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 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 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, e-mail

paperwork@hrsa.gov

or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.

Comments are invited on:

(a) The proposed collection of information for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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: Faculty Loan Repayment Program (FLRP) Application (OMB No. 0915-0150)—Extension

Under the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Faculty Loan Repayment Program, degree

trained health professionals and full-time students in their final year of study from disadvantaged backgrounds may enter into a contract under which the Department of Health and Human Services will make payments on eligible health professions educational loans in exchange for a minimum of two years of service as a full-time or part-time faculty member of an accredited health professions college or university. Applicants must complete an application and provide all other required documentation, including information on all eligible health professions educational loans.

The estimated annual burden is as follows:

Form

Number of

respondents

Responses per

respondent

Total responses

Hours per

response

Total burden

hours

Online application

181

1

181

1

181

Institution Employment Form

181

1

181

1

181

Loan Information & Verification Form

181

3

543

1

543

Checklist Form

181

1

181

.50

90.50

BCRSIS Online Banking Form

181

1

181

.50

90.50

Total

181

7

543

4

1,068

E-mail comments to

paperwork@hrsa.gov

or mail the 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: December 15, 2008.

Alexandra Huttinger,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. E8-30286 Filed 12-19-08; 8:45 am]

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