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potential impacts. The following public 

scoping meetings have been scheduled: 

Cowlitz Expo Center, 1900 7th 

Avenue, Longview, Washington 98632 

on Tuesday, September 17, 2013, from 

5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Spokane Convention Center, 334 West 

Spokane Falls Boulevard, Spokane, 

Washington 99201 on Wednesday, 

September 25, 2013, from 5:00 p.m. to 

8:00 p.m. 

The Trac Center, 6600 Burden 

Boulevard, Pasco, Washington 99301 on 

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, from 5:00 

p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Clark County Fairgrounds, 17402 

Northeast Delfel Road, Ridgefield, 

Washington 98642 on Wednesday, 

October 9, 2013, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 

p.m. 

Tacoma Convention Center, 1500 

Broadway, Tacoma, Washington 98402 

on Thursday, October 17, 2013, from 

5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

In addition, an ‘‘online scoping 

meeting’’ will be continuously hosted 

on the EIS Internet Web site at 

www.millenniumbulkeiswa.gov for the 

duration of the scoping period. 

b. Potentially significant issues to be 

analyzed in the EIS include, but are not 

limited to direct, indirect, and 

cumulative effects of the project-specific 

activities proposed within the NEPA 

scope of analysis as described above on 

navigation (e.g., vessel traffic and 

navigational safety); aquatic habitats; 

aquatic species, including Endangered 

Species Act-listed species and 

Washington State species of concern; 

Tribal treaty rights; wetland and 

riparian habitat; wildlife; vehicle traffic; 

cultural, historic, and archeological 

resources; air and water quality; noise; 

recreation; land use; and aesthetics. 

c. The Corps will consult with the 

Washington State Historic Preservation 

Officer and applicable Tribes to comply 

with the National Historic Preservation 

Act; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

and National Marine Fisheries Service 

to comply with the Endangered Species 

Act; the National Marine Fisheries 

Service to comply with the Essential 

Fish Habitat provisions of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act; and 

applicable Tribes to comply with 

reserved treaty fishing rights. 

d. Development of the draft EIS will 

begin after the close of the scoping 

period. The draft EIS is currently 

scheduled to be available for public 

review and comment by June 2015. 

e. A 90-day public review period will 

be provided for interested parties to 

review and comment on the draft EIS. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

contact the Corps if they wish to be 

notified when the draft EIS is issued. 

f. All comments received will become 

part of the administrative record for this 

project and subject to public release to 

third-parties, including any personally 

identifiable information such as name, 

phone number, and address, included in 

the comment. 

Dated: July 29, 2013. 

Bruce A. Estok, 

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19738 Filed 8–13–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0056] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

IEPS International Resource 

Information System (IRIS) 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), 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 a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 13, 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–0056 

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: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

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: IEPS International 

Resource Information System (IRIS). 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0759. 

Type of Review: Revision of an 

existing collection of information. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector, Federal Government, Individuals 

or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 6,754. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 13,439. 

Abstract: This is a re-clearance of the 

on-line reporting system, International 

Resource Information System (IRIS) that 

IFLE uses to collect annual performance 

reports from Title VI and Fulbright-Hays 

grantees. The system is also used by 

IFLE to disseminate program 

information to the public. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice Inviting Guaranty Agencies To 

Submit Requests To Participate in a 

Voluntary Flexible Agreement 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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SUMMARY: The Secretary invites 

guaranty agencies with agreements to 

participate in the Federal Family 

Education Loan (FFEL) Program to 

submit requests to enter into a 

Voluntary Flexible Agreement (VFA) 

with the Secretary, as authorized by the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA). Guaranty agencies 

whose requests are accepted will 

operate under the requirements of the 

VFA in lieu of the guaranty agency 

agreements established under the HEA. 

The Secretary intends to enter into 

VFAs with a small number of guaranty 

agencies (likely three or fewer) that will 

assume responsibility for all or some of 

the defaulted and non-defaulted FFEL 

Program loans transferred to it by the 

Secretary from a guaranty agency whose 

HEA agreements with the Secretary are, 

or will be, terminated. Those agencies 

will continue to operate under their 

existing guaranty agency agreements, 

established under the HEA, for their 

own FFEL Program Loan portfolios. 

