[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60199-60200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25812]


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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 Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL)

Program: Regulatory Requirements--(OMB No. 0915-0108)--Revision

    This clearance request is for revision of approval for the 
notification, reporting and recordkeeping requirements in the HEAL 
program to insure that the lenders, holders and schools participating 
in the HEAL program follow sound management procedures in the 
administration of federally-insured student loans. While the regulatory 
requirements are approved under this OMB number, some of the burden 
associated with the regulations is cleared under the OMB numbers for 
the HEAL forms used to report required information (listed below). The 
table listed at the end of this notice contains the estimate of burden 
for the remaining regulations.
    Annual Response Burden for the following regulations is cleared by 
OMB when the reporting forms are cleared:

OMB Approval No. 0915-0034, Lender's Application, Borrower Status, 
Loan Transfer, Contract for Loan Insurance

Reporting

    42 CFR 60.31(a), Lender annual application.
    42 CFR 60.38(a), Loan Reassignment.

Notification

    42 CFR 60.12(c)(1), Borrower deferment.

OMB Approval No. 0915-0036, Lender's Application for Insurance 
Claim

Reporting

    42 CFR 60.35(a)(2), Lender skip-tracing activities.
    42 CFR 60.40(a), Lender documentation to litigate a default.
    42 CFR 60.40(c)(i), (ii), and (iii), Lender default claim.
    42 CFR 60.40(c)(2), Lender death claim.
    42 CFR 60.40(c)(3), Lender disability claim.
    42 CFR 60.40(c)(4), Lender report of student bankruptcy.

OMB Approval No. 0915-0043, Repayment Schedule, Call Report

Notification

    42 CFR 60.11(e), Establishment of repayment terms-borrower.
    42 CFR 60.11(f)(5), Borrower notice of supplemental repayment 
agreement.
    42 CFR 60.34(b)(1), Establishment of repayment terms-lender.

OMB Approval No. 0915-0204, Physicians Certification of Permanent 
and Total Disability

Reporting

    42 CFR 60.39(b)(2), Holder request to Secretary to determine 
borrower disability.

OMB Approval No. 0915-227, Refinancing Application/Promissory Note

    42 CFR 60.33(e), Executed application and note to borrower.
    The estimate of burden for the regulatory requirements of this 
clearance are as follows:

                                             Reporting Requirements
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                                                    Number of
                                                  transactions        Total          Time per      Total burden
             Number of respondents                     per        transactions       response          hours
                                                   respondent                        (hours)
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22 Lenders.....................................         7               161                 0.7          116
200 Schools....................................         7               139                 0.2           23
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    Total Reporting............................  ..............  ..............  ...............         139
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                                            Notification Requirements
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                                                    Number of                        Time per
             Number of respondents                transactions        Total          response      Total burden
                                                 per respondent   transactions       (hours)           hours
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22 Lenders.....................................    11,271           247,958                 0.2       46,293
200 Schools....................................        30             5,956                 0.3        1,988

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20,639 Borrowers...............................         1            20,639                 0.2        3,440
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    Total Notification.........................  ..............  ..............  ...............      51,721
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                                           Recordkeeping Requirements
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                                                    Number of                        Time per
             Number of respondents                transactions        Total          response      Total burden
                                                 per respondent   transactions       (hours)           hours
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22 Lenders.....................................     4,929           128,169                 0.2       28,993
200 Schools....................................       768           101,639                 0.1       14,437
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    Total Recordkeeping........................  ..............  ..............  ...............      43,430
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    Total Annual Burden: 95,290 Hrs.
    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: October 2, 2000.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 00-25812 Filed 10-6-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-15-P