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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0034]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; eZ-Audit: Electronic
Submission of Financial Statements
and Compliance Audits
Federal Student Aid (FSA),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension of a previously
approved information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 21,
2013.
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–2013–ICCD–0034
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those submitted after the comment
period will not be accepted. 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, Room
2E103, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Electronically mail
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not
send comments here.
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

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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: eZ-Audit:
Electronic Submission of Financial
Statements and Compliance Audits.
OMB Control Number: 1845–0072.
Type of Review: an extension of a
previously approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
Sector, State, Local, or Tribal
Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 6,100.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,342.
Abstract: eZ-Audit is a web-based
process designed to facilitate the
submission of compliance and financial
statement audits, expedite the review of
those audits by the Department, and
provide more timely and useful
information to public, non-profit and
proprietary institutions regarding the
Department’s review. eZ-Audit
establishes a uniform process under
which all institutions submit directly to
the Department any audit required
under the Title IV, HEA program
regulations. eZ-Audit continues to have
minimal number of financial template
line items and general information
questions.
Dated: March 18, 2013.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0033]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Ronald
E. McNair Postbaccalaureate
Achievement Program Annual
Performance Report
The Office of Postsecondary
Education (OPE), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of a previously
approved information collection.

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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 21,
2013.
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–2013–ICCD–0033
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those submitted after the comment
period will not be accepted. 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, Room
2E103, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Electronically mail
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not
send comments here.
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: Ronald E. McNair
Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
Annual Performance Report.
OMB Control Number: 1840–0640.
Type of Review: A revision of a
previously approved information
collection.
DATES:

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Respondents/Affected Public: Private
Sector, State, Local, or Tribal
Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 158.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,738.
Abstract: Ronald E. McNair
Postbaccalaureate Achievement
(McNair) Program Annual Performance
Report Program grantees must submit
the report annually. The reports are
used to evaluate grantees’ performance
for substantial progress, GPRA, and to
award prior experience points at the end
of each project (budget) period. The
Department also aggregates the data to
provide descriptive information on the
projects and to analyze the impact of the

McNair Program on the academic
progress of participating students.

ACTION:

Dated: March 18, 2013.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.

SUMMARY: On January 25, 2013, the
Chief Operating Officer for Federal
Student Aid in the U.S. Department of
Education published in the Federal
Register (78 FR 5433) a notice
announcing the interest rates for the
period July 1, 2012, through June 30,
2013, for certain loans made under the
Federal Family Education Loan
Program. We correct two of the charts in
that notice.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Annual Notice of Interest Rates of
Federal Student Loans Made Under the
Federal Family Education Loan
Program
Federal Student Aid,
Department of Education.

AGENCY:

DATES:

Notice; correction.

Effective March 22, 2013.

On page
5434 we correct Chart 1 to read as
follows:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

CHART 1—‘‘CONVERTED’’ VARIABLE-RATE FEDERAL SUBSIDIZED AND UNSUBSIDIZED STAFFORD LOANS
Cohort
First
disbursed
before

First disbursed on or after
7/1/1988 ........................................
7/23/1992 ......................................
7/23/1992 ......................................
7/23/1992 ......................................
7/23/1992 ......................................
7/23/1992 ......................................

7/23/1992
10/1/1992
7/1/1994
7/1/1994
7/1/1994
7/1/1994

Immediately following the chart we
add:
‘‘Note: The FFEL Program loans
represented by the second row of the
chart were only made to ‘‘new
borrowers’’ on or after July 23, 1992.’’
We corrected the margin column for
what were the second, third, and fourth
rows (now the third, fourth, and fifth

Max. rate
(percent)

Original fixed interest rate

8.00%, increasing to 10.00% .......
8.00%, increasing to 10.00% .......
7.00% ............................................
8.00% ............................................
9.00% ............................................
8.00%, increasing to 10.00% .......

91-Day
T-bill rate
(percent)

10.00
10.00
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00

rows) to read 3.10 percent, rather than
3.25 percent. The total rate column
reflects the margin rate changes.
We added a sixth row, to differentiate
between two cohorts of ‘‘converted’’
variable-rate loans that were originally
fixed-rate loans with rates that began at
8 percent, but increased to 10 percent
after 4 years of repayment.

Margin
(percent)

0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09

Total rate
(percent)

3.25
3.25
3.10
3.10
3.10
3.10

3.34
3.34
3.19
3.19
3.19
3.19

We added a cohort column, consistent
with other charts in the notice, to
provide additional specificity as to
when the FFEL Program loans
represented in the chart were made.
On page 5434 we correct Chart 2 to
read:

CHART 2—VARIABLE-RATE FEDERAL SUBSIDIZED AND UNSUBSIDIZED STAFFORD LOANS
Cohort

Margin

First disbursed on or after

First
disbursed
before

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10/1/1992 .................................................
7/1/1994 ...................................................
7/1/1994 ...................................................
7/1/1995 ...................................................
7/1/1998 ...................................................

7/1/1994
†7/1/1994

7/1/1995
7/1/1998
7/1/2006

We corrected the maximum rate
column for the second row from 8.25
percent to 9 percent.
The Note following Chart 2 in the
interest rate notice is correct, and we do
not republish it here.
As a reminder, a dagger following a
date in the cohort fields indicates that

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Max. rate
(percent)

9.00
9.00
8.25
8.25
8.25

91-Day
T-bill rate
(percent)

In-school,
grace,
deferment
(percent)

0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09

the trigger for the rate to apply is a
period of enrollment for which the loan
was intended either ‘‘ending before’’ or
‘‘beginning on or after’’ the date in the
cohort field.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian
Foss, U.S. Department of Education, 830
First Street NE., Room 114I1,

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3.10
3.10
3.10
2.50
1.70

Total rate

All other
periods
(percent)
3.10
3.10
3.10
3.10
2.30

In-school,
grace,
deferment
(percent)
3.19
3.19
3.19
2.59
1.79

All other
periods
(percent)
3.19
3.19
3.19
3.19
2.39

Washington, DC 20202–5354.
Telephone: (202) 377–3681 or by email:
ian.foss@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339.

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