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improve the resilience of communities
behind levees. The National Levee
Safety Program has four major
components which include: National
Levee Safety Guidelines; Integrated
Levee Management; National Levee
Database; and Implementation Support.
These four components are intended to
work together to accomplish the goals of
the program. There are fact sheets and
additional information related to each of
these components at
www.leveesafety.org.
As part of the development of the
National Levee Safety Program, USACE
and FEMA developed a three-phased
stakeholder engagement plan to
continue their commitment to seek
feedback from stakeholders at various
phases of the program’s development.
Phase 1, which took place between
December 2021 and March 2022, was
focused on gathering initial input on the
purpose and scope of the program.
Phase 2, which took place between
March and June 2023, included
activities focused on soliciting feedback
on options for draft products, including
the National Levee Safety Guidelines
and supplemental resources. For this
notice, which is associated with Phase
3, comments are being sought on the full
draft of the Guidelines.
The draft Guidelines contain
voluntary best practices that are
intended to be scalable and adaptable to
local conditions. Topics in the draft
Guidelines range from basic concepts
and terminology to consistent
approaches for levee-related activities
throughout the life of a levee. In
addition, strategies to reduce flooding
impacts to people, property, and the
environment are also covered. Finally,
the value of addressing how climate
change impacts levees, how natural and
nature-based features can be integrated
into levees, and understanding the
needs of underserved and overburdened
communities is also emphasized
throughout the publication. The
complete publication can be found at
www.leveesafety.org/pages/nlsg or on
www.regulations.gov under docket
number COE–2021–0007. It is available
by individual chapters or as one
complete document. In preparation for
release of the draft first edition of the
National Levee Safety Guidelines,
USACE hosted two webinars to provide
an overview of the draft Guidelines and
the comment process. The webinars
were recorded and can be found at
www.leveesafety.org/pages/nlsg.
Questions to Assist in Providing
Feedback: Commentors are encouraged
to consider the following questions to
guide their feedback on the draft
National Levee Safety Guidelines:
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1. Did you find the document to be
beneficial for you or your organization?
Please explain your response.
2. Is there sufficient detail on the
principles and practices described in
the draft Guidelines? If not, what
additional detail should be included?
3. Is there an activity that is missing?
What should be explained more?
4. What other suggestions do you have
for improving the draft National Levee
Safety Guidelines?
Topic-Specific Webinars: To help
with this effort, USACE has conducted
a series of topic-specific webinars that
provide background information on
development of the draft National Levee
Safety Guidelines, more detail on
related content from applicable
chapters, examples from various
chapters that support the topic of the
webinar, and information on how to
submit feedback. Each webinar was
recorded and posted on
www.leveesafety.org/pages/nlsg.
The topic-specific webinars include:
• Levee Operations and Maintenance
• Emergency Planning, Response, and
Recovery Related to Levees
• Living with Levees: Building Resilient
Communities
• Assessing, Designing, and
Constructing Levees
• Environmental Considerations in
Flood Risk Management
Michael L. Connor,
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).
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[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0092]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Federal
Student Loan Program: Internship/
Residency and Loan Debt Burden
Forbearance Forms
Federal Student Aid (FSA),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing a
revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use https://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
SUMMARY:
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2024–SCC–0092. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
If the regulations.gov site is not
available to the public for any reason,
the Department will temporarily accept
comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Please include the docket ID number
and the title of the information
collection request when requesting
documents or submitting comments.
Please note that comments 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 Manager of the
Strategic Collections and Clearance
Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Ave., SW, LBJ, Room 6W203,
Washington, DC 20202–8240.
For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Beth
Grebeldinger, 202–570–8414.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
Department, 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. The
Department is soliciting comments on
the proposed information collection
request (ICR) that is described below.
The Department 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: Federal Student
Loan Program: Internship/Residency
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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and Loan Debt Burden Forbearance
Forms.
OMB Control Number: 1845–0018.
Type of Review: A revision of a
currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,215,812.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 181,495.
Abstract: These forms serve as the
means by which borrowers in the
William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan
(Direct Loan), Federal Family Education
Loan (FFEL) and the Federal Perkins
Loan (Perkins Loan) Programs may
request forbearance of repayment on
their loans if they meet certain
conditions. The U.S. Department of
Education and other loan holders uses
the information collected on these forms
to determine whether a borrower meets
the eligibility requirements for the
specific type of forbearance. The Service
forbearance (SERV Forb) and the
Student Loan Debt forbearance (SLDB
Forb) forms are currently approved
under OMB No. 1845–0018. The
General forbearance (GEN Forb) form is
currently approved under OMB No.
1845–0031. For greater simplicity and to
make it easier to maintain consistency
among the various forbearance forms,
the Department is consolidating the two
current collections into a single
collection under OMB No. 1845–0018.
This review request merges the number
of respondents/responses/burden hours
for both collections.
Dated: July 15, 2024.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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Applications for New Awards; Fund for
the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education—Tribal Controlled Colleges
or Universities (TCCUs) Research and
Development Infrastructure (RDI) Grant
Program
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
(Department) is issuing a notice inviting
applications for new awards for fiscal
year (FY) 2024 for the RDI grant
program.
