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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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publish the names of defaulted HEAL 

program borrowers. In addition, the 

Department added or made conforming 

changes both to the programmatic 

routine uses to make them consistent 

with the routine uses that the 

Department uses in its other system of 

records notice for the servicing and 

collection of Federal student aid and to 

the standard routine uses to make them 

consistent with those used in most other 

Department systems of records notices. 

This notice makes a number of 

needed updates and additions to this 

previous version of the system of 

records notice, which include: Revising 

the paragraph on the system’s security 

classification to indicate that this 

system is not classified; updating the 

paragraph on system location to 

reference the current location of the 

system; revising programmatic purpose 

(13), and removing former programmatic 

purpose (15); and modifying the 

information regarding disclosures to 

consumer reporting agencies to specify 

which information will be disclosed. 

The section entitled ‘‘RECORD 

SOURCE CATEGORIES’’ has been 

updated to include information 

obtained from other Federal agencies 

and from other persons or entities to 

which records may be disclosed as 

described in the routine uses set forth in 

the system of records notice. 

This notice updates the section 

entitled ‘‘POLICIES AND PRACTICES 

FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF 

RECORDS’’ to reflect the current 

Department records retention and 

disposition schedule covering records in 

this system. 

This notice is modifying the 

safeguards to remove reference to 

implementation guidance when this 

system of records was under the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) at the previous system 

location. 

This notice is also revising the record 

access, contesting, and notification 

procedures to explicitly indicate which 

necessary particulars individuals are 

required to provide to the system 

manager. 

This notice also removes former 

programmatic routine use 1(o), routine 

use (3) ‘‘Disclosure for Use by Other 

Law Enforcement Agencies,’’ and 

routine use (16) ‘‘Disclosures to Third 

Parties through Computer Matching 

Programs;’’ adds citations to authorizing 

statutes in routine uses 1(i) and 13; 

revises routine uses 1(m) to remove 

language referencing disclosures to 

update information or correct errors 

contained in Department records, (2) to 

remove guaranty agencies and their 

authorized representatives as entities to 

which the Department may disclose 

records, (4) to insert the word ‘‘person’’ 

in place of the word ‘‘individual’’, (6) to 

standardize it with other language used 

by the Department to permit disclosures 

of records from its systems of records 

where they are relevant and necessary to 

employee grievances, complaints, or 

disciplinary actions, (10) to remove the 

reference to ‘‘Privacy Act safeguards as 

required under 5 U.S.C. 552(m)’’ to now 

require that all contractors agree to 

maintain safeguards to protect the 

security and confidentiality of the 

records in the system, (11) to remove the 

requirement for a researcher to maintain 

‘‘Privacy Act safeguards’’ with respect to 

the disclosed records and instead 

adding a requirement that a researcher 

must maintain safeguards to protect the 

security and confidentiality of the 

disclosed records, (13) to include 

reference to the Congressional Budget 

Office as an entity to which the 

Department may disclose records to, 

(14) to replace references of 

‘‘compromise’’ with references to 

‘‘breach’’ to be compliant OMB’s 

requirements as set forth in OMB M–17– 

12, (16) to allow disclosures to 

subcontractors of Federal or State 

agencies and their agents and to the 

judicial or legislative branches of the 

United States, and (17) to remove 

language that specified that the 

Department may elect to reestablish a 

Defaulted Borrowers website, or a 

similar website; adds routine use (15) 

‘‘Disclosure in Assisting another Agency 

in Responding to a Breach of Data.’’ 

Pursuant to the requirements of Office 

of Management and Budget Circular No. 

A–108, the Department has also added 

a section entitled ‘‘HISTORY.’’ 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

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

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations 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 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. 

Dated: August 9, 2018. 

James F. Manning, 

Acting Chief Operating Officer, Federal 

Student Aid. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Chief Operating Officer of 

Federal Student Aid (FSA), U.S. 

Department of Education (Department 

or ED), publishes a notice of a modified 

system of records to read as follows: 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

Health Education Assistance Loan 

(HEAL) Program (18–11–20). 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Dell Perot Systems, 2300 West Plano 

Parkway, Plano, TX 75075–8247. (This 

is the location for the HEAL program 

Virtual Data Center (VDC)). 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

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, Room 44F1, UCP, 

Washington, DC 20202–5454. 

