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mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. 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 

Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: Federal Direct 

Stafford/Ford Loan and Federal Direct 

Unsubsidized Stafford/Ford Loan 

Master Promissory Note. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0007. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: On 

Occasion. 

Affected Public: 

Individuals or household. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 5,239,078. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,619,539. 

Abstract: The Federal Direct Stafford/ 

Ford Loan (Direct Subsidized Loan) and 

Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford/ 

Ford Loan (Direct Unsubsidized Loan) 

Master Promissory Note (MPN) serves as 

the means by which an individual 

agrees to repay a Direct Subsidized Loan 

and/or Direct Unsubsidized Loan. An 

MPN is a promissory note under which 

a borrower may receive loans for a 

single academic year or multiple 

academic years. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4533. 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 ICDocketMgr@ed.gov 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

Discretionary Grant Programs 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.184A, 84.184J, 

84.184L, 84.215H, 84.215M, 84.215E. 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools— 

Discretionary Grant Programs 

AGENCY: Office of Safe and Drug-Free 

Schools, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed priority. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy 

Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free 

Schools proposes a competitive 

preference priority for the following 

discretionary grant programs 

administered by the Office of Safe and 

Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS 

Discretionary Grant Programs): 

Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse (CFDA 

No. 84.184A). 

Grants for the Integration of Schools and 

Mental Health Systems (CFDA No. 

84.215M). 

Safe Schools/Healthy Students (CFDA 

Nos. 84.184J, 84.184L). 

Foundations for Learning (CFDA No. 

84.215H). 

Elementary and Secondary School 

Counseling (CFDA No. 84.215E). 

The Department may use the 

proposed competitive preference 

priority for competitions under the 

OSDFS Discretionary Grant Programs in 

fiscal year (FY) 2011 and subsequent 

years. The Department takes this action 

to align the OSDFS Discretionary Grant 

Programs with identified needs of 

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/ 

AN) youths who are members of 

federally recognized tribes. The 

Department intends this competitive 

preference priority to enhance the 

ability of applicants serving tribal 

communities to address the substance 

abuse and mental health crises that 

affect AI/AN students. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before April 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

the proposed priority to Donald Yu, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 6E308, Washington, 

DC 20202–6450. If you prefer to send 

your comments by e-mail, use the 

following address: Donald.Yu@ed.gov. 

You must include the phrase ‘‘Office 

of Safe and Drug-Free Schools— 

Comments on Proposed Priority’’ in the 

subject line of your electronic message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Yu. (202) 205–4499. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding the 

proposed priority. We invite you to 

assist us in complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

and its overall requirement of reducing 

regulatory burden that might result from 

this proposed priority. Please let us 

know of any further opportunities we 

should take to reduce potential costs or 

increase potential benefits while 

preserving the effective and efficient 

administration of the OSDFS 

Discretionary Grant Programs. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this proposed priority, in room 

6E308, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington DC, between the hours of 

8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, Monday through Friday of 

each week except Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals With 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: 

On request, we will supply an 

appropriate accommodation or auxiliary 

aid to an individual with a disability 

who needs assistance to review the 

comments or other documents in the 

public rulemaking record for this notice. 

If you want to schedule an appointment 

for this type of accommodation or 

auxiliary aid, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e– 

3; 20 U.S.C. 7139; 20 U.S.C. 7269; 20 

U.S.C. 7131; 20 U.S.C. 7269a; 20 U.S.C. 

7245. 


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1U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice 

Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Jails in 

Indian Country, 2008, available online at: http:// 

bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/jic08.pdf, 2009. 

2U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice 

Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics American 

Indians and Crime Report, available online at: 

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&

iid=386, 2004. 

3Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 

Administration, Office of Applied Studies, The 

NSDUH Report, ‘‘Substance Use and Substance Use 

Disorders among American Indians and Alaska 

Natives,’’ available online at: http://

www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k7/AmIndians/

AmIndians.pdf, 2007. 

