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Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including any

of the following subjects: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology to

minimize the information collection

burden.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Revision of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Post Laboratory

Survey Questionnaire—Laboratory, and

Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR part

493; Form No.: HCFA–668B (OMB#

0938–0653); Use: To provide an

opportunity and a mechanism for CLIA

laboratories surveyed by HCFA or

HCFA’s agent to express their

satisfaction and concerns about the

CLIA survey process; Frequency:

Biennially; Affected Public: Business or

other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions; Number of Respondents:

25,000; Total Annual Responses:

12,500; Total Annual Hours: 3,125.

We have revised one of the questions

in the beginning section and have

deleted one of the questions in Section

II of the form.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, access HCFA’s Web

Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/

regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail your

request, including your address, phone

number, OMB number, and HCFA

document identifier, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

within 30 days of this notice directly to

the OMB desk officer: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

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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,

Public Law 104–13), the Health

Resources and Services Administration

(HRSA) publishes 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 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

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. 0915–0043)—

Extension

This clearance request is for extension

of approval for three HEAL forms: The

HEAL Repayment Schedule—Fixed Rate

and the HEAL Repayment Schedule—

Variable Rate (provides the borrower

with the cost of a HEAL loan, the

number and amount of the payments,

and the Truth-in-Lending disclosures);

the Lender’s Report on HEAL Student

Loans Outstanding, Call Report

(provides information on the status of

loans outstanding by the number of

borrowers whose loan payments are in

various stages of the loan cycle, such as

student education and repayment, and

the corresponding dollar amounts).

These forms are needed to provide

borrowers with information on the cost

of their loan(s) and to determine which

lenders may have excessive

delinquencies and defaulted loans.

The estimate of burden for the forms

are as follows:

Form and number Number of

respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Total

responses

Hours per

responses

Total burden

hours

Disclosure:

Repayment Schedule HRSA 502–1, 2 ......................... 15 800 12,000 .5 6000

Reporting:

Call Report, HRSA 512 ................................................ 22 4 88 .75 66

Total Reporting and Disclosure ............................. 22 ........................ 12,088 ........................ 6,066

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Send comments to Susan G. Queen,

Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 14–33, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and

Coordination.

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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:

Proposed Project: The Impact of the

State Child Health Insurance Program

on Selected Community Health Centers

and Maternal and Child Health

Programs: New

This study proposes to determine the

impact of SCHIP implementation on the

insurance status of children served by

two HRSA programs—Community

Health Centers (CHCs) and health

departments’ Maternal and Child Health

(MCH) programs—as well as the impact

of SCHIP on these grantee organizations.

Transactional data will be reviewed in

up to 21 HRSA grantee organizations

from seven States and will extract

encounter-level administrative data

(encrypted individual code, date of

birth, gender, dates of service, CPT–4

codes, and insurance status) at time of

each service for 1997, 1998, and 1999.

Up to 20 former CHC or MCH patients

(or their parents or guardians in the case

of minors) will be surveyed in each site

for whom retrospective data are

available but who are no longer active

users of the HRSA grantees by phone.

The estimated response burden is as

follows:

TRANSACTIONAL DATA EXTRACTION

Project form Number of

respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Total

responses

Hours per

response

Total hour

burden

Survey .................................................................................. 21 20 420 .33 139

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collection should

be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

John Morrall, Human Resources and

Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC

20503.

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and

Coordination.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

The following applicants have

applied for a permit to conduct certain

activities with endangered species. This

notice is provided pursuant to Section

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et

seq.):

Applicant: Richard M. Sanders, Jamaica,

NY, PRT–028558

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Applicant: Kenneth B. Wallace, Gig

Harbor, WA, PRT–028557

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Applicant: Gary Johnson, Perris, CA,

PRT–028099

The applicant requests a permit to

export and re-import a captive born

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) and

progeny of the animals currently held

by the applicant and any animals

acquired in the United States by the

applicant to/from worldwide locations

to enhance the survival of the species

through conservation education. This

notification covers activities conducted

by the applicant over a three year

period.

Marine Mammal

Applicant: John Christian Joseph Wirth,

Jr., Dubois, WY PRT–028340

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Lancaster Sound

polar bear population, Northwest

Territories, Canada for personal use.

Applicant: Felix G. Widlacki, Orland

Park, IL, PRT–028560

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Norwegian Bay

polar bear population, Nanavut, Canada

for personal use.

Applicant: Douglas L. Bell, Michigan

City, IN, PRT–028561

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Southern

Beaufort Sea polar bear population,

Northwest Territories, Canada for

personal use.

Applicant: Michael R. Koenig,

Sheboygan, WI, PRT–028562

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Southern

Beaufort Sea polar bear population,

Northwest Territories, Canada for

personal use.