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Negotiated Rulemaking Committee,
Negotiator Nominations and Schedule
of Committee Meetings—Title IV
Federal Student Aid Programs,
Violence Against Women Act
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
AGENCY:
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Intention to establish negotiated
rulemaking committee.
ACTION:
We announce our intention to
establish a negotiated rulemaking
committee to prepare proposed
regulations to address the changes to the
campus safety and security reporting
requirements in the Jeanne Clery
Disclosure of Campus Security Policy
and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery
Act), made by the Violence Against
Women Reauthorization Act of 2013
(VAWA). The committee will include
representatives of organizations or
groups with interests that are
significantly affected by the subject
matter of the proposed regulations. We
request nominations for individual
negotiators who represent key
stakeholder constituencies for the issues
to be negotiated to serve on the
committee, and we set a schedule for
committee meetings.
DATES: We must receive your
nominations for negotiators to serve on
the committee on or before October 21,
2013. The dates, times, and locations of
the committee meetings are set out in
the Schedule for Negotiations section in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
ADDRESSES: Please send your
nominations for negotiators to Wendy
Macias, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street NW., Room 8017,
Washington, DC 20006. Telephone:
(202) 502–7526 or by email:
wendy.macias@ed.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about the content of this
notice, including information about the
negotiated rulemaking process or the
nomination submission process,
contact: Wendy Macias, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street
NW., room 8017, Washington, DC
20006. Telephone: (202) 502–7526 or by
email: wendy.macias@ed.gov.
For general information about the
negotiated rulemaking process, see The
Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title
IV Regulations, Frequently Asked
Questions at https://www2.ed.gov/policy/
highered/reg/hearulemaking/hea08/negreg-faq.html.
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.
SUMMARY:
On May 1,
2012, we published a notice in the
Federal Register (77 FR 25658)
announcing our intent to establish a
negotiated rulemaking committee under
section 492 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965, as amended (HEA).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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On April 16, 2013, we published a
notice in the Federal Register (78 FR
2247), which we corrected on April 30,
2013 (78 FR 25235), announcing
additional topics for consideration for
action by the negotiated rulemaking
committee. The additional topics for
consideration were cash management of
funds provided under the title IV
Federal Student Aid programs, State
authorization for programs offered
through distance education or
correspondence education, State
authorization for foreign locations of
institutions located in a State, clock to
credit hour conversion, gainful
employment, changes to the campus
safety and security reporting
requirements in the Clery Act made by
the VAWA (Pub. L. 113–4), and the
definition of ‘‘adverse credit’’ for
borrowers in the Federal Direct PLUS
Loan Program.
We announced three public hearings
at which interested parties could
comment on the new topics suggested
by the Department and suggest
additional topics for consideration for
action by the negotiating committee. On
May 13, 2013, we announced in the
Federal Register (78 FR 27880) the
addition of a fourth hearing. The
hearings were held on May 21, 2013, in
Washington, DC; May 23, 2013, in
Minneapolis, Minnesota; May 30, 2013,
in San Francisco, California; and June 4,
2013, in Atlanta, Georgia. We also
invited parties unable to attend a public
hearing to submit written comments on
the additional topics and to submit
other topics for consideration.
Transcripts from all six public hearings
are available at https://www2.ed.gov/
policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/
2012/. Written comments
submitted in response to the May 1,
2012, and April 16, 2013, notices may
be viewed through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Instructions for
finding comments are available on the
site under ‘‘How to Use
Regulations.gov’’ in the Help section.
Individuals can enter docket ID ED–
2012–OPE–0008 in the search box to
locate the appropriate docket.
On June 12, 2013, while we continued
to review the testimony offered at the
public hearings and the comments
submitted through the public comment
process regarding other proposed
rulemaking topics, we announced our
intention to establish a negotiated
rulemaking committee to prepare
proposed regulations to establish
standards for programs that prepare
students for gainful employment in a
recognized occupation (78 FR 35179).
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Regulatory Issues: After considering
the information received at the regional
hearings and the written comments, we
have decided to establish an additional
negotiating committee to prepare
proposed regulations to address the
changes made by the VAWA to the
campus safety and security reporting
requirements in the Clery Act. In
addition, we may propose additional
changes to clarify and update the
existing campus safety and security
reporting requirements. We intend to
select negotiators for the committee who
represent the interests significantly
affected by the topics proposed for
negotiations. In so doing, we will follow
the requirement in section 492(b)(1) of
the HEA that the individuals selected
must have demonstrated expertise or
experience in the relevant subjects
under negotiation. We will also select
individual negotiators who reflect the
diversity among program participants,
in accordance with section 492(b)(1) of
the HEA. Our goal is to establish a
committee that will allow significantly
affected parties to be represented while
keeping the committee size manageable.
