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National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia 

Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 

45226, Telephone 513–533–6800 (this is 

not a toll-free number). Information 

requests can also be submitted by e-mail 

to OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

Dated: August 1, 2006. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 06–6682 Filed 8–3–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Decision To Evaluate and Petition To 

Designate a Class of Employees at 

Harshaw Chemical Company (Also 

Known as Uranium Refinery and/or 

Harshaw Filtrol Partners), Cleveland, 

OH, To Be Included in the Special 

Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) gives notice as 

required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a 

decision to evaluate a petition to 

designate a class of employees at 

Harshaw Chemical Company (also 

known as Uranium Refinery and/or 

Harshaw Filtrol Partners), to be 

included in the Special Exposure Cohort 

under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000. The initial 

proposed definition for the class being 

evaluated, subject to revision as 

warranted by the evaluation, is as 

follows: 

Facility: Harshaw Chemical Company. 

Location: Cleveland, Ohio. 

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All 

workers at Harshaw Chemical Company 

plant and the laboratories of the 

separate facility located at 1945 East 

97th Street. 

Period of Employment: January 1, 

1942 through November 30, 1949. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia 

Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 

45226, Telephone 513–533–6800 (this is 

not a toll-free number). Information 

requests can also be submitted by e-mail 

to OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

Dated: August 1, 2006. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 06–6683 Filed 8–3–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Final Effect of Designation of a Class 

of Employees for Addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) gives notice 

concerning the final effect of the HHS 

decision to designate a class of 

employees at the Nevada Test Site 

(NTS), Mercury, Nevada, as an addition 

to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 

under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000. On June 26, 2006, 

as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 

7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS 

designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

Department of Energy (DOE) employees or 

DOE contractor or subcontractor employees 

who worked at the Nevada Test Site from 

January 27, 1951 through December 31, 1962 

for a number of work days aggregating at least 

250 work days, either solely under this 

employment or in combination with work 

days within the parameters (excluding 

aggregate work day requirements) established 

for other classes of employees included in 

the SEC, and who were monitored or should 

have been monitored. 

This designation became effective on 

July 26, 2006, as provided for under 42 

U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning 

on July 26, 2006, members of this class 

of employees, defined as reported in 

this notice, became members of the 

Special Exposure Cohort. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia 

Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 

45226, Telephone 513–533–6800 (this is 

not a toll-free number). Information 

requests can also be submitted by e-mail 

to OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 06–6684 Filed 8–3–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

Part C (Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention) of the Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated 

October 14, 1980, and corrected at 56 FR 

69296, October 20, 1980, as amended 

most recently at 71 FR 37080, dated 

June 29, 2006) is amended to reflect the 

establishment of the Writer-Editor 

Services Branch within the Division of 

Creative Services, National Center for 

Health Marketing, Coordinating Center 

for Health Information and Service. 

Section C–B, Organization and 

Functions, is hereby amended as 

follows: 

Following the title and functional 

statement for the Broadcast Production 

and Distribution Branch (CPBHD), 

Division of Creative Services (CPBH), 

National Center for Health Marketing 

(CPB), Coordinating Center for Health 

Information and Service (CP), insert the 

following: 

Writer-Editor Services Branch 

(CPBHE). (1) Provides production 

editing services for CDC’s information 

products; (2) provides production 

editing services for MMWR publications, 

Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) 

journal, and Preventing Chronic Disease 

(PCD) journal; (3) provides substantive 

editing services for CDC-authored 

written material; (4) provides 

copyediting services; (5) provides 

proofreading services; (6) provides Web 

editing services; (7) provides writing 

services, including relevant research; 

and (8) provides editorial consulting 

services and training in writing and 

editing. 

Delete item (1) of the functional 

statement for the Scientific Publications 

Branch (CPBGH), Division of Scientific 

Communications (CPBG), and insert the 

following: (1) Develops, plans, 

coordinates, and produces the MMWR 

series, including the MMWR 


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Recommendations and Reports, CDC 

Surveillance Summaries, and Annual 

Summary of Notifiable Diseases. 

Delete item (4) of the financial 

statement for the Division of Creative 

Services (CPBH), and insert the 

following: (4) provides CDC-wide 

services including writing and editing, 

umbrella contracting and other 

‘‘common carrier’’ mechanisms to reach 

primary channels (e.g. broadcast and 

video production, message design), 

resources for development of materials 

and products (e.g. graphic arts and 

related services outlined in business 

services consolidation, and collects and/ 

or facilities distribution of graphic 

resources (e.g. to engineering design and 

expertise to support broadcast 

production). 

Delete item (2) of the functional 

statement for the Presentation Graphics 

and Multilingual Services Branch 

(CPBHC), Division of Creative Services 

(CPBH), and insert the following: (2) 

Develops and/or provides design and 

graphic elements for exhibits and 

presentations, desktop publishing, 

publications, and multi-language 

translation services, and. 

