[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 40 (Tuesday, February 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10812-10813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4732]


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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 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries

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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 and 
draft instruments, 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 (OMB No. 0915-0034) Extension. This clearance request is 
for extension of approval for four HEAL forms: the Lender's Application 
for Contract of Federal Loan Insurance (used by lenders to make 
application to the HEAL insurance program); the Lender's Manifest (used 
by the lender to report recent HEAL loan activity); the Loan Transfer 
Statement (used by the lender to report the transfer of a HEAL loan); 
and the Borrower Status Request (completed by the borrower and the 
borrower's employer and used by the lender to determine eligibility for 
deferment). The reports assist the Department in protecting its 
investment in this loan insurance program.
    The estimate of burden for the forms are as follows:

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                                                  Number of     Responses per                                                Hours per     Total burden
                  HRSA form                      respondents     respondent                 Total responses                  response          hours
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Lender's application for contract of Federal               32               1  32.......................................           8 min               4
 loan insurance.
Lender's manifest............................               9             331  2,979....................................           5 min             247
Loan transfer statement......................              32             265  8,480....................................          10 min           1,408
Borrower status request:
Borrowers....................................          12,180               1  12,180...................................          10 min           2,022
Employers....................................           7,550           1.613  12,180...................................           5 min           1,011
    Total....................................          19,803                  35,851...................................                           4,692
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: February 23, 2000.
Jane Harrison,
Director Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 00-4732 Filed 2-28-00; 8:45 am]
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