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the half year. Final financial status 

reports are due within 90 days of 

expiration of the budget/project period. 

Standard Form 269 (long form) will be 

used for financial reporting. 

C. All reports shall be submitted to 

the Grants Management Specialist in 

DGO. 

Grantees are responsible and 

accountable for accurate reporting of the 

Progress Reports and Financial Status 

Reports which are generally due semiannually. Financial Status Reports (SF–

269) are due 90 days after each budget 

period and the final SF–269 must be 

verified from the grantee records on 

how the value was derived. Grantees are 

allowed a reasonable period of time in 

which to submit financial and 

performance reports. 

Failure to submit required reports 

within the time allowed may result in 

suspension or termination of an active 

cooperative agreement, withholding of 

additional awards for the project, or 

other enforcement actions such as 

withholding of payments or converting 

to the reimbursement method of 

payment. Continued failure to submit 

required reports may result in one or 

both of the following: (1) The 

imposition of special award provisions; 

and (2) the non-funding or non-award of 

other eligible projects or activities. This 

applies whether the delinquency is 

attributable to the failure of the grantee 

organization or the individual 

responsible for preparation of the 

reports. 

VII. Agency Contact(s) 

1. Questions on the programmatic 

issues may be directed to: Jolene 

Aguilar, Program Specialist, Tena 

Larney, Program Analyst or Office of 

Tribal Self-Governance, Telephone No.: 

301–443–7821; Fax No.: 301–443–1050; 

E-mail: jolene.aguilar@ihs.gov; E-mail 

tena.larney@ihs.gov. 

2. Questions on grants management 

and fiscal matters may be directed to: 

Denise Clark, Grants Management 

Specialist, Division of Grants 

Operations, Telephone No.: 301–443–

5204; Fax No.: 301–443–9602; E-mail: 

denise.clark@ihs.gov. 

VIII. Other Information 

The Public Health Service (PHS) 

strongly encourages all cooperative 

agreement and contract recipients to 

provide a smoke-free workplace and 

promote the non-use of all tobacco 

products. In addition, Pub. L. 103–227, 

the Pro-Children Act of 1994, prohibits 

smoking in certain facilities (or in some 

cases, any portion of the facility) in 

which regular or routine education, 

library, day care, health care or early 

childhood development services are 

provided to children. This is consistent 

with the PHS mission to protect and 

advance the physical and mental health 

of the American people. 

Dated: October 6, 2006. 

Charles W. Grim, D.D.S., M.H.S.A. 

Assistant Surgeon General, Director, Indian 

Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–8643 Filed 10–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Aggression Prevention 

Among High-Risk Early Adolescents 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

for opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

National Institute of Child Health and 

Human Development (NICHD), the 

National Institutes of Health (NIH) will 

publish periodic summaries of proposed 

projects to be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This proposed 

information collection was previously 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 20, 2006, pages 35437–35438, and 

allowed 60-days for public comment. 

No public comments were received. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comment. 

The National Institutes of Health may 

not conduct or sponsor, and the 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, an information collection that has 

been extended, revised, or implemented 

on or after October 1, 1995, unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Proposed Collection 

Title: Aggression Prevention Among 

High-Risk Early Adolescents Study. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension, OMB control 

number 0925–0523, expiration date 9/ 

30/2006. Use of Information: This study 

will assess the efficacy of an in-school, 

group-mentoring intervention designed 

to foster academic engagement and 

prevent aggressive and deviant behavior 

among early adolescent (approximately 

ages 11–12). The primary objectives of 

the study are to determine if 

participation in a weekly groupmentoring program during 6th grade 

significantly impacts adolescents’

attitudes and behaviors regarding school 

engagement and aggression above and 

beyond educational materials for youth 

and parents. The findings will provide 

valuable information concerning: (1) 

The efficacy of in-school groupmentoring programs for improving 

youth attitudes, expectations, intent/ 

motivation, and social competence; and 

(2) the extent to which such 

improvement increases academic 

engagement and decreases aggressive 

and deviant behavior among high-risk 

youth. 

Frequency of Response: 3 times for 

youth; 1 time for parents. Affected 

Public Individuals or households. 

Type of Respondents: Adolescents 

and parents/guardians. The annual 

reporting burden is as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

427 early adolescents and 150 parents; 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 2 for 6th graders, 1 for 

parents; Average Burden Hours Per 

Response: 1; and Estimated Total 

Annual Burden Hours Requested: 1177. 

There are no Capital Costs, Operating 

Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to 

report. 

Type of respondents 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Estimated 

number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

hours 

requested 

6th graders ....................................................................................................... 300 2 1.0 600

7th graders ....................................................................................................... 277 1 1.0 277

Parents/guardian .............................................................................................. 300 1 1.0 300 

Total .......................................................................................................... 877 ........................ ........................ 1177 


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Request for Comments: Written 

comments and/or suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies should 

address one or more of the following 

points: (1) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the function of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) Minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, contact Bruce SimonsMorton, Ed.D, 6100 Executive Blvd., 

Suite 7B13M, Rockville, MD 20852. 

