[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 208 (Thursday, October 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 58072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28269]
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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 published in the Federal
Register on July 30, 1999, page 41445 and allowed 60 days for public
comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice
is to allow and additional 30 days for public comment.
5 CFR 1320.5 (General requirements) Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirements: Final Rule requires that the agency inform the potential
persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to the collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection
Title: Contraception and Infertility Research Loan Repayment
Program. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision (OMB No.
0925-0440, Exp.
12/31/99). Form Number: NIH 2756-1, NIH 2756-2. 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.
Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Individuals or
households, business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions,
and State, Local and Tribal government. Type of Respondents: Qualified
health and allied health professional such as physicians, physician
assistants, scientists, nurses, graduate students and postgraduate
fellows.
The annual burden estimates are as follows:
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Estimated
Estimated Average total
Estimated number of burden annual
Type of respondents number of responses hours per burden
respondents per response hours
respondent requested
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Applicants.................................................. 40 6 1.306 314
Lender...................................................... 160 1 0.334 53
State/Other Entity.......................................... 8 1 0.334 3
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Total................................................... ........... ........... ........... 370
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There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/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)
Evaluate 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) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (4) 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 Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office
Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Office 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., Director, Contraception and Infertility Research Loan
Repayment Program, Center for Population Research, NICHD, NIH, Building
61E, Room 8B01, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7510, or call (301) 435-6970
or E-mail your request to: 1d38p@nih.gov. Information can also be
obtained via the World Wide Web at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/cpr/
rs/rs.htm.
Comments Due Date
Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of
having their full effect if received on or before November 29, 1999.
Dated: October 15, 1999.
Michael Rosenthal,
Executive Officer, NICHD.
[FR Doc. 99-28269 Filed 10-27-99; 8:45 am]
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