Telephone: (202) 377–3547. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The authority for maintenance of the 

system includes sections 701 and 702 of 

the Public Health Service Act, as 

amended (PHS Act) (42 U.S.C. 292 and 

292a), which authorize the 

establishment of a Federal program of 

student loan insurance; section 715 of 

the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 292n), which 

directs the Secretary of Education to 

require institutions to provide 

information for each student who has a 

loan; section 709(c) of the PHS Act (42 

U.S.C. 292h(c)), which authorizes 

disclosure and publication of HEAL 

defaulters; the Debt Collection 

Improvement Act (31 U.S.C. 3701 and 

3711–3720E); and the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2014, Div. H, title 

V, section 525 of Public Law 113–76, 

which transferred the authority to 

administer the HEAL program from the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

(HHS) to the Secretary of Education. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

The information maintained in this 

system of records is used for the 

following purposes: 

(1) To verify the identity of an 

individual; 


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(2) To determine program benefits; 

(3) To enforce the conditions or terms 

of a loan; 

(4) To service, collect, assign, adjust, 

transfer, refer, or discharge a loan; 

(5) To counsel a borrower in 

repayment efforts; 

(6) To investigate possible fraud or 

abuse or verify compliance with any 

applicable statutory, regulatory, or 

legally binding requirement; 

(7) To locate a delinquent or defaulted 

borrower or an individual obligated to 

repay a loan; 

(8) To prepare a debt for litigation, 

provide support services for litigation 

on a debt, litigate a debt, or audit the 

results of litigation on a debt; 

(9) To prepare for, conduct, enforce, 

or assist in the conduct or enforcement 

of a Medicare Exclusion of the 

individual in default on a HEAL loan; 

(10) To ensure that program 

requirements are met by HEAL program 

participants; 

(11) To verify whether a debt qualifies 

for discharge, cancellation, or 

forgiveness; 

(12) To conduct credit checks or 

respond to inquiries or disputes arising 

from information on the debt already 

furnished to a credit-reporting agency; 

(13) To investigate complaints; 

(14) To refund credit balances to the 

individual or loan holder; 

(15) To report to the Internal Revenue 

Service (IRS) information required by 

law to be reported, including, but not 

limited to, reports required by 26 U.S.C. 

6050P and 6050S; 

(16) To compile and generate 

managerial and statistical reports; and 

(17) To carry out the statutory 

requirement to compile and publish a 

list of the HEAL program borrowers who 

are in default. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

The HEAL program system covers 

recipients of HEAL program loans that 

remain outstanding. This system also 

contains records on HEAL program 

loans that are paid in full. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Each HEAL recipient record contains 

the borrower’s name, contact 

information (such as email address and 

telephone number), area of practice, 

Social Security number (SSN) or other 

identifying number, birth date, 

demographic background, educational 

status, loan location and status, and 

financial information about the 

individual for whom the record is 

maintained. Each loan record contains 

lender and school identification 

information. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Record source categories include 

individual loan recipients, HEAL 

schools, lenders, holders of HEAL loans 

and their agents, HHS, and other 

Federal agencies. Information in this 

system also may be obtained from other 

persons or entities to which records may 

be disclosed as described in the routine 

uses set forth below. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

The Department may disclose 

information contained in a record in 

this system of records under the routine 

uses listed in this system of records 

without the consent of the individual if 

the disclosure is compatible with the 

purposes for which the information in 

the record was collected. These 

disclosures may be made on a case-bycase basis, or, if the Department has 

complied with the computer matching 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended (Privacy Act), under a 

computer matching agreement. Return 

information that the Department obtains 

from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

(i.e., taxpayer mailing address) under 

the authority in 26 U.S.C. 6103(m)(2) or 

(m)(4) may be disclosed only as 

authorized by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

(1) Program Disclosures. The 

Department may disclose records for the 

following program purposes: 