DATES: Deadline for submission of a 

Request for a VFA: September 13, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: A Request for a VFA must 

be submitted via email to the following 

email address: vfateam@ed.gov. 

Instructions for Submitting a Request for 

a VFA: A guaranty agency that wants to 

request a VFA pursuant to this notice 

must submit to the Secretary a letter on 

the guaranty agency’s letterhead, signed 

by the chief executive officer of the 

guaranty agency. The letter must 

include the name, mailing address, 

email address, FAX number, and 

telephone number of a contact person at 

the guaranty agency. The guaranty 

agency must also submit, as attachments 

to the letter, information addressing 

required capacities and expertise as 

described in the Agency Demonstrated 

Performance section of this notice. 

The letter and attachments are to be 

submitted as an Adobe Portable 

Document (PDF) attachment to an email 

message sent to the email address 

provided in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. The ‘‘Subject’’ line of the 

email must read ‘‘Request for a VFA’’. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Email: VFATeam@ed.gov; Telephone: 

(202) 377–4401. 

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: 

Voluntary Flexible Agreements 

Under section 428(b) and (c) of the 

HEA, guaranty agencies perform certain 

roles in the FFEL Program pursuant to 

agreements with the Secretary. Section 

428A of the HEA authorizes the 

Secretary to enter into VFAs with 

guaranty agencies in lieu of the 

agreements entered into under section 

428(b) and (c) of the HEA. This 

authority allows the Secretary to work 

with guaranty agencies to develop, 

utilize, and evaluate alternate ways of 

ensuring that the responsibilities of the 

guaranty agencies are fulfilled in the 

most cost-effective and efficient manner 

possible. A VFA may provide that the 

guaranty agency will earn revenues and 

fees in a manner different than that 

provided under the regular guaranty 

agency agreements under section 428(b) 

and (c) of the HEA. The overall cost to 

the Federal government of a VFA cannot 

exceed the cost to the government under 

the regular guaranty agency agreements. 

As part of a VFA with a guaranty 

agency, the Secretary may waive or 

modify statutory and regulatory 

requirements as necessary, except that 

the Secretary may not waive any 

statutory requirements related to the 

terms and conditions attached to 

student loans or to default claim 

amounts paid to FFEL Program lenders. 

A VFA will also specify the 

circumstances under which it may be 

terminated by the Secretary in advance 

of any established termination date and 

any other provisions the Secretary 

believes are necessary to protect the 

United States from unreasonable risk of 

loss. 

Earlier VFA Solicitation 

In a Federal Register notice published 

on May 31, 2011 (76 FR 31312), the 

Secretary solicited proposals from 

guaranty agencies that wished to be 

considered for participation in a 

specialized VFA. The Secretary 

requested those proposals because of the 

then-recent significant statutory changes 

to the FFEL Program. Those changes 

included: the Ensuring Continued 

Access to Student Loan Act of 2008, as 

amended (Pub. L. 110–227) (ECASLA), 

which authorized the Secretary to create 

programs to allow FFEL Program loan 

holders to sell certain FFEL Program 

loans to the Secretary; and the SAFRA 

Act, part of the Health Care and 

Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 

(Pub. L. 111–152), that ended, as of July 

1, 2010, the authority to originate FFEL 

Program loans. As a result of ECASLA 

and the SAFRA Act, the total dollar 

amount of FFEL Program loans held or 

insured by guaranty agencies has 

diminished (and will continue to 

diminish), resulting in less revenue 

available to the agencies and 

jeopardizing their ability to meet their 

FFEL Program responsibilities. 

The purpose of the Secretary’s 2011 

VFA solicitation was to establish new 

guaranty agency structures and 

financing mechanisms to protect the 

Federal fiscal interest in light of the 

diminishing outstanding FFEL Program 

portfolio. The Secretary also expected 

that the VFAs would help ensure that 

guaranty agencies were able to continue 

to provide high quality services to 

borrowers, lenders, and postsecondary 

educational institutions while also 

supporting the important 

responsibilities that the agencies have in 

the areas of default prevention, 

outreach, and oversight. 

