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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52725-52726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26710]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Request for Public Comment: 60-day; Proposed Collection: 
Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, to provide a 60-day advance opportunity for 
public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Indian Health 
Service (IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed 
information collection project to be submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: 09-17-0006, ``Application for Participation 
in the IHS Scholarship Program''. Type of Information Collection 
Request: 3-year reinstatement, with change, of previously approved 
information collection, 09-17-0006, ``Application for Participation in 
the IHS Scholarship Program'' which expires 12/31/97. Form Numbers(s): 
IHS-856, 856-2, through 856-8, IHS-815, IHS-816, IHS-818, D-02, F-02, 
F-04, G-02, G-04, H-07, H-08, J-06, J-07, K-03, K-04, and L-03. Need 
and Use of Information Collection: The IHS Scholarship Branch needs 
this information for program administration and uses the information to 
solicit, process and award IHS Pregraduate, Preparatory and/or Health 
Professions Scholarship grantees and monitor the academic performance 
of awardees, to place awardees at payback sites, and for awardees to 
request additional program. Affected Public: Individuals, not-for-
profit institutions and State, local or Tribal Government. Type of 
Respondents: Students pursuing health care professions.
    Table 1 below provides: Type(s) of Data Collection Instruments, 
Estimated Number of Respondents, Number of Responses per Respondent, 
Average Burden Hour per Response, and Total Annual Burden Hour.

                                                     Table 1                                                    
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                                                                                          Average       Total   
                                                  Estimated    Responses      Annual    burden Hour     annual  
           Data collection instrument             number of       per       number of       per         burden  
                                                 respondents   respondent   responses    response *     hours   
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Scholarship Application........................          875            1          875         1.50        1,312
Checklist......................................          875            1          875         0.13          114
Course Verification............................          875            1          875         0.70          613
Faculty/Employer Application...................        1,750            1       1,1750         0.83        1,453
Justification..................................          875            1          875         0.75          656
Federal Debt...................................          875            1          875         0.13          114
MPH only.......................................           50            1           50         0.83           42
Accept/Decline.................................          875            1          875         0.13          114
Stipend Checks.................................          100            1          100         0.13           13
Enrollment.....................................        1,400            1        1,400         0.13          182
Academic Problem/Change........................          100            1          100         0.13           13
Request Assistance.............................          217            1          217         0.13           28
Summer School..................................          193            1          193         0.10           19
Contract.......................................        1,400            1        1,400         0.27          378
Placement......................................          250            1          250         0.18           45
Graduation.....................................          250            1          250         0.17           43
Site Preference................................          150            1          150         0.13           20
Travel Reimb...................................          150            1          150         0.10           15
Status Report..................................          250            1          250         0.25           63
Preferred Assignment...........................          200            1          200         0.75          150
Deferment......................................           20            1           20         0.13            3
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    Total......................................       11,730  ...........  ...........  ...........        5,395
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.                                  

    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

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    Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) whether the 
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency 
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in 
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate 
(the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to 
provide the requested information); (d) whether the methodology and 
assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being 
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use 
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Send Comments and Requests For Further Information: Send your 
written comments, requests for more information on the proposed 
project, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection instrument 
and instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports 
Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 
20852-1601, or call non-toll free (301) 443-0461, fax (301) 443-1522, 
or send your E-mail requests, comments, and return address to: 
[email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having their full effect if received on 
or before December 8, 1997.

    Dated: October 19, 1997.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General, Director.
[FR Doc. 97-26710 Filed 10-8-97; 8:45 am]
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