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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the information collection to the 

Desk Officer for Department of the 

Interior, by facsimile at (202) 395–6566 

or you may send an e-mail to: 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. 

Please send a copy of your comments 

to Terry Parks, Office of Indian Services, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of 

the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Mail 

Stop 4513–MIB, Washington, DC 20240. 

You may telefax comments on this 

information collection to (202) 208–

5113. You may also hand deliver 

written comments or view comments at 

the same address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may request further information or 

obtain copies of the information 

collection request submission from 

Terry Parks, (202) 513–7625. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Representatives of the Department of the 

Interior and the Department of Health 

and Human Services and Tribes 

developed a joint rule, 25 CFR Part 900, 

to implement section 107 of the Indian 

Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act, as amended, Title I, 

Public Law 103–413, the Indian SelfDetermination Contract Reform Act of 

1994. Section 107(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

Indian Self-Determination Contract 

Reform Act requires the joint rule to 

permit contracts and grants be awarded 

to Indian tribes without the unnecessary 

burden or confusion associated with 

two sets of rules and information 

collection requirements when 

legislation treats this as a single program 

covering two separate agencies. The 

Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian 

Health Service estimate that the base 

burden hours established for this 

Information Collection Request, OMB 

1076–0136, will remain the same. The 

number of base burden hours 

established for information collection 

requirements of 25 CFR Part 900 

remained stationary even though some 

tribes are contracting under 25 CFR 

900.8 which permits tribes to contract 

several programs under a single 

contract. The complexity of the reports 

has offset the contracting multiple 

programs burden hours, therefore the 

burden hours estimates have remained 

stationary. 

The information requirements for this 

joint rule represent significant 

differences from other agencies in 

several respects. Both the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and the Indian Health 

Service let contracts for multiple 

programs whereas other agencies 

usually award single grants to tribes. 

Under the Indian Self-Determination 

and Education Assistance Act, as 

amended, and the Indian SelfDetermination Contract Reform Act of 

1994, tribes are entitled to contract and 

may renew contracts annually where 

other agencies provide grants on a 

discretionary/competitive basis. 

The proposal and other supporting 

documentation identified in this 

information collection is used by the 

Department of the Interior and the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services to determine applicant 

eligibility, evaluate applicant 

capabilities, protect the service 

population, safeguard Federal funds and 

other resources, and permit the Federal 

agencies to administer and evaluate 

contract programs. Tribal governments 

or tribal organizations provide the 

information by submitting Public Law 

93–638 contract or grant proposals to 

the appropriate Federal agency. No third 

party notification or public disclosure 

burden is associated with this 

collection. 

Request for Comments 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

Indian Health Service requests you to 

send your comments on this collection 

to the locations listed in the ADDRESSES

section. 

Your comments should address: (a) 

The necessity of the information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agencies, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agencies’

estimate of the burden (hours and cost) 

of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways we could enhance the quality, 

utility and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) ways we could 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

the information on the respondents, 

such as through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Please note that an agency may not 

sponsor nor request, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it has a valid OMB 

Control Number. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0136. 

Title: Indian Self-Determination and 

Education Assistance Contracts, 25 CFR 

900. 

Brief Description of collection: A tribe 

or tribal organization may be required to 

respond from 1 to 12 times per year, 

depending upon the number of 

programs they contract from the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs and Indian Health 

Service. Each response may vary in its 

length. In addition, each subpart 

concerns different parts of the 

contracting process. For example, 

Subpart C relates to provisions of the 

contents for the initial contract 

proposal. The burden associated with 

this would not be used when contracts 

are renewed. Subpart F describes 

minimum standards for the management 

systems used by Indian tribes or tribal 

organizations under these contracts. 

Subpart G addresses the negotiability of 

all reporting and data requirements in 

the contract. 

Type of review: Renewal. 

Respondents: 550. 

Total number of responses: 5267. 

Time per response: Varies from 10 to 

50 hours, with an average of 45 hours 

per response. 

Total Annual burden to Respondents: 

219,782 hours. 

Dated: December 21, 2006. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary-Indian 

Affairs, Department of the Interior. 

Dated: October 25, 2006. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, 

Department of Health and Human Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Cancer Institute; Notice of 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of the 

National Cancer Institute Director’s 

Consumer Liaison Group. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public, with attendance limited to space 

available. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

Name of Committee: National Cancer 

Institute Director’s Consumer Liaison 

Group. 

