[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 139 (Monday, July 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43135-43136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18357]


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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 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. 0915-0043)--Revision

    This clearance request is for a revision of the approval for three 
HEAL forms: the HEAL Repayment Schedule, Fixed and Variable (provides 
the borrower with cost of a HEAL loan, the number and amount of 
payments, and the Truth-in-Lending disclosures); and the Lender's 
Report on HEAL Student Loans Outstanding, Call Report (provides

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information on the status of loans outstanding by the number of 
borrowers whose loan payments are in various stages of the loan cycle, 
such as student education and repayment, and the corresponding dollar 
amounts). These forms are needed to provide borrowers with information 
on the cost of their loan(s) and to determine which lenders may have 
excessive delinquencies and defaulted loans.
    The estimate of burden for the forms are as follows:

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                                                                     Responses                           Total
                   Form and number                      Number of       per       Total     Hours per    burden
                                                       respondents  respondent  responses   responses    hours
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Disclosure:
    Repayment Schedule HRSA 502-1,2..................          15          666      9,990         .5        4995
Reporting:
    Call Report, HRSA 512............................          20            4         80         .75         60
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        Total Reporting and Disclosure...............          20   ..........     10,080  ..........      5,055
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: July 11, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-18357 Filed 7-18-03; 8:45 am]
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