30600 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 93 / Friday, May 12, 2000 / Notices

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of April 10, 2000:

Caroline County for emergency protective

measures (Category B) under Public

Assistance.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

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BILLING CODE 6718–02–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

National Flood Insurance Program Call

for Issues Final Report

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: We (FEMA) announce when

and how our final report on the National

Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)’s Call

for Issues will be available to the public.

DATES: On June 15, 2000, we will post

the report on our web site and will

begin accepting orders for copies of the

final report.

By August 1, 2000, we will make an

initial distribution of the final report to

each of the 173 respondents. We will

respond to orders from the public

during the fourth quarter of this fiscal

year.

ADDRESSES: To place orders for the final

NFIP Call for Issues report please

contact the FEMA Distribution Center,

P.O. Box 2012, Jessup, MD 20794.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

H. Joseph Coughlin, Jr., Assistant to the

Federal Insurance Administrator,

Federal Emergency Management

Agency, 500 C Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20472; (202) 646–

3449, (facsimile) (202) 646–7970, or

(email) joseph.coughlin@fema.gov; or

Michael Robinson, Acting Chief, Policy

Branch, Program Assessment and

Outreach Division, the Mitigation

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, 500 C Street

SW., Washington, DC 20472; (202)

646–2716, (facsimile) (202) 646–2577,

or (email) mike.robinson@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

September 9, 1998, we published at 63

FR 48222 a notice inviting the public to

recommend how the National Flood

Insurance Program (NFIP) may be even

more effective than now. During the

comment period, we received

recommendations from 173

respondents. Those respondents

submitted 796 recommendations

spanning the insurance, mapping, and

floodplain management components of

the NFIP. We analyzed and evaluated

extensively the public’s comments and

recommendations for the NFIP. In a

number of cases, we adopted or will

adopt the public’s recommendation on

how to improve a specific aspect of the

program. In many other cases, we had

anticipated the recommendation with

initiatives planned or already underway

when we received the recommendation.

In other cases, we did not adopt the

public’s recommendation either because

we do not believe it was in the best

interests of the program or because we

are addressing the recommendation in

some other way. The final report

contains:

• The public’s recommendation to

improve aspects of the NFIP,

• Our decision whether to adopt the

public’s recommendation, including our

planned implementation or actual

progress, and

• An explanation of our decision.

On June 15, 2000, we will post the

final report on NFIP’s Call for Issues on

FEMA’s web site, http://www.fema.

gov/, and we will begin to accept orders

for copies of the final report from

members of the public who did not

submit written comments during our

call for issues. By August 1, 2000, we

will send a copy of the final report to

each of the 173 respondents who

submitted written recommendations on

how to improve the NFIP. We will

respond to orders for the report from the

public in the fourth quarter of this fiscal

year.

A number of decisions contained in

the report reflect a partial or future

action that we will take and not the

completed action to implement our

decision. We will therefore publish an

annual update to show our progress in

implementing all recommendations that

we have adopted—both the work

completed since our last update and the

current status of efforts underway but

not yet finished. We will continue to

publish these annual updates until we

complete the final action on all adopted

recommendations submitted during this

call for issues on the NFIP.

We appreciate very much the

comments and recommendations that

we received and want to thank all those

who participated for their time, effort

and insights.

Dated: May 3, 2000.

Jo Ann Howard,

Administrator, Federal Insurance

Administration.

Michael Armstrong,

Associate Director, Mitigation Directorate.

[FR Doc. 00–11987 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–03–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Transportation Intermediary

License; Applicant

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicant has filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission an

application for license as Non-Vessel

Operating Common Carrier and Ocean

Freight Forwarder—Ocean

Transportation Intermediary pursuant to

section 19 of the Shipping Act of 1984

as amended (46 U.S.C. app. 1718 and 46

CFR 515).

Persons knowing of any reason why

the following applicant should not

receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Transportation

Intermediaries, Federal Maritime

Commission, Washington, DC 20573.

Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier

and Ocean Freight Forwarder

Transportation Intermediary Applicant

Pactrans Marine, Inc., 12801 S. Fiqueroa

Street, Los Angeles, CA 90061.

Officers: Jesse Domingo, Director

(Qualifying Individual), Chee Tao

Tsui, President.

Dated: May 9, 2000.