The committee may create subgroups
on particular topics that may involve
additional individuals who are not
members of the committee. Such
individuals who are not selected as
members of the committee will be able
to attend the meetings, have access to
the individuals representing their
constituencies, and participate in
informal working groups on various
issues between the meetings. The
committee meetings will be open to the
public.
While this committee will focus on
changes made by the VAWA to the
campus safety and security reporting
requirements in the Clery Act, the
Department continues to review the
valuable testimony offered at the public
hearings and the comments submitted
through the public comment process
regarding other proposed rulemaking
topics. These include cash management
of funds provided under title IV Federal
Student Aid programs, regulations
designed to prevent fraud, State
authorization for programs offered
through distance education or
correspondence education, State
authorization for foreign locations of
institutions located in a State, clock to
credit hour conversion, the definition of
‘‘adverse credit’’ for borrowers in the
Federal Direct PLUS Loan Program; and
campus-based Federal Student Aid
program reforms. We anticipate
announcing our intention to establish a
negotiated rulemaking committee to
consider some or all of these other
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proposed rulemaking topics in the
coming months.
Constituencies: We have identified
the following constituencies as having
interests that are significantly affected
by the topics proposed for negotiations.
The Department plans to seat as
negotiators individuals from
organizations or groups representing
these constituencies:
• Students.
Æ We are particularly interested in
organizations or groups representing
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgendered students; male students;
female students; minority students; and
students with disabilities.
• Legal assistance organizations that
represent students.
• Consumer advocacy organizations.
Æ We are particularly interested in
victims’ and human rights
organizations, Title IX advocacy groups,
and anti-defamation groups.
• State higher education executive
officers.
• State attorneys general and other
appropriate State officials.
• Institutions of higher education
eligible to receive Federal assistance
under title III, Parts A, B, and F and title
V of the HEA, which include
Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, Hispanic-Serving
Institutions, American Indian Tribally
Controlled Colleges and Universities,
Alaska Native and Native HawaiianServing Institutions, Predominantly
Black Institutions, and other institutions
with a substantial enrollment of needy
students as defined in title III of the
HEA.
• Two-year public institutions of
higher education.
• Four-year public institutions of
higher education.
• Private, non-profit institutions of
higher education.
• Private, for-profit institutions of
higher education.
• Institutional campus public safety
officials.
• Institutional student affairs/
disciplinary divisions.
• Institutional centers for women,
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgendered individuals.
• Institutional attorneys.
• Indian tribal governments.
• Campus safety advocates.
The goal of the committee is to
develop proposed regulations that
reflect a final consensus of the
committee. Consensus means that there
is no dissent by any member of the
negotiating committee, including the
committee member representing the
Department. An individual selected as a
negotiator will be expected to represent
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the interests of his or her organization
or group and participate in the
negotiations in a manner consistent
with the goal of developing proposed
regulations on which the committee will
reach consensus. If consensus is
reached, all members of the organization
or group represented by a negotiator are
bound by the consensus and are
prohibited from commenting negatively
on the resulting proposed regulations.
The Department will not consider any
such negative comments on the
proposed regulations that are submitted
by members of such an organization or
group.
Nominations: Nominations should
include:
• The name of the nominee, the
organization or group the nominee
represents, and a description of the
interests that the nominee represents.
• Evidence of the nominee’s expertise
or experience in the subjects to be
negotiated.
• Evidence of support from
individuals or groups within the
constituency that the nominee will
represent.
• The nominee’s commitment that he
or she will actively participate in good
faith in the development of the
proposed regulations.
• The nominee’s contact information,
including address, phone number, fax
number, and email address.
For a better understanding of the
negotiated rulemaking process,
nominees should review The Negotiated
Rulemaking Process for Title IV
Regulations, Frequently Asked
Questions at https://www.ed.gov/policy/
highered/reg/hearulemaking/hea08/negreg-faq.html prior to committing to
serve as a negotiator.
Nominees will be notified whether or
not they have been selected as
negotiators as soon as the Department’s
review process is completed.
Schedule for Negotiations: The
VAWA Committee will meet for three
sessions on the following dates:
Session 1: January 13–14, 2014
Session 2: February 24–25, 2014
Session 3: March 31–April 1, 2014
Sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
The meetings for the committee will
be held at the U.S. Department of
Education at: 1990 K Street NW. Eighth
Floor Conference Center, Washington,
DC 20006
The meetings are open to the public.
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
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Dated: September 13, 2013.
Lynn B. Mahaffie,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy,
Planning, and Innovation, delegated the
authority to perform the functions and duties
of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
EPA is proposing approval of
the State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions submitted by the State of
Colorado. On May 25, 2011, the
Governor of Colorado’s designee
submitted to EPA a revised maintenance
plan for the Aspen area for the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) for particulate matter with an
aerodynamic diameter less than or equal
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proposing approval of the revised
maintenance plan’s 2023 transportation
conformity motor vehicle emissions
budget for PM10. This action is being
taken under sections 110 and 175A of
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DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before October 21, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket number EPA–R08–
OAR–2012–0475, by one of the
following methods:
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the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Email: ostigaard.crystal@epa.gov.
