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(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) Minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: September 9, 2010. 

James Hyler, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Innovation and Improvement 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: Application for 

Grants under the Credit Enhancement 

for Charter School Facilities Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1855–0007. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions, State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies, Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 20. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,600. 

Abstract: The Department of 

Education will use the application to 

award grants under the Credit 

Enhancement for Charter School 

Facilities Program (formerly known as 

the Charter School Facilities Financing 

Demonstration Program) grants. These 

grants will be made to private, nonprofits; public entities; governmental 

entities; and consortia of these 

organizations. The funds are to be 

deposited into a reserve account that 

will be used to leverage private funds on 

behalf of charter schools to acquire, 

construct, and renovate school facilities. 

This information collection is being 

submitted under the Streamlined 

Clearance Process for Discretionary 

Grant Information Collections (1894– 

0001). Therefore, the 30-day public 

comment period notice will be the only 

public comment notice published for 

this information collection. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or from the 

Department’s Web site at http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4365. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection and 

OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(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 and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically to 

FAFSA.Comments@ed.gov. We also ask 

that you copy them to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or mail to U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 

20202–4537. Please note that written 

comments received in response to this 

notice will be considered public 

records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that 

Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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. 

Dated: September 13, 2010. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: 2011–2012 Federal 

Student Aid Application. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0001. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 35,818,915. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 32,239,328. 

Abstract: Public Law 89–329, Sections 

401–495, the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended (HEA), mandates that 

the Secretary of Education ‘‘* * * shall 

produce, distribute, and process free of 

charge common financial reporting 

forms as described in this subsection to 

be used for application and 

reapplication to determine the need and 

eligibility of a student for financial 

assistance.’’ 

The determination of need and 

eligibility are for the following Title IV, 

HEA, federal student financial 

assistance programs: The Federal Pell 

Grant Program; the Campus-Based 

programs (Federal Supplemental 

Educational Opportunity Grant 

(FSEOG), Federal Work-Study (FWS), 

and the Federal Perkins Loan Program); 

the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan 

Program; the Teacher Education 

Assistance for College and Higher 

Education (TEACH) Grant; and the Iraq 

and Afghanistan Service Grant. 

Federal Student Aid, an office of the 

U.S. Department of Education (hereafter 

‘‘the Department’’), subsequently 

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developed an application process to 

collect and process the data necessary to 

determine a student’s eligibility to 

receive Title IV, HEA program 

assistance. The application process 

involves an applicant’s submission of 

the Free Application for Federal Student 

Aid (FAFSA). After submission of the 

FAFSA, an applicant receives a Student 

Aid Report (SAR) which is a summary 

of the data they submitted on the 

FAFSA. The applicant reviews the SAR, 

and, if necessary, will make corrections 

or updates to their submitted FAFSA. 

The Department seeks OMB approval 

of all application components as a 

single ‘‘collection of information.’’ The 

aggregate burden will be accounted for 

under OMB Control Number 1845–0001, 

currently assigned to the FAFSA form. 

The specific application components, 

descriptions and submission methods 

for each are listed in Table 1. 

TABLE 1—FEDERAL STUDENT AID APPLICATION COMPONENTS

Component Description Submission method 

Initial Submission of FAFSA 

FAFSA on the Web (FOTW) ........... Online FAFSA that offers applicants a customized experience ............ Submitted by the applicant via 

http://www.fafsa.gov. 

FOTW—Renewal ............................ Online FAFSA for applicants who have previously completed the 

FAFSA.

FOTW—EZ ...................................... Online FAFSA for applicants who qualify for the Simplified Needs 

Test (SNT) or Automatic Zero (Auto Zero) needs analysis formulas.

FOTW—EZ Renewal ...................... Online FAFSA for applicants who have previously completed the 

FAFSA and who qualify for the SNT or Auto Zero needs analysis 

formulas.

FAFSA on the Phone (FOTP) ......... The Federal Student Aid Information Center (FSAIC) representatives 

assist applicants by filing the FAFSA on their behalf through FOTW.

Submitted through http:// 

www.fafsa.gov for applicants 

who call 1–800–4–FED–AID. 

