9904 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 21, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: February 15, 2012. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: William D. Ford 

Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) 

Program/Federal Family Education Loan 

(FFEL) Program Deferment Request 

Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0011. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,130,831. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 500,933. 

Abstract: These forms serve as the 

means by which borrowers in the 

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan 

(Direct Loan) and Federal Family 

Education Loan (FFEL) Programs may 

requires deferment of repayment on 

their loans if they meet certain statutory 

and regulaotry criteria. The U.S. 

Department of Education uses the 

information collected on these forms to 

determine whether a borrower meets the 

eligibility requirements for the specific 

deferment type that the borrower has 

requested. The burden hours associated 

with this collection is increasing for one 

reason; namely, that the collection is 

being combined with the soon-to-be 

discontinued 1845–0005 so that the 

forms associated with this collection 

may be used in both the FFEL and 

Direct Loan Program. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

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

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 04789. 

When you access the information 

collection, click on ‘‘Download 

Attachments’’ to view. Written requests 

for information should be addressed to 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection and 

OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), 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 and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Acting 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information 

and Records Management Services, 

Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 23, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding burden and/or the collection 

activity requirements should be 

electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or mailed to U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 

20202–4537. Please note that written 

comments received in response to this 

notice will be considered public 

records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information 

and Records Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. 

Dated: February 15, 2012. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: Income Contingent 

Repayment Plan and Income-Based 

Repayment Plan Alternative 

Documentation of Income. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0016. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 294,924. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 123,868. 

Abstract: This form serves as the 

means by which a borrower who is 

repaying Direct Loan Program loans 

under the Income-Contigent Repayment 

(ICR) Plan or the Income-Based 

Repayment (IBR) Plan provides the U.S. 

Department of Education (the 

Department) with alternative 

documentation of the borrower’s income 

if the borrower’s adjusted gross income 

(AGI) is not available from the IRS, or 

if the Department believes that the 

borrower’s most recently reported AGI 

does not accurately reflect the 

borrower’s current income. Under the 

Direct Loan Program regulations, a 

borrower’s AGI is used to calculate the 

monthly loan repayment amount under 

the ICR and IBR plans. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

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

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 04793. 

When you access the information 

collection, click on ‘‘Download 

Attachments’’ to view. Written requests 

for information should be addressed to 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection and 

OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3929 Filed 2–17–12; 8:45 am] 

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