[Federal Register: September 1, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 169)]
[Notices]               
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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, Public law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes 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 and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance officer on (301) 443-1891.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance on 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;

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(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: HRSA Competing Training Grant Application, 
Instructions and Related Regulations (OMB No. 0915-0060)--Revision

    The Health Resources and Services Administration uses the 
information in the application to determine the eligibility of 
applicants for awards, to calculate the amount of each award, and to 
judge the relative merit of applications. The form is distributed 
electronically via the Internet. The budget is negotiated for all years 
of the project period based on this application and program-specific 
instructions that include greater standardization of content for the 
project summary and the detailed description of the project.
    The Bureau of Health Professions is planning to remove from the 
Code of Federal Regulations the existing training grant regulations 
under 42 CFR parts 57 and 58. It is the intent of the Department to 
operate under the new statute for compliance, implementation, and 
administration of the training grant programs under titles VII and VIII 
of the PHS Act. The existing regulations are fundamentally and 
extensively inconsistent with the new law which takes an 
interdisciplinary approach (and thus inhibits the achievement of the 
statute's objectives). Program specific guidance and information for 
preparing applications are now provided in the grant application 
materials (which makes them now self-contained).
    The estimated annual burden for the application is as follows:

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                                                 Number of      Responses per      Hours per      Total  burden
                 Requirement                    respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Application.................................           1,190                1            56.25           66,938
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: August 26, 1999.
James J. Corrigan,
Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.
[FR Doc. 99-22803 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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