Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 229 / Wednesday, November 27, 2013 / Notices 70931 

institutions of higher education so that 

they might increase their selfsufficiency by improving academic 

programs, institutional management and 

fiscal stability. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28476 Filed 11–26–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0143] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and approval; Comment Request; 

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan 

Program—150% Limitation 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 27, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0143 

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, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

2E103, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Kate Mullan, 202– 

401–0563 or electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. We will ONLY 

accept comments in this mailbox when 

the regulations.gov site is not available 

to the public for any reason. 

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: William D. Ford 

Federal Direct Loan Program—150% 

Limitation 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0116 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of an existing collection of 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households, State, Local, 

or Tribal Governments, Private Sector 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 7,770,494 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 282,713 

Abstract: These data will allow the 

Department to calculate the borrowers 

maximum eligibility period, subsidized 

usage period, and remaining eligibility 

period as described in 685.200(f)(1)(ii)– 

(f)(1)(iv), determine whether the 

borrower is eligible to receive an 

additional Direct Subsidized Loan, and 

ensure that borrowers do not receive 

Direct Subsidized Loans if they are no 

longer eligible to receive a Direct 

Subsidized Loan under 685.200(f)(2). 

The Department will determine 

whether the borrower is responsible for 

accruing interest on their previously 

received Direct Subsidized Loans. To 

ensure that the Department has the 

information to necessary to make that 

determination, institutions will be 

required to report additional 

information to NSLDS. For example, 

institutions will be required to report: 

The CIP code and the credential level 

for the program in which a borrower is 

enrolled; the length of the program in 

academic years, weeks, or months 

(consistent with current institutional 

reporting in the COD System); and a 

more detailed enrollment status of the 

borrower (e.g., full-time, three-quartertime, half-time, or less-than-half-time). 

These data will allow the Department 

to determine whether a borrower who is 

not eligible for additional Direct 

Subsidized Loans is responsible for 

accruing interest on his or her 

previously received Direct Subsidized 

Loans. 

The regulations implement a new 

statutory requirement that significantly 

limits a borrower’s eligibility for Direct 

Subsidized Loans and potentially 

results in the borrower becoming 

responsible for accruing interest on 

existing Direct Subsidized Loans. Under 

section 485(l) of the HEA, which 

requires that borrowers be provided 

with entrance and exit counseling on 

the provisions governing federal student 

aid, institutions will be required to 

revise the entrance and exit counseling 

provided to borrowers. 

For entrance counseling, the added 

counseling requirements under 685.304 

will require institutions to explain the 

new provisions to borrowers. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28475 Filed 11–26–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Ultra-Deepwater 

Advisory Committee. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Monday, December 16, 2013, 

12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., Room 

3G–043, Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elena Melchert, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone: (202) 

586–5600. 


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