(a) To verify the identity of the 

individual whom records indicate has 

received the loan, disclosures may be 

made to HEAL program participants, 

and their authorized representatives; 

Federal, State, or local agencies, and 

their authorized representatives; private 

parties, such as relatives and business 

and personal associates; educational 

and financial institutions; present and 

former employers; collection agencies; 

creditors; consumer reporting agencies; 

adjudicative bodies; and the individual 

whom the records identify as the party 

obligated to repay the debt; 

(b) To determine program benefits, 

disclosures may be made to HEAL 

program participants, and their 

authorized representatives; Federal, 

State, or local agencies, and their 

authorized representatives; private 

parties, such as relatives and business 

and personal associates; educational 

and financial institutions; present and 

former employers; creditors; consumer 

reporting agencies; and adjudicative 

bodies; 

(c) To enforce the conditions or terms 

of the loan, disclosures may be made to 

HEAL program participants; educational 

and financial institutions, and their 

authorized representatives; Federal, 

State, or local agencies, and their 

authorized representatives; private 

parties, such as relatives and business 

and personal associates; present and 

former employers; creditors; consumer 

reporting agencies; and adjudicative 

bodies; 

(d) To permit servicing, collecting, 

assigning, adjusting, transferring, 

referring, or discharging a loan, 

disclosures may be made to HEAL 

program participants; educational 

institutions, or financial institutions 

that made, held, serviced, or have been 

assigned the debt, and their authorized 

representatives; a party identified by the 

debtor as willing to advance funds to 

repay the debt; Federal, State, or local 

agencies, and their authorized 

representatives; private parties, such as 

relatives and business and personal 

associates; present and former 

employers; creditors; consumer 

reporting agencies; and adjudicative 

bodies; 

(e) To counsel a borrower in 

repayment efforts, disclosures may be 

made to HEAL program participants; 

educational and financial institutions, 

and their authorized representatives; 

and Federal, State, or local agencies, 

and their authorized representatives; 

(f) To investigate possible fraud or 

abuse or verify compliance with any 

applicable statutory, regulatory, or 

legally binding requirement, disclosures 

may be made to HEAL program 

participants; educational and financial 

institutions, and their authorized 

representatives; Federal, State, or local 

agencies, and their authorized 

representatives; private parties, such as 

relatives and business and personal 

associates; present and former 

employers; creditors; consumer 

reporting agencies; and adjudicative 

bodies; 

(g) To locate a delinquent or defaulted 

borrower, or an individual obligated to 

repay a loan, disclosures may be made 

to HEAL program participants; 

educational and financial institutions, 

and their authorized representatives; 

Federal, State, or local agencies, and 

their authorized representatives; private 

parties, such as relatives and business 

and personal associates; present and 

former employers; creditors; consumer 

reporting agencies; and adjudicative 

bodies; 

(h) To prepare a debt for litigation, to 

provide support services for litigation 

on a debt, to litigate a debt, or to audit 

the results of litigation on a debt, 

disclosures may be made to HEAL 

program participants, and their 

authorized representatives; Federal, 

State, or local agencies, and their 


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authorized representatives; and 

adjudicative bodies; 

(i) To prepare for, conduct, enforce, or 

assist in the conduct or enforcement of 

a Medicare exclusion action in 

accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1320a– 

7(b)(14), disclosures may be made to 

HEAL program participants; educational 

or financial institutions, and their 

authorized representatives; Federal, 

State, or local agencies, and their 

authorized representatives; and 

adjudicative bodies; 

(j) To ensure that HEAL program 

requirements are met by HEAL program 

participants, disclosures may be made 

to HEAL program participants; 

educational or financial institutions, 

and their authorized representatives; 

auditors engaged to conduct an audit of 

a HEAL program participant or of an 

educational or financial institution; 

Federal, State, or local agencies, and 

their authorized representatives; 

accrediting agencies; and adjudicative 

bodies; 

(k) To verify whether a debt qualifies 

for discharge, forgiveness, or 

cancellation, disclosures may be made 

to HEAL program participants; 

educational and financial institutions, 

and their authorized representatives; 

