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funding for inland and coastal 

Navigation; status of the Inland 

Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF), Board 

annual report for 2020, and the inland 

waterways Capital Investment Strategy 

activities; updates of future IWTF 

projects currently in Preconstruction, 

Engineering and Design (PED) phase for 

Three Rivers, Arkansas, Mississippi 

River-Illinois Waterway Navigation and 

Environmental Sustainability Program 

(NESP) and Upper Ohio River 

Navigation; status of the ongoing 

construction activities for the 

Monongahela River Locks and Dams 2, 

3, and 4 Project, the Chickamauga Lock 

Project and the Kentucky Lock Project; 

and updates for Inner Harbor Navigation 

Canal (IHNC) Lock and Bayou Sorrel 

Lock. 

Availability of Materials for the 

Meeting. A copy of the agenda or any 

updates to the agenda for the February 

9, 2021 virtual meeting will be 

available. The final version will be 

available at the virtual meeting. All 

materials will be posted to the website 

after the meeting. 

Public Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, 

and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102–3.1 

65, and subject to the availability of 

space, this virtual meeting is open to the 

public. Registration of members of the 

public who wish to participate in the 

virtual meeting will begin at 8:15 a.m. 

on the day of the meeting. Participation 

is on a first-to-arrive basis. Any 

interested person may participate in the 

meeting, file written comments or 

statements with the committee, or make 

verbal comments during the virtual 

public meeting, at the times, and in the 

manner, permitted by the committee, as 

set forth below. 

Special Accommodations: Individuals 

requiring any special accommodations 

related to the virtual public meeting or 

seeking additional information about 

the procedures, should contact Mr. 

Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr. 

Riley, an ADFO, at the email addresses 

or telephone numbers listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, 

at least five (5) business days prior to 

the meeting so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made. 

Written Comments or Statements: 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

public or interested organizations may 

submit written comments or statements 

to the Board about its mission and/or 

the topics to be addressed in this virtual 

public meeting. Written comments or 

statements should be submitted to Mr. 

Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr. 

Riley, a committee ADFO, via electronic 

mail, the preferred mode of submission, 

at the addresses listed in the FOR 

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

in the following formats: Adobe Acrobat 

or Microsoft Word. The comment or 

statement must include the author’s 

name, title, affiliation, address, and 

daytime telephone number. Written 

comments or statements being 

submitted in response to the agenda set 

forth in this notice must be received by 

the committee DFO or ADFO at least 

five (5) business days prior to the 

meeting so that they may be made 

available to the Board for its 

consideration prior to the meeting. 

Written comments or statements 

received after this date may not be 

provided to the Board until its next 

meeting. Please note that because the 

Board operates under the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, all written comments will be 

treated as public documents and will be 

made available for public inspection. 

Verbal Comments: Members of the 

public will be permitted to make verbal 

comments during the virtual public 

meeting only at the time and in the 

manner allowed herein. If a member of 

the public is interested in making a 

verbal comment at the open virtual 

meeting, that individual must submit a 

request, with a brief statement of the 

subject matter to be addressed by the 

comment, at least three business (3) 

days in advance to the committee DFO 

or ADFO, via electronic mail, the 

preferred mode of submission, at the 

addresses listed in the FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. The 

committee DFO and ADFO will log each 

request to make a comment, in the order 

received, and determine whether the 

subject matter of each comment is 

relevant to the Board’s mission and/or 

the topics to be addressed in this public 

meeting. A 15-minute period near the 

end of the meeting will be available for 

verbal public comments. Members of 

the public who have requested to make 

a verbal comment and whose comments 

have been deemed relevant under the 

process described above, will be allotted 

no more than three (3) minutes during 

this period, and will be invited to speak 

in the order in which their requests 

were received by the DFO and ADFO. 

Thomas P. Smith, 

Chief, Operations and Regulatory Division, 

Directorate of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00736 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0006] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Higher 

Education Emergency Relief Fund 

(HEERF) Improper Payments 

Information Form 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

(OPE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

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: The Department is requesting 

emergency processing and OMB 

approval for this information collection 

by January 13, 2021; and therefore, the 

regular clearance process is hereby 

being initiated to provide the public 

with the opportunity to comment under 

the full comment period. Interested 

persons are invited to submit comments 

on or before March 15, 2021. 

