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primary care and mental health and
from 1 to 26 for dental, with higher
scores indicating greater need. They are
used to prioritize applications for NHSC
Loan Repayment Program award
funding, and determine service sites
eligible to receive NHSC Scholarship
and Students-to-Service participants.
MUA/P designations are geographic
areas, or population groups within
geographic areas, that are experiencing
a shortage of primary care health care
services based on the Index of Medical
Underservice. MUAs are designated for
the entire population of a particular
geographic area. MUA/P designations
are limited to particular subset of the
population within a geographic area.
Both designations were created to aid
the federal government in identifying
areas with healthcare workforce
shortages.
As part of HRSA’s cooperative
agreement with the State Primary Care
Offices (PCOs), the State PCOs conduct
needs assessment in their states,
determine what areas are eligible for
designations, and submit designation
applications for HRSA review via the
Shortage Designation Management
System (SDMS). Requests that come
from other sources are referred to the
PCOs for their review, concurrence, and
submission via SDMS. In order to obtain
a federal shortage designation for an
area, population, or facility, PCOs must
submit a shortage designation
application through SDMS for review
and approval by HRSA. Both the HPSA
and MUA/P application request local,
state, and national data on the
population that is experiencing a
shortage of health professionals and the
number of health professionals relative
to the population covered by the

proposed designation. The information
collected on the applications is used to
determine which areas, populations,
and facilities have qualifying shortages.
In addition, interested parties, including
the Governor, the State Primary Care
Association, state professional
associations, etc. are notified of each
designation request submitted via SDMS
for their comments and
recommendations.
Previously, PCOs were required to
provide HRSA with Census, American
Community Survey, and Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention data
specific to the intended geographic area
for designation known as a rational
service area. With the development of
the SDMS, PCOs are no longer required
to provide this information as it is
automatically populated in the system
when they select the service area for
designation.
HRSA reviews the HPSA applications
submitted by the State PCOs, and—if
they meet the designation eligibility
criteria for the type of HPSA or MUA/
P the application is for—designates the
HPSA or MUA/P on behalf of the
Secretary. HPSAs are statutorily
required to be annually reviewed and
revised as necessary after initial
designation to reflect current data.
HPSAs scores, therefore, may and do
change from time to time. Currently,
MUA/Ps do not have a statutorily
mandated review period.
The lists of designated HPSAs are
published annually in the Federal
Register. In addition, lists of HPSAs are
updated on the HRSA website, https://
data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area, so
that interested parties can access the
information.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: In 2014, SDMS was

launched to facilitate the collection of
information needed to designate HPSAs
and MUA/Ps. The information obtained
from the SDMS Application is used to
determine which areas, populations,
and facilities have critical shortages of
health professionals per PCO
application submission. The SDMS
HPSA application and SDMS MUA/P
Application are used for these
designation determinations. Applicants
must submit a SDMS application to
HRSA to obtain a federal shortage
designation. The application asks for
local, state, and national data required
to determine the application’s eligibility
to obtain a federal shortage designation.
In addition, applicants must enter in
detailed information explaining how the
area, population, or facility faces a
critical shortage of health professionals.
Likely Respondents: State Primary
Care Offices interested in obtaining a
primary care, dental, or mental HPSA
designation or a MUA/P in their state.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search
data sources; to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

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Form name

Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total
responses

Total burden
hours

Designation Planning and Preparation ................................
SDMS Application ................................................................

54
54

48
83

2,592
4,482

8.00
4.00

20,736
17,928

Total ..............................................................................

54

........................

7,074

........................

38,664

HRSA specifically requests comments
on (1) the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
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technology to minimize the information
collection burden.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.

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Notice.

In compliance with the
requirement of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, is publishing the
following summary of a proposed
collection for public comment.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before April 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
[email protected] or by calling
(202) 795–7714.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
When submitting comments or
requesting information, please include
the document identifier 0990–0438–
60D, and project title for reference, to
Sherrette Funn, the Reports Clearance
Officer, [email protected], or call
202–795–7714.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
persons are invited to send comments
regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of
SUMMARY:

information, including any of the
following subjects: (1) The necessity and
utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(4) the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Title of the Collection: Teen
Pregnancy Prevention (TPP)
Performance Measures for FY2020.
Type of Collection: Revision.
OMB No. 0990–0438—OS-Office of
Population Affairs
Abstract: The Office of Population
Affairs (OPA), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is
requesting a revision of the Teen
Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP)
performance measures to collect data
from new grantees. In FY2020, OPA
expects to award 3-year TPP cooperative
agreements to up to 90 organizations

across three funding announcements.
Collection of performance measures is a
requirement of all TPP grant awards and
is included in the funding
announcements. The measures include
dissemination, partners, training,
sustainability, reach, dosage, fidelity,
quality, Tier 1 supportive services
referrals, stakeholder engagement, and
Tier 2 Innovation project stage. To
reflect the priorities of the new funding
announcements, some of the measures
and forms have been revised. The data
collection will allow OPA to comply
with federal accountability and
performance requirements, inform
stakeholders of grantee progress in
meeting TPP program goals, provide
OPA with metrics for monitoring
FY2020 TPP grantees, and facilitate
individual grantees’ continuous quality
improvement efforts within their
projects.
Clearance is requested for three years.
Type of respondent: TPP grantees and
their staff.

ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOUR TABLE

Grantee-level .....................................
Program-level ....................................
Stakeholder Engagement .................

90
64
69

2
2
2

1
7
15/60

180
896
35

Innovation Network ...........................
Supportive Services ..........................

All grantees ......................................
Tier 1 and Tier 2 Phase 2 grantees
Tier 1 and Tier 2 Innovation Network Grantees.
Tier 2 Innovation Network Grantees
Tier 1 Grantees ................................

14
54

2
2

15/60
15/60

8
27

Total ...........................................

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2

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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Receipt of Recovery Permit
Applications
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Dated: February 21, 2020.
Sherrette A. Funn,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance
Officer, Office of the Secretary.

Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, have received
applications for permits to conduct

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activities intended to enhance the
propagation or survival of endangered
or threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act. We invite the
public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies to comment on these
applications. Before issuing any of the
requested permits, we will take into
consideration any information that we
receive during the public comment
period.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on or before March 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Document availability and
comment submission: Submit requests
for copies of the applications and
related documents and submit any
comments by one of the following
methods. All requests and comments
should specify the applicant name(s)
and application number(s) (e.g.,
TEXXXXXX).
• Email: [email protected].
• U.S. Mail: Robert Krijgsman,
Endangered Species Program Manager,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2800

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Cottage Way, Room W–2606,
Sacramento, CA 95825.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Krijgsman, via phone at 760–
431–9440, via email at permitsr8es@
fws.gov, or via the Federal Relay Service
at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
the public to comment on applications
for permits under section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the Endangered Species Act, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
The requested permits would allow the
applicants to conduct activities
intended to promote recovery of species
that are listed as endangered or
threatened under the ESA.
Background
With some exceptions, the ESA
prohibits activities that constitute take
of listed species unless a Federal permit
is issued that allows such activity. The
ESA’s definition of ‘‘take’’ includes such
activities as pursuing, harassing,

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