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determines that there are no more than 

minor changes in the activities, the 

mitigation and monitoring measures 

remain the same and appropriate, and 

the original findings remain valid. 

Dated: August 8, 2018. 

Donna S. Wieting, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17387 Filed 8–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Charter Renewal of Department of 

Defense Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Renewal of federal advisory 

committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing this notice to announce that 

it is renewing the charter for the Board 

of Visitors, National Defense University 

(‘‘the Board’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Board’s charter is being renewed in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41 

CFR 102–3.50(d). The Board’s charter 

and contact information for the Board’s 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) can be 

found at http://www.facadatabase.gov/. 

The Board provides the Secretary of 

Defense and the Deputy Secretary of 

Defense, through the Chairman of the 

Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the President 

of the National Defense University 

(NDU), independent advice and 

recommendations on accreditation 

compliance, organizational 

management, strategic planning, 

resource management, and other matters 

of interest to the NDU in fulfilling its 

mission. Additionally, the Board 

provides an assessment of University 

leadership, fulfilling essential Middle 

States Accreditation compliance. 

The Board shall be composed of no 

more than 12 members, appointed in 

accordance to DoD policies and 

procedures. The members shall be 

eminent authorities in the fields of 

defense, management, leadership, 

academia, national military strategy or 

joint planning at all levels of war, joint 

doctrine, joint command and control, or 

joint requirements and development. 

Each Board member is appointed to 

provide advice to the Government on 

the basis of their best judgment without 

representing any particular point of 

view and in a manner that is free from 

conflict of interest. Except for 

reimbursement of official Board-related 

travel and per diem, Board members 

serve without compensation. 

The public or interested organizations 

may submit written statements to the 

Board membership about the Board’s 

mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of the Board. All 

written statements shall be submitted to 

the DFO for the Board, and this 

individual will ensure that the written 

statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Dated: August 9, 2018. 

Shelly Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17453 Filed 8–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0060] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Temporary Expansion of Public 

Service Loan Forgiveness (TE–PSLF) 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 13, 2018. 

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– 

2018–ICCD–0060. 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. 

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 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9086, 

Washington, DC 20202–0023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Beth 

Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

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: Temporary 

Expansion of Public Service Loan 

Forgiveness (TE–PSLF). 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0151. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 10,899. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,380. 

Abstract: This is the request for the 30 

public comment period for OMB 

Information Collection 1845–0151. This 

collection is used to enable FSA to 

ensure that the required operation 

changes can be implemented to allow 

for the benefits to be available to federal 

student loan borrowers as well as to 

remain in compliance with the statutory 

requirements. 

Section 315 of Title III, Division H in 

the Consolidation Appropriations Act, 


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2018, (Pub. L. 115–141) included a 

provision for ED to implement ‘‘. . . a 

simple method for borrowers to apply 

for loan cancellation . . .’’ under a 

temporary expansion of the Public 

Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) 

program. The Consolidation 

Appropriations Act, 2018, required ED 

to implement an application process 

within 60 days of enactment. ED is 

requesting public comment on this 

collection to use information obtained 

from federal student loan borrowers to 

make a determination of their eligibility 

for participation in the loan forgiveness 

program mandated by the new 

appropriations law. This loan 

forgiveness is only available to Direct 

Loan borrowers who otherwise qualify 

for the PSLF program and meet other 

new requirements. 

Dated: August 9, 2018. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17430 Filed 8–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2016–FSA–0011] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(Privacy Act), the Chief Operating 

Officer for Federal Student Aid (FSA) of 

the U.S. Department of Education 

(Department) publishes this notice to 

modify the system of records entitled 

‘‘Health Education Assistance Loan 

(HEAL) Program’’ (18–11–20), last 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 23, 2017. 

Under the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2014 and the Public 

Health Service Act, the authority to 

administer the HEAL program, 

including servicing, collecting, and 

enforcing any loans made under the 

program that remain outstanding, was 

transferred from the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services to the Secretary of 

Education on July 1, 2014, the date of 

the enactment of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2014. 

The HEAL program system of records 

covers records for all activities that the 

Department carries out with regard to 

servicing, collecting, and enforcing 

Federal student loans made under the 

Public Health Service Act that remain 

outstanding. The HEAL program system 

also contains records of transactions 

performed by the Department to carry 

out the purposes of this system of 

records. 

DATES: Submit your comments on this 

modified system of records notice on or 

before September 13, 2018. 

In general, this modified system of 

records will become applicable upon 

publication in the Federal Register on 

August 14, 2018, unless the modified 

system of records notice needs to be 

changed as a result of public comment. 

New and significantly modified routine 

uses (1)(m), (2), (4), (6), (10), (11), (13), 

(14), (15), (16), and (17) in the paragraph 

entitled ‘‘ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS 

MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, 

INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS 

AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES’’ will 

become applicable on the expiration of 

the 30-day period of public comment on 

September 13, 2018, unless the 

modified system of records notice needs 

to be changed as a result of public 

comment. The Department will publish 

any significant changes to the modified 

system of records notice that result from 

public comment. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments submitted by fax or by email 

or those submitted after the comment 

period. To ensure that we do not receive 

duplicate copies, please submit your 

comments only once. In addition, please 

include the Docket ID at the top of your 

comments. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under the ‘‘help’’ tab. 

• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, 

or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver 

your comments about this modified 

system of records, address them to: 

Director, Systems Integration Division, 

Systems Operations and Aid Delivery 

Management Services, Business 

Operations, Federal Student Aid, U.S. 

Department of Education, 830 First 

Street NE, Union Center Plaza (UCP), 

Room 44F1, Washington, DC 20202– 

5454. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy is to make all comments received 

from members of the public available for 

public viewing in their entirety on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valerie Sherrer, Director, Systems 

Integration Division, Systems 

Operations and Aid Delivery 

Management Services, Business 

Operations, Federal Student Aid, U.S. 

Department of Education, UCP, 830 

First Street NE, Room 44F1, 

Washington, DC 20202–5454. 

Telephone number: (202) 377–3547. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), you may call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

Under division H, title V, section 525 

of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2014 (Pub. L. 113–76) and title VII, part 

A, subpart I of the Public Health Service 

Act, the authority to administer the 

HEAL program, including servicing, 

collecting, and enforcing any loans 

made under the program that remain 

outstanding, was transferred from the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

to the Secretary of Education on July 1, 

2014, the date of the enactment of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. 

The HEAL program system of records 

covers records for all activities that the 

Department carries out with regard to 

servicing, collecting, and enforcing 

Federal student loans made under title 

VII, part A, subpart I of the Public 

Health Service Act that remain 

outstanding. The HEAL program system 

also contains records of transactions 

performed by the Department to carry 

out the purposes of this system of 

records. 

The Department published a notice of 

a modified system of records in the 

Federal Register on January 23, 2017 

(82 FR 7807–7812) proposing to revise 

a programmatic routine use and to 

include a Defaulted Borrowers website 

as a location where the Department may 


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