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– 

2021–SCC–0006. 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, 

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 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 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 Karen Epps, 

202–453–6337. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 


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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: Higher Education 

Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) 

Improper Payments Information Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector; State, Local, and Tribal 

Governments.Total Estimated Number 

of Annual Responses: 5,138. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 5,138. 

Abstract: Under the CARES Act’s 

Higher Education Emergency Relief 

Fund (HEERF), the Department has 

made over 12,000 awards to institutions 

of higher education (IHEs) to support 

emergency financial aid to students and 

institutional costs associated with 

significant changes to the delivery of 

instruction due to the coronavirus. This 

form will be used by institutions that 

have improperly drawn down funds 

from their award accounts to provide 

the Department with information 

regarding funds being returned to 

correct these improper payments. 

Additional Information: An 

emergency clearance approval for the 

use of the system is described below 

due to the following conditions: Under 

the current unprecedented national 

health emergency, Congress and the 

President have come together to offer 

relief to those individuals and 

industries affected by the COVID–19 

virus under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 

and Economic Security Act or the 

CARES Act. Under the CARES Act’s 

Higher Education Emergency Relief 

Fund (HEERF), the U.S. Department of 

Education (the Department) has made 

over 12,000 awards to institutions of 

higher education (IHEs) to support 

emergency financial aid to students and 

institutional costs associated with 

significant changes to the delivery of 

instruction due to the coronavirus. In 

the course of monitoring these grant 

awards, the Department has determined 

that over 700 IHEs have improperly 

drawn down funds from their award 

accounts, totaling over $202 million in 

funds that must now be returned. 

Furthermore, during the time that these 

funds have been drawn down, grantees 

are earning additional interest in excess 

of the $500 annual cap prescribed by 2 

CFR 200.305(b) of the Uniform 

Guidance. The Department is concerned 

that this excess interest, without an 

expeditious inventory and response by 

our grantees, may be difficult to 

account. Therefore, in order to process 

the return of these funds more 

efficiently and prevent any further 

earnings beyond the interest cap, we are 

requesting emergency approval of a 

short form that will allow the grantee to 

provide the Department with 

information regarding the funds being 

returned. 

Dated: January 8, 2021. 

Kate Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00571 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 

for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the 

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad 

(GPA) Program, Assistance Listing 

Numbers 84.021A and 84.021B. This 

notice relates to the approved 

information collection under OMB 

control number 1840–0792. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: January 14, 

2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 15, 2021. 

Pre-Application Webinar information: 

The Department will hold a preapplication meeting via webinar for 

prospective applicants. Detailed 

information regarding this webinar will 

be provided on the Group Projects 

Abroad website at www2.ed.gov/ 

programs/iegpsgpa/index.html. 

Additionally, for prospective applicants 

unfamiliar with grantmaking at the 

Department, please consult our funding 

basics resources at https://www2.ed.gov/ 

documents/funding-101/funding-101- 

basics.pdf. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 13, 2019 

(84 FR 3768) and available at 

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019- 

02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cory 

Neal, U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW, room 258–12, 

Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 

(202) 453–6137. Email: GPA@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

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

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Fulbright-Hays GPA Program is to 

promote, improve, and develop the 

study of modern foreign languages and 

area studies in the United States. The 

program provides opportunities for 

faculty, teachers, and undergraduate 

and graduate students to conduct 

individual and group projects overseas. 

Projects may include either (1) shortterm seminars, curriculum 

development, group research or study, 

or (2) long-term advanced intensive 

language programs. 

This competition invites applicants to 

submit an application to request support 

for either a Fulbright-Hays GPA shortterm project (GPA short-term projects 

84.021A) or a Fulbright-Hays GPA longterm project (GPA long-term projects 

84.021B). Applicants must clearly 

indicate on the SF 424, the Application 

for Federal Assistance cover sheet, 

whether they are applying for a GPA 

short-term project (84.021A) or a GPA 

long-term project (84.021B). Additional 

submission requirements are included 

in the application package. 

There are three types of GPA shortterm projects: (1) Short-term seminar 


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