[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53930-53931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26412]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Contraception and 
Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program (CIR-LRP)

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development, (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve the information on collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection was previously in the Federal Register 
on September 21, 1995, page 49000 and allowed 60 days for public 
comment. No public comments were received. The purposes of this notice 
is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National 
Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is 
not required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: Contraception and Infertility Research Loan 
Repayment Program. Type of Information Collection Request: NEW. Need 
and Use of Information Collection: The information proposed for 
collection will be used by NICHD to determine an applicant's 
eligibility for participation in the CIR-LRP. It will enable the NICHD 
to select qualified individuals for participation in the program, and 
to deliver eligible benefits.
    The annual burden estimates are as follows:

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated  
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual 
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per     hours per     burden hours 
                                                    respondents     respondent       response        requested  
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Applicants......................................             50               1             5.5             275 
Lender..........................................            200               1             0.5             100 
State/Other Entity..............................              8               1             0.5              4  
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The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $8,460. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no   
  Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.                                                                     

REQUESTS FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to 
minimize the burden to the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding 
the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the 
estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact: Louis V. DePaolo, Ph.D., Reproductive 
Sciences Branch, Center for Population Research, NICHD, NIH, Building 
61E, Room 8B01, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7510.


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COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received within on or 
before November 15, 1996.

    Dated: October 9, 1996.
Benjamin E. Fulton,
Executive Officer, NICHD.
[FR Doc. 96-26412 Filed 10-15-96; 8:45 am]
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