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requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

This ICR estimates that approximately 

177 Metropolitan Planning 

Organizations will incur burden 

associated with transportation 

conformity requirements. 

Frequency of Response: The 

information collections described in this 

ICR must be completed before a 

transportation plan, TIP or project 

conformity determination is made. Per 

SAFETEA–LU and DOT’s planning 

regulations, transportation plans and 

TIPs must be updated at least every four 

years; therefore, a conformity 

determination on the transportation 

plan and TIP in metropolitan areas is 

required at least every four years. 

Conformity determinations on projects 

in metropolitan and isolated rural areas 

are required on an as-needed basis. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

The ICR estimates a total annual burden 

to all federal, state and local agency 

respondents over the three-year period 

covered by this ICR to be 70,189 hours/ 

year. Total annual burden for state and 

local agencies alone is 53,818, while the 

total annual burden for federal agency 

respondents is 16,371. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The 

total annual cost to all federal, state and 

local agency respondents over the threeyear period covered by this ICR is 

estimated to be approximately 

$3,876,133/year. The annual cost for all 

state and local agencies is $2,956,224, 

while the annual cost portion for federal 

agency respondents is $899,259. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 29,063 hours in the total 

estimated state, local, and federal 

agency respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This increase reflects 

the following adjustments and program 

changes: 

(1) Program change associated with 

transfer of DOT ICR (OMB #2132–0529) 

to EPA ICR 2130.03. 

(2) Adjustments associated with the 

implementation of transportation 

conformity provisions in SAFETEA–LU. 

(3) Reduced burden from the previous 

ICR, which included substantial start-up 

burden for areas that had never done 

transportation conformity prior to PM2.5

and 8-hour ozone NAAQS. These areas 

now have experience with conformity. 

(4) Other factors that have been 

updated since the existing ICR was 

approved. 

III. What Is the Next Step in the Process 

for This ICR? 

EPA will consider any comments we 

receive and amend the EPA ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. 

If you have any questions about this 

ICR or the approval process, please 

contact the technical person listed 

under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

Dated: July 10, 2007. 

Lori Stewart, 

Acting Director, Transportation and Regional 

Programs Division, Office of Transportation 

and Air Quality. 

[FR Doc. E7–14007 Filed 7–18–07; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notices 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 

at 10 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

Compliance matters pursuant to 2 

U.S.C. 437g. 

Audits conducted pursuant to 2 

U.S.C. 437g, 438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C. 

Matters concerning participation in 

civil actions or proceedings or 

arbitration. 

Internal personnel rules and 

procedures or matters affecting a 

particular employee. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Mr. Robert Biersack, Press Officer, 

Telephone: (202) 694–1220. 

Mary W. Dove, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30 Day–07–0007] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork; 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an email to: omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Weekly and Annual Morbidity and 

Mortality Reports, 0920–0007–

Extension—National Center for Health 

Marketing (NCHM), Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) is responsible for the 

collection and dissemination of 

nationally notifiable diseases’

information and for monitoring and 

reporting the impact of epidemic 

influenza on mortality, Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241). 

In 1878, Congress authorized the U. S. 

Marine Hospital Service (later renamed 

the U.S. Public Health Service) to 

collect morbidity reports on cholera, 

smallpox, plague, and yellow fever from 

U.S. consuls overseas; this information 

was to be used for instituting quarantine 

measures to prevent the introduction 

and spread of these diseases into the 

United States. In 1879, a specific 

Congressional appropriation was made 

for the collection and publication of 

reports of these notifiable diseases. 

Congress expanded the authority for 

weekly reporting and publication in 

1893 to include data from state and 

municipal authorities throughout the 

United States. To increase the 

uniformity of the data, Congress enacted 

a law in 1902 directing the Surgeon 

General of the Public Health Service 

(PHS) to provide forms for the collection 

and compilation of data and for the 

publication of reports at the national 

level. 

Reports on notifiable diseases were 

received from very few states and cities 


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