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jeopardizing the safety or security of 

people, places or vessels. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine Safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security Measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 

CFR part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231; 50 U.S.C. 191; 

33 CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation 

No. 0170.1 

■ 2. Add § 165.T08–0913 to read as 

follows: 

§ 165.T08–0913 Safety zone; Ohio River, 

Cincinnati, OH. 

(a) Location. The following area is a 

safety zone: All navigable waters of the 

Ohio River between mile marker (MM) 

469.5 and MM 470.1 in Cincinnati, OH. 

(b) Effective period. This temporary 

safety zone will be enforced from 7:45 

p.m. through 8:45 p.m. on October 19, 

2017. 

(c) Regulations. (1) In accordance with 

the general regulations in § 165.23 of 

this part, entry into this zone is 

prohibited unless specifically 

authorized by the Captain of the Port 

Sector Ohio Valley (COTP) or a 

designated representative. Persons or 

vessels desiring to enter into or pass 

through the zone must request 

permission from the COTP or a 

designated representative. They may be 

contacted on VHF–FM radio channel 16 

or phone at 1–800–253–7465. 

(2) Persons and vessels permitted to 

deviate from this safety zone regulation 

and enter the restricted area must transit 

at the slowest safe speed and comply 

with all lawful directions issued by the 

COTP or a designated representative. 

(d) Informational broadcasts. The 

COTP or a designated representative 

will inform the public through 

broadcast notices to mariners of the 

enforcement period for the temporary 

safety zone as well as any changes in the 

planned schedule. 

Dated: October 10, 2017. 

M.B. Zamperini, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port, Sector Ohio Valley. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22594 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Part 600 

Federal Student Aid Programs 

(Institutional Eligibility); Foreign 

Institutions Affected by Natural 

Disasters 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Identification of inapplicable 

regulatory provisions. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary is identifying as 

temporarily inapplicable certain 

regulatory provisions determining 

whether an educational institution 

qualifies in whole or in part as an 

eligible institution of higher education 

under the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (HEA), to provide relief to 

foreign institutions affected by 

Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. 

DATES: The regulatory provisions 

identified in this document are 

inapplicable from October 18, 2017, 

through the earlier of June 30, 2019, or 

the date that an affected foreign 

institution can resume operation in its 

home country. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Macias, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW., 

Room 6C111, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 203–9155 or by email: 

Wendy.Macias@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

regulations at 34 CFR 600.51(c) state, ‘‘A 

foreign institution must comply with all 

requirements for eligible and 

participating institutions except when 

made inapplicable by the HEA or when 

the Secretary, through publication in the 

Federal Register, identifies specific 

provisions as inapplicable to foreign 

institutions.’’ Under this authority, the 

Secretary is identifying as inapplicable 

the regulatory provisions listed below 

from 34 CFR part 600, which determine 

whether an educational institution 

qualifies in whole or in part as an 

eligible institution of higher education 

under the HEA, and may apply to 

participate in programs authorized by 

the HEA. 

We are taking this action to provide 

relief to foreign institutions affected by 

Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Maria. This 

action allows a foreign institution that 

can no longer operate in its home 

country due to the effects of Hurricane 

Irma or Hurricane Maria to temporarily 

operate in another country, contingent 

upon the foreign institution receiving 

approval from the Secretary for the 

relocation after providing: 

• The plan and timeline for the 

temporary relocation, including details 

of the program offerings and an 

agreement with any institution at which 

the affected institution will temporarily 

relocate; 

• Approval of the plan and timeline 

for the temporary relocation from the 

foreign institution’s accrediting body, 

including an agreement by that 

accrediting body to visit and monitor 

operations at the temporary location; 

• Documentation from the 

government of the country where the 

temporary campus will be located that 

the foreign institution will be allowed to 

operate the temporary location for the 

period of time specified in the timeline; 

and 

• Any additional information the 

Secretary requires for approval. 

The Secretary reserves the right to 

revoke through written notice her 

approval of a foreign institution for 

relocation upon evidence of waste, 

fraud, or abuse. 

The Secretary is identifying as 

inapplicable the following regulations: 

1. 34 CFR 600.52, definition of a 

‘‘foreign institution,’’ paragraph (1)(i), 

requiring that a foreign institution not 

be located in a State; 

2. 34 CFR 600.52, definition of a 

‘‘foreign institution,’’ paragraph (1)(ii), 

requiring that, with the exception of the 

clinical training portion of a foreign 

medical, veterinary, or nursing program, 

a foreign institution (1) have no U.S. 

locations; (2) have no written 

arrangements, within the meaning of 

§ 668.5, with institutions or 

organizations located in the United 

States for students enrolling at the 

foreign institution to take courses from 

institutions located in the United States; 

and (3) does not permit students to 

enroll in any course offered by the 

foreign institution in the United States, 

including research, work, internship, 

externship, or special studies within the 

United States, except that independent 

research done by an individual student 

in the United States for not more than 

one academic year is permitted if it is 

conducted during the dissertation phase 

of a doctoral program under the 

guidance of faculty, and the research 

can only be performed in a facility in 

the United States; 