After reviewing the proposals 

submitted by guaranty agencies in 

response to the May 31, 2011, Federal 

Register notice, the Secretary 

determined that the proposals did not 

meet the stated objectives for the VFAs, 

nor were they responsive to the specific 

proposal requirements included in the 

May 31, 2011, notice. For these reasons, 

the Secretary has decided that the VFA 

approach proposed in 2011 is no longer 

a viable response to the significant 

changes to the FFEL Program, and that 

it is appropriate to develop VFAs that 

better address the current status of the 

program and the evolving structure of 

the guaranty agency component of the 

FFEL Program. 

Reasons for This Solicitation 

As noted, certain statutory changes 

have reduced, and will continue to 

reduce, the revenues available to 

guaranty agencies. The Secretary 

expects that over the next several years, 

a number of guaranty agencies may 

choose to end their participation in the 

FFEL Program. It is also possible that, as 

a result of required oversight and 

monitoring of guaranty agencies’ 

finances and operations, the Secretary 

may determine that it is necessary to 

terminate an agency’s agreements under 

HEA section 428(b) and (c). Since 1990, 

20 guaranty agencies have left the FFEL 

Program for a variety of reasons. In most 

of these situations, the Department has, 

working with the closing agency, 

arranged with another guaranty agency 

to assume all or part of the closing 

agency’s FFEL Program responsibilities. 

In light of the increasing likelihood 

that additional guaranty agencies will 

close as the FFEL Program loan portfolio 

is retired, the Secretary believes that a 

structured and predictable process 

should be developed and implemented 

to protect the integrity of the 

outstanding FFEL Program loan 

portfolio. Thus, the Secretary has 

decided to establish VFAs with a small 

number of guaranty agencies (likely 

three or fewer), each of which would, 


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upon the request of the Secretary, 

assume responsibility of some or all of 

a terminating guaranty agency’s 

defaulted and non-defaulted loans. 

Scope of the VFAs 

When a guaranty agency’s 

participation in the FFEL Program ends, 

the Department may arrange for the 

transfer of all or some of the outstanding 

non-defaulted FFEL Program loans, and 

all or some of the defaulted loan 

portfolio of the terminating agency, to 

one or more of the guaranty agencies 

participating under a VFA established 

pursuant to this notice (a VFA 

participating guaranty agency). Under 

the VFA, the Secretary would retain 

discretion in deciding which VFA 

participating guaranty agency or 

agencies, if any, will be responsible for 

a closing agency’s portfolio. 

A transfer of the FFEL Program 

portfolio from a terminating agency to a 

VFA participating guaranty agency will 

ensure that FFEL Program lenders that 

hold outstanding FFEL loans guaranteed 

by the terminating agency will retain the 

benefit of those guarantees and that the 

borrowers of those loans will continue 

to receive the services of a guaranty 

agency in accordance with statutory and 

regulatory requirements. Similarly, the 

transfer of defaulted loans on which the 

Secretary previously paid the 

terminating agency reinsurance 

pursuant to section 428(c) of the HEA to 

a VFA participating guaranty agency 

will ensure continued servicing and 

collection activities on those loans as 

required by the HEA and the 

Department’s regulations. 

Duration of the VFA 

The Secretary expects that VFAs 

entered into as a result of this notice 

will be established for a period of four 

years with the possibility, if both parties 

agree, of year-to-year renewals at the 

end of the four-year period. The VFA 

will provide that the guaranty agency 

may not terminate the VFA early 

without requesting and receiving the 

Secretary’s approval to do so. However, 

the VFA will also provide that, to 

protect the interests of Federal 

taxpayers, borrowers, and FFEL Program 

loan holders, the Secretary may 

terminate the VFA at any time and may 

do so without any advance notification 

to the agency. If a VFA is terminated, 

the Secretary will have sole discretion 

to determine the disposition of the loans 

assigned to the agency under the VFA. 

