Federal Register - August 23, 2021
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 160 / Monday, August 23, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
annually approximately 10,000 veterans have submitted the application for discharge due to total permanent disability. This regulatory change
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reduces the burden assessed on the approved form by 5,000 hours 10,000
applicants .50 hours = 5,000 hours.
This will be a one-time reduction in
DISCHARGE APPLICATIONTOTAL AND PERMANENT DISABILITY
Number of respondents
Affected entity
Number of responses
Hours per response
Total burden
Estimate costs individual $28.18
Individual Veteran
10,000
10,000
.50
5,000
$140,000
Total
10,000
10,000
5,000
140,000
Discussion: The TPD discharge regulations currently require a borrower who qualifies for discharge of a Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, or Federal Direct Loan Program loan based on total and permanent disability certified by the SSA to submit an application in order to receive a TPD discharge. This information was collected under OMB
control number 18450065. Under these final regulations, a borrower who qualifies for a TPD discharge based on total and permanent disability as identified by the SSA will no longer be
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gather documentation, and complete the discharge application. In 2020 the Department received 23,171
applications from borrowers who were required to submit the application for discharge based on a total permanent disability determination from SSA. This regulatory change reduces the burden assessed on the approved form by 11,586 hours 23,171 applicants .50
hours = 11,586 hours. This will be a one-time reduction in burden. We are not changing the TPD Discharge Application to remove the section applicable to a borrowers request for a discharge based on SSA documentation.
required to submit a TPD application in order to receive a TPD discharge.
Requirements: These changes allow the Secretary to offer a Federal student loan borrower who is identified through SSA data as being totally and permanently disabled a discharge of his or her loans without requiring the borrower to submit a separate TPD
application. The borrower may elect to opt out of the TPD discharge and will continue to be responsible for repaying the loans.
Burden Calculation: These changes eliminate burden on the borrower. The currently approved form, 18450065, estimates 30 minutes .50 hours to read,
DISCHARGE APPLICATIONTOTAL AND PERMANENT DISABILITY
Number of respondents
Affected entity
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burden. We are not changing the TPD
Discharge Application to remove the section applicable to a veterans request for such a discharge.
Number of responses
Hours per response
Total burden
Estimated costs individual $28.18
Individual SSA Disability
23,171
23,171
.50
11,586
$326,493
Total
23,171
23,171
11,586
326,493
In total, we are revising the total burden assessment for the Information Collection 18450065 to be 221,629
respondents, 221,629 responses, and 110,814 hours. There are no changes to any of the forms in this collection.
A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless OMB approves the collection under the PRA and the corresponding information collection instrument displays a currently valid OMB control number. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is required to comply with, or is subject to penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information if the collection instrument does not display a currently valid OMB control number.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification The Secretary certifies that these regulations will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
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number of small entities. The U.S. Small Business Administration Size Standards define for-profit institutions as small businesses if they are independently owned and operated, are not dominant in their field of operation, and have total annual revenue below $7,000,000. Nonprofit institutions are defined as small entities if they are independently owned and operated and not dominant in their field of operation. Public institutions are defined as small organizations if they are operated by a government overseeing a population below 50,000.
This regulation would not affect any small entities. Small entities do not qualify as borrowers under these Federal loan programs, nor do small entities provide or fund Federal loans or their discharge.
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Intergovernmental Review This program is not subject to Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Assessment of Educational Impact In the IFR we requested comments on whether the regulations would require transmission of information that any other agency or authority of the United States gathers or makes available. Based on the response to the IFR and our own review, we have determined that these final regulations do not require transmission of information that any other agency or authority of the United States gathers or makes available.
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