[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28483-28484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13610]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 35, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed 
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans, call the HRSA 
Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program: 
Forms--0915-0043--Extension, No Change

    This clearance request is for extension of approval for 3 HEAL 
forms: the Repayment Schedule is used by lenders to inform the borrower 
of the cost of a HEAL loan, the number and amount of payments, and the 
Truth-in-Lending requirements; the Promissory Note is used by the 
lender to provide the borrower with the legally binding terms of the 
loan; and the Lender's Report (also known as the Call Report) is used 
by the lender to provide the Department with information on the status 
of all loans outstanding. The forms are needed to provide borrowers 
with information on their responsibilities and to determine which 
lenders may have

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excessive delinquencies and defaulted loans. The estimate of burden for 
the forms are as follows:

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                                                              Responses                 Burden per      Total   
                 Form and No.                    Number of       per       Number of     response       burden  
                                                respondents   respondent   responses      (hrs.)        hours   
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Disclosure:                                                                                                     
    Repayment Schedule HRSA 501-1,2...........           11        1,090       12,000           .5         6,000
    Promissory Note, HRSA 500-1,2, & 3........           11        1,384       15,227           .5         7,614
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      Disclosure Subtotal.....................           11        2,474       27,227           .5        13,614
Reporting:                                                                                                      
    Call Report HRSA 512......................           32            4          128           .75           96
      Reporting Subtotal......................           32            4          128           .75           96
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        Total.................................           32          855       27,355           .5        13,710
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    Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: May 14, 1997.
J. Henry Montes,
Director, Office of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-13610 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]
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