Date: January 25, 2007. 

Time: 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 

Agenda: (1) Approval Minutes of 

September 28, 2006 Teleconference and 

October 25, 2006 in-person meeting; (2) 

Introduce new Office of Advocacy 

Relations leadership and Director’s 

charge to the DCLG members (3) Report 

of DCLG Member Activities; (4) 

Preparation for the March in-person 

meeting; (5) Public Comment Public 

Comment; (6) Action Items and 

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Place: National Institutes of Health, 

6116 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, 

MD 20852 (Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Barbara Guest, 

Executive Secretary, Office of Liaison 

Activities, National Cancer Institute, 

National Institutes of Health, 6116 

Executive Boulevard, Room 2202, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–8324, 301–496–

0307, guestb@mail.nih.gov. 

Any interested person may file 

written comments with the committee 

by forwarding the statement to the 

Contact Person listed on this notice. The 

statement should include the name, 

address, telephone number and when 

applicable, the business or professional 

affiliation of the interested person. 

Information is also available on the 

Institute’s/Center’s home page: 

deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/dclg/ 

dclg.htm, where an agenda and any 

additional information for the meeting 

will be posted when available. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.392, Cancer Construction; 

93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention 

Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and 

Diagnosis Research; 93.395 Cancer Treatment 

Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology Research; 

93.397, Cancer Centers Support; 93.398, 

Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399, Cancer 

Control, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: December 19, 2006. 

Anna Snouffer, 

Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 06–9884 Filed 12–27–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Cancer Institute; Notice of 

Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given of the following 

meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The contract proposals and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the contract 

proposals, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Cancer 

Institute Special Emphasis Panel, SBIR 

Topic 230 (Phases I and II). 

Date: February 27, 2007. 

Time: 12 pm to 4 pm. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate 

contract proposals. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

6130 Executive Blvd., Conference Room 

D, Rockville, MD 20852, (Telephone 

Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Kenneth L Bielat, 

PhD., Scientific Review Administrator, 

Division Of Extramural Activities, 

National Cancer Institute, 6116 

Executive Boulevard, Room 7147, 

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301)496–7576, 

bielatk@nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.392, Cancer Construction; 

93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention 

Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and 

Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer 

Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology 

Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support; 

93.398, Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399, 

Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health, 

HHS) 

Dated: December 20, 2006. 

Anna Snouffer, 

Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 06–9886 Filed 12–2–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Cancer Institute, Amended 

Notice of Meeting 

Notice is hereby given of a change in 

the meeting of the National Cancer 

Institute Special Emphasis Panel, 

February 13, 2007, 8:00 a.m. to February 

15, 2007, 5 p.m., Hyatt Regency 

bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center, 

7400 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD, 

20814 which was published in the 

Federal Register on November 30, 2006, 

71 FR 69211. 

The meeting notice is changed to 

reflect the name of the committee from 

‘‘SPORE II’’ to ‘‘SPORE in Prostate, 

Breast and Skin Cancer.’’ The meeting is 

closed to the public. 

Dated: December 20, 2006. 

Anna Snouffer, 

Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 06–9888 Filed 12–28–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Child Health and 

Human Development; Notice of 

Meeting 

Purusant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of the 

National Advisory Child Health and 

Human Development Council. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public as indicated below, with 

attendance limited to space available. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications 

and/or contract proposals and the 

discussions could disclose confidential 

trade secrets or commercial property 

such as patentable material, and 

personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications and/or contract proposals, 

the disclosure of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National 

Advisory Child Health and Human 

Development Council. 

Date: January 25, 2007. 

Open: 8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. 

Agenda: (1) A report by the Director, 

NICHD; (2) a report of the Subcommittee 

on Planning and Policy; (3) a 

Reproductive Sciences Branch 

Presentation; and other business of the 

Council. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Building 31, 31 Center Drive, C–Wing, 

Conference Room 6, Bethesda, MD 

20892. 

Closed: 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications and/or proposals. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Building 31, 31 Center Drive, C–Wing, 

Conference Room 6, Bethesda, MD 

20892. 

Contact Person: Yvonne T. Maddox, 

PhD., Deputy Director, National 

Institute of Child Health and Human 

Development, NIH, 9000 Rockville Pike 

MSC 7510, Building 31, Room 2A03, 

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496–1848. 

Any interested person may file 

written comments with the committee 


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