[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10695-10696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2944]


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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 the Office of Management and Budget 
(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

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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)

    The HEAL program provided federally insured loans to assure the 
availability of funds for loans to eligible students to pay for their 
education costs. In order to administer and monitor the HEAL program 
the following forms are utilized: The Lenders Application for Contract 
of Federal Loan Insurance form (used by lenders to make application to 
the HEAL insurance program); the Borrower's Deferment Request form 
(used by borrowers to request deferments on HEAL loans and used by 
lenders to determine borrower's eligibility for deferment); the 
Borrower Loan Status update electronic submission (submitted monthly by 
lenders to the Secretary on the status of each loan; and the Loan 
Purchase/Consolidation electronic submission (submitted by lenders to 
the Secretary to report sales, and purchases of HEAL loans).
    The estimates of burden for the forms are as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
            HRSA form               respondents     respondent       responses       responses         hours
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Lender's Application for                      17               1              17          8 min.               3
 Contract of Federal Loan
 Insurance......................
Borrower's Deferment Request
    Borrowers...................             436  ..............             436         10 min.              73
    Employers...................             261           1.669             436          5 min.              36
Borrower Loan Status Update.....               8              18             144         10 min.              24
Loan Purchase/Consolidation.....              17             248           4,216          4 min.             281
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        Total...................             739  ..............           5,249  ..............             417
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    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 23, 2006.
Tina Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6-2944 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P