Duration of Loan Transfer 

The Secretary will assign the VFA 

participating guaranty agency 

responsibility for a loan transferred from 

a terminating agency for a minimum of 

two years from the date when the VFA 

participating guaranty agency, at the 

direction of the Secretary, assumes legal 

responsibility for the loan. The 

transferred loans may be defaulted loans 

or non-defaulted guaranteed loans. The 

VFA will also provide that for a 

transferred non-defaulted loan that 

subsequently defaults, the two-year 

period may be extended for up to three 

months if the VFA participating 

guaranty agency would otherwise be 

unable to perform the activities required 

under 34 CFR 682.410(b)(6)(ii). 

Notwithstanding the above, defaulted 

loans serviced by the VFA participating 

guaranty agency are subject to the 

requirements of 34 CFR 682.409 

governing mandatory assignment by 

guaranty agencies of defaulted loans to 

the Secretary if they meet the criteria for 

such assignment. 

After the end of the two-year period, 

the Secretary may direct the VFA 

participating guaranty agency to assign 

defaulted loans to the Secretary or to 

another guaranty agency for continued 

collections, and to transfer the guarantee 

on a non-defaulted loan. 

Operating Under a VFA 

A guaranty agency that enters into a 

VFA with the Secretary as described in 

this notice will operate under the VFA 

only for the loans transferred to it by the 

Secretary under the terms of the VFA. 

The agency will continue to operate 

under its existing guaranty agency 

agreements, established under section 

428(b) and (c) of the HEA, for purposes 

of its own FFEL Program loan portfolio. 

Accordingly, the VFA will require the 

agency to maintain records on the 

transferred loans separately from the 

loans it holds or has guaranteed on its 

own behalf. 

The terms of any VFA will be subject 

to any changes in the HEA (or other 

applicable laws) and the Department’s 

regulations, unless waived or modified 

by the Secretary, and to any applicable 

administrative actions of the Secretary. 

Agency Demonstrated Performance 

The Secretary will choose the 

agencies with which to enter into a VFA 

pursuant to this notice by identifying 

those agencies that best demonstrate 

that they have the managerial and 

operational capacity, including 

significant and demonstrable scalability 

in their management, finances, systems, 

and infrastructure, to assume the 

responsibilities of an expanded loan 

portfolio. 

A guaranty agency that requests to 

enter into a VFA with the Secretary 

pursuant to this notice must provide the 

Secretary, in the format described in the 

Instructions for Submitting a Request for 

a VFA section of this notice, detailed 

information that demonstrates that it 

has the necessary capacity and expertise 

in at least the following areas: 

D Lender Oversight—The expertise 

and capacity to perform lender and 

lender servicer oversight in an efficient 

and cost-effective manner for an 

expanded loan portfolio. 

D Default Aversion and Prevention— 

A fully developed and successful 

delinquency and default prevention 

program that is scalable to support an 

expanded portfolio of non-defaulted 

loans transferred to it under the VFA. 

D Outreach and Financial Literacy—A 

fully developed and successful outreach 

and financial literacy program that is 

scalable to support an expanded 

portfolio of non-defaulted loans 

transferred to it under the VFA. 

D Lender Claims Review—Scalability 

in operations and management to 

perform timely, accurate, and 

comprehensive lender claims review for 

an expanded loan portfolio. 

D Claims Payment—The financial and 

operational capability to make timely, 

accurate, and reconcilable lender claim 

payments and reinsurance requests for 

an expanded loan portfolio. 

D Collections—Demonstrated success 

and scalability in the collection of 

defaulted loans, including a successful 

loan rehabilitation program. 

D Financial Reporting—The capability 

to provide accurate and timely required 

reports to the Secretary, both for its 

regular agency reporting and for the 

special reporting required under the 

VFA. 

D National Student Loan System 

(NSLDS)—Demonstrated capacity to 

fulfill all current NSLDS reporting 

requirements in a timely and accurate 

manner and the systems flexibilities to 

provide any additional NSLDS reporting 

that may be required under the VFA. 

D Assignment of Loans to the 

Secretary—The operational and 

financial processes necessary to assign 

an increased number of defaulted loans 

to the Secretary. 

D FISMA Compliance—Proof of 

FISMA compliance based on applicable 

information technology (IT) security 

standards and guidelines established by 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST). 

