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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review;
Federal Student Aid; Electronic Debit
Payment Option for Student Loans
The Preauthorized Debit
Account (PDA) Application is used to
establish electronic debiting for
individuals who have requested to have
their defaulted federal education debt
payments debited from their bank
accounts.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
regarding burden and/or the collection
activity requirements should be
electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or mailed to U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC
20202–4537. Copies of the proposed
information collection request may be
accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov,
by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending
Collections’’ link and by clicking on
link number 04879. 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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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, Privacy, Information
and Records 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. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Electronic Debit
Payment Option for Student Loans.
OMB Control Number: 1845–0025.
Type of Review: Revision.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,600.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 133.
Abstract: An Electronic Debit Account
Program gives the borrower the option
to repay federally funded student loans
via automatic debit deductions from
their checking or savings accounts. The
PDA payment option allows individuals
with defaulted federal education debts
(student loans or grant overpayments)
held by the U.S. Department of
Education’s (ED’s) Federal Student Aid
Default Resolution Group to have their
payments automatically debited from
their checking or savings accounts and
sent to ED. Individuals who choose the
use the PDA option to make their
payments must authorize ED to debit
their bank accounts. The PDA Brochure
and Application (PDA Application)
explains the PDA payment option and
collects the applicant’s authorization for
electronic debiting of payments and the
bank account information needed by ED
to debit the applicant’s account.
The authority for the PDA option is
provided under the Deficit Reduction
Act of 1984, Public Law 98–368, and 31
CFR part 202, Depositaries and
Financial Agents of the Government.
Operating rules and regulations
approved and published by the National
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Automated Clearing House Association
(NACHA) and 31 CFR part 210 also
govern the use of the PDA Application.
Finally, Regulation E, issued and
maintained by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, implements
Title IX of the Consumer Credit
Protection Act, as amended in 15 U.S.C.
1601. This regulation is designed to
implement the act, which primarily
serves to protect the interests of the
individual consumer participating in
electronic transfers. ED has used the
collection of information on the
currently approved PDA Application to
establish electronic debiting for
individuals who have requested to have
their defaulted federal education debt
payments debited from their bank
accounts.
Dated: August 24, 2012.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
[FR Doc. 2012–21306 Filed 8–28–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review; Federal Student Aid;
Electronic Debit Payment Option for Student Loans
SUMMARY: The Preauthorized Debit Account (PDA) Application is used to
establish electronic debiting for individuals who have requested to
have their defaulted federal education debt payments debited from their
bank accounts.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding burden and/or the collection
activity requirements should be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Copies of the
proposed information collection request may be accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link
and by clicking on link number 04879. 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.
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, Privacy, Information and Records 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. Please note that written comments received in response to
this notice will be considered public records.
Title of Collection: Electronic Debit Payment Option for Student
Loans.
OMB Control Number: 1845-0025.
Type of Review: Revision.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,600.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 133.
Abstract: An Electronic Debit Account Program gives the borrower
the option to repay federally funded student loans via automatic debit
deductions from their checking or savings accounts. The PDA payment
option allows individuals with defaulted federal education debts
(student loans or grant overpayments) held by the U.S. Department of
Education's (ED's) Federal Student Aid Default Resolution Group to have
their payments automatically debited from their checking or savings
accounts and sent to ED. Individuals who choose the use the PDA option
to make their payments must authorize ED to debit their bank accounts.
The PDA Brochure and Application (PDA Application) explains the PDA
payment option and collects the applicant's authorization for
electronic debiting of payments and the bank account information needed
by ED to debit the applicant's account.
The authority for the PDA option is provided under the Deficit
Reduction Act of 1984, Public Law 98-368, and 31 CFR part 202,
Depositaries and Financial Agents of the Government. Operating rules
and regulations approved and published by the National Automated
Clearing House Association (NACHA) and 31 CFR part 210 also govern the
use of the PDA Application. Finally, Regulation E, issued and
maintained by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
implements Title IX of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, as amended
in 15 U.S.C. 1601. This regulation is designed to implement the act,
which primarily serves to protect the interests of the individual
consumer participating in electronic transfers. ED has used the
collection of information on the currently approved PDA Application to
establish electronic debiting for individuals who have requested to
have their defaulted federal education debt payments debited from their
bank accounts.
Dated: August 24, 2012.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-21306 Filed 8-28-12; 8:45 am]
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