Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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, 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, 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:

The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program: Forms--0915-

0034--Extension, No Change--This clearance request is for extension of

approval for 4 HEAL forms. The forms are needed for lenders to make

application to the HEAL insurance program; to report accurately and

timely on loan actions including the lender currently holding the loan,

and to establish the repayment status of borrowers. The reports assist

the Department in protecting its investment in this loan insurance

program. The estimate of burden for the forms are as follows:

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Hours per

HRSA Form Number of Responses per response Total burden

respondents respondents (min.) hours

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Form 504........................................ 32 1 8 4

Form 505........................................ 9 331 5 248

Form 507........................................ 32 265 10 1,413

Form 508:

Borrowers................................... 12,180 1 10 2,030

Employers................................... 7,550 1.613 5 1,015

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Virginia Huth, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC

20503.

Dated: April 8, 1997.

J. Henry Montes,

Director, Office of Policy and Information Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97-11291 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]

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