Subject: Direct Loan Income Contingent Repayment Plan and Income-Based Repayment Plan--Consent to Disclosure of Tax Information

Publication Date: May 11, 2009

Posted Date: May 11, 2009

FR Type: Notice

[Federal Register: May 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 89)]
[Notices]               
[Page 21788-21789]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr11my09-478]                         

===============================================================
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 
June 10, 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, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or send e-mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.

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) provide 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 Director, 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: May 6, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory 
Information Management Services, Office of Management.

Federal Student Aid

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Direct Loan Income Contingent Repayment Plan & Income-Based 
Repayment Plan--Consent to Disclosure of Tax Information.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or household.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:

Responses: 405,577.
Burden Hours: 81,115.

    Abstract: This form serves as the means by which a borrower who is 
repaying Direct Loan Program loans under the Income-Contingent 
Repayment (ICR) Plan or the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) Plan grants 
permission for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide the U.S. 
Department of Education (the Department) with a borrower's tax return 
information so that the Department can determine borrower eligibility 
and monthly loan payment amount for the ICR and IBR Plans. Under Direct 
Loan Program regulations, a borrower's tax information is used to 
calculate the monthly loan payment amount under the ICR and IBR plans.
    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 
3977. 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.

[[Page 21789]]

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.

[FR Doc. E9-10957 Filed 5-8-09; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000-01-P

Maintained for Historical Purposes

Subject: Direct Loan Income Contingent Repayment Plan and Income-Based Repayment Plan--Consent to Disclosure of Tax Information