Federal, State, or local agencies, and 

their authorized representatives; private 

parties, such as relatives and business 

and personal associates; present and 

former employers; creditors; consumer 

reporting agencies; and adjudicative 

bodies; 

(l) To conduct credit checks or to 

respond to inquiries or disputes arising 

from information on the debt already 

furnished to a credit reporting agency, 

disclosures may be made to credit 

reporting agencies; HEAL program 

participants; educational and financial 

institutions, and their authorized 

representatives; Federal, State, or local 

agencies, and their authorized 

representatives; private parties, such as 

relatives and business and personal 

associates; present and former 

employers; creditors; and adjudicative 

bodies; 

(m) To investigate complaints, 

disclosures may be made to HEAL 

program participants; educational and 

financial institutions, and their 

authorized representatives; Federal, 

State, or local agencies, and their 

authorized representatives; private 

parties, such as relatives; present and 

former employers; creditors; credit 

reporting agencies; and adjudicative 

bodies; 

(n) To refund credit balances that are 

processed through the Department’s 

systems, as well as the U.S. Department 

of the Treasury’s (Treasury’s) payment 

applications, to the individual or loan 

holder, disclosures may be made to 

HEAL program participants; educational 

and financial institutions, and their 

authorized representatives; Federal, 

State, or local agencies, and their 

authorized representatives; private 

parties, such as relatives and business 

and personal associates; present and 

former employers; and creditors; 

(o) To report information required by 

law to be reported, including, but not 

limited to, reports required by 26 U.S.C. 

6050P and 6050S, disclosures may be 

made to the IRS; and 

(p) To allow the Department to make 

disclosures to governmental entities at 

the Federal, State, local, or Tribal levels 

regarding the practices of Department 

contractors who have been provided 

with access to the HEAL program 

system with regards to all aspects of 

loans made under the HEAL program, in 

order to permit these governmental 

entities to verify the contractors’ 

compliance with debt collection, 

financial, and other applicable statutory, 

regulatory, or local requirements. Before 

making a disclosure to these Federal, 

State, local, or Tribal governmental 

entities, the Department will require 

them to maintain safeguards to protect 

the security and confidentiality of the 

disclosed records. 

(2) Feasibility Study Disclosure. The 

Department may disclose information 

from this system of records to other 

Federal agencies to determine whether 

pilot matching programs should be 

conducted by the Department for 

purposes such as to locate a delinquent 

or defaulted debtor or to verify 

compliance with program regulations. 

(3) Enforcement Disclosure. In the 

event that information in this system of 

records indicates, either alone or in 

connection with other information, a 

violation or potential violation of any 

applicable statutory, regulatory, or 

legally binding requirement, the 

Department may disclose the relevant 

records to an entity charged with the 

responsibility for investigating or 

enforcing those violations or potential 

violations. 

(4) Litigation and Alternative Dispute 

Resolution (ADR) Disclosure. 

(a) Introduction. In the event that one 

of the parties listed in sub-paragraphs (i) 

through (v) is involved in judicial or 

administrative litigation or ADR, or has 

an interest in such litigation or ADR, the 

Department may disclose certain 

records to the parties described in 

paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this 

routine use under the conditions 

specified in those paragraphs: 

(i) The Department or any of its 

components; 

(ii) Any Department employee in his 

or her official capacity; 

(iii) Any Department employee in his 

or her individual capacity where the 

Department of Justice (DOJ) has been 

requested to or agrees to provide or 

arrange for representation for the 

employee; 

(iv) Any Department employee in his 

or her individual capacity where the 

Department requests representation for 

or has agreed to represent the employee; 

and 

(v) The United States, where the 

Department determines that the 

litigation is likely to affect the 

Department or any of its components. 

(b) Disclosure to the DOJ. If the 

Department determines that disclosure 

of certain records to the DOJ is relevant 

and necessary to the judicial or 

administrative litigation or ADR, the 

Department may disclose those records 

as a routine use to the DOJ. 

