[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53930-53931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26412]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Contraception and
Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program (CIR-LRP)
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to
review and approve the information on collection listed below. This
proposed information collection was previously in the Federal Register
on September 21, 1995, page 49000 and allowed 60 days for public
comment. No public comments were received. The purposes of this notice
is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National
Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is
not required to respond to, an information collection that has been
extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: Contraception and Infertility Research Loan
Repayment Program. Type of Information Collection Request: NEW. Need
and Use of Information Collection: The information proposed for
collection will be used by NICHD to determine an applicant's
eligibility for participation in the CIR-LRP. It will enable the NICHD
to select qualified individuals for participation in the program, and
to deliver eligible benefits.
The annual burden estimates are as follows:
Table
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Estimated Estimated
Estimated number of Average burden total annual
Type of respondents number of responses per hours per burden hours
respondents respondent response requested
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Applicants...................................... 50 1 5.5 275
Lender.......................................... 200 1 0.5 100
State/Other Entity.............................. 8 1 0.5 4
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The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $8,460. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no
Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
REQUESTS FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to
minimize the burden to the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding
the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the
estimated public burden and associated response time, should be
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans
and instruments, contact: Louis V. DePaolo, Ph.D., Reproductive
Sciences Branch, Center for Population Research, NICHD, NIH, Building
61E, Room 8B01, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7510.
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COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if received within on or
before November 15, 1996.
Dated: October 9, 1996.
Benjamin E. Fulton,
Executive Officer, NICHD.
[FR Doc. 96-26412 Filed 10-15-96; 8:45 am]
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