Delete items (7) and (12) of the 

functional statement of the Information 

Design and Publishing Staff (CPC153), 

Office on Information Services (CPC15), 

Office of the Director (CPC1), National 

Center for Health Statistics (CPC), and 

insert the following: (7) provides design 

and production support for all NCHS 

published products, including the 

NCHS Web site, * * * . (12) 

establishes, administers, and monitors 

contracts to provide graphics support 

and printing services for NCHS; and 

Delete item (11) of the functional 

statement for the Office of 

Communications (CTB12), Office of the 

Director (CTB1), National Center for 

Environmental Health (CTB), 

Coordinating Center for Environmental 

Health and Injury Prevention (CT), and 

insert the following: (11) provides 

publications-related activities including 

preparing articles and drafting news 

releases, distributing publications, and 

bibliographic services, and. 

Delete item (8) of the functional 

statement for the Office of 

Communications (CTB12), Office of the 

Director (CTB1), and renumber the 

remaining items accordingly. 

Delete item (8) of the functional 

statement for the Office of 

Communications (CTC14), Office of the 

Director (CTC1), National Center for 

Injury Prevention and Control (CTC), 

and insert the following: (8) manages 

the clearance and production of NCIPC 

publications. 

Delete item (6) of the functional 

statement for the Office of the Director 

(CTCC1), Division of Violence 

Prevention (CTCC), and insert the 

following: (6) prepares and monitors 

clearance of manuscripts for publication 

in scientific and technical journals and 

publications, including articles and 

guidelines published in the MMWR, and 

other publications for the public. 

Delete the title and functional 

statement of the Technical Information 

and Editiorial Services Branch (CUC12), 

Office of the Director (CUC1), National 

Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 

and Health Promotion (CUC), 

Coordinating Center for Health 

Promotion (CU), and insert the 

following: Technical Information and 

Services Branch (CUC12). The 

Technical Information and Services 

Branch (TISB)(1) plans, coordinates, 

develops, and provides NCCDPHP 

technical information, resources and 

services; (2) provides technical 

information acquisition, tracking, 

manual and electronic search services, 

retrieval, and reference collection 

services; (3) plans, coordinates, advises, 

and provides information management 

support and technical assistance to 

NCCDPHP divisions and their 

constituents to develop technical 

information systems and resources to 

meet division goals and programmatic 

directions; (4) develops and coordinates 

NCCDPHP technical information 

resources into computerized 

information databases and special 

bibliographics or publications; (5) works 

closely with state and federal agencies 

and NCCDPHP constituents to develop 

health information networks and to 

promote information sharing; (6) 

manages and coordinates NCCDPHP’s 

scientific and editorial clearance 

process and DHHS clearance, as 

appropriate, for all print and nonprint 

materials, and ensures adherence to and 

consistency with CDC’s scientific and 

editorial clearance process; (7) designs, 

develops, and coordinates the 

publication of communication material, 

including journal articles, books, 

reports, fact sheets, newsletters, and 

other forms of communication with the 

public health community and the 

general public; (8) provides leadership 

in the production of quality print and 

nonprint materials by planning and 

presenting seminars, by providing 

consultation in developing written and 

visual materials, and by otherwise 

promoting good communications 

practices; (9) establishes standards and 

coordinates the design and layout of 

print and nonprint materials, including 

tabular and graphic materials, advises 

NCCDPHP staff on desktop publishing, 

and provides desktop publishing 

services; (10) coordinates other 

publications services, such as preparing 

indexes, verifying reference lists, testing 

for readability, and translating materials 

from English to non-English language; 

(11) develops, manages, and maintains 

the NCCDPHP manuscript tracking 

system, providing an up-to-date 

reporting system, bibliographies of 

NCCDPHP publications, and input into 

NCCDPHP, CDC and online locator and 

database systems; (12) coordinates 

NCCDPHP’s technical information and 

other communication activities with 

other CDC programs and offices; (13) 

represents NCCDPHP on committees, 

workgroups, and at conferences relating 

to technical information, publication 

activities, and other communication 

activities. 

Delete item (8) of the functional 

statement for the Communications 

Office (CVB13), Office of the Director 

(CVB1), National Center for HIV, STD, 

and TB Prevention (CVB), Coordinating 

Center for Infectious Diseases (CV), and 

insert the following: (8) provides 

graphics and publishing services for 

NCHSTP staff. 

Delete item (8) of the functional 

statement for the Technical Information 

and Communications Branch (CVBBG), 

Division of HIV/AIDS PreventionIntervention Research and Support 

(CVBB), and insert the following: (8) 

prepares and monitors clearance of 

manuscripts for publication in scientific 

and technical journals and publications, 

including articles and guidelines in the 

MMWR. 

Delete item (23) of the functional 

statement for the Communications, 

Education, and Behavioral Studies 

Branch (CVBDB), Division of 

Tuberculosis Elimination (CVBD), and 

insert the following: (23) coordinates 

and tracks materials for purposes of 

clearance and approval for publications 

and presentations. 

Delete item (8) of the functional 

statement for the Office of Health 

Communication (CVC13), Office of the 

Director (CVC1), National Center for 

Infectious Diseases (CVC), and insert the 

following: (8) provides clearance 

assistance in the preparation of 

scientific articles and other documents 

and products for electronic and hard 

copy publication or presentation. 

