[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 14921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7841]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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:

Black Lung Clinic Program Guidelines (42 CFR 55a) (OMB No. 0915-0081) 
Extension/No Change

    The purpose of the Black Lung Clinics Program (BLCP) is to 
stimulate and encourage local public and private agencies to improve 
the health status of coalworkers and to increase coordination with 
other programs to assist the coalworkers population. The goal of the 
BLCP is to provide services to minimize the effects of respiratory and 
pulmonary impairments of coal miners. Grantees provide specific 
diagnostic and treatment procedures required in the management of 
problems associated with black lung disease which improve the 
functional status, i.e., ``quality of life'', of the miner and reduce 
economic costs associated with morbidity and mortality arising from 
pulmonary diseases.
    This request is for approval of the application requirements which 
are included in the program guidelines and the program regulations (42 
CFR 55a.201 and 55a.301). Grantees must submit applications annually 
for continued grant support. The regulations outline the requirements 
for grant applications for States (55a.201) and for entities other than 
States (55a.301). The program guidelines further elaborate on these 
requirements.
    As a result of a routine review of the program regulations for 
compliance with the new provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 
of 1995, it was determined by HRSA and confirmed by OMB that other 
previously cleared regulatory requirements were not subject to OMB 
review under the PRA. Those sections of the regulations have been 
deleted from this request.
    The grant application form is cleared under another OMB approval 
(OMB No. 0937-0189). The burden for completing the application is not 
reflected in the Black Lung clearance request because the burden is 
reported in the clearance of the application form.
    The current request for clearance includes one hour of burden, to 
keep the clearance of the program-specific application requirements on 
the OMB database.
    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Virginia Huth, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: March 11, 1997.
J. Henry Montes,
Director, Office of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-7841 Filed 3-27-97; 8:45 am]
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