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BILLING CODE 4164-01-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Black Lung Clinics Program Performance Measures, OMB No. 0915-0292—Extension AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA has submitted an Information Collection Request

(ICR)to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than July 8, 2019. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to *OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov* or by fax to 202-395-5806. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at *paperwork@hrsa.gov* or call

(301)443-1984. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Information Collection Request Title:* Black Lung Clinics Program Performance Measures, OMB No. 0915-0292 Extension. *Abstract:* HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy conducts an annual data collection of user information for the Black Lung Clinics Program, which has been ongoing with OMB approval since 2004. The Black Lung Clinics Program seeks to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with occupationally-related coal mine dust lung disease. Collecting this data provides HRSA with information on the extent to which each grantee is meeting the needs of these miners in their communities. A 60-day notice was published in the **Federal Register** on March 7, 2019 (vol. 84, No. 45, p. 8336). There were no public comments. *Need and Proposed Use of the Information:* Data from the annual report provides quantitative information about the clinics, specifically:

(a)The characteristics of the patients they serve (age, disability level, occupation type);

(b)the characteristics of services provided (medical encounters, non-medical encounters, benefits counseling, and outreach); and,

(c)the number of patients served. This assessment enables HRSA to provide data required by Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. It also ensures that funds are effectively used to provide services that meet the target population needs. *Likely Respondents:* Black Lung Clinics Program Recipients. *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 Form name Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Total responses Average burden per response (in hours) Total burden hours Black Lung Clinics Program Measures 15 1 15 10 150 Total 15 15 150 Maria G. Button, Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2019-11935 Filed 6-6-19; 8:45 am]