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Policy, Office of Travel, Transportation, 

and Asset Management, at (202) 501–

2824, or by email at www.gsa.gov/ 

perdiemquestions. Please cite Notice of 

Per Diem Bulletin 07–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

After an analysis of current data, GSA 

has determined that current lodging 

rates for certain localities do not 

adequately reflect the lodging 

economics in those areas. Except for two 

minor changes, GSA generally applied 

the FY 2006 methodology in developing 

the FY 2007 rates. The two changes 

were: 

• Excluded properties identified as 

below industry standard. 

• Redefined property selections 

within NSA’s based on updated charge 

card data, in addition to Federal 

Executive Board/Federal Executive 

Agency input, to indicate actual Federal 

traveler destinations. 

A meals study was also conducted for 

26 new or redefined NSA’s. 

B. Change in standard procedure 

GSA issues/publishes the CONUS per 

diem rates, formerly published in 

Appendix A to 41 CFR Chapter 301, 

solely on the internet at http:// 

www.gsa.gov/perdiem. This process, 

implemented in 2003, ensures more 

timely changes in per diem rates 

established by GSA for Federal 

employees on official travel within 

CONUS. Notices published periodically 

in the Federal Register, such as this 

one, now constitute the only 

notification of revisions in CONUS per 

diem rates to agencies. 

Dated: July 19, 2006. 

Becky Rhodes, 

Deputy Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E6–12467 Filed 8–1–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) allow the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘Assessment of Unreimbursed Care 

among Community Primary Care 

Physicians.’’ In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public 

to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 2, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, 540 

Gaither Road, Room #5036, Rockville, 

MD 20850. 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from AHRQ’s Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ, Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposed Project 

‘‘Assessment of Un-reimbursed Care 

among Community Primary Care 

Physicians’’

This project is being conducted as 

part of AHRQ’s Primary Care PracticeBased Research Networks (PBRN). One 

of AHRQ’s PBRN contractors, the 

American Academy of Family 

Physicians’ National Research Network 

(AAFP–NRN), will survey primary care 

practices participating in its PBRN in 

order to assess the current state of 

unreimbursed medical care provided in 

community based primary care 

practices. 

There has been substantial research 

conducted to quantify the amount of unreimbursed care provided in private 

physicians’ offices. This survey will 

collect information from a sample of 

community-based primary care 

practices that are widely representative 

of private physicians across the United 

States in order to understand the current 

state of private primary care office unreimbursed care and help assess factors 

that encourage and discourage practices 

from engaging in this activity. 

The AAFP–NRN will collaborate with 

AHRQ on the design of a selfadministered, web-based questionnaire. 

The survey will collect information 

pertaining to the level of unreimbursed 

care in the practice as well as 

characteristics of the practice, the 

physician(s) and the patient population. 

Methods of Collection 

The survey will be distributed to 800 

primary care physicians with an 

expected response rate of 75% (600 

responses). A stratified sampling 

approach will be used to ensure 

appropriate representation from the four 

Census regions, urban and rural areas, 

and small and large practices. Selected 

physicians will receive a letter 

informing them of the purpose of the 

study and inviting them to participate. 

Within a week of receiving the 

invitation letter, respondents will 

receive an e-mail inviting them to 

complete a web-based questionnaire. A 

paper-based version of the questionnaire 

will be mailed to nonresponders after 

two weeks. Reminder phone calls will 

be placed in weeks four and six to all 

non-responders. If necessary to achieve 

target response rates, a re-mailing of the 

paper-based questionnaire will occur in 

week eight. The questionnaire is 

estimated to take no more than fifteen 

minutes to complete. 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL RESPONDENT

BURDEN

Data collection 

effort 

Number of 

respondents 

Estimated 

time 

per respondent in 

hours 

Estimated 

total 

burden 

hours 

Primary care clinicians ........... 600 .25 150 

Estimated Costs to the Federal 

Government 

The total cost to the government for 

this activity is estimated to be $129,956. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the above-cited 

legislation, comments on AHRQ’s 

information collection are requested 

with regard to any of the following: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of health care research and 

information dissemination functions of 

AHRQ, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of 

burden (including hours and costs) of 

the proposed collection(s) of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for OMB 

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collection. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. 

