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holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than August 27, 

2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York (Anne MacEwen, Bank 

Applications Officer) 33 Liberty Street, 

New York, New York 10045-0001: 

1. Allied Irish Banks, plc, Dublin, 

Ireland; to acquire additional shares of 

M&T Bank Corporation, Buffalo, New 

York, for a total of 29 percent, and 

thereby indirectly control M&T Bank, 

National Association, Oakfield, New 

York, and M&T Trust Company, Buffalo, 

New York. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 

President) 701 East Byrd Street, 

Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528: 

1. Blue Ridge Financial Corporation; 

to become a bank holding company by 

acquiring 100 percent of the voting 

shares of Blue Ridge Bank of Walhalla, 

both of Walhalla, South Carolina. 

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

(David Tatum, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30309: 

1. FBC Bancorp, Inc., Orlando, 

Florida; to acquire 100 percent of the 

voting shares of Prime Bank, Melbourne, 

Florida. 

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Burl Thornton, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 

1. Sidney Bancorp.; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Sidney 

State Bank, both of Sidney, Michigan. 

E. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. 

Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201- 

2272: 

1. Mineola Community Mutual 

Holding Company, and Mineola 

Community Financial Group, Inc., to 

become bank holding companies by 

acquiring 100 percent of the voting 

shares of Mineola Community Bank, 

S.S.B., all of Mineola, Texas. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, July 30, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–14979 Filed 8–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0000; 30- 

day notice] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

In compliance with the requirement 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed collection 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. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Homelessness Data for Health and 

Human Services Mainstream Programs 

Form/OMB No.: 0990–0000 

Use: The Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 

will study data collection practices by 

Temporary Assistant for Needy Families 

(TANF) and Medicaid state programs 

regarding homelessness and housing 

status. Telephone interviews will be 

conducted with state officials from all 

50 states and the District of Columbia 

who administer the TANF and Medicaid 

programs to collect information about 

the type and quality of data related to 

homelessness and housing status that 

are collected from and recorded about 

TANF and Medicaid applicants. This 

information will be used to determine 

whether these two HHS mainstream 

programs are collecting information 

from program applicants and/or 

participants regarding their housing 

status. 

Frequency: One time 

Affected Public: State, Local and 

Tribal Government 

Annual Number of Respondents: 102 

Total Annual Responses: 102 

Average Burden per Response: 60 

minutes 

Total Annual Hours: 102 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and OS document 

identifier, to 

Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call 

the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 

690–6162. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be 

received within 30 days of this notice 

directly to the Desk Officer at the 

address below: OMB Desk Officer: John 

Kraemer, OMB Human Resources and 

Housing Branch, Attention: (OMB 

#0990–0000), New Executive Office 

Building, Room 10235, Washington DC 

20503. 

Date: July 25, 2007. 

Seleda Perryman, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–14978 Filed 8–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community; Announcement of Public 

Comment Period About the Design and 

Implementation of the American Health 

Information Community Successor 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public comment period, from August 6, 

2007 to August 31, 2007, to collect input 

about ideas for the design and 

implementation of a successor entity for 

the American Health Information 

Community (AHIC) as described in the 

American Health Information 

Community Successor White paper, July 

2007 (available on the Web at http:// 

www.hhs.gov/healthit/community/ 

background/AHICsuccessor. html on or 

after July 31, 2007). 

The ANIC is a federally-chartered 

advisory committee that provides input 

and recommendations to the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) on how to make health 

records digital and interoperable, and 

how to assure that the privacy and 

security of those records are protected. 

The charter of the AHIC requires that its 

responsibilities be transferred to a 

successor entity. Therefore, HHS and 

the AHIC are embarking upon a project 

that will take the AHIC to the next level. 

The successor entity will be an 

independent, sustainable public-private 

partnership that brings together the best 

of the public and private sectors. This 

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new public-private partnership will 

develop a unified approach to realize an 

effective, interoperable nationwide 

health information system that supports 

the health and well-being of the people 

of this country. The input from this 

public comment period will be used to 

inform the plans for transitioning the 

locus of activity from a Federal advisory 

committee to a independent publicprivate partnership. 