Bryant L. VanBrakle,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11991 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary; Office of Public

Health and Science

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

Part A, (Office of the Secretary) of the

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority for the

Department of Health and Human

Services, Chapter AC, Office of Public

Health and Science (OPHS), paragraph

ACA, Immediate Office, as last amended

at 62 FR 5009–10, 2/3/97; and paragraph

ACF, Office of Research Integrity (ORI),

as last amended at 60 FR 56606–06,

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dated November 9, 1995, are being

amended to make policy changes

approved by the Secretary. Specifically,

the Notice is to reflect that the Assistant

Secretary for Health (ASH) will make

proposed findings of research

misconduct and administrative actions

in response to allegations of research

misconduct involving research

conducted or supported by components

of the Public Health Service (PHS); that

direct investigations, previously

conducted by ORI, will be conducted by

components of the PHS for intramural

research and by the Office of Inspector

General for extramural research; and

that role and structure of ORI will be

changed to focus more on preventing

misconduct and promoting research

integrity through expanded education

programs. The changes are as follows:

I. Amend Chapter AC.20 Functions,

paragraph A. ‘‘Office of Public Health

and Science,’’ paragraph titled, ‘‘The

Immediate Office (ACA)’’ by adding the

following new clause:

(1) Proposes findings of research

misconduct and administrative actions

in response to allegations of research

misconduct involving research

conducted or supported by the Public

Health Service (PHS) OPDIVs, including

reversal of an institution’s no

misconduct finding or opening of a new

investigation.

II. Under Section AC.20 Function,

delete, paragraph E. ‘‘Office of Research

Integrity (ACF)’’ in its entirety, and

replace with the following:

E. Office of Research Integrity (ACF)—

The Director reports to the Secretary

and will: (1) Oversee and direct Public

Health Service (PHs) research integrity

activities on behalf of the Secretary with

the exception of the regulatory research

integrity activities of the Food and Drug

Administration; (2) recommend to the

Assistant Secretary for Health for

decision, findings of research

misconduct and administrative actions

in connection with research conducted

or supported by the PHS; (3) coordinate

the development of research integrity

policies designed to ensure that subjects

of investigations and whistleblowers are

treated fairly, including clear

specification of what constitutes

misconduct, a fair hearing process,

appropriate time limits on pursuing

allegations, and specific whistleblower

protections; (4) manage the financial

resources and provide overall

administrative guidance in carrying out

the activities; and (5) oversee and direct

the research misconduct and integrity

activities of the office, including the

oversight of research misconduct

inquiries and investigations, education

and training in the responsible conduct

of research, activities designed to

promote research integrity and prevent

misconduct, and research and

evaluation programs.

1. Division of Education and Integrity

(ACF2)—The Director and staff: (1)

develop and implement, in consultation

with the PHS OPDIVs, activities and

programs for PHS intramural and

extramural research to teach the

responsible conduct of research,

promote research integrity, prevent

research misconduct, and to enable the

extramural institutions and PHS

OPDIVs to respond effectively to

allegations of research misconduct; (2)

coordinate the dissemination of research

integrity policies, procedures, and

regulations; (3) conduct policy analyses,

evaluations, and research to improve

DHHS research integrity policies and

procedures and build the knowledge

base in research misconduct, research

integrity, and prevention; (4) develop

(in consultation with the PHS OPDIVs)

policies, procedures, and regulations for

review by the Director, Office of

Research Integrity, and

recommendations to the Secretary; (5)

administer programs for: approval of

institutional assurances; response to

Freedom of Information Act and Privacy

Act requests; review and approval of

intramural and extramural policies and

procedures; and response to allegations

of whistleblower retaliation.

2. Division of Investigative Oversight

(ACF3)—The Director and staff: (1)

review and monitor investigations

conducted by applicant and awardee

institutions and intramural research

programs; (2) evaluate investigations

and investigatory findings of awardee

and applicant institutions, intramural

research programs, and the Office of

Inspector General and develop and

recommend to the ORI Director,

findings of research misconduct and

proposal administrative actions against

those who committed misconduct; (3)

assist the Office of the General Counsel

(OGC) in preparing and presenting cases

in hearings before the Research Integrity

Adjudications Panel of the DHHS

Department Appeals Board; (4) provide

information on DHHS policies and

procedures, as requested, to individuals

who have made an allegation or have

been accused of research misconduct;

and (5) establish and implement a

program of advice and technical

assistance to entities that conduct

inquiries and investigations, or

otherwise respond to allegations of

research misconduct.

III. Under Chapter AC, Section ACF–

30, Delegations of Authority—All

delegations and redelegations of

authority to the Assistant Secretary for

Health and officials of the Office of

Research Integrity that were in effect

prior to the effective date of this

reorganization shall continue in effect

pending further redelegation.

Dated: April 14, 2000.

Betsy D’Jamos,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Management

and Budget.

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BILLING CODE 4150–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4562–N–05

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment:

Assessing the Effectiveness of

HUD2020 Management Reforms—

Public Knowledge of Fair Housing

Issues

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Policy Development and

Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: July 11, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and should be

sent to: Reports Liaison Officer, Office

of Policy Development and Research,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW,

Room 8226, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

B. Dornan, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202)

708–0574, extension 4486 (this is not a

toll-free number). Copies of the

proposed data collection instruments

and other available documents may be

obtained from Mr. Dornan.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and

affecting agencies concerning the

proposed collection of information to:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed