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v. Removing the word ‘‘shall’’ in the 

second sentence and adding in its place 

the word ‘‘will’’. 

§ 145.31 [Amended] 

22. Section 145.31 is amended by 

removing the word ‘‘shall’’ and adding 

in its place the word ‘‘will’’. 

§ 145.35 [Amended] 

23. Section 145.35 is amended by 

removing the sum ‘‘$2,000’’ and adding 

in its place the sum ‘‘$2,500’’. 

§ 145.41 [Amended] 

24. Section 145.41 is amended by 

removing the sum ‘‘$2,000’’ and adding 

in its place the sum ‘‘$2,500’’. 

PART 148—PERSONAL 

DECLARATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS 

25. The general authority citation for 

part 148 is revised and the specific 

authority citations for § 148.51 and 

148.64 continue to read as follows: 

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1496, 1498, 1624. 

The provisions of this part, except for subpart 

C, are also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1202 

(General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States). 

* * * * * 

Sections 148.43, 148.51, 148.63, 148.64, 

148.74 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1321; 

* * * * * 

§ 148.23 [Amended] 

26. In § 148.23: 

a. Paragraph (c)(1) is amended by 

removing, in its heading and in its text, 

the sum ‘‘$2,000’’ and adding in its 

place the sum ‘‘$2,500’’; 

b. Paragraph (c)(1) is further amended 

by removing, in the text, the words 

‘‘Sections VII, VIII, XI, and XII; Chapter 

94; and’’; 

c. Paragraph (c)(2) is amended by 

removing, in its heading and in its text, 

the sum ‘‘$2,000’’ and adding in its 

place the sum ‘‘$2,500’’; and 

d. Paragraph (c)(2) is further amended 

by removing the words ‘‘Sections VII, 

VIII, XI, and XII; Chapter 94; and’’. 

§ 148.54 [Amended] 

27. Section 148.54(b) is amended by 

removing the sum ‘‘$250’’ and replacing 

it with the sum‘‘$2,500’’. 

Alan D. Bersin, 

Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection. 

Approved: October 24, 2011. 

Timothy E. Skud, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27879 Filed 10–27–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter VI 

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, 

Negotiator Nominations and Schedule 

of Committee Meetings—Student Loan 

Programs 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of establishment of 

negotiated rulemaking committee. 

SUMMARY: We announce our intention to 

establish a negotiated rulemaking 

committee to prepare proposed 

regulations governing the student loan 

programs 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 negotiation. 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 November 

28, 2011. The dates, times, and locations 

of the committee meetings are set out in 

the Schedule for Negotiations section 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, 

below. 

ADDRESSES: Please send your 

nominations for negotiators to Wendy 

Macias, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street, NW., room 8017, 

Washington, DC 20006, or by fax at 

(202) 502–7874. You may also email 

your nominations to 

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. You 

may also email your questions about the 

nomination submission process to: 

Wendy.Macias@ed.gov. 

Note: For general information about the 

negotiated rulemaking process, see The 

Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title IV 

Regulations, Frequently Asked Questions at 

http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/

hearulemaking/hea08/neg-reg-faq.html. 

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: On May 5, 

2011, we published a notice in the 

Federal Register (76 FR 25650) 

announcing our intent to establish one 

or more negotiated rulemaking 

committees to develop proposed 

regulations under the HEA. In addition, 

we announced our intent to develop 

these proposed regulations by following 

the negotiated rulemaking procedures in 

Section 492 of the HEA. The notice also 

announced a series of three regional 

hearings at which interested parties 

could comment on the topics suggested 

by the Department and suggest 

additional topics for consideration for 

action by the negotiating committees. 

We also held four public roundtable 

discussions to complement the regional 

hearings. The hearings and roundtables 

were held in: Nashville, Tennessee 

(roundtable only); Tacoma, Washington; 

Chicago, Illinois; and Charleston, South 

Carolina. We invited parties to comment 

and submit topics for consideration in 

writing as well. Transcripts from the 

regional hearings can be found at 

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/

reg/hearulemaking/2011/hearings.html. 

Written comments may be viewed 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at http://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– 

2011–OPE–0003 in the ‘‘Enter Keyword 

or ID’’ search box to locate the 

appropriate docket. 

Regulatory Issues: After consideration 

of the information received at the 

regional hearings, the roundtable 

discussions, and in writing, we have 

decided at this time to establish a 

negotiating committee to address 

student loan program issues. The three 

programs to be addressed are: The 

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan 

(Direct Loan) Program, the Federal 

Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, 

and the Federal Perkins (Perkins) Loan 

Program. 

We list the topics the committee is 

likely to address under Committee 

Topics. 

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 subjects under negotiation. 

We will also select individual 

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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. 

The committee may create subgroups 

on particular topics that may involve 

additional individuals who are not 

members of the committee. Individuals 

who are not selected as members of the 

committee will be able to attend the 

meetings, have access to the individuals 

representing their constituencies, and 

participate in informal working groups 

on various issues between the meetings. 

The committee meetings will be open to 

the public. 

The Department has 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. 

• Financial aid administrators at 

postsecondary institutions. 

• Business officers and bursars at 

postsecondary institutions. 

• Admissions officers at 

postsecondary institutions. 

• Institutional third-party servicers 

who perform functions related to the 

title IV programs (including collection 

agencies). 

• State higher education executive 

officers. 

• State attorneys general and other 

appropriate State officials. 

• Business and industry. 

• 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, 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, non-profit institutions of 

higher education. 

