[Federal Register: March 2, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 41)]
[Notices]
[Page 10695-10696]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance
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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 or other forms of information technology.
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 report sales, and purchases of HEAL loans).
The estimates of burden for the forms are as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
HRSA form respondents respondent responses responses hours
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Lender's Application for 17 1 17 8 min. 3
Contract of Federal Loan
Insurance......................
Borrower's Deferment Request
Borrowers................... 436 .............. 436 10 min. 73
Employers................... 261 1.669 436 5 min. 36
Borrower Loan Status Update..... 8 18 144 10 min. 24
Loan Purchase/Consolidation..... 17 248 4,216 4 min. 281
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Total................... 739 .............. 5,249 .............. 417
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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,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: February 23, 2006.
Tina Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6-2944 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P