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quantitative and qualitative outcomes of 

the training projects based on project 

evaluation results. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, whether the grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the performance targets in the grantee’s 

approved application. 

In making a continuation grant, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

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 at 

www.govinfo.gov. 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. 

Nasser H. Paydar, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03277 Filed 2–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0026] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; PLUS 

Adverse Credit Reconsideration Loan 

Counseling 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing an 

extension without change of a currently 

approved information collection request 

(ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 16, 

2024 . 

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– 

2024–SCC–0026. 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. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please include the docket ID number 

and the title of the information 

collection request when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Please note that comments 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 Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Beth 

Grebeldinger, (202) 377–4018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, 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. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department 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: PLUS Adverse 

Credit Reconsideration Loan 

Counseling. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0129. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households Total 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 142,824. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 107,119. 

Abstract: Section 428B(a)(1)(A) of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA), provides that to be 

eligible to receive a Federal PLUS Loan 

under the Federal Family Education 

Loan (FFEL) Program, the applicant 

must not have an adverse credit history, 

as determined pursuant to regulations 

promulgated by the Secretary. In 

accordance with section 455(a)(1) of the 

HEA, this same eligibility requirement 

applies to applicants for PLUS loans 

under the Direct Loan Program. Since 

July 1, 2010, there have been no new 

FFEL Program loans originated and the 

Direct Loan Program is the only Federal 

loan program that offers Federal PLUS 

Loans. 

The adverse credit history section of 

the eligibility regulations in 34 CFR 

685.200(b) and (c) were updated in 2014 

by the Department of Education (the 

Department) when a review of and a 

change to the regulations was made. 


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Specifically, an applicant for a PLUS 

loan who is determined to have an 

adverse credit history must complete 

loan counseling offered by the Secretary 

before receiving the Federal PLUS loan. 

The Department is requesting an 

extension to the information collection 

regarding the adverse credit history 

regulations in 34 CFR 685.200 (b) and 

(c) and the burden these changes create 

for Federal PLUS loan borrowers, both 

parent and graduate/professional 

students. 

Dated: February 13, 2024. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03230 Filed 2–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Definition for a Zero 

Emissions Building: Part 1 Operating 

Emissions Version 1.00m Draft 

Criteria; Reopening of Public Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Request for information; 

reopening of public comment period. 

SUMMARY: On January 9, 2024, the U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) published 

in the Federal Register a Request for 

Information (RFI) regarding the creation 

of a standardized, verifiable basis for 

defining a zero emissions building by 

the White House Office of Domestic 

Climate Policy (Climate Policy Office), 

through DOE. The RFI provided for the 

submission of written comments by 

February 5, 2024. This notice announces 

a reopening of the public comment 

period for submitting comments in 

response to the RFI through March 6, 

2024. 

DATES: The comment period for the RFI 

published on January 9, 2024 (89 FR 

1086) is reopened. DOE will accept 

comments, data, and information 

regarding this RFI received no later than 

March 6, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Responses to this RFI must 

be submitted electronically at https://

forms.office.com/g/Y0Ss3UFdL3. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hayes Jones, U.S. Department of Energy, 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy (EERE), Building 

Technologies Office, Commercial 

Buildings Integration, (202) 586–8873, 

Hayes.Jones@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 9, 2024, DOE published in the 

Federal Register a request for 

information (RFI) regarding the creation 

of a standardized, verifiable basis for 

defining a zero emissions building by 

the Climate Policy Office, through DOE. 

The RFI does not pertain to a 

rulemaking action. In addition to other 

net-zero emissions, economy-wide goals 

by 2050, within the building sector, the 

Biden-Harris Administration has set the 

goal to make zero emissions resilient 

new construction and retrofits comment 

practice by 2030. Accomplishing these 

goals will require increasing efficiency 

and expanding clean energy capacity. 

Zero emissions buildings will plug into 

a grid that is rapidly becoming cleaner. 

The American Gas Association, 

American Public Gas Association, and 

National Propane Gas Association 

(‘‘Joint Requesters’’) have requested a 

30-day extension of the comment period 

to allow additional time for preparation 

of their comments. The Joint Requesters 

explain that they provide the energy 

needed to fuel residential, commercial, 

and industrial buildings and are thus 

stakeholders in this proceeding. The 

Joint Requesters explained that they 

need additional time to develop 

comments that sufficiently analyze the 

impacts of the proposed definition and 

because limited staff available during 

the comment period would make it 

difficult to develop comments in 

response to the RFI. Similarly, the 

National Association of Home Builders 

requested an extension of the comment 

period because of staffing limitations 

and concerns over the definition for 

which they would like additional time 

to provide feedback. 

DOE has determined that reopening 

the public comment period is 

appropriate based on the foregoing 

reasons. DOE will consider any 

comments received by 11:59 p.m. 

(Eastern Standard Time) of March 6, 

2024, and deems any comments 

received by that time to be timely 

submitted. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on February 8, 2024, 

by Jeffrey Marootian, Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on February 13, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03285 Filed 2–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Northern New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management (EM), Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an inperson/virtual hybrid meeting of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 

Northern New Mexico. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, March 20, 2024; 1 

p.m. to 5 p.m. MDT. 

ADDRESSES: This hybrid meeting will be 

open to the public in person and via 

WebEx. To attend virtually, please 

contact the Northern New Mexico 

Citizens Advisory Board (NNMCAB) 

Executive Director (below) no later than 

5 p.m. MDT on Friday, March 15, 2024. 

Cities of Gold Hotel, 

10–A Cities of Gold Road, 

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bridget Maestas, NNMCAB Executive 

Director, by phone: 505–709–7466 or 

email: bridget.maestas@em.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to provide advice and 

recommendations concerning the 

following EM site-specific issues: cleanup activities and environmental 

restoration; waste and nuclear materials 

management and disposition; excess 

facilities; future land use and long-term 

stewardship. The Board may also be 

asked to provide advice and 

recommendations on any EM program 

components. 

Tentative Agenda: 


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