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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 130 / Monday, July 12, 2021 / Notices
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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: Endowment Excise Tax: Allocation Reduction Waiver.
OMB Control Number: 1840NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 200.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 200.
Abstract: In accordance with the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021
CRRSAA, Public Law 116260, section 314d6B, the Secretary may waive the requirements to reduce a grantees CRRSAA allocation by 50 percent, if upon application, an institution of higher education demonstrates need including need for additional funding for financial aid grants to students, payroll expenses, or other expenditures for the total amount of funds such institution is allocated under section 314a1 of CRRSAA. The proposed form provides institutions with the opportunity to request this waiver and collects data needed to evaluate their waiver request.
Additional Information: If this emergency collection is not approved, the Department will be unable to receive and review waiver requests in a timely manner, delaying the release of funds to institutions of higher education and students that are still recovering from the effects of the pandemic.
Dated: July 7, 2021.
Juliana Pearson, PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Office, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Accrediting Agencies Currently Undergoing Review for the Purposes of Recognition by the U.S. Secretary of Education Accreditation Group, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S.
Department of Education.
ACTION: Call for written third-party comments.
AGENCY:

This notice provides information to members of the public on submitting written comments for accrediting agencies currently undergoing review for purposes of recognition by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Herman Bounds, Director, Accreditation Group, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 27001, Washington, DC 20202, telephone: 202 4537615, or email:
herman.bounds@ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This request for written third-party comments concerning the performance of accrediting agencies under review by the Secretary of Education is required by 496n1A of the Higher Education Act HEA of 1965, as amended, and pertains to the summer 2022 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity NACIQI. The meeting date and location have not been determined, but will be announced in a later Federal Register notice. In addition, a later Federal Register notice will describe how to register to provide oral comments at the meeting.
Agencies Under Review and Evaluation: The Department requests written comments from the public on the following accrediting agencies, which are currently undergoing review and evaluation by the Accreditation Group, and which will be reviewed at the summer 2022 NACIQI meeting.
The agencies are listed by the type of application each agency has submitted.
Please note, each agencys current scope of recognition is indicated below. If any agency requests a change to its scope of recognition, identified are both the current scope of recognition and the requested scope of recognition.
SUMMARY:

Applications for Renewal of Recognition 1. Association for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation. Scope of recognition: The accreditation and pre-accreditation Candidate Status of institutions of
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biblical higher education in the United States offering undergraduate certificates, associate degrees, baccalaureate degrees, graduate certificates, and masters degrees, including the accreditation of educational programs offered via distance education.
2. American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education. Scope of recognition: The accreditation of occupational therapy educational programs offering the professional masters degree, combined baccalaureate/masters degree, and occupational therapy doctorate OTD
degree; the accreditation of occupational therapy assistant programs offering the associate degree or a certificate; and the accreditation of these programs offered via distance education. Requested scope of recognition: The pre-accreditation and accreditation throughout the United States of occupational therapy education programs offering the professional masters degree, combined baccalaureate/masters degree, and occupational therapy doctorate OTD
degree; and occupational therapy assistant programs offering the baccalaureate degree, associate degree, or a certificate; including those programs offered via distance education.
3. Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Scope of recognition: The accreditation and pre-accreditation within the United States of professional degree programs in pharmacy leading to the degree of Doctor of Pharmacy, including those programs offered via distance education.
4. Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., Accreditation Commission. Scope of recognition: The pre-accreditation provisional and accreditation of both clinical pastoral education CPE centers and Certified Educator CPE programs within the United States, including those that offer those programs via distance education.
5. American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation.
Scope of recognition: The accreditation of predoctoral dental education programs leading to the D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree, advanced dental education programs, and allied dental education programs that are fully operational or have attained Initial Accreditation status, including programs offered via distance education.
6. Distance Education Accrediting Commission. Scope of recognition: The accreditation of postsecondary institutions in the United States that offer degree and/or non-degree programs primarily by the distance or correspondence education method up to
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