Secretary’s Oversight 

The Secretary will conduct additional 

oversight and monitoring of the 

activities of VFA participating guaranty 

agencies to assess each agency’s 

continuing financial viability and 

operational capacity to properly perform 


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all FFEL Program guaranty agency 

responsibilities, including the added 

responsibilities assigned to it under the 

VFA. This oversight will include, at a 

minimum, requirements that the 

guaranty agency submit operational 

status reports, financial reports, and 

performance metrics on the portfolio 

assigned to it under the VFA. 

Schedule of Revenues and Fees 

The Secretary expects that the 

increased number of defaulted loans on 

which a VFA participating guaranty 

agency will collect will result in 

financial savings from economies of 

scale and increased efficiencies. In 

addition, the VFA participating 

guaranty agencies will earn increased 

revenues from Account Maintenance 

Fees (AMF) and Default Aversion Fees 

(DAF) on the increased number of nondefaulted loans for which the agency 

has assumed guarantor responsibility. 

As noted in the Voluntary Flexible 

Agreements section of this notice, a VFA 

may provide that a guaranty agency will 

earn revenues and fees differently than 

it would under agreements pursuant to 

section 428(b) and (c) of the HEA. 

Therefore, VFAs developed as a result of 

this notice will include a revised 

schedule of revenues and fees that will 

apply to loans transferred to the VFA 

participating guaranty agency pursuant 

to the VFA. The revised schedule, 

which will be common to all VFA 

participating guaranty agencies, will 

result in lower costs to the Secretary. 

Under the revised schedule, the VFA 

participating guaranty agency will 

receive the regular AMF rate calculated 

under 34 CFR 682.404(i) and DAF 

calculated under 34 CFR 682.404(k)(2). 

The schedule will provide that the 

agency will retain 100 percent of 

collection costs paid by borrowers on 

defaulted loans, capped at current 

regulatory limits. However, the revised 

schedule will provide that, except on 

loans which have been rehabilitated 

under 34 CFR 682.405, the Secretary’s 

share of total collections of principal 

and interest is 100 percent. For loans 

that have been rehabilitated, the 

Secretary’s share will be 93 percent. 

Letters of Request for a VFA 

Guaranty agencies with agreements 

with the Secretary under section 428(b) 

and (c) of the HEA that wish to enter 

into a VFA under the terms outlined in 

this notice must submit a written 

‘‘Request for a VFA’’ by the deadline in 

the DATES section of this notice and in 

the format described in the Instructions 

for Submitting a Request for a VFA 

section of this notice. 

Information to Be Included With the 

Request for a VFA 

A Request for a VFA must include 

information addressing the guaranty 

agency’s capacity to perform each of the 

activities discussed in the Agency 

Demonstrated Performance section of 

this notice. The information should be 

submitted as an attachment to the 

agency’s Request for a VFA letter and be 

in the form of a bulleted narrative that 

totals no more than 10 pages. The 

Secretary may request that the agency 

provide supporting or other 

documentation to assist the Secretary in 

making a decision regarding the 

agency’s possible participation in a 

VFA. 

Availability of Letters of Request for 

Consideration 

Requests for a VFA submitted to the 

Secretary in response to this notice will 

generally be considered public 

documents. 

Selection 

The Secretary will review and 

evaluate an agency’s Request for a VFA 

letter, the accompanying supporting 

documentation, and other relevant 

information (e.g., financial information, 

audit and program review results, and 

any relevant public information about 

the agency and its management) that is 

available to the Secretary. The guaranty 

agencies that will be offered the 

opportunity to enter into a VFA as 

described in this notice will be those 

that the Secretary determines best 

demonstrate their capability to perform 

the responsibilities under the VFA. 

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 contact listed above. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available 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 Adobe 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. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a, 

1070a–1, 1070b–1070b–4, 1070c–1070c–4, 

1070g, 1071–1087–2, 1087a–1087j, and 

1087aa–1087ii; 42 U.S.C. 2751–2756b. 

Dated: August 9, 2013. 

Brenda Dann-Messier, 

Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult 

Education, delegated the authority to perform 

the functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC13–20–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–515); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is soliciting public comment on 

the currently approved information 

collection, FERC–515 (Rules of Practice 

and Procedure: Declaration of 

Intention). 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due October 15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC13–20–000) 

by either of the following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web site: 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 


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