[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8104-8105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3022]


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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, Pub. L. 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

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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 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan 
Repayment Program (LRP) (OMB No. 0915-0127)--Extension

    The NHSC Loan Repayment Program (LRP) was established to assure an 
adequate supply of trained primary care health professionals to provide 
services in the neediest Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of 
the United States. Under this program, the Department of Health and 
Human Services agrees to repay the educational loans of the primary 
care health professionals. In return, the health professionals agree to 
serve for a specified period of time in a federally-designated HPSA 
approved by the Secretary for LRP participants.
    This request for extension of OMB approval will include the NHSC 
LRP Application, Loan Verification Form, Site Information Form, Request 
for Method of Advanced Loan Repayment Form and Authorization to Release 
Information Form.
    The estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                                                       Number of      Responses per                        Hours per       Total burden
                        Type of respondents                           respondents       respondent    Total responses      responses          hours
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Applicants........................................................             1430               *1             1430              1.5              2145
Lenders...........................................................               70              **1               70               .25               18
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    Total.........................................................  ...............             1500             1500  ................            2163
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*An applicant response includes completion of one of each of the above-listed forms, and may include the completion of additional Loan Verification
  Forms (one for each educational loan for which he or she is seeking repayment).
**A lender response includes completion of one Loan Verification Form for each educational loan of an applicant it holds.

    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: February 10, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-3022 Filed 2-16-05; 8:45 am]
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