Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program, 61877-61878 [E8-24587]

Download as PDF 61877 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 202 / Friday, October 17, 2008 / Notices Dated: October 9, 2008. Brendan C. Kelly, OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E8–24616 Filed 10–16–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184–01–M Dated: October 9, 2008. Jeffrey Shuren, Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning. [FR Doc. E8–24671 Filed 10–16–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160–01–S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration Indian Health Service [Docket No. FDA–2008–N–0184] Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Temporary Marketing Permit Applications AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ‘‘Temporary Marketing Permit Applications’’ has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonna Capezzuto, Office of Information Management (HFA–710), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301–796–3794. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of June 23, 2008 (73 FR 35402), the agency announced that the proposed information collection had been submitted to OMB for review and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3507. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has now approved the information collection and has assigned OMB control number 0910–0133. The approval expires on August 31, 2011. A copy of the supporting statement for this information collection is available on the Internet at https://www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain. Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program Note: The purpose of this second announcement is to provide another opportunity for public comment. The previous Federal Register notice was published on August 19, 2008, FR Doc. E8– 19053. Indian Health Service, HHS. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 30 days 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 listed below. This proposed information collection project was previously published in the Federal Register (73 FR 29520) on May 21, 2008 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 directly to OMB. Proposed Collection: Title: 0917– 0014, ‘‘Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program.’’ Type of Information Collection Request: Extension, without revision, of currently approved information collection, 0917– 0014, ‘‘Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program.’’ Form Number(s): The IHS Loan Repayment Program Information Booklet contains the instructions and the application formats. Need and Use of Information Collection: The IHS Loan Repayment 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. This program is necessary to augment the critically low health professional staff at IHS health care facilities. Any health professional wishing to have their health education loans repaid may apply to the IHS Loan Repayment Program. A two-year contract obligation is signed by both parties, and the individual agrees to work at an IHS location and provide health services to Native American and Alaska Native individuals. The information collected from individuals is analyzed and a score is given to each applicant. This score will determine which applicants will be awarded each fiscal year. The administrative scoring system assigns a score to the geographic location according to vacancy rates for that fiscal year and also considers whether the location is in an isolated area. When an applicant takes employment at a location, they in turn ‘‘pick-up’’ the score of that location. Affected Public: Individuals and households. Type of Respondents: Individuals. The table below provides: 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(s). ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS Estimated number of respondents sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Data collection instrument Responses per respondent Average burden hour per response Total annual burden Section I ........................................................................................................... Section II .......................................................................................................... Section III ......................................................................................................... Contract ........................................................................................................... Affidavit ............................................................................................................ Lender’s Certification ....................................................................................... 510 510 510 510 510 2,000 1 1 4 1 1 ........................ 18/60 30/60 15/60 20/60 10/60 15/60 153.0 255.0 128.0 170.0 85.0 500.0 Total .......................................................................................................... 4,550 ........................ ........................ 1,291.0 VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:18 Oct 16, 2008 Jkt 217001 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1 61878 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 202 / Friday, October 17, 2008 / Notices 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 agency 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 estimates 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: Ms. Janet Ingersoll, FOIA Coordinator, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852–1601; call non-toll free (301) 443–6177; send via facsimile to (301) 443–2316; or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return address to: Janet.Ingersoll@ihs.gov. Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 30 days of the date of this publication. Dated: October 8, 2008. Robert G. McSwain, Director, Indian Health Service. [FR Doc. E8–24587 Filed 10–16–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165–16–M sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the Center for Scientific VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:18 Oct 16, 2008 Jkt 217001 Review Special Emphasis Panel, October 22, 2008, 8 a.m. to October 23, 2008, 5 p.m., Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites, San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf, 550 North Point Street, San Francisco, CA 94133, which was published in the Federal Register on September 19, 2008, 73 FR 54408– 54411. The meeting will be held one day only October 22, 2008. The meeting time and location remain the same. The meeting is closed to the public. Special Minority Initiatives, National Institutes of Health, HHS) Dated: October 8, 2008. Jennifer Spaeth, Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. E8–24448 Filed 10–16–08; 8:45 am] National Institutes of Health BILLING CODE 4140–01–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following meeting. The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: Minority Programs Review Committee, Minority Programs Review Subcommittee B. Date: November 14, 2008. Time: 8 a.m. to 5 a.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Hilton-Rockville, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Contact Person: Rebecca H. Johnson, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Office of Scientific Review, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Natcher Building, Room 3AN18C, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–594–2771, johnsonrhnigms.nih.gov. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.375, Minority Biomedical Research Support; 93.821, Cell Biology and Biophysics Research; 93.859, Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry Research; 93.862, Genetics and Developmental Biology Research; 93.88, Minority Access to Research Careers; 93.96, PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: October 7, 2008. Jennifer Spaeth, Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. E8–24447 Filed 10–16–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following meeting. The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: National Institute of General Medical Sciences Initial Review Group; Biomedical Research and Research Training Review Subcommittee A. Date: November 13, 2008. Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Residence Inn, 7335 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20818. Contact Person: Carole H. Latker, PhD, Scientific Review Officer, Office of Scientific Review, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Natcher Building, Room 3AN18, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594–2848, latkercnigms.nih.gov. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.375, Minority Biomedical Research Support; 93821, Cell Biology and Biophysics Research; 93.859, Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry Research; 93.862, Genetics and Developmental Biology Research; 93.88, Minority Access to Research Careers; 93.96, Special Minority Initiatives, National Institutes of Health, HHS) Dated: October 7, 2008. Jennifer Spaeth, Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. E8–24449 Filed 10–16–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–M E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1