Dated: July 24, 2006. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 06–6621 Filed 8–1–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

[ATSDR–222] 

Public Health Assessments Completed 

April—June 2006 

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces those 

sites for which ATSDR has completed 

public health assessments during the 

period from April 2006 through June 

2006. This list includes sites that are on 

or proposed for inclusion on the 

National Priorities List (NPL) and 

includes sites for which assessments 

were prepared in response to requests 

from the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Cibulas, Jr., Ph.D., Director, 

Division of Health Assessment and 

Consultation, Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry, 1600 

Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E–32, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 

498–0007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The most 

recent list of completed public health 

assessments was published in the 

Federal Register on May 17, 2006 [71 

FR 28702]. This announcement is the 

responsibility of ATSDR under the 

regulation ‘‘Public Health Assessments 

and Health Effects Studies of Hazardous 

Substances Releases and Facilities’’ [42 

CFR Part 90]. This rule sets forth 

ATSDR’s procedures for the conduct of 

public health assessments under section 

104(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA), as amended by the 

Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act (SARA) [42 U.S.C. 

9604(i)]. 

Availability 

The completed public health 

assessments are available for public 

inspection at the ATSDR Records 

Center, 1825 Century Boulevard, 

Atlanta, Georgia (not a mailing address), 

between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday except legal holidays. 

Public health assessments are often 

available for public review at local 

repositories such as libraries in 

corresponding areas. Many public 

health assessments are available through 

ATSDR’s Web site at http:// 

www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/. In 

addition, the completed public health 

assessments are available by mail 

through the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, National Technical 

Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port 

Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161, 

or by telephone at (800) 553–6847. NTIS 

charges for copies of public health 

assessments. The NTIS order numbers 

are listed in parentheses following the 

site names. 

Public Health Assessments Completed 

or Issued 

Between April 2006, and June 2006, 

public health assessments were issued 

for the sites listed below: 

NPL and Proposed NPL Sites 

Alaska 

Eielson Air Force Base (EAFB)—

(PB2006–112790). 

Colorado 

Captain Jack Mill—(PB2006–109060). 

Oklahoma 

Hudson Refinery NPL Site—(PB2006–

112858). 

Pennsylvania 

Valmont TCE Site: Formerly Valmont 

Industrial Park Site (a/k/a Valmont 

Industrial Park)—(PB2006–109770). 

Tennessee 

Smalley-Piper Collierville—(PB2006–

110718). 

Virginia 

Naval Weapons Station York Town 

(NWSY)—(PB2006–111467). 

Non-NPL Petitioned Sites 

Georgia 

Colonial Pipeline Danielsville Booster 

Station—(PB2006–112820). 

Tennessee, Loudon County Hazardous 

Air Pollutants—(PB2006–110717). 

Dated: July 26, 2006. 

Kenneth Rose, 

Acting Director Office of Policy, Planning, 

and Evaluation, National Center for 

Environmental Health/, Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease, Registry. 

[FR Doc. E6–12415 Filed 8–1–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

[ATSDR–221] 

Development of Set 20 Toxicological 

Profiles 

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of Development of 

Toxicological Profiles. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

development of Set 20 Toxicological 

Profiles. Set 20 Toxicological Profiles 

consists of one new draft and six 

updated drafts. These profiles will be 

available to the public on or about 

October 17, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Commander Jessilynn B. Taylor, 

Division of Toxicology and 

Environmental Medicine, Agency for 

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 

Mailstop F–32, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (770) 

488–3313. Electronic access to these 

documents is also available at the 

ATSDR Web site: http:// 

www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) (42 

U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) amended the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund) (42 

U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) by establishing 

certain requirements for ATSDR and the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) with regard to hazardous 

substances that are most commonly 

found at facilities on the CERCLA 

National Priorities List (NPL). Among 

these statutory requirements is a 

mandate for the Administrator of 

ATSDR to prepare toxicological profiles 

for each substance included on the 

priority lists of hazardous substances. 

These lists identified 275 hazardous 

substances that ATSDR and EPA 

determined pose the most significant 

potential threat to human health. The 

availability of the revised list of the 275 

priority substances was announced in 

the Federal Register on December 7, 

2005 (70 FR 702840). For prior versions 

of the list of substances, see Federal 

Register notices dated April 17, 1987 

(52 FR 12866); October 20, 1988 (53 FR 

41280); October 26, 1989 (54 FR 43619); 

October 17, 1990 (55 FR 42067); October 

17, 1991 (56 FR 52166); October 28, 


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