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2As required by the Commission’s Rules, 

Complainants also filed a ‘‘Public’’ redacted version 

of the Memorandum of Facts and Arguments which 

is being provided to the Respondents. The 

Confidential version may be made available 

pursuant to the Administrative Law Judges ruling 

on the Motion for Protective Order. 

3Should this proceeding not be conducted 

pursuant to Subpart K, these dates will be adjusted. 

Exhibits X and Y to Complainants’

Memorandum of Fact and Arguments.2

Respondents shall file their response to 

the Complainants’ Motion for Protective 

Order no later than November 13, 2006 

(See 46 CFR 502.74). Respondents shall 

also advise whether they consent to this 

Complaint being processed under the 

shortened procedures of Subpart K (See 

46 CFR 502.181–187). Should 

Respondents consent to the shortened 

procedure, Respondents’ Answering 

Memorandum shall be served no later 

than twenty-five (25) days after the 

Administrative Law Judge issues his 

ruling on Complainants’ Motion for 

Protective Order (See 46 CFR 502.183). 

Should Respondents not consent to the 

shortened procedure, Respondent shall 

file an answer to the Complaint 

pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure, within twenty 

(20) days of the Administrative Law 

Judge’s ruling on the Complainants’

Motion for Protective Order (See 46 CFR 

502.64). 

This proceeding has been assigned to 

the Office of the Administrative Law 

Judges. Complainants have requested 

that their complaint be handled 

Pursuant to Subpart K—Shortened 

Procedure of the Commission’s Rules 

(46 CFR 502.181–187). With the consent 

of the parties and with the approval of 

the presiding officer, this proceeding 

may be conducted under the shortened 

procedure without oral hearing, except 

that a hearing may be ordered by the 

presiding officer at the request of either 

party to the proceeding or at the 

presiding officer’s discretion. If 

Respondents do not consent to this 

shortened procedure, the matter will be 

governed by Subpart E of the 

Commission’s Rules. Pursuant to the 

further terms of 46 CFR 502.61, the 

initial decision of the presiding officer 

in this proceeding shall be issued by 

March 27, 2007, and the final decision 

of the Commission shall be issued by 

June 22, 2007.3

Bryant L. VanBrakle, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–18455 Filed 11–1–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Committee on Vital and Health 

Statistics: Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

announces the following advisory 

committee meeting. 

Name: National Committee on Vital 

and Health Statistics (NCVHS). 

Time and Date: November 28, 2006, 9 

a.m.–3:15 p.m. November 92, 2006, 9 

a.m.–12 p.m. 

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 

200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 

505A, Washington, DC 20201. 

Status: Open. 

Purpose: At this meeting the 

Committee will hear presentations and 

hold discussions on several health data 

policy topics. On the morning of the 

first day the Committee will hear 

updates and status reports from the 

Department on various topics including 

activities of the HHS Data Council, and 

updates on HIPAA implementation, 

clinical data standards, the EPrescribing Final Rule, and Privacy Rule 

compliance. They will also work on 

letters to the HHS Secretary on the 

National Provider Identifier (NPI), and 

applications of the Consolidated Health 

Informatics Initiative (CHI) for disability 

information. In the afternoon the 

Committee will discuss the 8th report to 

Congress on HIPAA implementation 

and hear updates from Subcommittees. 

A briefing on secondary uses of health 

data by an industry group has also been 

scheduled. 

On the morning of the second day the 

Committee will continue working on the 

NPI and CHI letters. They will also be 

briefed on the status of the Health 

Information Security Privacy 

Collaboration, a project designed to 

asses how organizational business 

policies, practices, and State laws 

regarding privacy and security affect 

health information exchanging on a 

national level. There will be an update 

from the National Center for Health 

Statistic’s Board of Scientific Counselors 

and a discussion on International 

Classifications and related activities. 

Subcommittees will then have the 

opportunity to provide additional 

updates on their work and a short 

discussion of future agendas and the 

meeting will adjourn. 

The times shown above are for the full 

Committee meeting. Subcommittee 

breakout sessions are scheduled for late 

in the afternoon of the first day and in 

the morning prior to the full Committee 

meeting on the second day. Agendas for 

these breakout sessions will be posted 

on the NCVHS Web site (URL below) 

when available. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Substantive program information as 

well as summaries of meetings and a 

roster of committee members may be 

obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, 

Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National 

Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 

Toledo Road, Room 2402, Hyattsville, 

Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458–

4245. Information also is available on 

the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web 

site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where 

further information including an agenda 

will be posted when available. 

Should you require reasonable 

accommodation, please contact the CDC 

Office of Equal Employment 

Opportunity on (301) 458–4EE0 (4336) 

as soon as possible. 

Dated: October 25, 2006. 

James Scanlon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation (OSDP), Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 06–9019 Filed 11–1–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4151–05–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Meeting of the National Advisory 

Council for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, this notice announces a meeting of 

the National Advisory Council for 

Healthcare Research and Quality. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday November 2, from 4 p.m. to 6 

p.m., and from Friday, November 3, 

from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and is open to the 

public. The Notice will not be published 

15 days prior to the meeting because it 

was regrettably delayed due to 

administrative difficulties. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Courtyard by Marriott, Gaithersburg 

Washingtonian Center, 204 Boardwalk 

Place, Gaithersburg, Maryland. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Queenan, Coordinator of the 

Advisory Council, at the Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 

Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland, 

20850, (301) 427–1330. For press-related 

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