FOTP—EZ ....................................... FSAIC representatives assist applicants who qualify for the SNT or 

Auto Zero needs analysis formulas by filing the FAFSA on their behalf through FOTW.

FAA Access ..................................... Online tool that a financial aid administrator (FAA) utilizes to submit a 

FAFSA.

Submitted through http://

www.faaacess.ed.gov by a FAA 

on behalf of an applicant. 

FAA Access—Renewal ................... Online tool that a FAA can utilize to submit a Renewal FAFSA.

FAA Access—EZ ............................ Online tool that a FAA can utilize to submit a FAFSA for applicants 

who qualify for the SNT or Auto Zero needs analysis formulas.

FAA Access—EZ Renewal ............. Online tool that a FAA can utilize to submit a FAFSA for applicants 

who have previously completed the FAFSA and who qualify for the 

SNT or Auto Zero needs analysis formulas.

Electronic Other .............................. This is a submission done by a FAA, on behalf of the applicant, using 

the Electronic Data Exchange (EDE).

The FAA may be using their mainframe computer or software to 

facilitate the EDE process. 

PDF FAFSA or Paper FAFSA ........ The paper version of the FAFSA printed by the Department for applicants who are unable to access the Internet or the online PDF 

FAFSA for applicants who can access the Internet but are unable 

to complete the form using FOTW.

Mailed by the applicant. 

Correcting Submitted FAFSA Information and Reviewing FAFSA Information 

FOTW—Corrections ........................ Any applicant who has a Federal Student Aid PIN (FSA PIN)—regardless of how they originally applied—may correct using FOTW 

Corrections.

Submitted by the applicant via 

http://www.fafsa.gov. 

Electronic Other—Corrections ........ With the applicant’s permission, corrections can be made by a FAA 

using the EDE.

The FAA may be using their mainframe computer or software to 

facilitate the EDE process. 

Paper SAR—This is a SAR and an 

option for corrections..

The full paper summary that is mailed to paper applicants who did 

not provide an e-mail address, to applicants who did not sign their 

application and to applicants whose records were rejected during 

processing because the Social Security Number did not match with 

the SSA. Applicants can write corrections directly on the paper 

SAR and mail for processing.

Mailed by the applicant. 

FAA Access—Corrections ............... An institution can use FAA Access to correct the FAFSA .................... Submitted through http://www.

faaacess.ed.gov by a FAA on 

behalf of an applicant. 

Internal Department Corrections ..... The Department will submit an applicant’s record for system generated corrections.There is no burden to the applicants under this correction type 

as these are system based corrections. 

FSAIC Corrections .......................... Any applicant, with their Data Release Number (DRN), can change 

the postsecondary institutions listed on their FAFSA or change 

their address by calling FSAIC.

These changes are made directly 

in the CPS system by a FSAIC 

representative. 

SAR Electronic (eSAR) ................... This is the PDF version of the SAR for applicants who applied electronically or by paper and provided an e-mail address.Cannot be submitted for processing. 

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TABLE 1—FEDERAL STUDENT AID APPLICATION COMPONENTS—Continued 

Component Description Submission method 

SAR Acknowledgment .................... This is the condensed paper SAR that is mailed to applicants who 

applied electronically but did not provide an e-mail address.

This information collection also 

documents an estimate of the annual 

public burden. The updated estimates 

are the result of the Department’s efforts 

to more accurately determine the 

public’s burden as it relates to the 

application process for Federal student 

aid. The findings have led to the 

development of the Applicant Burden 

Model (ABM), which measures 

applicant burden through an assessment 

of the activities each applicant conducts 

in conjunction with other characteristics 

of the applicant. The ABM has been 

designed to more accurately describe, in 

terms of burden, the average applicant’s 

experience. Key determinants of the 

ABM include: 

• The total number of applicants that 

will potentially apply for Federal 

student aid; 

• How the applicant chooses to 

complete and submit the FAFSA, e.g., 

by paper or electronically via FOTW; 

• How the applicant chooses to 

submit any corrections and/or updates 

(e.g., the paper SAR or electronically via 

FOTW Corrections); 

• The type of SAR document the 

applicant receives (paper SAR, SAR 

acknowledgment, or the eSAR); 

• The formula applied to determine 

the applicant’s EFC (full need analysis 

formula, Simplified Needs Test or 

Automatic Zero); and 

• The average amount of time 

involved in preparing to complete the 

application. 

