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OMB Control Number: 1810–0684. 

Type of Review: An extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 51. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,173. 

Abstract: This is a request for an 

extension without change for the 1810– 

0684 High School Equivalency Program 

(HEP) Annual Performance Report 

collection. The Office of Migrant 

Education (OME) is collecting 

information for the High School 

Equivalency Program (HEP) which is 

authorized under Title IV, Section 418A 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended by Section 408 of the Higher 

Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)(20 

U.S.C. 1070d–2) (special programs for 

students whose families are engaged in 

migrant and seasonal farmwork) and 2 

CFR 200.328 which requires that 

recipients of discretionary grants submit 

an Annual Performance Report (APR) to 

best inform improvements in program 

outcomes and productivity. 

Although the Education Department 

continues to use the generic 524B, OME 

is requesting to continue the use of a 

customized APR that goes beyond the 

generic 524B APR to facilitate the 

collection of more standardized and 

comprehensive data to inform 

Government Performance Results Act 

(GPRA) indicators, to improve the 

overall quality of data collected, and to 

increase the quality of data that can be 

used to inform policy decisions. 

Dated: June 14, 2021. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12773 Filed 6–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Early Implementation of the FAFSA 

Simplification Act’s Removal of 

Requirements for Title IV Eligibility 

Related to Selective Service 

Registration and Drug-Related 

Convictions 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Education (Department) publishes this 

notice, as required by the FAFSA 

Simplification Act (Act), which was 

enacted into law as part of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, 

of early implementation of the Act’s 

removal of requirements for Title IV 

eligibility related to Selective Service 

registration and drug-related 

convictions. 

DATES:

Effective date: June 17, 2021. 

Implementation date: August 16, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aaron Washington, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 

Room 2C182, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 453–7241. Email: 

Aaron.Washington@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department publishes this notice, as 

required by the Act, of early 

implementation of the Act’s removal of 

requirements for Title IV eligibility 

related to Selective Service registration 

and drug-related convictions. A Dear 

Colleague Letter issued by the 

Department on June 11, 2021, providing 

information regarding the early 

implementation of the Act’s removal of 

these requirements, including actions 

institutions must take as these changes 

are implemented in phases across award 

years 2021–2022, 2022–2023, and 2023– 

2024, is available in the Appendix of 

this notice. 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document 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. 

Tiwanda Burse, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management 

& Planning, Office of Postsecondary 

Education. 

Appendix—DCL ID: GEN–21–xx 

Subject: Early Implementation of the 

FAFSA Simplification Act’s Removal of 

Selective Service and Drug Conviction 

Requirements for Title IV Eligibility. 

Summary: This letter provides information 

about the early implementation of the FAFSA 

Simplification Act’s removal of Selective 

Service and drug conviction requirements for 

Title IV eligibility, as well as actions that 

institutions must take as these changes are 

implemented in phases across award years 

2021–2022, 2022–2023, and 2023–2024. 

Certain other aspects of the law being 

implemented are discussed in separate 

communications. 

Dear Colleague: 

On December 27, 2020, the FAFSA 

Simplification Act (Act) was enacted into law 

as part of the Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2021. The Act makes many important 

changes to the Higher Education Act of 1965 

(HEA) and the Free Application for Federal 

Student Aid (FAFSA®). Two changes referred 

to by this DCL include amending Sec. 484 of 

the HEA to remove: 

• The requirement that male students 

register with the Selective Service before the 

age of 26 to be eligible for federal student aid 

under Title IV of the HEA (Title IV); and 

• Suspension of eligibility for Title IV aid 

for drug-related convictions that occurred 

while receiving Title IV aid. 

Under the Act, the Department of 

Education (Department) may implement 

these changes by providing 60 days’ notice in 

the Federal Register. The Secretary is issuing 

this notice in the coming days. Institutions 

may implement the changes as early as the 

date the Federal Register notice publishes. 

They must implement the changes no later 

than 60 days after the date of the Federal 

Register notice (implementation date). To 

make Title IV aid accessible to as many 

students as soon as possible, the Department 

of Education (Department) will implement 

these changes in three phases across three 

award years: The 2021–2022, 2022–2023, and 

2023–2024 award years. 