SUMMARY:
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DATES:
Applications Available: July 18, 2024.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: September 16, 2024.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: November 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common
Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary
Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on December 7, 2022
(87 FR 75045) and available at
www.federalregister.gov/documents/
2022/12/07/2022-26554/commoninstructions-for-applicants-todepartment-of-education-discretionarygrant-programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jason Cottrell, Ph.D., U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 5C122, Washington, DC 20202–
4260. Telephone: (202) 453–7530.
Email: Jason.Cottrell@ed.gov.
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or
have a speech disability and wish to
access telecommunications relay
services, please dial 7–1–1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The RDI grant
program is designed to provide
Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs), TCCUs, and
Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs),
including Asian American and Native
American Pacific Islander Serving
Institutions (AANAPISIs), Alaska Native
and Native Hawaiian Serving
Institutions (ANNH), Hispanic Serving
Institutions (HSIs), Native American
Serving Non-Tribal Institutions
(NASNTIs), and/or Predominantly Black
Institutions (PBIs), or consortia led by
an eligible institution of higher
education (institution), with funds to
implement transformational
investments in research infrastructure,
including research productivity, faculty
expertise, graduate programs, physical
infrastructure, human capital
development, and partnerships leading
to increases in external funding.
For HBCUs and MSIs, the RDI grant
program supports institutions in
increasing their level of research activity
in alignment with the Carnegie
Classification designations. For TCCUs,
which currently have their own
Carnegie Classification, this program
seeks to support an increase in research
activities, undergraduate research
opportunities, faculty development,
research development, and
infrastructure, including physical
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infrastructure and human capital
development.
Assistance Listing Number: 84.116H.
OMB Control Number: 1894–0006.
Background: TCCUs provide access to
a postsecondary education for many of
the Nation’s American Indian and
Alaska Native students. In the fall of
2021, the 35 Title IV degree-granting
TCCUs enrolled over 13,000, or 14
percent of, American Indian and Alaska
Native undergraduate students.1
Between July 2021 and June 2022, 20 of
those TCCUs cumulatively conferred
380 bachelor’s degrees to American
Indian and Alaska Native students,
representing 87.4 percent of all
bachelor’s degrees conferred by TCCUs.2
Because of their central role in
educating American Indian and Alaska
Native students, it is important for
TCCUs to have the resources they need
to excel in research activity. Teaching
and research go hand in hand in
ensuring student 3 and institutional
success.4 Research activity can impact
funding, faculty and student
recruitment and retention, and student
research opportunities, and promote
diversity in graduate students and
faculty at an institution.
TCCUs play a critical role in
educating Native students and provide
opportunities to produce research on
American Indian issues from an
American Indian and Alaska Native
perspective.5 According to the National
Academies, data provided to their
committee looking at MSIs and Science,
Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) showed that 93
percent of the students enrolled in
STEM programs at four-year TCCUs in
the fall of 2016 were Native American
and Alaska Natives.6
However, TCCUs face obstacles in
their efforts to sustain and implement
extensive research activities.
Administrations often have difficulty
maintaining research activities due to
the young nature of the institutions and
1 U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS, Fall
Enrollment component.
2 U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS,
Completions component.
3 NSSE. (n.d.). Digging Deeper Into the Quality of
High-Impact Practices: HIPs Must be ‘‘Done Well’’
to Achieve Benefits.
4 Rosowsky, D. (2022, March 2). The Role of
Research at Universities: Why it Matters. In
Forbes.com.
5 Stull, G., Spyridakis, D., Gasman, M., Castro
Samayoa, A., & Booker, Y. (2015). Redefining
Success: How Tribal Colleges and Universities
Build Nations, Strengthen Sovereignty, and
Persevere Through Challenges.
6 Espinosa, L.L., McGuire, K., Miles Jackson, L.
(2019). Minority Serving Institutions: America’s
Underutilized Resource for Strengthening the STEM
Workforce.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0092]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Federal Student Loan Program: Internship/Residency and Loan Debt Burden
Forbearance Forms
AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2024-SCC-0092.
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any reason, the Department will
temporarily accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the
docket ID number and the title of the information collection request
when requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that
comments 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 Manager of the Strategic
Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW, LBJ, Room 6W203,
Washington, DC 20202-8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Beth Grebeldinger, 202-570-8414.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, 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. The Department is soliciting comments on the
proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below.
The Department 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: Federal Student Loan Program: Internship/
Residency
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and Loan Debt Burden Forbearance Forms.
OMB Control Number: 1845-0018.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,215,812.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 181,495.
Abstract: These forms serve as the means by which borrowers in the
William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan), Federal Family
Education Loan (FFEL) and the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan)
Programs may request forbearance of repayment on their loans if they
meet certain conditions. The U.S. Department of Education and other
loan holders uses the information collected on these forms to determine
whether a borrower meets the eligibility requirements for the specific
type of forbearance. The Service forbearance (SERV Forb) and the
Student Loan Debt forbearance (SLDB Forb) forms are currently approved
under OMB No. 1845-0018. The General forbearance (GEN Forb) form is
currently approved under OMB No. 1845-0031. For greater simplicity and
to make it easier to maintain consistency among the various forbearance
forms, the Department is consolidating the two current collections into
a single collection under OMB No. 1845-0018. This review request merges
the number of respondents/responses/burden hours for both collections.
Dated: July 15, 2024.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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