 

highered/reg/hearulemaking/hea08/negreg-faq.html prior to committing to 

serve as a negotiator. 

Nominees will be notified whether or 

not they have been selected as 

negotiators as soon as the Department’s 

review process is completed. 

Schedule for Negotiations: The 

committee will meet for three sessions 

on the following dates: 

Session 1: February 24–26, 2015 

Session 2: March 31–April 2, 2015 

Session 3: April 28–30, 2015 

Sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

The committee meetings will be held 

at the U.S. Department of Education at: 

1990 K Street NW., Eighth Floor 

Conference Center, Washington, DC 

20006. 

The meetings are open to the public. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) by 

contacting Wendy Macias, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street 

NW., Room 8017, Washington, DC 

20006. Telephone: (202) 502–7526 or by 

email: wendy.macias@ed.gov. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. You may also 

access documents of the Department 

published in the Federal Register by 

using the article search feature at: 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1098a. 

Dated: December 16, 2014. 

Lynn B. Mahaffie, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 403 and 441 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0693; FRL–9920–66– 

OW] 

RIN 2040–AF26 

Effluent Limitations Guidelines and 

Standards for the Dental Category; 

Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: EPA received requests for an 

extension of the period for providing 

comments on the proposed rule entitled, 

‘‘Effluent Limitations Guidelines and 

Standards for the Dental Category,’’ 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 22, 2014. EPA is extending the 

comment period from December 22, 

2014 to February 20, 2015. 

DATES: Comments. The public comment 

period for the proposed rule published 

October 22, 2014 (79 FR 63258) is being 

extended to February 20, 2015, in order 

to provide the public additional time to 

submit comments and supporting 

information. 

ADDRESSES: Comments. Written 

comments on the proposed rule may be 

submitted to the EPA electronically, by 

mail, by facsimile or through hand 

delivery/courier. Please refer to the 

proposal (79 FR 63258) for the addresses 

and detailed instructions. 

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