Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

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 35, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) will publish 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, 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 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--0915-0034--Extension, no change--This clearance request

is for extension of approval for four HEAL forms: the Lender's

Application for Contract of Federal Loan Insurance (used by lenders to

make application to the HEAL insurance program); the Lender's Manifest

(used by the lender to report recent HEAL loan activity); the Loan

Transfer Statement (used by the lender to report the transfer of a HEAL

loan); and the Borrower Status Request (completed by the borrower and

the borrower's employer and used by the lender to determine eligibility

for deferment). The reports assist the Department in protecting its

investment in this loan insurance program. No changes to the forms are

proposed.

The estimate of burden for the forms are as follows:

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Responses Total

HRSA form Number of per respon- Total Hours per response burden

respondents dent responses hours

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Lender's Application for Contract of 32 1 32 8 min................... 4

Federal Loan Insurance.

Lender's Manifest...................... 9 331 2,975 5 min................... 248

Loan Transfer Statement................ 32 265 8,480 10 min.................. 1,413

Borrower Status Request:

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

Employers.......................... 7,550 1.613 12,180 5 min................... 1,015

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Total............................ 19,762 1.81 35,847 8 min................... 4,710

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Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: January 23, 1997

J. Henry Montes,

Director, Office of Policy and Information Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97-2139 Filed 1-28-97; 8:45 am]

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