[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28605-28606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11637]
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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, email [email protected] or
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
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: The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program:
Forms (OMB No. 0915-0034)--[Revision]
The Health Education Assistance Loan (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 borrowers' 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 annual estimate of burden is as follows:
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Total
HRSA form Number of Responses per Total Hours per burden
respondents respondent responses responses hours
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Lender's Application for Contract of 15 1.00 15 .13 1.95
Federal Loan Insurance...................
Borrower's Deferment Request:
Borrowers............................. 28 1.00 28 .17 4.76
Employers............................. 23 1.21 28 .08 2.24
Borrower Loan Status Update............... 5 13.00 65 .17 11.05
Loan Purchase/Consolidation............... 2 2.50 5 .07 .35
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Total................................. 73 ................ ........... ........... 20.35
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Email comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Dated: May 9, 2012.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2012-11637 Filed 5-14-12; 8:45 am]
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