Federal Register: January 9, 2009

Volume 74, Number 6

[Notices]

[Page 893-894]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division,
Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management
invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
February 9, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395-
6974.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) provides interested Federal agencies and the public an
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform
its statutory obligations. The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management, publishes that
notice containing proposed information collection requests prior to
submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information
collection, grouped by office, contains the following: (1) Type of
review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)
Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information; (5)
Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.

    Dated: January 5, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services,
Office of Management.

Federal Student Aid

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Documents Associated with the Notice of Terms and Conditions
of Purchase of Loans under the Ensuring Continued Access to Student
Loans Act of 2008.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:

Responses: 15,195.
Burden Hours: 26,980.
    Abstract: As one of several measures intended to address concerns
about the availability of loans under the Federal Family Education Loan
(FFEL) Program during the 2008-2009 academic year, the Ensuring
Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (ECASLA), and the
Extension of Student Loan Purchase Authority which extended the program
through the 2009-2010 academic year, provides the Department of
Education (the Department) with temporary authority to purchase student
loans from FFEL Program lenders. The documents included in this
collection set forth the terms and conditions of the loan purchase
program authorized by ECASLA and its extension, and collect the
information from lenders that is required by the Department to
administer the program.
    Requests for copies of the information collection submission for
OMB review may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting
the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number
3878. 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,

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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 when making your request.
    Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
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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