4U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 

Administration. National Survey on Drug Use and 

Health (NSDUH): Use of Tobacco, Illegal 

Substances, by Age Groups 12–17 and 18–25 Years, 

Native American Compared to Other Race/ 

Ethnicity, available online at: http://

oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH/2k9NSDUH/

2k9Results.htm, 2009. 

5 Id. 

6Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Health 

United States, 2008. Table 61, available online at: 

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf, 

2009. 

7CDC. National Center for Injury Prevention and 

Control. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and 

Reporting System (WISQARS). http://www.cdc.gov/ 

injury/wisqars/index.html, 2006. 

8 Kessler, RC, Berglund, P, Demler, O, et al. 

Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset disturbances 

of DSM–IV disorders in the national comorbidity 

survey replication. Archives of General Psychiatry. 

2005; 62(6) 593–602. 

9U.S. Department of Education, Institute of 

Education Sciences, Status and Trends in the 

Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives, 

2008. 

10U.S. Department of Education, Institute of 

Education Sciences, National Center for Education 

Statistics, National Indian Education Study 2009, 

Part I: Performance of American Indian and Alaska 

Native Students at Grades 4 and 8 on NAEP 2009 

Reading and Mathematics Assessments, available 

online at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/

studies/2010462.pdf, 2009. 

11Faircloth, Susan C., & Tippeconnic, III, John W. 

(2010). The Dropout/Graduation Rate Crisis Among 

American Indian and Alaska Native Students: 

Failure to Respond Places the Future of Native 

Peoples at Risk. Los Angeles, CA: The Civil Rights 

Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA; http:// 

www.civilrightsproject.ucla.edu. 

Proposed Priority: This notice 

contains one proposed priority. 

Background: On November 5, 2009, 

President Obama signed a memorandum 

requiring Federal agencies to conduct 

consultations with tribal officials when 

developing policies that have tribal 

implications. In response to the 

President’s memorandum, the 

Department conducted six consultations 

with tribal officials during FY 2010. 

During these consultations, the 

Department received numerous 

comments regarding the social and 

mental well-being of AI/AN youth. 

Specifically, the Department heard that 

emotional, behavioral, and 

psychological problems were 

significantly and adversely affecting the 

ability of AI/AN youth to succeed in 

school. 

Reports indicate that tribal 

communities experience high rates of 

crime, substance abuse, mental health 

distress, and suicide. Although data on 

crime are limited, the incarceration rate 

for AI/ANs in 2008 was approximately 

21 percent higher than the national 

incarceration rate for persons other than 

American Indians or Alaska Natives.1

Federal statistics indicated AI/ANs 

were, in 1999–2002 (the most recent 

year for which these data are available), 

the victims of violent crime at more 

than twice the national rate, with 

incidence of homicide and domestic 

violence much higher than the national 

average.2

In addition, compared with other 

racial groups in the United States, AI/ 

ANs suffer disproportionately from 

substance use disorders.3 The 2009 

National Survey on Drug Use and 

Health (NSDUH), administered by the 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services, Substance Abuse and Mental 

Health Services Administration, found 

that AI/AN adolescents ages 12 to 17 

reported using illicit drugs at nearly 

twice the rate of other youth in that age 

group nationally.4 The NSDUH also 

reported an increase from 2008 to 2009 

in the rate of drug use among AI/AN 

youth aged 12 and older—from 9.8 

percent to 18.3 percent.5

Studies by the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention also underscore 

