[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 42749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17774]


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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, email 
[email protected] or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 
443-1984.
    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)--[Revision]

    The Health Education Assistance Loan (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 annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                   Number of      Responses per        Total         Hours per     Total burden
           HRSA Form              respondents      respondent        responses       response          hours
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Lender's Application for                    15              1.00              15           0.133            2.00
 Contract of Federal Loan
 Insurance....................
Borrower's Deferment Request:
    Borrowers.................              28              1.00              28           0.166            5.00
    Employers.................              23              1.21              28           0.083            3.00
Borrower Loan Status Update...               5             15.00              75           0.166           13.00
Loan Purchase/Consolidation...               2              2.50               5           0.066            0.33
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    TOTAL.....................              73  ................             151  ..............           23.33
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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 email 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 12, 2012.
Jennifer Riggle,
Deputy Director, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-17774 Filed 7-19-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P