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The Order to Maintain Assets that is 

included in the proposed Consent 

Agreement requires that Jarden and K2 

protect the viability, marketability, and 

competitiveness of the divestiture assets 

between the time the Commission 

accepts the proposed Consent 

Agreement for placement on the public 

record and when the divestitures take 

place. 

The purpose of this analysis is to 

facilitate public comment on the 

proposed Consent Agreement, and it is 

not intended to constitute an official 

interpretation of the proposed Decision 

and Order or to modify its terms in any 

way. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Richard C. Donohue 

Acting Secretary 

[FR Doc. E7–16060 Filed 8–14–07: 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) allow the renewal of the 

generic information collection project: 

‘‘Questionnaire and Data Collection 

Testing, Evaluation, and Research for 

the Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality’’ In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public 

to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 15, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, 540 

Gaither Road, Room #5036, Rockville, 

MD 20850, or by e-mail at 

doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov. 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from AHRQ’s Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ, Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

‘‘Questionnaire and Data Collection 

Testing, Evaluation, and Research for 

the Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality.’’

AHRQ plans to employ the latest 

techniques to improve its current data 

collections by developing new surveys, 

or information collection tools and 

methods, and by revising existing 

collections in anticipation of, or in 

response to, changes in the healthcare 

field, for a three-year period. The 

clearance request is limited to research 

on in formation collection tools and 

methods, and related reports and does 

not extend to the collection of data for 

public release or policy formation.’’

A generic clearance for this work 

allows AHRQ to draft and test 

information collection tools and 

methods more quickly and with greater 

lead time, thereby managing project 

time more efficiently and improving the 

quality of the methodological data the 

agency collects. 

In some instances the ability to 

pretest/pilot-test information collection 

surveys, tools and methods, in 

anticipation of work, or early in a 

project, may request in the decision not 

to proceed with particular survey 

activities. This would save both public 

and private resources and effectively 

eliminate or reduce respondent burden. 

Many of the tools AHRQ develops are 

made available to users in the private 

sector. The healthcare environment 

changes rapidly and inquires a quick 

response from the agency to provide 

appropriately refined tools. A generic 

clearance for this methodological work 

will facilitate the agency’s timely 

development of information collection 

tools and methods suitable for use in 

changing conditions. 

It is particularly important to refine 

AHRQ’s tools because they have a 

widespread impact. These tools are 

frequently made available to help the 

private sector to improve health care 

quality by enabling the gathering of 

useful data for analysis. They are also 

used to provide information about 

health care quality to consumers and 

purchasers so that they can make 

marketplace choices to influence and 

improve health care quality. The current 

clearance will expire January 31, 2008. 

This is a request for a generic approval 

from OMB to test information collection 

instruments and methods over the next 

three years. 

Methods of Collection 

Participation in the testing of 

information collection tools and 

methods will be fully voluntary and 

non-participation will have no effect on 

eligibility for, or receipt of, future 

AHRQ health services research support 

or on future opportunities to participate 

in research or to obtain informative 

research results. Specific estimation 

procedures, when used, will be 

described when we notify OMB as to 

actual studies conducted under the 

clearance. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Type of research activity Number of 

respondents 

Estimated time 

per respondent 

(minutes) 

Total burden 

hours 

Face-to-Face Interviews .................................................................................................. 100 60 100 

Field Tests (short) ............................................................................................................ 2,400 20 800 

Field Tests (long) ............................................................................................................. 7,600 30 3,800 

Lab Experiments .............................................................................................................. 200 90 300 

Focus Groups .................................................................................................................. 100 60 100 

Cognitive Interviews ......................................................................................................... 100 60 100 

Totals ........................................................................................................................ 10,500 Not Applicable 5,200 

This information collection will not 

impose a cost burden on the 

respondents beyond that associated 

with their time to provide the required 

data. There will be no additional costs 

for capital equipment, software, 

computer services, etc. 


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Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal 

Government 

Expenses (equipment, overhead, 

printing, and support staff) will be 

incurred by AHRQ components as part 

of their normal operating budgets. No 

additional cost to the Federal 

Government is anticipated. Any 

deviation from these limits will be 

noted in reports made to OMB with 

respect to a particular study or studies 

conducted under the clearance. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the above-cited 

Paperwork Reduction Act legislation, 

comments on AHRQ’s information 

collection are requested with regard to 

any of the following: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

AHRQ health care research and health 

care information dissemination 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of 

burden (including hours and costs) of 

the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: August 7, 2007 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 07–3991 Filed 8–14–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration on Aging 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Extension 

of Supplemental Form to the Financial 

Status Report for all AoA Title III 

Grantees 

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging 

(AoA) is announcing that the proposed 

collection of information listed below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Submit written comments on the 

collection of information by September 

14, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information by fax 

202.395.6974 to the OMB Desk Officer 

for AoA, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen.Daniels@aoa.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, AoA 

has submitted the following proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

review and clearance. 

The Supplemental form to the 

Financial Status Report for all AoA Title 

III Grantees provides an understanding 

of how projects funded by the Older 

Americans Act are being administered 

by grantees, in conformance with 

legislative requirements, pertinent 

Federal regulations and other applicable 

instructions and guidelines issued by 

Administration on Aging (AoA). This 

information will be used for Federal 

oversight of Title III Projects. AoA 

estimates the burden of this collection 

of information as follows: 56 State 

Agencies on Aging respond 

semiannually which should be an 

average burden of 1 hour per State 

agency per submission. 

Dated: August 9, 2007. 

Josefina G. Carbonell, 

Assistant Secretary for Aging. 

[FR Doc. E7–15958 Filed 8–14–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–07–07AG] 

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 

National HIV Behavioral Surveillance 

System (NHBS)—New— National 

Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention 

(NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The purpose of this data collection is 

to monitor behaviors related to Human 

Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection 

among persons at high risk for infection 

in the United States. The primary 

objectives of the system are to obtain 

data from samples of persons at risk to: 

(a) Describe the prevalence and trends 

in risk behaviors; (b) describe the 

prevalence of and trends in HIV testing 

and HIV infection; (c) describe the 

prevalence of and trends in use of HIV 

prevention services; (d) identify met and 

unmet needs for HIV prevention 

services in order to inform health 

departments, community based 

organizations, community planning 

groups and other stakeholders. This 

project addresses the goals of CDC’s HIV 

prevention strategic plan, specifically 

the goal of strengthening the national 

capacity to monitor the HIV epidemic to 

better direct and evaluate prevention 

efforts. 

Data are collected through in-person 

interviews conducted with persons 

systematically selected from 25 

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) 

throughout the United States; these 25 

MSAs were chosen based on having 

high AIDS prevalence. Persons at risk 

for HIV infection to be interviewed for 

NHBS include men who have sex with 

men (MSM), injecting drug users (IDU), 

and heterosexual persons living in 

census tracts that have high HIV/AIDS 

prevalence (HET). A brief screening 

interview will be used to determine 

eligibility for participation in the full 

survey. The data from the full survey 

will provide estimates of behavior 

related to the risk of HIV and other 

sexually transmitted diseases, prior 

testing for HIV, and use of HIV 

prevention services. All persons 

interviewed will also be offered an HIV 

test. No other federal agency 

systematically collects this type of 

information from persons at risk for HIV 

infection. This data will have 

substantial impact on prevention 

program development and monitoring at 

the local, state, and national levels. 

CDC estimates that NHBS will 

involve, per year in each of the 25 

MSAs, eligibility screening for 50 to 200 

persons and eligibility screening plus 

the survey with 500 eligible 

respondents, resulting in a total of 

37,500 eligible survey respondents and 


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