[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41445-41446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19502]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection: Comment Request; Contraception and
Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
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the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment
on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval.
PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: Contraception and Infertility Research Loan
Repayment Program. Type of Request: Revision (OMB No. 0925-0440, Exp.
12/31/99). Form Number: NIH 2756-1, NIH 2756-2. Need and Use of
Information Collection: The NICHD Contraception and Infertility
Research Loan Repayment Program (CIR-LRP) intends to provide for the
repayment of educational loan debt of health professionals (including
graduate students) who agree to commit to a period of obligated service
of not less than two years conducting research with respect to
contraception and/or infertility. The CIR-LRP is designed to provide an
incentive for health professionals to work in areas of reproductive
research directly related to contraceptive development and/or
infertility diagnosis and treatment by providing assistance in repaying
educational loans for such individuals. The long-range objective of the
CIR-LRP is to stimulate the commitment of researchers to sustaining a
career focus on contraception and/or infertility research. The
information proposed for collection will be used by the 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
CIR-LRP application consists of two parts: Part I (Information About
the Applicant) is completed by the applicant; Section A of Part II
(Loan Information and Permission for Disclosure) is also completed by
the applicant; and Section B, Part II (Lender's Verification) is
completed by the Lending Institution. It may also be necessary for a
State or other entity to verify an outstanding service obligation. In
these instances, written verification of the service obligation will be
requested from the State or other entity. Frequency of Response: On
occasion. Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other
for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions. Type of Respondents: Health
professionals or those training in the health professions; Lenders. The
annual reporting burden is as follows:
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Estimated
Estimated number of Average Estimated
number of responses burden hours total annual
respondents per per response burden hours
respondent requested
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Applicant.............................................. 40 6 1.306 313.60
Lender................................................. 160 1 0.334 53.440
State/Other Entity..................................... 8 1 0.334 2.672
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Total.............................................. ............ ............ ............ 369.712
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There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or
Maintenance Costs to report.
REQUEST 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, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; (4) Ways to minimize the burden
of 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request more information on the proposed
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, contact Dr. Louis DePaolo, Director, NICHD Contraception
and Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program, CPR, NICHD, NIH, 6100
Executive Boulevard, Room 8B01, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call (301) 435-
6970 or Email your request, including your address to: [email protected].
Information can also be obtained via the World Wide Web at http://
www.nih.gov/nichd/docs/research.html.
COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their effect if received within 60-days of the
date of publication.
Dated: July 22, 1999.
Michael Rosenthal,
Acting Executive Officer, NICHD.
[FR Doc. 99-19502 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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