[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70818-70819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31295]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) 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 
Regulations (OMB No. 0915-0108)--Revision

    This clearance request is for a revision to the approval of the 
notification, reporting and recordkeeping requirements in the HEAL 
program to insure that the lenders, holders and schools participating 
in the HEAL program follow sound management procedures in the 
administration of federally-insured student loans. While the regulatory 
requirements are approved under this OMB number,

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much of the burden associated with the regulations is cleared under the 
OMB numbers for the HEAL forms and electronic submissions used to 
report required information (listed below). The table listed at the end 
of this notice contains the estimate of burden for the remaining 
regulations.
    Annual Response Burden for the following regulations is cleared by 
OMB when the reporting forms are cleared:
OMB Approval No. 0915-0034, Lender's Contract Application and Borrower 
Deferment Forms, and Borrower Loan Status and Loan Transfers/Purchases 
and Consolidation Tape Specification and Submission
Reporting
    42 CFR 60.31(a), Lender annual application
    42 CFR 60.38(a), Loan Reassignment
Notification
    42 CFR 60.12(c)(1), Borrower deferment
OMB Approval No. 0915-0036, Lender's Application for Insurance Claim
Reporting
    42 CFR 60.35(a)(1), Lender due-diligence activities
    42 CFR 60.35(a)(2), Lender skip-tracing activities
    42 CFR 60.40(a), Lender documentation to litigate a default
    42 CFR 60.40(c)(i), (ii), and (iii), Lender default claim
    42 CFR 60.40(c)(2), Lender death claim
    42 CFR 60.40(c)(3), Lender disability claim
    42 CFR 60.40(c)(4), Lender report of student bankruptcy
OMB Approval No. 0915-0043, Promissory Note, Repayment Schedule, Call 
Report
Notification
    42 CFR 60.11(e), Establishment of repayment terms-borrower
    42 CFR 60.11(f)(5), Borrower notice of supplemental repayment 
agreement
    42 CFR 60.33(e), Executed note to borrower
    42 CFR 60.34(b)(1), Establishment of repayment terms-lender
    42 CFR 60.42(b), Lender Quarterly Report on HEAL Loans Outstanding 
(Call Report)
OMB Approval No. 0915-0204, Physicians Certification of Permanent and 
Total Disability
Reporting
    42 CFR 60.39(b)(2), Holder request to Secretary to determine 
borrower disability
OMB Approval No. 0915-0227, Federal Health Education Assistance Loan 
Refinancing Application/Promissory Note
Reporting
    42 CFR 60.7, Application for loan
    42 CFR 60.18 Consolidation of a HEAL loan
    The estimate of burden for the regulatory requirements of this 
clearance are as follows:

                               Table of Regulatory Sections and Respondent Burden
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                                                     Number of                       Time per
             Number of  respondents                transactions        Total       response (in    Total burden
                                                    per respond    transactions       hours)           hours
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                                             Reporting Requirements
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28 Lenders......................................               3              86             .55              47
190 Schools.....................................              .4              78             .17              13
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    Total Reporting.............................  ..............  ..............  ..............              60
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                                            Notification Requirements
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28 Lenders......................................           6,855         191,961             .16          30,687
190 Schools.....................................            2.15             409             .47             194
7,930 Borrowers.................................               1           7,930             .17           1,322
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    Total Notification..........................  ..............  ..............  ..............          32,203
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                                           Recordkeeping Requirements
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28 Lenders......................................           3,184          89,165             .22          19,974
190 Schools.....................................             476          90,453             .25          22,681
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    Total Recordkeeping.........................  ..............  ..............  ..............          42,655
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    Total Annual Burden: 74,918 hrs.
    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: December 15, 2003.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-31295 Filed 12-18-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P