the mental health crisis affecting AI/AN 

youth. From 1997–1998 through 2005– 

2006, the percentage of AI/AN youth 

experiencing serious psychological 

distress was the highest among all racial 

or ethnic groups, and in 2008 the 

suicide rate for such youth ages 15 to 19 

was more than twice the rate of other 

youth in the same age range.6 7

Importantly, most mental, emotional, 

and behavioral (MEB) disorders have 

their roots in early childhood. Among 

adults reporting a MEB disorder during 

their lifetime, more than half traced the 

onset to childhood or adolescence.8

These challenges—crime, early drug 

and alcohol abuse, anxiety, aggressive or 

antisocial behavior, and the suicide 

crisis in tribal communities—have 

serious and lasting consequences for AI/ 

AN children and adolescents, and 

interfere with their ability to succeed in 

and graduate from school.9 10 11

The OSDFS Discretionary Grant 

Programs listed in this notice are 

currently the Department’s principal 

levers for addressing the problems 

identified above. Through the 

Department’s alignment of the OSDFS 

Discretionary Grant Programs with these 

identified needs, applicants serving 

tribal communities would likely have 

greater access to the resources needed to 

address the substance abuse and mental 

health issues their students face. 

To increase tribal communities’ 

access to the OSDFS Discretionary Grant 

Programs, the Department proposes a 

competitive preference priority for five 

discretionary grant programs 

administered by the Department’s Office 

of Safe and Drug-Free Schools: (1) 

Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse (CFDA 

No. 84.184A), which helps local 

educational agencies (LEAs) develop 

and implement innovative and effective 

alcohol abuse prevention programs for 

secondary school students; (2) Grants 

for the Integration of Schools and 

Mental Health Systems (CFDA No. 

84.215M), which helps grantees increase 

student access to quality mental health 

care by developing policies, protocols, 

and infrastructure linking schools and 

mental health systems; (3) Safe Schools/ 

Healthy Students CFDA Nos. 84.184J 

and 84.184L), which supports the 

development of community-wide 

approaches to promoting healthy 

childhood development, preventing 

violence and the illegal use of drugs, 

and promoting safety and discipline; (4) 

Foundations for Learning (CFDA No. 

84.215H), which seeks to help eligible 

children prepare for school by 

delivering and coordinating services 

that foster emotional, behavioral, and 

social development, as well as 

supporting community partnerships for 

that purpose; and (5) Elementary and 

Secondary School Counseling (CFDA 

No. 84.215E), which supports efforts by 

LEAs to establish or expand elementary 

school and secondary school counseling 

programs. 

Each of these programs can address 

the root causes of many problems AI/ 

AN youth face and help enable the 

systems that serve them to be more 

integrated, comprehensive, and 

responsive. 

Proposed Competitive Preference 

Priority: Projects that are proposed by 

any eligible entity serving students 

residing on ‘‘Indian lands’’ as that term 

is defined by section 8013 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 

7713(7)). The eligible entity must be the 

only applicant or the lead applicant in 

a consortium of eligible entities. 

Note: The Department will announce the 

final priority in a notice in the Federal 

Register. The Department will determine the 

final priority after considering responses to 

this notice and other information available to 

the Department. This notice does not 

preclude us from proposing or using 


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additional priorities subject to meeting 

applicable rulemaking requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use this priority, we will announce the 

priority in the Federal Register notice 

governing the applicable grant competition. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice of 

proposed priority has been reviewed in 

accordance with Executive Order 12866. 

Under the terms of the order, we have 

assessed the potential costs and benefits 

of this regulatory action. 

The potential costs associated with 

this notice of proposed priority are 

those we have determined as necessary 

for administering the OSDFS 

Discretionary Grant Programs effectively 

and efficiently. The benefit of this 

proposed priority is to increase federally 

recognized tribal communities’ access to 

a set of programs that address the 

unique social, emotional, and academic 

needs of AI/AN youth. 

In assessing the potential costs and 

benefits—both quantitative and 

qualitative—of this notice of proposed 

priority, we have determined that the 

benefits of the proposed priority justify 

the costs. 

We have also determined that this 

regulatory action does not unduly 

interfere with State, local, and tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. One of the objectives of the 

Executive Order is to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism. The Executive 

Order relies on processes developed by 

State and local governments for 

coordination and review of proposed 

Federal financial assistance. 

This document provides early 

notification of our specific plans and 

actions for this program. 