Other than statutory and regulatory 

requirements included in the document, the 

contents of this guidance do not have the 

force and effect of law and are not meant to 

bind the public. This document is intended 

only to provide clarity to the public regarding 

existing requirements under the law or 

agency policies. 

2021–2022 Award Year 

For the 2021–2022 award year, for which 

the FAFSA cycle has already begun, the 

Selective Service and drug conviction 

questions (as well as the option to register 

with the Selective Service via the FAFSA) 

will remain on the FAFSA. However, failing 

to register with the Selective Service or 


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having a drug conviction while receiving 

federal Title IV aid will no longer impact a 

student’s Title IV aid eligibility. 

For the 2021–2022 award year, institutions 

will still see Comment Codes 30, 33, or 57 

for Selective Service issues and Comment 

Codes 53, 54, 56, or 58 for drug convictions. 

Each Comment Code will still include 

messaging that a resolution is required to 

regain eligibility for federal student aid. For 

Institutional Student Informational Reports 

(ISIRs) received on or after the 

implementation date, institutions must 

ignore the Comment Codes and the 

messaging requiring resolution and proceed 

to award and disburse aid to students if they 

are otherwise eligible. However, while 

recommended, institutions are not required 

to go back and reprocess, package, or award 

aid for ISIRs they received for the 2021–2022 

award year prior to the implementation date 

unless requested by the student. 

Federal Student Aid will be proactively 

sending emails to students who are 

associated with 2021–2022 ISIRs received 

prior to the implementation date and who 

were determined to be ineligible based on 

their answers to Selective Service and drug 

conviction questions informing them about 

the change in the law and their potential 

eligibility for Title IV aid. Emails will direct 

students to contact their institution’s 

financial aid office. 

2022–2023 Award Year 

For the 2022–2023 award year, we will 

enhance implementation of the removal of 

Selective Service and drug conviction 

requirements for federal Title IV eligibility. 

Similar to the 2021–2022 award year: 

• The Selective Service and drug 

conviction questions (as well as the option to 

register with the Selective Service via the 

FAFSA) will remain on the FAFSA; 

• Failing to register with the Selective 

Service or having a drug conviction while 

receiving federal Title IV aid will no longer 

affect a student’s Title IV aid eligibility; and 

• Institutions will still see Comment Codes 

30, 33, or 57 for Selective Service issues and 

Comment Codes 53, 54, 56, or 58 for drug 

convictions, which institutions must ignore 

and may not use as a reason to deny Title IV 

aid to a student. 

However, for the 2022–2023 award year, 

the Department will include language in the 

Comment Codes stating that no further action 

is necessary on the part of the student or the 

institution. 

2023–2024 Award Year 

For the 2023–2024 award year, the 

Department plans to completely remove both 

the Selective Service and drug conviction 

questions from the FAFSA, as well as the 

option to register with the Selective Service 

via the FAFSA. We will also remove any 

associated Comment Codes and messaging 

that indicate a resolution is required for 

federal Title IV eligibility. 

Questions about our early implementation 

of these provisions of the FAFSA 

Simplification Act should be referred to our 

Contact Customer Support outreach site 

within FSA’s Help Center, located in the new 

Knowledge Center. To submit a question, 

please enter your name, email address, topic, 

and question. When submitting a question 

related to this Dear Colleague Letter, please 

select the topic ‘‘FSA Ask-A–FED/Policy.’’ 

Thank you for your continued support of 

the Title IV federal student aid programs. 

Sincerely, 

Richard Cordray, Chief Operating Officer, 

Federal Student Aid. 

Annmarie Weisman, Deputy Assistant, 

Secretary for Policy, Planning, and 

Innovation, Office of Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12762 Filed 6–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER21–2117–000] 

Little Blue Wind Project, LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Little 

Blue Wind Project, LLC’s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is July 1, 2021. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

may mail similar pleadings to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Dated: June 11, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12778 Filed 6–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2315–167] 

Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Comments, 

Motions To Intervene, and Protests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Request for a 

temporary amendment of the reservoir 

drawdown limit. 

b. Project No.: 2315–167. 

c. Date Filed: May 28, 2021. 

d. Applicant: Dominion Energy South 

Carolina, Inc. 

e. Name of Project: Neal Shoals 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Broad River in Union and Chester 

Counties, South Carolina. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Amy 

Bresnahan, Dominion Energy South 


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