[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 115 (Friday, June 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33233-33234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11557]


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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) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub.

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L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 
will publish 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, 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 of other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: The Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program 
Application (OMB No. 0915-0140)--Revision

    This is a request for revision of the Nursing Education Loan 
Repayment Program (NELRP) application and participant monitoring forms. 
The NELRP was originally authorized by 42 U.S.C. 297b(h) (section 
836(h) of the Public Health Service Act) as amended by Public Law 100-
607, November 4, 1988. The NELRP is currently authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
297n (section 846 of the Public Health Service Act) as amended by 
Public Law 107-205, August 1, 2002.
    Under the NELRP, registered nurses are offered the opportunity to 
enter into a contractual agreement with the Secretary to receive loan 
repayment for up to 85 percent of their qualifying educational loan 
balance as follows: 30 percent each year for the first 2 years and 25 
percent for the third year. In exchange, the nurses agree to serve 
full-time as a registered nurse for 2 or 3 years at a health care 
facility with a critical shortage of nurses.
    NELRP requires the following information:
    1. Applicants must provide information on their nursing education, 
employment, and proposed service site;
    2. Applicants must provide information on their outstanding nursing 
educational loans;
    3. Applicants must provide banking information from their financial 
institution; and
    4. Employers must provide information on the health care facility 
and on the employment status of applicants and participants.

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
              Form                  respondents     respondents      responses       response          hours
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Estimates of Annualized Hour
 Burden are as Follows for
 Applicants:
    NELRP Application...........           5,000               1           5,000            1.5            7,500
    Loan Verification Form......           5,000               3          15,000            1             15,000
    Applicant Employment                   5,000               1           5,000             .5            2,500
     Verification Form..........
    Payment Information Form....           5,000               1           5,000            1              5,000
    Application Checklist.......           5,000               1           5,000             .5            2,500
    Pre-Award Confirmation                   600               1             600             .25             150
     Checklist..................
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        Total...................           5,000  ..............          35,600  ..............          32,650
Estimates of Annualized Hour
 Burden are as Follows for
 Participants:
    Participant Semi-Annual                1,300               2           2,600             .5            1,300
     Employment Verification
     Form.......................
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        Total...................           1,300               2           2,600             .5            1,300
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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, 
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received with 60 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: June 11, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Associate Administrator for Management.
[FR Doc. E7-11557 Filed 6-14-07; 8:45 am]
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