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from one side of this area to the other. 

The exit of the secondary inspection 

area would intersect with a steep 

portion of Bridge Street, which is a 

safety concern. Following secondary 

inspection, alternative B would require 

trucks returning to Canada to be 

escorted by border station personnel 

back to the International Bridge, by way 

of public streets. This alternative would 

remove a considerable amount of 

employee parking from Fraser Papers 

and would require trucks to circulate 

through town to access the paper mill. 

Alternative C consisted of 

demolishing the existing border station 

building and constructing a new border 

station along the MM&A railroad tracks, 

Bridge Street, and a portion of the Fraser 

Papers parking areas adjacent to Mill 

Street. Alternative C proposed the 

complete separation of inspections for 

trucks and POVs and buses. Primary 

and secondary inspection of trucks 

would occur on the existing border 

station site and additional MM&A 

railroad-owned property to the south 

and west. Primary inspection of POVs 

and buses would occur in Bridge Street 

and on property owned by Fraser Papers 

and used for employee parking. 

Secondary POV and bus inspection 

would occur on land owned by Fraser 

Papers at the corner of Bridge and Mill 

Streets. Thirteenth Avenue would be 

closed to through traffic. 

Alternatives A, B, and C would only 

marginally satisfy the project’s purpose 

and needs because the building and site 

layout are not ideal, on-site traffic 

circulation is cumbersome, and security, 

while improved over existing 

conditions, would not fully meet the 

CBP’s requirements. Additionally, they 

would likely result in substantial 

disruption to operations of Fraser 

Papers and the MM&A Railroad. Due to 

the many problems associated with 

them and because another alternative 

exists that fully satisfies the project’s 

purpose and needs with less adverse 

impact, alternatives A, B, and C were 

dismissed from further consideration. 

Environmental Consequences of the 

Project 

The selected alternative would have a 

small impact on the natural and social 

environment of Madawaska. The 

selected alternative would impact Fraser 

Papers’ use of the site for truck and 

outdoor material storage, a railroad 

siding and buildings owned by the 

MM&A Railroad, and displace the 

Madawaska Regional Health Center, a 

medical office and outpatient care 

facility. The selected alternative would 

result in minor changes or impacts in 

traffic, noise, surface water runoff, and 

increased lighting. In each case, the 

changes would not be significant. The 

selected alternative would not adversely 

impact special events like the 

International Snowmobile Festival. 

According to officials at the CBP, it is 

anticipated that vehicle idle time will be 

significantly less than 5 minutes. As a 

final design for the facility is developed, 

the GSA/CBP will evaluate traffic 

processing flow and wait times and, if 

necessary, identify appropriate idling 

reduction strategies. Such strategies may 

include development of signage at 

strategic locations and/or educational 

outreach to local industries whose 

drivers frequently use the border 

crossing. 

Decision 

The GSA has decided to construct the 

selected alternative because it best 

meets the purpose and needs of the 

project, and would have positive 

impacts on inbound traffic compared to 

the no-build alternative. The traffic 

circulation patterns of the selected 

alternative, with the installation of 

increased security and technology 

measures, would result in shorter 

vehicle queues and more effective and 

faster processing times for inbound 

vehicles. The separation of POVs from 

trucks and buses would greatly reduce 

queuing that occurs with the no-build 

alternative when more than one truck is 

present for processing. The number of 

inbound booths for processing vehicular 

traffic would increase from two (one 

POV lane and one shared lane) to four 

(two POV lanes, one truck lane, and one 

bus lane). Traffic backups into Canada 

would be reduced with the additional 

lanes combined with the increased 

stacking area along the proposed access 

road. 

The GSA selected the 

environmentally preferable alternative. 

The selected and environmentally 

preferable alternative best met the 

purpose and needs for the project with 

the least impact to the natural and social 

environments, and best protects, 

preserves, and enhances the historic, 

cultural, and natural resources of the 

area. 

The following economic, technical, 

and GSA mission considerations were 

weighed in reaching the decision: The 

selected alternative would adequately 

address the problem that the existing 

building, although well maintained, 

does not meet the GSA’s or accessibility 

guidelines and provides only a small 

percentage of the total building square 

foot area required to meet the needs of 

the CBP and other agencies. It also 

addresses the problem that the existing 

border station suffers from a variety of 

basic deficiencies that hamper the CBP 

and other agencies in providing safe and 

efficient processing of vehicular and 

pedestrian traffic including: 

•Deficiencies in the main building 

(size, accessibility, structural, etc.) 