3. 34 CFR 600.52, definition of a 

‘‘foreign institution,’’ paragraph (1)(iii), 

requiring a foreign institution to be 

legally authorized by the education 

ministry, council, or equivalent agency 

of the country in which the institution 

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program beyond the secondary 

education level; 

4. 34 CFR 600.52, definition of a 

‘‘foreign institution,’’ paragraph (1)(iv), 

requiring a foreign institution to award 

degrees, certificates, or other recognized 

educational credentials in accordance 

with § 600.54(e) that are officially 

recognized by the country in which the 

institution is located; 

5. 34 CFR 600.52, definition of a 

‘‘foreign institution,’’ paragraph (2), 

requiring that, if an educational 

enterprise enrolls students both within 

a State and outside a State, and the 

number of students who would be 

eligible to receive title IV, HEA program 

funds attending locations outside a State 

is at least twice the number of students 

enrolled within a State, the locations 

outside a State must apply to participate 

as one or more foreign institutions and 

must meet all requirements of the 

definition of a ‘‘foreign institution,’’ and 

the other requirements applicable to 

foreign institutions; 

6. 34 CFR 600.54(d)(1), requiring the 

additional locations of a foreign 

institution to separately meet the 

definition of a ‘‘foreign institution’’ in 

34 CFR 600.52 if the additional location 

is located outside of the country in 

which the main campus is located, 

except as provided for the clinical 

training portion of a program of a 

foreign graduate medical school, 

veterinary school, or nursing school; 

7. 34 CFR 600.55(a)(2)(iii), requiring 

that, as part of its clinical training, a 

foreign graduate medical school does 

not offer more than two electives 

consisting of no more than eight weeks 

per student at a site located in a foreign 

country other than the country in which 

the main campus is located or in the 

United States, unless that location is 

included in the accreditation of a 

medical program accredited by the 

Liaison Committee on Medical 

Education (LCME) or the American 

Osteopathic Association (AOA); 

8. 34 CFR 600.55(b)(1)(i), requiring 

that a foreign graduate medical school 

be approved by an accrediting body that 

is legally authorized to evaluate the 

quality of graduate medical school 

educational programs and facilities in 

the country where the school is located; 

and 

9. 34 CFR 600.55(h), requiring that a 

foreign graduate medical program 

offered to U.S. students: 

• Must be located in the country in 

which the main campus of the school is 

located, except for the clinical training 

portion of the program, and must be in 

a country whose medical school 

accrediting standards are comparable to 

U.S. standards as determined by the 

NCFMEA, except for exempt clinical 

training sites in 34 CFR 600.55(h)(3)(ii), 

or clinical sites located in the United 

States. 

• Unless a clinical training site is an 

exempt clinical training site under 34 

CFR 600.55(h)(3)(ii), for students to be 

eligible to receive Direct Loan funds at 

any part of the clinical training portion 

of the program located in a foreign 

country other than the country where 

the main campus of the foreign graduate 

medical school is located or in the 

United States: (i) The school’s medical 

accrediting agency must have conducted 

an on-site evaluation and approved the 

clinical training site, and (ii) the clinical 

instruction must be offered in 

conjunction with programs offered to 

students enrolled in accredited schools 

located in that approved foreign 

country. 

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 program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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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 

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at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

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(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

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You may also access documents of the 

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Specifically, through the advanced 

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the Department. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1088. 

Dated: October 13, 2017. 

Kathleen A. Smith, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22628 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2015–0034; FRL–9969–59– 

Region 5] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Minnesota; Regional Haze Progress 

Report 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving a regional 

haze progress report under the Clean Air 

Act as a revision to the Minnesota State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). Minnesota 

has satisfied the progress report 

requirements of the Regional Haze Rule. 

The progress report examines 

Minnesota’s progress in implementing 

its regional haze plan during the first 

half of the first implementation period. 

Minnesota has met the requirements for 

submitting a periodic report describing 

its progress toward reasonable progress 

goals (RPGs) established for regional 

haze. Minnesota also provided a 

determination of the adequacy of its 

plan in addressing regional haze with its 

negative declaration submitted with the 

progress report. Because the state 

addresses the applicable requirements, 

EPA is approving the progress report 

and adequacy determination for the first 

implementation period for regional haze 

as a revision to the Minnesota SIP. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective December 18, 2017, unless EPA 

receives adverse comments by 

November 17, 2017. If adverse 

comments are received, EPA will 

publish a timely withdrawal of the 

direct final rule in the Federal Register 

informing the public that the rule will 

not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2015–0034 at https://

www.regulations.gov or via email to 

blakley.pamela@epa.gov. For comments 

submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

Regulations.gov. For either manner of 

submission, EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 


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