(c) Adjudicative Disclosure. If the 

Department determines that disclosure 

of certain records to an adjudicative 

body before which the Department is 

authorized to appear or to a person or 

an entity designated by the Department 

or otherwise empowered to resolve or 

mediate disputes is relevant and 

necessary to the judicial or 

administrative litigation or ADR, the 

Department may disclose those records 

as a routine use to the adjudicative 

body, person, or entity. 

(d) Disclosure to Parties, Counsel, 

Representatives, and Witnesses. If the 

Department determines that disclosure 

of certain records to a party, counsel, 

representative, or witness is relevant 

and necessary to the judicial or 

administrative litigation or ADR, the 

Department may disclose those records 

as a routine use to the party, counsel, 

representative, or witness. 

(5) Employment, Benefit, and 

Contracting Disclosure. 

(a) For Decisions by the Department. 

The Department may disclose a record 

to a Federal, State, or local agency 

maintaining civil, criminal, or other 

relevant enforcement or other pertinent 

records, or to another public authority 

or professional organization, if 

necessary to obtain information relevant 

to a Department decision concerning the 

hiring or retention of an employee or 

other personnel action, the issuance of 

a security clearance, the letting of a 

contract, or the issuance of a license, 

grant, or other benefit. 

(b) For Decisions by Other Public 

Agencies and Professional 

Organizations. The Department may 

disclose a record to a Federal, State, 

local, or other public authority or 

professional organization, in connection 


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with the hiring or retention of an 

employee or other personnel action, the 

issuance of a security clearance, the 

reporting of an investigation of an 

employee, the letting of a contract, or 

the issuance of a license, grant, or other 

benefit, to the extent that the record is 

relevant and necessary to the receiving 

entity’s decision on the matter. 

(6) Employee Grievance, Complaint, 

or Conduct Disclosure. If a record is 

relevant and necessary to an employee 

grievance, complaint, or disciplinary 

action involving a present or former 

employee of the Department, the 

Department may disclose a record in 

this system of records in the course of 

investigation, fact-finding, or 

adjudication, to any party to the 

grievance, complaint or action; to the 

party’s counsel or representative; to a 

witness; to a designated fact-finder, 

mediator, or other person designated to 

resolve issues or decide the matter. 

(7) Labor Organization Disclosure. 

The Department may disclose a record 

from this system of records to an 

arbitrator to resolve disputes under a 

negotiated grievance procedure or to 

officials of a labor organization 

recognized under 5 U.S.C. chapter 71 

when relevant and necessary to their 

duties of exclusive representation. 

(8) Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) and Privacy Act Advice 

Disclosure. The Department may 

disclose records to the DOJ or to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) if the Department determines 

that disclosure is desirable or necessary 

in determining whether particular 

records are required to be disclosed 

under the FOIA or the Privacy Act. 

(9) Disclosure to the DOJ. The 

Department may disclose records to the 

DOJ, or the authorized representative of 

DOJ, to the extent necessary for 

obtaining DOJ advice on any matter 

relevant to an audit, inspection, or other 

inquiry related to the programs covered 

by this system. 

(10) Contracting Disclosure. If the 

Department contracts with an entity for 

the purposes of performing any function 

that requires disclosure of records in 

this system to employees of the 

contractor, the Department may disclose 

the records to those employees. As part 

of such a contract, the Department will 

require the contractor to agree to 

establish and maintain safeguards to 

protect the security and confidentiality 

of the records in the system. 

(11) Research Disclosure. The 

Department may disclose records to a 

researcher if an official of the 

Department determines that the 

individual or organization to which the 

disclosure would be made is qualified to 

carry out specific research related to 

functions or purposes of this system of 

records. The official may disclose 

records from this system of records to 

that researcher solely for the purpose of 

carrying out that research related to the 

functions or purposes of this system of 

records. The researcher shall be 

required to agree to maintain safeguards 

to protect the security and 

confidentiality of the disclosed records. 

(12) Congressional Member 

Disclosure. The Department may 

disclose the records of an individual to 

a Member of Congress in response to an 

inquiry from the Member made at the 

written request of that individual whose 

records are being disclosed. The 

Member’s right to the information is no 

greater than the right of the individual 

who requested the inquiry. 

