38568 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 21, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

This notice amends Part R of the

Statement of Organization, Functions

and Delegations of Authority of the

Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS), Health Resources and

Services Administration (60 FR 56605

as amended November 6, 1995; as last

amended at 65 FR 12021–4 dated March

7, 2000). This notice reflects the

organizational changes in the Office of

Planning, Evaluation and Legislation

(RA5).

I. In the Office of Planning, Evaluation

and Legislation (RA5) amend the

functional statement as follows:

A. Immediate Office of the Director

Serves as the Administrator’s primary

staff unit for coordinating the agency’s

strategic, evaluation and research

planning processes; (2) oversees

communication and maintains liaison

between the Administrator, other

OPDIVs, higher levels of the Department

and other Departments on all matters

involving analysis of program policy

undertaken in the Agency; (3) prepares

policy analysis papers and other

planning documents as required in the

Administration’s strategic planning

process; (4) analyzes budgetary data

with regard to planning guidelines; (5)

collaborates with Office of Management

and Program Support in the

development of budgets, performance

plans, and performance reports required

under the Government Performance and

Results Act (GPRA); (6) coordinates

activity related to the prevention agenda

and Healthy People 2010 activities.

B. Division of Planning and Evaluation

(RA51)

Serves as the Administrator’s primary

staff unit and principal source of advice

on program planning and evaluation; (2)

oversees communications between the

Administrator and higher levels of the

Department on all matters that involve

program plans and evaluation of

program performance; (3) maintains

liaison with other Federal and nonFederal health agencies on matters

within its areas of responsibility; (4)

develops short-range goals, objectives

and priorities for the Administrator; (5)

coordinates interrelated bureau

activities which influence programmatic

planning; (6) develops in collaboration

with financial management staff the

short-range program and financial plan

for the Administrator; (7) develops the

Agency’s annual evaluation plan; (8)

manages evaluation funds, monitors

progress of studies and disseminates

results; (9) provides technical assistance

to support the evaluation of policy and

operations questions undertaken in the

Agency.

C. Division of Information and Analysis

(RA52)

Serves as the Administrator’s primary

staff unit and principal source of advice

on program information and analysis;

(2) oversees communications between

the Administrator and higher levels of

the Department on all matters that

involve analysis of program policy; (3)

maintains liaison with other Federal

and non-federal health agencies on

matters within its area of responsibility;

(4) in conjunction with the Director of

Planning and Evaluation, provides

technical assistance to support the

statistical, economic, cost benefit, and

other scientific analyses of policy

questions undertaken in the Agency; (5)

supports development of long-range

objectives and strategies; (6) identifies

for the Administrator data required for

use in the management and direction of

Agency programs; (7) assesses and

analyzes trends and makes forecasts

about health services systems for use in

the program management and decision

making process; (8) monitors ongoing

information systems which produce

analytical data about the Agency’s

programs; (9) performs analyses of the

impact of Agency programs on specific

groups within the population, including

minorities, and develops appropriate

solutions to problems of illness and

disease; and (10) coordinates the

Administration’s public use reports

clearance function.

D. Division of Legislation (RA53)

Serves as the Administrator’s primary

staff unit and principal source of advice

on legislative affairs; (2) oversees

communications between the

Administrator and higher levels of the

Department on legislative matters; (3)

oversees the legislative program for the

Administrator; (4) develops a legislative

program for the Agency and develops

legislative proposals; (5) prepares the

Administrator’s analyses, position

papers, and reports on proposed

legislation; (6) supervises the

preparation of testimony and backup

materials on the Administration’s

legislative program for presentation to

Congressional Committees; (7) monitors

hearings and Congressional activities

affecting the Administration; (8) in

conjunction with the OAS(L),

coordinates the preparation of

information requested by and provides

technical assistance to, Congressional

Committees, Members of Congress, or

their staffs in relation to the Agency’s

legislative programs; and (9) coordinates

the distribution of legislative materials

and serves as a legislative reference

center.

III. Delegation of Authority

All delegations and redelegations of

authority which were in effect

immediately prior to the effective date

hereof have been continued in effect in

them or their successors pending further

redelegations.

This reorganization is effective upon

date of signature.

Dated: June 12, 2000.

Claude Earl Fox,

Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Receipt of Application for an Incidental

Take Permit for Proposed Road

Construction and Multi-Family Housing

Development by the Litchfield

Company, Georgetown County, South

Carolina

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Litchfield Company

(Applicant) requests an incidental take

permit (Permit) pursuant to section

10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species

Act of 1973 (U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as

amended (Act). The Applicant

anticipates taking one breeding group of

red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides

borealis) (RCW) incidental to (1)

construction activities for a multi-family

housing development and (2) road

building and usage during the RCW

nesting season. The project site is about

3,600 feet west-northwest of the

intersection of Highway 17 and

Willbrook Boulevard at Litchfield

Beach, Georgetown County, South

Carolina. Foraging habitat will be

impacted, but will not fall below

recommended minimums as outlined in

the Service’s Guidelines for RCW

Management on Private Lands. No

cavity trees will be removed. However,

construction activities (residential and

road) and road usage within 400 feet of

active cavity trees may harass the RCWs.

A more detailed description of the

mitigation and minimization measures

to address the effects of the Project to