• Fax: (303) 312–6064 (please alert
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT if you are faxing
comments).
• Mail: Carl Daly, Director, Air
Program, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P–
AR, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver,
Colorado 80202–1129.
• Hand Delivery: Carl Daly, Director,
Air Program, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8,
Mailcode 8P–AR, 1595 Wynkoop Street,
Denver, Colorado 80202–1129. Such
deliveries are only accepted Monday
through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
excluding Federal holidays. Special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Please see the direct final rule, which is
located in the Rules section of this
Federal Register for detailed instruction
on how to submit comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 8, Mailcode 8P–AR, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202–1129, (303) 312–6602,
ostigaard.crystal@epa.gov.
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: August 28, 2013.
Shaun L. McGrath,
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implementing the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter VI
[Docket ID ED-2013-OPE-0124]
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, Negotiator Nominations and
Schedule of Committee Meetings--Title IV Federal Student Aid Programs,
Violence Against Women Act
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Intention to establish negotiated rulemaking committee.
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SUMMARY: We announce our intention to establish a negotiated rulemaking
committee to prepare proposed regulations to address the changes to the
campus safety and security reporting requirements in the Jeanne Clery
Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act
(Clery Act), made by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of
2013 (VAWA). The committee will include representatives of
organizations or groups with interests that are significantly affected
by the subject matter of the proposed regulations. We request
nominations for individual negotiators who represent key stakeholder
constituencies for the issues to be negotiated to serve on the
committee, and we set a schedule for committee meetings.
DATES: We must receive your nominations for negotiators to serve on the
committee on or before October 21, 2013. The dates, times, and
locations of the committee meetings are set out in the Schedule for
Negotiations section in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
ADDRESSES: Please send your nominations for negotiators to Wendy
Macias, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 8017,
Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: (202) 502-7526 or by email:
wendy.macias@ed.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the content of
this notice, including information about the negotiated rulemaking
process or the nomination submission process, contact: Wendy Macias,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., room 8017, Washington,
DC 20006. Telephone: (202) 502-7526 or by email: wendy.macias@ed.gov.
For general information about the negotiated rulemaking process,
see The Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title IV Regulations,
Frequently Asked Questions at https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/hea08/neg-reg-faq.html.
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: On May 1, 2012, we published a notice in the
Federal Register (77 FR 25658) announcing our intent to establish a
negotiated rulemaking committee under section 492 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).
On April 16, 2013, we published a notice in the Federal Register
(78 FR 2247), which we corrected on April 30, 2013 (78 FR 25235),
announcing additional topics for consideration for action by the
negotiated rulemaking committee. The additional topics for
consideration were cash management of funds provided under the title IV
Federal Student Aid programs, State authorization for programs offered
through distance education or correspondence education, State
authorization for foreign locations of institutions located in a State,
clock to credit hour conversion, gainful employment, changes to the
campus safety and security reporting requirements in the Clery Act made
by the VAWA (Pub. L. 113-4), and the definition of ``adverse credit''
for borrowers in the Federal Direct PLUS Loan Program.
We announced three public hearings at which interested parties
could comment on the new topics suggested by the Department and suggest
additional topics for consideration for action by the negotiating
committee. On May 13, 2013, we announced in the Federal Register (78 FR
27880) the addition of a fourth hearing. The hearings were held on May
21, 2013, in Washington, DC; May 23, 2013, in Minneapolis, Minnesota;
May 30, 2013, in San Francisco, California; and June 4, 2013, in
Atlanta, Georgia. We also invited parties unable to attend a public
hearing to submit written comments on the additional topics and to
submit other topics for consideration. Transcripts from all six public
hearings are available at https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2012/. Written comments submitted in response
to the May 1, 2012, and April 16, 2013, notices may be viewed through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Instructions for
finding comments are available on the site under ``How to Use
Regulations.gov'' in the Help section. Individuals can enter docket ID
ED-2012-OPE-0008 in the search box to locate the appropriate docket.
On June 12, 2013, while we continued to review the testimony
offered at the public hearings and the comments submitted through the
public comment process regarding other proposed rulemaking topics, we
announced our intention to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee
to prepare proposed regulations to establish standards for programs
that prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation
(78 FR 35179).
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Regulatory Issues: After considering the information received at
the regional hearings and the written comments, we have decided to
establish an additional negotiating committee to prepare proposed
regulations to address the changes made by the VAWA to the campus
safety and security reporting requirements in the Clery Act. In
addition, we may propose additional changes to clarify and update the
existing campus safety and security reporting requirements. We intend
to select negotiators for the committee who represent the interests
significantly affected by the topics proposed for negotiations. In so
doing, we will follow the requirement in section 492(b)(1) of the HEA
that the individuals selected must have demonstrated expertise or
experience in the relevant subjects under negotiation. We will also
select individual negotiators who reflect the diversity among program
participants, in accordance with section 492(b)(1) of the HEA. Our goal
is to establish a committee that will allow significantly affected
parties to be represented while keeping the committee size manageable.
The committee may create subgroups on particular topics that may
involve additional individuals who are not members of the committee.
Such individuals who are not selected as members of the committee will
be able to attend the meetings, have access to the individuals
representing their constituencies, and participate in informal working
groups on various issues between the meetings. The committee meetings
will be open to the public.
While this committee will focus on changes made by the VAWA to the
campus safety and security reporting requirements in the Clery Act, the
Department continues to review the valuable testimony offered at the
public hearings and the comments submitted through the public comment
process regarding other proposed rulemaking topics. These include cash
management of funds provided under title IV Federal Student Aid
programs, regulations designed to prevent fraud, State authorization
for programs offered through distance education or correspondence
education, State authorization for foreign locations of institutions
located in a State, clock to credit hour conversion, the definition of
``adverse credit'' for borrowers in the Federal Direct PLUS Loan
Program; and campus-based Federal Student Aid program reforms. We
anticipate announcing our intention to establish a negotiated
rulemaking committee to consider some or all of these other proposed
rulemaking topics in the coming months.
Constituencies: We have identified the following constituencies as
having interests that are significantly affected by the topics proposed
for negotiations. The Department plans to seat as negotiators
individuals from organizations or groups representing these
constituencies:
Students.
[cir] We are particularly interested in organizations or groups
representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered students; male
students; female students; minority students; and students with
disabilities.
Legal assistance organizations that represent students.
Consumer advocacy organizations.
[cir] We are particularly interested in victims' and human rights
organizations, Title IX advocacy groups, and anti-defamation groups.
State higher education executive officers.
State attorneys general and other appropriate State
officials.
Institutions of higher education eligible to receive
Federal assistance under title III, Parts A, B, and F and title V of
the HEA, which include Historically Black Colleges and Universities,
Hispanic-Serving Institutions, American Indian Tribally Controlled
Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions, Predominantly Black Institutions, and other institutions
with a substantial enrollment of needy students as defined in title III
of the HEA.
Two-year public institutions of higher education.
Four-year public institutions of higher education.
Private, non-profit institutions of higher education.
Private, for-profit institutions of higher education.
Institutional campus public safety officials.
Institutional student affairs/disciplinary divisions.
Institutional centers for women, lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgendered individuals.
Institutional attorneys.
Indian tribal governments.
Campus safety advocates.
The goal of the committee is to develop proposed regulations that
reflect a final consensus of the committee. Consensus means that there
is no dissent by any member of the negotiating committee, including the
committee member representing the Department. An individual selected as
a negotiator will be expected to represent the interests of his or her
organization or group and participate in the negotiations in a manner
consistent with the goal of developing proposed regulations on which
the committee will reach consensus. If consensus is reached, all
members of the organization or group represented by a negotiator are
bound by the consensus and are prohibited from commenting negatively on
the resulting proposed regulations. The Department will not consider
any such negative comments on the proposed regulations that are
submitted by members of such an organization or group.
Nominations: Nominations should include:
The name of the nominee, the organization or group the
nominee represents, and a description of the interests that the nominee
represents.
Evidence of the nominee's expertise or experience in the
subjects to be negotiated.
Evidence of support from individuals or groups within the
constituency that the nominee will represent.
The nominee's commitment that he or she will actively
participate in good faith in the development of the proposed
regulations.
The nominee's contact information, including address,
phone number, fax number, and email address.
For a better understanding of the negotiated rulemaking process,
nominees should review The Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title IV
Regulations, Frequently Asked Questions at https://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/hea08/neg-reg-faq.html prior to committing
to serve as a negotiator.
Nominees will be notified whether or not they have been selected as
negotiators as soon as the Department's review process is completed.
Schedule for Negotiations: The VAWA Committee will meet for three
sessions on the following dates:
Session 1: January 13-14, 2014
Session 2: February 24-25, 2014
Session 3: March 31-April 1, 2014
Sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The meetings for the committee will be held at the U.S. Department
of Education at: 1990 K Street NW. Eighth Floor Conference Center,
Washington, DC 20006
The meetings are open to the public.
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
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listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is 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 available via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well
as all other documents of the Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the
site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at:
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1098a.
Dated: September 13, 2013.
Lynn B. Mahaffie,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Innovation,
delegated the authority to perform the functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2013-22868 Filed 9-18-13; 8:45 am]
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