(13) Disclosure to OMB for Credit 

Reform Act (CRA) Support. The 

Department may disclose records to 

OMB or the Congressional Budget Office 

as necessary to fulfill CRA requirements 

in accordance with 2 U.S.C. 661b. 

(14) Disclosure in the Course of 

Responding to a Breach of Data. The 

Department may disclose records to 

appropriate agencies, entities, and 

persons when (a) the Department 

suspects or has confirmed that there has 

been a breach of the system of records; 

(b) the Department has determined that 

as a result of the suspected or confirmed 

breach there is a risk of harm to 

individuals, the Department (including 

its information systems, programs, and 

operations), the Federal Government, or 

national security; and (c) the disclosure 

made to such agencies, entities, and 

persons is reasonably necessary to assist 

in connection with the Department’s 

efforts to respond to the suspected or 

confirmed breach or to prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm. 

(15) Disclosure in Assisting another 

Agency in Responding to a Breach of 

Data. The Department may disclose 

records from this system to another 

Federal agency or Federal entity, when 

the Department determines that 

information from this system of records 

is reasonably necessary to assist the 

recipient agency or entity in (a) 

responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach or (b) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, resulting from a suspected or 

confirmed breach. 

(16) Disclosure of Information to 

Treasury. The Department may disclose 

records from this system to (a) a Federal 

or State agency, its employees, agents 

(including contractors or subcontractors 

of its agents), or contractors or 

subcontractors, (b) a fiscal or financial 

agent designated by the Treasury, 

including employees, agents, or 

contractors of such agent, or (c) the 

judicial or legislative branches of the 

United States, as defined in paragraphs 

(2) and (3), respectively, in 18 U.S.C. 

202(e), for the purpose of identifying, 

preventing, or recouping improper 

payments to an applicant for, or 

recipient of, Federal funds, including 

funds disbursed by a State in a Stateadministered, federally funded program. 

(17) Disclosure of Defaulted Debtors 

in Federal Register Publication. In 

accordance with the directive in 42 

U.S.C. 292h(c), ED must publish in the 

Federal Register a list of borrowers who 

are in default on a HEAL loan. The 

Department will publish the names of 

the defaulted borrowers, last known city 

and State, area of practice, and amount 

of HEAL loan in default. The 

Department will publish the 

information about the borrower, as well 

as the names, in order to correctly 

identify the person in default and to 

provide relevant information to the 

authorized recipients of this 

information, such as State licensing 

boards and hospitals. 

(18) Disclosure of Defaulted Debtors 

to Other Authorized Parties. In 

accordance with the directive in 42 

U.S.C. 292h(c)(2), disclosure of 

borrowers who are in default on a HEAL 

loan may be made to relevant Federal 

agencies, schools, school associations, 

professional and specialty associations, 

State licensing boards, hospitals with 

which a HEAL loan defaulter may be 

associated, or other similar 

organizations. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

Disclosures pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b)(12) (as set forth in 31 U.S.C. 

3711(e)): Disclosures may be made from 

this system to ‘‘consumer reporting 

agencies,’’ as defined in the Fair Credit 

Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(f)) or the 

Debt Collection Improvement Act (31 

U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)). Disclosures may only 

be made regarding a valid, overdue 

claim of the Department; such 

information is limited to: (1) The name, 

address, taxpayer identification number, 

and other information necessary to 

establish the identity of the individual 

responsible for the claim; (2) the 

amount, status, and history of the claim; 

and (3) the program under which the 

claim arose. The Department may 

disclose the information specified in 

this paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 

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contained in 31 U.S.C. 3711(e). The 

purpose of these disclosures is to 

provide an incentive for debtors to 

repay delinquent Federal Government 

debts by making these debts part of their 

credit records. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Records are maintained in database 

servers, file folders, compact discs, 

digital versatile discs, and magnetic 

tapes. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records are retrieved by SSN or other 

identifying number. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

All records are retained and disposed 

of in accordance with Department 

records schedule, National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) 

disposition authority DAA–0441–2017– 

002 (‘‘FSA Health Education Assistance 

Loan (HEAL) Program Online 

Processing System (HOPS)’’). Records 

shall be destroyed seven years after 

cutoff. Cutoff is annually upon final 

payment or discharge of the loan. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

All users of the HEAL System will 

have a unique user ID with a password. 

