[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 140 (Thursday, July 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36489-36490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17428]


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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 (OMB), 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, e-mail 
[email protected] or 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: 
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

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report sales, and purchases of HEAL loans).
    The estimates of burden for the forms are as follows:

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                                                               Responses                                Total
                   HRSA form                      Number of       per         Total      Hours per      burden
                                                 respondents   respondent   responses    responses      hours
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Lender's Application for Contract of Federal              13            1           13         0.13            2
 Loan Insurance................................
Borrower's Deferment Request:
    Borrowers..................................           58            1           58         0.17           10
    Employers..................................           43         1.34           58         0.08            5
Borrower Loan Status Update....................            8           13          104         0.17           18
Loan Purchase/Consolidation....................            1            1            1         0.07          .06
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    Total......................................          123  ...........          234  ...........           35
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to (202) 395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: July 15, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E9-17428 Filed 7-22-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P