The ABM is largely driven by the 

number of potential applicants for the 

application cycle. The total application 

projection for 2011–2012 is based upon 

two factors—estimates of the total 

enrollment in all degree-granting 

institutions and the percentage change 

in FAFSA submissions for the last 

completed application cycle. This 

results in an estimate of 23,611,500 total 

applicants that will submit a FAFSA for 

2011–2012. 

The ABM is also largely based on the 

application options available to students 

and parents. In assessing the application 

options available, the Department 

recognized a need to restructure the 

current breakdown of the application 

components and revise the burden 

estimates for each application 

component based on a recently 

implemented web trending tool, FOTW 

survey information, and other 

Department data sources. The ABM 

changes the classification of the 

application components and combines 

the two previously separate collections 

for the FAFSA and the SAR. The final 

application components were listed in 

Table 1. These changes create a onetime re-alignment of the methodology, 

but do not reflect any change in the 

actual burden experienced by 

applicants. The changes have allowed 

the Department to utilize more 

controlled and accurate data for its 

burden calculations. 

Another critical element included in 

the ABM is the anticipated impacts of 

the Department’s enhancements to the 

application process and application 

products. In an ongoing effort for 

process improvement, the Department 

routinely conducts a review of the 

application data elements to identify 

questions that could be revised or 

removed. As a result, for 2011–2012, 

two questions have been deleted from 

the application. 

Also for 2011–2012, FOTW will be 

further improved by the implementation 

of significant enhancements facilitated 

by a web technology upgrade. The 

upgraded application will include new 

features including a redesigned 

homepage and more dynamic and 

personalized navigation. In addition, 

there will be improved and simplified 

functionality for users that need to 

correct or update their FAFSA data 

using FAFSA Corrections. 

FOTW will also expand the offering of 

the IRS Data Retrieval tool to more users 

in 2011–2012 by offering the tool earlier 

in the application cycle and offering the 

tool in FAFSA Corrections. Beginning in 

January of 2010, the Department began 

offering FOTW applicants the IRS Data 

Retrieval tool which significantly 

simplifies the completion of the FAFSA 

for many applicants. The IRS Data 

Retrieval tool is an optional service that 

provides the applicant and their 

parents, if parental information is 

required, access to view the IRS tax 

information required to complete the 

FAFSA. The applicant can also securely 

transfer the IRS information into the 

FAFSA. The tool saves time and 

increases the accuracy of the data 

submitted. 

The Department has assessed that 

these simplification efforts over the last 

year, in addition to planned 

enhancements that will be deployed on 

January 1, 2011 for 2011–2012 cycle, 

will produce an overall reduction in 

burden. To understand the decrease in 

burden we should state that the 

decrease is even more notable because 

it is offset by the overall increase in the 

number of applicants choosing to attend 

college and apply for federal student 

aid. 

For 2010–2011, the Department 

estimated that 21,696,675 applicants 

would complete the application. This 

led to a total burden estimate of 

33,774,347 hours. The 2010–2011 

FAFSA information collection (OMB 

Control # 1845–0001) was approved for 

26,781,074 hours and the 2010–2011 

SAR information collection (OMB 

Control # 1845–0008) was approved for 

6,993,273 hours. Table 2 demonstrates 

what the burden would have been for 

the FAFSA and SAR collection in 2011– 

2012 if only the increase in applicants 

was taken into account. 

TABLE 2—BURDEN BASELINE FOR 2011–2012—ACCOUNTING ONLY FOR INCREASE IN APPLICANTS

2010–2011 Baseline— 

2011–2012 Change Percentage Change 

Total Number of Applicants (Respondents) .................................................... 21,696,675 23,611,500 1,914,825 8.83 

FAFSA Annual Burden (Hours) ....................................................................... 26,781,074 30,034,682 3,253,608 12.15 

SAR Annual Burden (Hours) ........................................................................... 6,993,273 7,610,459 617,186 8.83 

Annual Burden ................................................................................................. 33,774,347 37,645,141 3,870,794 11.46 

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As shown in Table 2, if no other 

changes had been made to the 

application process and the burden was 

calculated taking into account only the 

8.83% increase in applicants; the 

burden would have increased by 

11.46%. This translates into a burden 

adjustment of 3,870,794 hours. 