All physical access to the data housed 

within the VDC is controlled and 

monitored by security personnel who 

check each individual entering the 

building for his or her employee or 

visitor badge. The computer system 

employed by the Department offers a 

high degree of resistance to tampering 

and circumvention with firewalls, 

encryption, and password protection. 

This security system limits data access 

to Department and contract staff on a 

‘‘need-to-know’’ basis, and controls 

individual users’ ability to access and 

alter records within the system. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

If you wish to gain access to your 

record in the system of records, provide 

the System Manager with necessary 

particulars such as your name, date of 

birth, SSN, and any other identifying 

information requested by the 

Department while processing the 

request to distinguish between 

individuals with the same name. 

Requests by an individual for access to 

a record must meet the requirements of 

the regulations in 34 CFR 5b.5, 

including proof of identity. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

If you wish to contest the content of 

your record in the system of records, 

provide the System Manager with 

necessary particulars such as your 

name, date of birth, SSN, and any other 

identifying information requested by the 

Department while processing the 

request to distinguish between 

individuals with the same name. You 

must also provide a reasonable 

description of the record, specify the 

information being contested, the 

corrective action sought, and the 

reasons for requesting the correction, 

along with supporting information to 

show how the record is inaccurate, 

incomplete, untimely, or irrelevant. 

Requests by an individual to amend a 

record must meet the requirements of 

the regulations in 34 CFR 5b.7. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

If you wish to determine whether a 

record exists about you in the system of 

records, provide the System Manager 

with necessary particulars such as your 

name, date of birth, SSN, and any other 

identifying information requested by the 

Department while processing the 

request to distinguish between 

individuals with the same name. Your 

request must meet the requirements of 

the regulations in 34 CFR 5b.5, 

including proof of identity. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

The system of records entitled 

‘‘Health Education Assistance Loan 

(HEAL) Program’’ (18–11–20) was 

previously maintained by the HHS, at 

which time it was entitled ‘‘Health 

Education Assistance On-Line 

Processing System (HOPS)’’ (09–15– 

0044). HHS last published that system 

of records in the Federal Register on 

February 1, 2010 (75 FR 5094–5097). 

The system was modified in the transfer 

from HHS to the Department. The 

Department published a revised system 

of records notice in the Federal Register 

on June 26, 2014 (79 FR 36299–36302), 

changing the name and numbering of 

the system of records to the ‘‘Health 

Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) 

program’’ (18–11–20). The Department 

published a notice of a modified system 

of records in the Federal Register on 

January 23, 2017 (82 FR 7807–7812) 

Through this notice, the Department 

modifies the January 23, 2017, notice of 

a modified system of records and 

republishes in full the HEAL program 

system of records notice in the required 

format found in OMB Circular No. A– 

108, issued on December 23, 2016. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Electricity Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, and in 

accordance with Title 41 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, and following 

consultation with the Committee 

Management Secretariat, General 

Services Administration, notice is 

hereby given that the Electricity 

Advisory Committee’s (EAC) charter has 

been renewed for a two-year period 

beginning on August 8, 2018. 

The Committee will provide advice 

and recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for Electricity on programs to 

modernize the Nation’s electric power 

system. 

Additionally, the renewal of the EAC 

has been determined to be essential to 

conduct Department of Energy business 

and to be in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed upon the Department of 

Energy by law and agreement. The 

Committee will continue to operate in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

adhering to the rules and regulations in 

implementation of that Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt 

Rosenbaum, Designated Federal Officer 

at (202) 586–1060. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 8, 

2018. 

Wayne D. Smith, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 18–78–LNG] 

Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage III, 

LLC; Application for Long-Term 

Authorization To Export Liquefied 

Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade 

Agreement Nations 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) 

gives notice of receipt of an application 

(Application), filed on June 29, 2018, by 

Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage III, 

LLC (CCL Stage III), a wholly owned 

subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc. The 

Application requests long-term, multicontract authorization to export 

domestically produced liquefied natural 


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