Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 11, 2005 / Notices 59077 

Comment Due Date: You comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 30 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: October 4, 2005. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–20330 Filed 10–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Proposed Collection: Indian Health 

Service Loan Repayment Program; 

Request for Public Comment: 30-Day 

Notice 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for Public Comment: 

30-day Proposed Information Collection: 

Indian Health Service Loan Repayment 

Program. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity 

for public comment on proposed 

information collection projects, the 

Indian Health Service (IHS) has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve the information collection 

list below. This proposed information 

collection project was published in the 

August 3, 2005, Federal Register (70 FR 

44662) and allowed 60 days for public 

comment. No public comment was 

received in response to the notice. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow 30 

days for public comment to be 

submitted to OMB. 

Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–

0014, ‘‘Indian Health Service Loan 

Repayment Program’’. Type of 

Information Collection Request: 

Extention of a currently approved 

collection which expires December 31, 

2005. Form Number: No reporting forms 

required. Need and Use of Information 

Collection: The IHS Loan Payment 

Program (LRP) identifies health 

professionals with pre-existing financial 

obligations for education expenses that 

meet program criteria and who are 

qualified and willing to serve at, often 

remote, IHS health care facilities. Under 

the program, eligible health 

professionals sign a contract under 

which the IHS agrees to repay part or all 

of their indebtedness for professional 

training education. In exchange, the 

health professionals agree to serve for a 

specified period of time in IHS health 

care facilities. Eligible health 

professionals that wish to apply must 

submit an application to participate in 

the program. The application requests 

personal, demographic and educational 

training information, including 

information on the educational loans of 

the individual for which repayment is 

being requested (i.e., date, amount, 

account number, purpose of each loan, 

interest rate, the current balance, etc). 

The data collected is needed and used 

to evaluate applicant eligibility; rank 

and prioritize applicants by specialty; 

assign applicants to IHS health care 

facilities; determine payment amounts 

and schedules for paying the lending 

institutions; and to provide data and 

statistics for program management 

review and analysis. Affected Public: 

Individual and households. Type of 

Respondents: Individuals. Table 1 

below provides the following: Types of 

data collection instruments, estimated 

number of respondents, number of 

responses per respondent, annual 

number of responses, average burden 

hour per response, and total annual 

burden hour. 

TABLE 1.—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS

Data collection instrument 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per respondent 

Average burden 

hour per 

response* 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Section I ...................................................................................................... 425 1 0.25 (15 min) .... 106 .25 

Section II ..................................................................................................... 425 1 0.25 (30 min) .... 212 .5 

Section III .................................................................................................... 425 4 0.25 (15 min) .... 425 

Contract ...................................................................................................... 425 1 0.334 (20 min) .. 141 .95 

Affidavit ....................................................................................................... 425 1 0.167 (10 min) .. 70 .97 

Lender’s Certification .................................................................................. 1,700 1 .025 (15 min ..... 425 

*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. 

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 

IHS processes the information collected 

in a useful and timely fashion; (c) the 

accuracy of the 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. 

Direct Comments to OMB: Send your 

written comments and suggestions 

regarding the proposed information 

collection contained in this notice, 

especially regarding the estimated 

public burden and associated response 

time, to: Office of Management and 

Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, 

New Executive Office Building, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: Desk Officer for IHS. 

To request more information on the 

proposed collection or to obtain a copy 

of the data collection instrument(s) and/ 

or instruction(s), contact: Mrs. Christina 

Rouleau, IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 

801 Thompson Avenue, TMP Suite 450, 

Rockville, MD 20852–1601, or call nontoll free (301) 443–5938 or send via 

facsimile to (301) 443–2316, or send 

your E-mail requests, comments, and 

return address to: crouleau@hqe.ihs.gov. 

Comment Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received on or before November 10, 

2005. 

Dated: September 4, 2005. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–20331 Filed 10–7–05; 8:45 am] 

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