Executive Order 13175: Executive 

Order 13175 (‘‘Consultation and 

Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments’’) provides that each 

Federal agency must have an 

accountable process to ensure regular 

and meaningful consultation and 

collaboration with Indian tribal 

governments or their representative 

organizations in the development of 

regulatory policies that have tribal 

implications. As part of this process, 

before publishing this notice of 

proposed priority, we have conducted 

official tribal consultations with tribal 

leaders who represent federally 

recognized tribes across the country. We 

are specifically inviting input from 

Indian tribal officials concerning this 

proposed priority as part of the process 

of consultation required by the 

Executive order. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

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

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may 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) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF, you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. 

Note: 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 on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/

index.html. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Kevin Jennings, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

International Energy Agency Meetings 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board 

(IAB) to the International Energy 

Agency (IEA) will meet on March 22, 

2011, at the headquarters of the IEA in 

Paris, France, in connection with a joint 

meeting of the IEA’s Standing Group on 

Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the 

IEA’s Standing Group on the Oil Market 

(SOM) on March 22; and on March 23 

and March 24 in connection with a 

meeting of the SEQ on March 23 and 

March 24. 

DATES: March 22–24, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: 9, rue de la Fe ́de ́ration, 

Paris, France. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana D. Clark, Assistant General for 

International and National Security 

Programs, Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, 202–586–3417. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i) 

of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i)) (EPCA), 

the following notice of meeting is 

provided: 

Meetings of the Industry Advisory 

Board (IAB) to the International Energy 

Agency (IEA) will be held at the 

headquarters of the IEA, 9, rue de la 

Fe ́de ́ration, Paris, France, on March 22, 

2011, beginning at 9 a.m.; and on March 

23 commencing at 9:30 a.m., and 

continuing on March 24, 2011, at 9:30 

a.m. The purpose of this notice is to 

permit attendance by representatives of 

U.S. company members of the IAB at a 

joint meeting of the IEA’s Standing 

Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ) 

and the IEA’s Standing Group on the Oil 

Market (SOM) on March 22, which is 

scheduled to be held at the headquarters 

of the IEA commencing at 9 a.m.; and 

at a meeting of the SEQ on March 23, 

commencing at 9:30 a.m. and 

continuing on March 24, 2011, at 9:30 

a.m.. The IAB will also hold a 

preparatory meeting among company 

representatives at the same location at 

8:30 a.m. on March 23. The agenda for 

this preparatory meeting is to review the 

agenda for the SEQ meeting, to be held 

on March 23–24. 

The agenda of the joint SEQ/SOM 

meeting on March 22 is under the 

control of the SEQ and the SOM. It is 

expected that the SEQ and the SOM will 

adopt the following agenda: 

1. Adoption of the Agenda 

2. Approval of the Summary Record of 

the November 2010 Joint Session 

3. Reports on Recent Oil Market and 

Policy Developments in IEA 

Countries 

4. The Program of Work 

—Priority Setting Exercise 2013–2014 

5. The Current Oil Market Situation 

6. Update on the Gas Market 

7. Reports on Recent IEA–IEF–OPEC 

Cooperation 

—Workshop: How the Physical and 

Financial Markets for Energy 

Interact (London, November 2010) 

—Forum: Energy Market Regulation 

(London, November 2010) 

—Symposium on Energy Outlooks 

(Riyadh, January 2011) 

8. India’s Refining Industry: Towards 

a Regional Export Hub? 

9. Workshop Scene Setter 

—Commodity Derivatives Market and 

Recent Regulatory Trends 

10. Other Business 

—Tentative Schedule of Next 

Meetings for 2011: 

—June 28: Joint SEQ/SOM Meeting on 

the Medium Term Oil and Gas 

Markets Review 

—June 29–30: 133rd Meeting of the 

SEQ 

—November 15–17: SOM and SEQ 

Meetings 

11. Workshop: The Changing Structure 

of Energy Markets 


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