Delete item (8) of the functional 

statement for the Office of the Director 

(CVCL1), Division of Viral Hepatitis 

(CVCL), and insert the following: (8) 

provides support to DVH components in 

preparation of graphics and other visual 

arts, and conference and exhibit 

planning, management, and execution. 


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Delete item (2) of the functional 

statement for the CDC Connects 

(CAU12), Office of the Director (CAU1), 

Office of Enterprise Communication 

(CAU), Office of the Director (CA), and 

insert the following: (2) plans and 

develops articles about employees and 

their work. 

Delete item (6) of the functional 

statement for the Document 

Development Branch (CCED), Education 

and Information Division (CCE), 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (CC), and renumber 

the remaining items accordingly. 

Dated: July 21, 2006. 

William H. Gimson, 

Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

[FR Doc. 06–6675 Filed 8–3–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10206] 

Emergency Clearance: Public 

Information Collection Requirements 

Submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services (CMS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of 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. 

We are, however, requesting an 

emergency review of the information 

collection referenced below. In 

compliance with the requirement of 

section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we have 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) the following 

requirements for emergency review. We 

are requesting an emergency review 

because the collection of this 

information is needed before the 

expiration of the normal time limits 

under OMB’s regulations at 5 CFR part 

1320(a)(2)(ii). This is necessary to 

ensure compliance with an initiative of 

the Administration. We cannot 

reasonably comply with the normal 

clearance procedures because of an 

unanticipated event, as stated in 5 CFR 

1320.13(a)(2)(iii). 

Approval of this notice is essential in 

order to comply with Section 302(a)(1) 

of the MMA that requires the Secretary 

to establish and implement quality 

standards for suppliers of certain items 

to be applied by recognized 

independent accreditation 

organizations. Suppliers of Durable 

Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, 

Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) must 

comply with the quality standards (and 

thus be accredited) to furnish any item 

for which payment is made under 

Medicare Part B. The DMEPOS 

providers and suppliers must be 

accredited and obtain a National 

Supplier Clearinghouse billing number 

in order to participate in the 

Competitive Acquisition Program for 

DMEPOS. The competitive bidding 

process final rule will be published 

October 1, 2006. However, there are 

over 90,000 providers and suppliers that 

need to be accredited before the 

implementation of this program by 

2009, regardless of whether they submit 

bids or do not submit bids. Emergency 

clearance is required, given the 

complexity of this new requirement and 

the fact that the industry cannot proceed 

until CMS publishes both the quality 

standards along with the approved 

requirements for independent 

accreditation organizations. Otherwise, 

the program is in jeopardy of not 

meeting the statutory deadline of full 

implementation by 2009. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Durable Medical 

Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and 

Supplies (DMEPOS) Supplier 

Accreditation Proposals from 

Independent Accrediting Bodies; Use: 

Under Section 302 of the Medicare 

Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 

Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), the 

DMEPOS providers and suppliers must 

be accredited and obtain a National 

Supplier Clearinghouse billing number 

in order to competitively bid. Section 

302(a)(1) of the MMA added section 

1834(a)(20) to the Act, which requires 

the Secretary to establish and 

implement quality standards for 

suppliers of certain items, including 

consumer service standards, to be 

applied by recognized independent 

accreditation organizations. Suppliers of 

DMEPOS must comply with the quality 

standards in order to furnish any item 

for which payment is made under Part 

B, and to receive and retain a provider 

or supplier billing number used to 

submit claims for reimbursement for 

any such item for which payment may 

be made under Medicare. Section 

1834(a)(20)(B) of the Act requires the 

Secretary, notwithstanding section 

1865(b) of the Act, to designate and 

approve one or more independent 

accreditation organizations to apply the 

quality standards to suppliers of 

DMEPOS and other items. Independent 

accreditation organizations must furnish 

the specified information to CMS to 

allow themselves the opportunity to 

submit proposals to implement and 

operate the DMEPOS accreditation 

program. The information supplied by 

the Independent Accreditation 

Organizations will be used to evaluate 

the accreditation organization’s ability 

to meet CMS’ regulations. Form 

Number: CMS–10206 (OMB#: 0938–

NEW); Frequency: Reporting—One-time; 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit and Not-for-profit institutions; 

Number of Respondents: 10; Total 

Annual Responses: 10; Total Annual 

Hours: 200. 

CMS is requesting OMB review and 

approval of this collection by August 9, 

2006, with a 180-day approval period. 

Written comments and 

recommendations will be considered 

from the public if received by the 

individuals designated below by August 

7, 2006. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS’ Web site 

address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

regulations/pra or e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and CMS document 

identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, 

or call the Reports Clearance Office on 

(410) 786–1326. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding the burden or any 

other aspect of these collections of 

information requirements. However, as 

noted above, comments on these 

information collection and 

recordkeeping requirements must be 

mailed and/or faxed to the designees 

referenced below by August 7, 2006: 

CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs, Division of 

Regulations Development—B, Attn: 

William N. Parham, III, Room C4–26–


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