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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24587]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program

    Note: The purpose of this second announcement is to provide 
another opportunity for public comment. The previous Federal 
Register notice was published on August 19, 2008, FR Doc. E8-19053.

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 30 days 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 listed below. 
This proposed information collection project was previously published 
in the Federal Register (73 FR 29520) on May 21, 2008 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 directly to OMB.
    Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0014, ``Indian Health Service Loan 
Repayment Program.'' Type of Information Collection Request: Extension, 
without revision, of currently approved information collection, 0917-
0014, ``Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program.'' Form Number(s): 
The IHS Loan Repayment Program Information Booklet contains the 
instructions and the application formats. Need and Use of Information 
Collection: The IHS Loan Repayment 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. 
This program is necessary to augment the critically low health 
professional staff at IHS health care facilities.
    Any health professional wishing to have their health education 
loans repaid may apply to the IHS Loan Repayment Program. A two-year 
contract obligation is signed by both parties, and the individual 
agrees to work at an IHS location and provide health services to Native 
American and Alaska Native individuals.
    The information collected from individuals is analyzed and a score 
is given to each applicant. This score will determine which applicants 
will be awarded each fiscal year. The administrative scoring system 
assigns a score to the geographic location according to vacancy rates 
for that fiscal year and also considers whether the location is in an 
isolated area. When an applicant takes employment at a location, they 
in turn ``pick-up'' the score of that location. Affected Public: 
Individuals and households. Type of Respondents: Individuals.
    The table below provides: 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(s).

                                             Estimated Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Estimated                    Average burden
           Data collection instrument                number of     Responses per     hour per      Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent       response         burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section I.......................................             510               1           18/60           153.0
Section II......................................             510               1           30/60           255.0
Section III.....................................             510               4           15/60           128.0
Contract........................................             510               1           20/60           170.0
Affidavit.......................................             510               1           10/60            85.0
Lender's Certification..........................           2,000  ..............           15/60           500.0
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.......................................           4,550  ..............  ..............         1,291.0
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    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 agency 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 estimates 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: Ms. Janet Ingersoll, FOIA Coordinator, 12300 Twinbrook 
Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852-1601; call non-toll free (301) 
443-6177; send via facsimile to (301) 443-2316; or send your e-mail 
requests, comments, and return address to: Janet.Ingersoll@ihs.gov.
    Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having full effect if received within 30 days of 
the date of this publication.

    Dated: October 8, 2008.
Robert G. McSwain,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E8-24587 Filed 10-16-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-16-M

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