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1This provision, originally section 612(a), was 

added to the FCRA in September 1996 and became 

effective in September 1997. It was relabeled 

section 612(f) by section 211(a)(1) of the Fair and 

Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT 

Act), Public Law 108–159, which was signed into 

law on December 4, 2003. 

2Public Law 111–203, title X, section 1088. 

cents, result in a maximum allowable 

charge of $12.00. 

DATES: Effective January 1, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Wylie, Counsel, Office of 

Regulations, at (202) 435–7700. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

612(f)(1)(A) of the Fair Credit Reporting 

Act (FCRA) provides that a consumer 

reporting agency may charge a 

consumer a reasonable amount for 

making a disclosure to the consumer 

pursuant to section 609 of the FCRA.1

Section 612(f)(1)(A)(i) of the FCRA 

provides that, where a consumer 

reporting agency is permitted to impose 

a reasonable charge on a consumer for 

making a disclosure to the consumer 

pursuant to section 609 of the FCRA, the 

charge shall not exceed $8.00 and shall 

be indicated to the consumer before 

making the disclosure. Section 612(f)(2) 

of the FCRA states that the Bureau shall 

increase the $8.00 maximum amount on 

January 1 of each year, based 

proportionally on changes in the 

Consumer Price Index, with fractional 

changes rounded to the nearest fifty 

cents. 

In 2011, the responsibility for 

performing this task was transferred 

from the Federal Trade Commission to 

the Bureau pursuant to the Dodd-Frank 

Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act of 2010.2 Like the 

Federal Trade Commission, the Bureau’s 

calculations are based on the CPI–U, 

which is the most general Consumer 

Price Index and covers all urban 

consumers and all items. 

Section 211(a)(2) of the FACT Act 

added a new section 612(a) to the FCRA 

that gives consumers the right to request 

free disclosures once every 12 months. 

The maximum allowable charge 

established by this notice does not 

apply to requests made under that 

provision. The charge does apply when 

a consumer who orders a file disclosure 

has already received a free annual 

disclosure and does not otherwise 

qualify for an additional free disclosure. 

The Bureau is using the $8.00 amount 

set forth in section 612(f)(1)(A)(i) of the 

FCRA as the baseline for its calculation 

of the increase in the ceiling on 

reasonable charges for certain 

disclosures made under section 609 of 

the FCRA. Since the effective date of the 

amended FCRA was September 30, 

1997, the Bureau calculated the 

proportional increase in the CPI–U from 

September 1997 to September 2014. The 

Bureau then determined what 

modification, if any, from the original 

base of $8.00 should be made effective 

for 2015, given the requirement that 

fractional changes be rounded to the 

nearest fifty cents. 

Between September 1997 and 

September 2014, the CPI–U increased by 

47.66 percent—from an index value of 

161.2 in September 1997 to a value of 

238.031 in September 2014. An increase 

of 47.66 percent in the $8.00 base figure 

would lead to a new figure of $11.81. 

However, because the statute directs 

that the resulting figure be rounded to 

the nearest $0.50, the new maximum 

allowable charge is $12.00. The Bureau 

therefore determines that the maximum 

allowable charge for the year 2015 will 

be $12.00, effective January 1, 2015. 

Dated: December 4, 2014. 

Richard Cordray, 

Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (CNCS), as part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirement on respondents can be 

properly assessed. 

Currently, CNCS is soliciting 

comments concerning its proposed 

renewal of the following proposed 

Generic Information Collection Request 

(Generic ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for 

the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 

on Agency Service Delivery’’ for 

approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. 

seq.). This collection was developed as 

part of a Federal Government-wide 

effort to streamline the process for 

seeking feedback from the public on 

service delivery. This notice announces 

our intent to submit this collection to 

OMB for approval and solicits 

comments on specific aspects for the 

proposed information collection. 

Copies of the information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed in the Addresses section 

of this Notice or on 

www.regulations.gov. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by 

February 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service; 

Attention Amy Borgstrom, Room 

10508B; 1201 New York Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the CNCS mailroom at Room 8100 at the 

mail address given in paragraph (1) 

above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

(3) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through www.regulations.gov. 

For this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. If you send an email 

comment, your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

Internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comments that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Borgstrom, 202–606–6930, or by 

email at aborgstrom@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CNCS is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 


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• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of CNCS, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are expected to respond, including the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

(e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses). 

Background 

CNCS seeks to continue to use this 

information collection to seek feedback 

on the agency’s service delivery from 

grantees and other stakeholders. 

Current Action 

The proposed information collection 

activity provides a means to garner 

qualitative customer and stakeholder 

feedback in an efficient, timely manner, 

in accordance with the Administration’s 

commitment to improving service 

delivery. By qualitative feedback we 

mean information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: Timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The Agency will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: The target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

The information collection will 

otherwise be used in the same manner 

as the existing application. CNCS also 

seeks to continue using the current 

application until the revised application 

is approved by OMB. The current 

application is due to expire on April 30, 

2014. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

OMB Number: 3045–0137. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households; Businesses and 

Organizations; State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Respondents: 10,000. 

Frequency: Once. 

Average Time Per Response: Averages 

10 minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,667 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): None. 

Request for Comments 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 


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and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

All written comments will be 

available for public inspection on 

regulations.gov. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Dated: December 10, 2014. 

Mary Hyde, 

Acting Director, Research and Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29293 Filed 12–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0160] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Teacher 

Cancellation Low Income Directory 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Federal Student Aid (FSA). 

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 February 

13, 2015. 

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–2014–ICCD– 

0160or via postal mail, commercial 

delivery, or hand delivery. If the 

regulations.gov site is not available to 

the public for any reason, ED will 

temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted; ED will 

only accept comments during the 

comment period in this mailbox when 

the regulations.gov site is not available. 

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, Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 

2E103, Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Tammy Gay, 

816–268–0432. 

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: Teacher 

Cancellation Low Income Directory. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0077. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 57. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 6,840. 

Abstract: The Teacher Cancellation 

Low Income (TCLI) Directory is the online data repository of elementary and 

secondary schools and educational 

service agencies that serve low-income 

families. State and Territory agencies 

report these schools to the TCLI 

Directory. The purpose of the TCLI 

Directory is to provide a single location 

for the public to find the list of schools 

and educational service agencies that 

are reported. By teaching at one of these 

schools, recipients of Federal student 

loans may qualify for loan cancellation 

as provided under Title I of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965. Additionally teaching at 

one of these schools is a requirement for 

the TEACH Grant program. Institutions 

of higher education as well as the 

Department use the TCLI Directory to 

assist students in determining if the 

schools they may teach at upon 

completing their degrees meet the 

qualifications for receiving the loan 

cancellations or receiving the TEACH 

Grant as grant funds. 

Dated: December 9, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29227 Filed 12–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; State 

Personnel Development Grants (SPDG) 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: State 

Personnel Development Grants (SPDG) 

Program Notice inviting applications for 

new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.323A. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: December 15, 

2014. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: January 29, 2015. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: March 30, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program, authorized by the 

Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act (IDEA), is to assist State educational 

agencies (SEAs) in reforming and 

improving their systems for personnel 

preparation and professional 

development in early intervention, 

educational, and transition services in 

order to improve results for children 

with disabilities. 

Priorities: This notice contains two 

absolute priorities. Absolute Priority 1 is 

from the notice of final priorities and 

definitions for this program, published 

in the Federal Register on August 2, 


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