[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 41600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19853]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: LIHEAP Quarterly Allocation Estimates Form ACF-535.
    OMB No.: 0970-0037.
    Description: The LIHEAP Quarterly Allocation Estimates Form-535 is 
a one-page form that is sent to 50 State grantees and the District of 
Columbia. It is also sent to Tribal Government grantees that receive 
over $1 million annually for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
program (LIHEAP). Grantees are asked to complete and submit the form in 
the 4th quarter of each year. The data collected on the form are the 
grantee's estimates of obligations they expect to make each quarter of 
the upcoming fiscal year. This is the only method used to request 
anticipated distributions of the grantee's LIHEAP funds. The 
information is used to develop apportionment requests and make grant 
awards based on each grantee's need. Information collected on this form 
is not available through any other Federal source. Submission of the 
form is voluntary.
    Respondents: 50 States, the District of Columbia and Tribal 
governments that receive over $1 annually.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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ACF-535.........................................              55               1             .25              14
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             Dated: August 2, 2001.
          Bob Sargis,...........................
      Reports Clearance Officer.................

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                                                     ) publishes
                                                    abstracts of
                                                     information
                                                      collection
                                                  requests under
                                                   review by the
                                                       Office of
                                                  Management and
                                                      Budget, in
                                                      compliance
                                                        with the
                                                       Paperwork
                                                   Reduction Act
                                                     of 1995 (44
                                                  U.S.C. Chapter
                                                         35). To
                                                  request a copy
                                                          of the
                                                       clearance
                                                        requests
                                                    submitted to
                                                         OMB for
                                                    review, call
                                                        the HRSA
                                                         Reports
                                                       Clearance
                                                       Office on
                                                  (301)-443-1129
                                                               .
The following request has been submitted to the
 Office of Management and Budget for review
 under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:
Proposed Project: The Health Education
 Assistance Loan (HEAL).
Program: Refinancing Loan Application/Promissory
 Note (OMB No. 0915-0227)--Revision--The HEAL
 Program allows borrowers who graduated or
 separated from school to refinance all of their
 HEAL loans into one new HEAL loan, often at
 better rates and terms than their original HEAL
 loans. The HEAL program originally provided new
 federally-insured loans to students in schools
 of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine,
 dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry,
 podiatric medicine, pharmacy, public health,
 graduate students in health administration or
 clinical psychology through September 30, 1998.
 Eligible lenders, such as banks, savings and
 loan associations, credit unions, pension
 funds, insurance companies, State agencies, and
 HEAL schools are insured by the Federal
 Government against loss due to the borrower's
 death, disability, bankruptcy, and default. The
 basic purpose of the program was to assure the
 availability of funds for loans to eligible
 students who needed to borrow money to pay for
 their educational costs.
The HEAL refinancing loan application/promissory
 note is being used by lenders to refinance
 borrower's original HEAL loans into one new
 refinanced loan. Due to the success of this
 form and desire to reduce application
 processing time many lenders have automated
 this form by taking pertinent application
 information over the telephone and sending the
 completed form to the borrower for their review
 and signature.
The estimate of burden for the refinancing loan
 application/promissory note form per year is as
 follows:6,L2,tp0,i1,s25,12,12,12,12,12
Applicants......................................           1,850               1           1,850              12
Lenders.........................................               9             206           1,854              30
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    Total.......................................           1,859  ..............           3,704  ..............
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Morrall, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: August 2, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-19853 Filed 8-7-01; 8:45 am]
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