• Private, for-profit institutions of 

higher education. 

• Guaranty agencies and guaranty 

agency servicers (including collection 

agencies). 

• Lenders, secondary markets, and 

loan servicers. 

• Regional accrediting agencies. 

• National accrediting agencies. 

• Specialized accrediting agencies. 

• State approval agencies. 

• State student grant agencies. 

• State agencies addressing secondary 

education. 

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 their organization or 

group. 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 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 subject, or subjects, 

to be negotiated. 

• Evidence of support from 

individuals or groups of 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, fax 

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://www.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. 

Committee Topics 

The topics the committee is likely to 

address, for each of the three loan 

programs unless otherwise indicated, 

are as follows: 

• Loan discharges based on total and 

permanent disability. 

• Single application process. 

• Borrower notification of denial. 

• Post-discharge monitoring of 

employment earnings. 

• Repeal of unnecessary regulations 

in the FFEL Program due to statutory 

changes and incorporation and 

modification of corresponding 

requirements in the Direct Loan 

Program regulations. 

• Modifications to the Income-Based 

Repayment (IBR) Plan and the Income 

Contingent Repayment (ICR) Plan in the 

Direct Loan and FFEL Programs. 

• New borrower notification for 

annual IBR evaluation. 

• Annual income verification. 

• Borrower repayment after leaving 

IBR. 

• Closed school loan discharge 90- 

day eligibility period for borrowers. 

• Loan rehabilitation in the Direct 

Loan and FFEL Programs. 

• Reasonable and affordable payment 

standard. 

• Treatment of borrowers subject to 

administrative wage garnishment. 

• Deadline for FFEL lender 60-day 

delinquent borrower repayment 

disclosure. 

• Satisfactory repayment 

arrangements for defaulted borrowers. 

• Forbearance. 

• Borrowers under Department of 

Defense repayment plans. 

• Process for defaulted borrowers. 

• Participation rate index appeal for 

one-year cohort default rates. 

• Perkins Loan only issues, including 

• Economic hardship deferment debtto-income provision. 

• Graduate fellowship deferment 

eligibility. 

• Social security number requirement 

for loan assignment. 

• Cancellation rate progression across 

cancellation categories. 

• School enrollment status reporting 

requirements. 

• Minimum loan period for transfer 

students in non-term programs and 

certain non-standard term programs. 

These topics are tentative. Topics may 

be added or removed as the process 

continues. 

Schedule for Negotiations 

The committee will meet for three 

sessions on the following dates: 

Session 1: January 9–13, 2012. 

Session 2: February 13–17, 2012. 

Session 3: March 26–30, 2012. 

All sessions will begin at 12 p.m. on 

Monday and end at 12 p.m. on Friday. 

The meetings will be held at the U.S. 

Department of Education at: 1990 K 

Street, NW., Eighth Floor Conference 

Center, Washington, DC 20006. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

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

print, audiotape, or compact disc) by 

contacting the contact person under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

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: http://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 this site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at http:// 

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: October 25, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27982 Filed 10–27–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2011–0825, FRL–9484–4] 

Approval and Promulgation of State 

Implementation Plans; Missouri: 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration; 

Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule; New 

Source Review Reform 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

revisions to the Missouri State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) relating to 

regulation of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) 

under Missouri’s Prevention of 

Significant Deterioration (PSD) program, 

and to two New Source Review (NSR) 

revisions. The GHG-related SIP 

revisions incorporate the GHG emission 

thresholds established in EPA’s ‘‘PSD 

and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring 

Final Rule,’’ which EPA issued by 

notice dated June 3, 2010. These 

revisions were submitted by the 

Missouri Department of Natural 

Resources (MDNR) to EPA in a letter 

dated August 8, 2011. The NSR 

revisions are to the Construction 

Permits Required Rule and the 

Emissions Banking and Trading Rule 

and are intended to address changes to 

the Federal NSR regulations, which 

were promulgated by EPA on December 

31, 2002. These revisions were 

submitted by MDNR to EPA in a letter 

dated November 30, 2009. EPA is 

proposing to approve the GHG and NSR 

revisions because the Agency has made 

the preliminary determination that these 

SIP revisions, already adopted by 

Missouri as final effective rules, are in 

accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA 

or Act) and EPA regulations regarding 

PSD permitting for GHGs and NSR. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2011–0825, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: gonzalez.larry@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (913) 551–7844. 

4. Mail: Air Planning and 

Development Branch, Air and Waste 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 7, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas 

City, Kansas 66101. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Mr. Larry 

Gonzalez, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, Air and Waste 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 7, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas 

City, Kansas 66101. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the Regional 

Office’s normal hours of operation. The 

Regional Office’s official hours of 

business are Monday through Friday, 

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal 

holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R07–OAR–2011– 

0825. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email, 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. The http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http://www.

epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

http://www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

i.e., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air Planning and Development 

Branch, Air and Waste Management 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 7, 901 North 5th Street, 

Kansas City, Kansas 66101. EPA 

requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding the GHG portion 

of the Missouri SIP, contact Mr. Larry 

Gonzalez, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, Air and Waste 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 7, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas 

City, Kansas 66101. Mr. Gonzalez’s 

telephone number is (913) 551–7041; 

email address: gonzalez.larry@epa.gov. 

For information regarding the NSR 

Reform portion of the Missouri SIP, 

contact Ms. Amy Bhesania, Air Planning 

and Development Branch, Air and 

Waste Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 


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