Now that we have accounted for the 

burden change based solely on the 

increase in applicants, we can compare 

that figure to the actual burden 

calculated for 2011–2012. The 

Department’s final total estimated 

burden for 2011–2012, which is 

32,239,328, hours reflects all of the 

distinct application components 

combined into one information 

collection. The burden baseline for 

2011–2012 based solely on the increase 

in applicants was 37,645,141 hours. 

Table 3 shows the difference in the two 

calculations. 

TABLE 3—BURDEN BASELINE COMPARED TO FINAL BURDEN

Baseline— 

2011–2012 

Final—2011– 

2012 Change Percentage Change 

Total Number of Applicants (Respondents) .................................................... 23,611,500 23,611,500 0 0 

Annual Burden ................................................................................................. 37,645,141 32,239,328 5,405,813 ¥14.36 

Table 3 also demonstrates the 

reduction in the public burden as a 

result of the simplification initiatives 

developed and implemented by the 

Department. The burden decrease is 

14.36%, the largest in several years, and 

translates into a program change 

decrease of more than 5.4 million hours. 

Lastly, Table 4, depicts the overall 

burden change in total burden hours 

from 2010–2011 to 2011–2012. 

TABLE 4—COMPARISON OF 2010–2011 OVERALL BURDEN TO 2011–2012 OVERALL BURDEN

2010–2011 Final—2011– 

2012 Change Percentage Change 

Total Number of Applicants (Respondents) .................................................... 21,696,675 23,611,500 1,914,825 8.83 

Annual Burden ................................................................................................. 33,774,347 32,239,328 ¥1,535,019 ¥4.54 

This results in an overall program 

change reduction of 1,535,019 hours 

when compared to 2010–2011. As stated 

previously, this reduction is attributed 

to the simplification enhancements 

which include the redesign of FAFSA 

on the Web application submission, the 

availability of the IRS Data Retrieval 

Tool, a simplified FOTW homepage, 

more personalized navigation, and 

lastly, improved and simplified 

functionality for users that need to 

correct or update their FAFSA data 

through FOTW Corrections. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on link 

number 4391. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Biomass Research and Development 

Technical Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Biomass Research 

and Development Technical Advisory 

Committee under Section 9008(d) of the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008. The Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) 

requires that agencies publish these 

notices in the Federal Register to allow 

for public participation. This notice 

announces the meeting of the Biomass 

Research and Development Technical 

Advisory Committee. 

DATES: September 29, 2010 and 

September 30, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Embassy Suites Denver— 

Aurora, 4444 North Havana Street, 

Denver, Colorado 80239, (303) 375– 

0400. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura McCann, Designated Federal 

Officer for the Committee, Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586–7766; 

E-mail: laura.mccann@ee.doe.gov or 

Chrissy Fagerholm at (202) 586–2933; Email: christina.fagerholm@ee.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and guidance that promotes 

research and development leading to the 

production of biobased fuels and 

biobased products. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include the following: 

• Update on USDA Biomass R&D 

Activities. 

• Update on DOE Biomass R&D 

Activities. 

• Presentation on USDA and 

Department of Navy Joint Efforts. 

• Presentation on IBR Projects 

Panel—Cellulosic Ethanol. 

• Presentation on ‘‘Drop-In Fuels’’ 

Projects Panel. 

Public Participation: In keeping with 

procedures, members of the public are 

welcome to observe the business of the 

Biomass Research and Development 

Technical Advisory Committee. To 

attend the meeting and/or to make oral 

statements regarding any of the items on 

the agenda, you should contact Laura 

McCann at 202–586–7766; E-mail: 

laura.mccann@ee.doe.gov or Chrissy 

Fagerholm at (202) 586–2933; E-mail: 

christina.fagerholm@ee.doe.gov. You 

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