Telephone 301–493–5674. E-mail: 

mortonb@mail.nih.gov. 

Comments Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 30-days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: October 4, 2006. 

Paul Johnson, 

NICHD Project Clearance Liaison, National 

Institutes of Health. 

[FR Doc. 06–8653 Filed 10–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2006–25843] 

Use of Reports of Marine Casualty in 

Claims Process by National Pollution 

Funds Center 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of interpretation. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard is 

providing a notice of interpretation that 

the prohibition in 46 U.S.C. 6308 on the 

use of any part of a report of a Coast 

Guard Marine Casualty Investigation 

Report (MCIR) in certain administrative 

proceedings does not prohibit use of 

such reports in the process used by the 

Coast Guard’s National Pollution Funds 

Center (NPFC) for determining whether 

to pay or deny claims under the Oil 

Pollution Act of 1990. 

DATES: Effective October 13, 2006. 

Comments and related material must 

reach the Coast Guard on or before 

November 13, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments 

and related material by only one of the 

following means: 

(1) By mail to the Docket Management 

Facility (USCG–2006–25843), U.S. 

Department of Transportation, room PL–

401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

(2) By delivery to room PL–401 on the 

Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

The telephone number is 202–366–

9329. 

(3) By fax to the Docket Management 

Facility at 202–493–2251. 

(4) Electronically through the Web 

site for the Docket Management System 

at http://dms.dot.gov. 

The Docket Management Facility 

maintains the public docket for the 

rulemaking. Comments and material 

received from the public will become 

part of this docket and will be available 

for inspection or copying at room PL–

401, located on the Plaza level of the 

Nassif Building at the same address 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

You may electronically access the 

public docket on the internet at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

Electronic forms of all comments 

received into any of our dockets can be 

searched by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor unit, etc.) 

and is open to the public without 

restriction. You may review the 

Department of Transportation’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477–78), or you may visit 

http://dms.dot.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on this notice, please contact 

Benjamin White, U.S. Coast Guard’s 

National Pollution Funds Center 

(NPFC), telephone 202–493–6863. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose 

The Coast Guard investigates and 

reports on marine casualties pursuant to 

46 U.S.C. Chapter 63. Under 46 U.S.C. 

6308 no part of a report of a marine 

casualty investigation ‘‘shall be 

admissible as evidence or subject to 

discovery in any civil or administrative 

proceedings, other than an 

administrative proceeding initiated by 

the United States.’’ Marine casualties 

may result in the discharge or 

substantial threat of discharge of oil to 

the navigable waters, adjoining 

shorelines or the exclusive economic 

zone. The National Pollution Funds 

Center (NPFC) processes claims against 

the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for oil 

removal costs and certain damages that 

result from such discharges or threats 

under authority of the Oil Pollution Act 

of 1990 (OPA) (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). 

The circumstances of a marine casualty 

will often bear on the entitlement of a 

claimant to payment of its claim, 

particularly for vessel owners or 

operators who may claim a complete 

defense to their own liability for such 

costs or damages or entitlement to limit 

their liability under OPA. 

In the past, the NPFC has not 

considered such reports of marine 

casualty investigations on the grounds 

that a broad interpretation of 46 U.S.C. 

6308 might proscribe their use in the 

NPFC’s claims processes. However, this 

resulted, in some instances, in the NPFC 

having to duplicate the investigative 

process in order to gather evidence that 

was included in a Marine Casualty 

Investigation Report (MCIR). This, in 

turn, resulted in delays while those 

duplicative investigative efforts were 

carried out. Further, in those instances 

where the claimant sought to make a 

MCIR a part of the record of its claim, 

the NPFC’s position resulted in the 

claimant being denied the opportunity 

to do so or have that report considered 

by NPFC. In order to avoid duplication 

of efforts and expedite the claims 

process, the Coast Guard has recently 

examined the provisions of 46 U.S.C. 

6308 to determine whether Congress, in 

fact, intended the broad interpretation 

followed by the NPFC in the past. 

The Coast Guard has concluded that 

the statute in question, 46 U.S.C. 6308, 

was not meant to prohibit the use by 

NPFC of all or parts of a MCIR in its 

claims process under 33 U.S.C. 2713. 

The plain language of 46 U.S.C. 6308 

does not indicate an intent to include 

the NPFC’s claims process, because that 

process is an internal, informal agency 

process. The NPFC’s claims process is 

administrative. However, it is not an 

administrative proceeding as the term is 

used in 46 U.S.C. 6308, which refers to 

proceedings subject to rules of evidence 

and discovery. The statute does not 

appear to be directed at the Coast 

Guard’s internal use of its MCIRs, or a 

process as informal as the NPFC’s 

claims process. To interpret the statute 

otherwise would result in unnecessary 

duplication of government and claimant 

investigative resources, a result that was 


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