67878 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 226 / Friday, November 24, 2006 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: 45 CFR 1304 Head Start 

Program Performance Standards. 

OMB No. 0970–0148. 

Description: Head Start Program 

Performance Standards require Head 

Start and Early Head Start Programs and 

Delegate Agencies to maintain program 

records. The Administration for 

Children and Families, Office of Head 

Start, is proposing to renew, without 

changes, the authority to require certain 

record keeping in all programs as 

provided for in 45 CFR 1304 Head Start 

Program Performance Standards. These 

standards prescribe the services that 

Head Start and Early Head Start 

programs provide to enrolled children 

and their families. 

Respondents: Head Start and Early 

Head Start grantees and delegate 

agencies. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Number of respondents Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden hours per 

response Total burden hours 

Instrument 2,590 16 41.8 1,732,192 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 

In compliance with the requirements 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Information Services, 

370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 

Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF 

Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Dated: November 17, 2006. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–9374 Filed 11–22–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. 2006N–0453] 

Food Defense Workshop; Public 

Workshop 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public workshop. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA), Office of 

Regulatory Affairs (ORA), Southwest 

Regional Office (SWRO), in cosponsorship with the Risk Management 

Small Business Development Center 

(RMSBDC), is announcing a public 

workshop entitled ‘‘Food Defense 

Workshop.’’ This public workshop is 

intended to provide information about 

food defense, the regulations authorized 

by the Public Health Security and 

Bioterrorism Preparedness and 

Response Act of 2002 (the Bioterrorism 

Act), and other related subjects to FDAregulated food facilities (farms, 

manufacturers, processors, distributors, 

retailers, and restaurants). 

Date and Time: This public workshop 

will be held on March 29, 2007, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Location: The public workshop will 

be held at the Hoblitzelle Auditorium at 

the Bill Priest Campus of El Centro 

College, 1402 Corinth St., Dallas, TX 

75215. 

Contact: David Arvelo, Food and Drug 

Administration, Southwest Regional 

Office, 4040 North Central Expressway, 

Suite 900, Dallas, TX 75204, 214–253–

4952, FAX: 214–253–4970, or e-mail: 

david.arvelo@fda.hhs.gov. 

Registration: Registration by March 

15, 2007, is encouraged. The RMSBDC 

has a $20 registration fee to cover the 

cost of facilities and refreshments. 

Please submit your registration as soon 

as possible. Those accepted into the 

workshop will receive confirmation. 

Registration at the site is not guaranteed 

but may be possible on a space available 

basis on the day of the public workshop 

beginning at 8 a.m. The cost of 

registration at the site is $25, payable to 

RMSBDC. If you need special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact David Arvelo (see the 

Contact section of this document) at 

least 7 days in advance. 

Registration Form Instructions: To 

register, please complete the RMSBDC 

registration form and submit along with 

payment to RMSBDC, Attn: Saira 

Roberts, 1402 Corinth St., Dallas, TX 

75215. You may fax the completed 

registration form to RMSBDC at 214–

860–5867. To obtain a copy of the 

registration form, please call RMSBDC 

at 214–860–5887 or 214–860–5849. The 

registration form is also available online 

at http://www.ntsbdc.org/. 

Transcripts: Transcripts of the public 

workshop will not be available due to 

the format of this workshop. Workshop 

handouts may be requested through the 

Freedom of Information Office (HFI–35), 

Food and Drug Administration, 5600 

Fishers Lane, rm. 6–30, Rockville, MD 

20857, approximately 15 working days 

after the public workshop at a cost of 10 

cents per page. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

public workshop is being held in 

response to the large volume of food 

defense inquiries from FDA-regulated 

food facilities (farms, manufacturers, 

processors, distributors, retailers, and 

restaurants) originating from the area 

covered by the FDA Dallas District 

Office. The SWRO is presenting this 

workshop to help achieve objectives set 

forth in section 406 of the Food and 

Drug Administration Modernization Act 

of 1997 (21 U.S.C. 393), which include 


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