HHS and the AHIC are eager to hear 

the thoughts of your organization with 

respect to the AHIC successor entity. To 

facilitate your participation in this 

process, you are encouraged to provide 

your comments organized by the 

following concepts: 

• Purpose and scope of the successor 

entity 

• Membership, including classes and 

sectors 

• Governing body and decisionmaking process 

• Protections, incorporation, 

management, and staffing 

• Value of participation in the 

successor entity for stakeholders 

All comments in any format will be 

accepted. 

DATES: Comments should be received by 

the Office of the National Coordinator 

for Health Information Technology, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, on or before 5 p.m. EST on 

August 31, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: electronic responses are 

preferred and may be recorded via the 

Web site at http://www.hhs.gov/ 

healthit/commhnity/background/ 

AHICsuccessor.html or may be sent via 

e-mail addressed to 

AHICsuccessor@hhs.gov in the Office of 

the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology, Department of 

Health and Human Services. Please 

include ‘‘AHIC Successor White Paper 

Comments’’ in the subject line. 

Paper-based responses will also be 

accepted. Please send to: Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology, Department of 

Health and Human Services, Attention: 

AHIC Successor White Paper 

Comments, Mary C. Switzer Building, 

330 C Street, SW., Room 4080, 

Washington, DC 20201, or fax to (202) 

690–6079, Attention: AHIC Successor 

White Paper Comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Visit http:// 

www.hhs.gov/healthit/community/ 

background/AHICsuccessor.html. 

Dated: July 27, 2007. 

Michelle Murray, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 07–3768 Filed 8–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–24–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60–Day–07–07BN] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

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 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 

1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, 

GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited 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) 

ways to enhance 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. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Pilot Project to Estimate the Incidence 

of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection 

Among Young Injection Drug Users 

(IDUs) Using Serial Cross-Sectional 

Seroprevalence Surveys—New—

National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, 

and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Hepatitis C is the most prevalent 

bloodborne infection in the United 

States; approximately 3.2 million 

persons are chronically infected with 

HCV. National recommendations for 

prevention and control of HCV infection 

emphasize primary prevention activities 

to reduce the risk of HCV transmission. 

Identifying and reaching persons at risk 

for HCV infection to provide riskreduction counseling is thus critical to 

prevent infection. Currently the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC) monitors the national incidence 

of acute hepatitis C through passive 

surveillance of acute, symptomatic cases 

of laboratory confirmed hepatitis C. 

However, only a minority of people 

with acute infection have symptoms at 

all (<25%) and passive surveillance 

only captures a small fraction of acutely 

infected people, i.e., those who have 

symptoms and receive medical attention 

and appropriate laboratory testing 

during the acute phase of the disease. 

Injection drug users (IDUs), who are the 

primary risk group for acute hepatitis C 

(70% of identified acute cases), have 

additional barriers to health care access 

and/or utilization resulting in the 

potential for a further underestimation 

of overall incidence. Thus, it is 

necessary to consider strategies other 

than passive surveillance for incidence 

monitoring. One such strategy is to 

conduct Serial Cross-Sectional 

Seroprevalence Surveys (SCSS) among 

populations at increased risk of 

infection such as IDUs. 

For the proposed pilot project, 

funding will be awarded to selected U.S. 

sites that will develop and test different 

methods to recruit a sample of young 

IDUs that is most representative of the 

population of young IDUs at risk for 

HCV infection. These sampling methods 

will be compared and contrasted to 

identify a methodology to be used in 

ongoing SCSSs among young IDUs. 

Better methods of identification of 

persons at risk will enhance current 

surveillance efforts to monitor the 

incidence of HCV infection which in 

turn are the best means to direct and 

assess primary prevention strategies, 

determine new transmission patterns, 

and identify and control outbreaks. 

Moreover, methods developed in this 

study can be used in other areas to 

gather representative data on incidence 

of acute disease and the burden of 

disease caused by HCV infection. 

In addition, instruments for collecting 

behavioral/risk factor data from IDUs 

will be developed and pilot tested. It is 

estimated that data will be collected 

over 15 months from a total of 2000 

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