[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 20346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7762]


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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) The necessity of the proposed 
collection of information for the proper performance of the functions 
of the agency; (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 National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment 
Program (OMB No. 0915-0127)--Extension

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program 
(LRP) was established to assure an adequate supply of trained primary 
care health care 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.
    The NHSC LRP forms provide information that is needed for selecting 
participants and repaying qualifying loans for education. The LRP forms 
include the following: The NHSC LRP Application, the Loan Information 
and Verification form, the Community Site Information form, the Request 
for Method of Advanced Loan Repayment form, the Applicant Checklist, 
the Payment Information form, and the Authorization to Release 
Information form.
    The estimated annual burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per   Total number      Hours per     Total burden
          Type of form              respondents     respondent     of responses      response          hours
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NHSC LRP Application............            1920               1            1920             .5              960
Community Site Information form.            1920               1            1920             .25             480
Loan Information and                        1920               3            5760             .25            1440
 Verification form..............
Authorization to Release                    1920               1            1920             .1              192
 Information....................
Applicant Checklist.............            1920               1            1920             .2              384
Lenders.........................              80               1              80             .25              20
    Total.......................            2000  ..............           13520  ..............            3476
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, PhD, 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: April 16, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Acting Associate Administrator for Administration and Financial 
Management.
 [FR Doc. E7-7762 Filed 4-23-07; 8:45 am]
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