•Deficiencies in site circulation and 

layout 

•Deficiencies in processing of 

inbound commercial and noncommercial vehicles, especially in the 

lack of space to perform secondary 

inspections of large commercial vehicles 

•Deficiencies in processing outbound 

vehicular and pedestrian traffic 

•Lack of parking spaces 

•Lack of designated delivery area 

•Deficiencies in exterior lighting 

•Deficiencies related to security 

measures (equipment, fencing, building 

setbacks, etc.) 

The DEIS identified a preferred 

alternative. The DEIS was circulated 

and a public hearing was held to receive 

comments. No major substantive 

comments on the DEIS were received. 

All practicable means of avoiding or 

minimizing environmental harm from 

the selected alternative were adopted, 

through the attached program of 

mitigation, monitoring, or enforcement. 

[FR Doc. E7–8065 Filed 4–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–A8–S 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

Office of Small Business Utilization; 

Small Business Advisory Committee; 

Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Small Business Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Small Business 

Utilization, GSA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) is announcing a 

public meeting of the GSA Small 

Business Advisory Committee (the 

Committee). 

DATES: The meeting will take place May 

14, 2007. The meeting will begin 1 p.m. 

and conclude no later than 6 p.m. that 

day. The Committee will accept oral 

public comments at this meeting and 

has reserved a total of thirty minutes for 

this purpose. Members of the public 

wishing to reserve speaking time must 

contact Aaron Collmann in writing at: 

sbac@gsa.gov or by fax at (202) 501–

2590, no later than one week prior to the 

meeting. 

ADDRESSES: GSA Expo 2007, Orange 

County Convention Center, Room 

W240B, 9800 International Drive, 

Orlando, FL. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aaron Collmann, Room 6029, GSA 

Building, 1800 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20405 (202) 501–1021 

or e-mail at sbac@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 92–

463). The purpose of this meeting is to 

develop the topics generated during the 

previous meeting December 6–7, 2006; 

to receive briefings from small business 

topical experts, and to hear from 

interested members of the public on 

proposals to improve GSA’s small 

business contracting performance. 

Topics to be discussed from the 

previous meeting may include, but are 

not limited to, Contractor Teaming 

Agreements and the Small Business Setasides on the GSA Multiple Awards 

Schedules Program. Information from 

previous meetings can be found online 

at http://www.gsa.gov/sbac. 

Dated: April 20, 2007. 

Felipe Mendoza, 

Associate Administrator,Office of Small 

Business Utilization,General Services 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–8066 Filed 4–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–34–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 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

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: A 

National Survey to Measure the 

Adoption of Electronic Health Records 

(EHR) among Physicians and Group 

Practices. 

Frequency: One year. 

Form/OMB No.: 0990–New. 

Use: The Office of the Secretary will 

evaluate barriers and facilitators to 

acquisition of electronic record keeping 

in medical practices. This will allow the 

Secretary to identify policy choices to 

encourage use of EHR thereby 

improving the flow of medical 

information. 

Frequency: One time reporting. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit and Not-for-profit institutions. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

6,000. 

Total Annual Responses: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Total Annual Hours: 1500. 

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–New), New Executive Office 

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503. 

Dated: April 17, 2007. 

Alice Bettencourt, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–8049 Filed 4–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–45–P 

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 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

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: The 

National Evaluation of the Rural/ 

Frontier Women’s Health Coordinator 

Center Program. 

Form/OMB No.: 0990–New. 

Use: The Department of Health and 

Human Services Office on Women’s 

Health (OWH) is seeking clearance to 

conduct data collection efforts as part of 

the National Evaluation of the Rural/ 

Frontier Coordinating Center (RFCC) 

program. The Office on Women’s Health 

funded the creation of three RFCCs in 

September 2004, and awarded eight 

additional RFCC contracts in fiscal year 

2005. The impetus for creating the 

RFCCs was to identify, coordinate, and 

leverage the network of existing 

resources to provide a full range of 

culturally and linguistically appropriate 

health services to women and their 

families. To effectively meet the 

numerous health care needs of this 

diverse population, rural health 

providers must not only offer 

comprehensive health care services but 

also integrate these services to maximize 

awareness, access, and quality. RFCCs 

were created to accomplish this task. 

Evaluating the effectiveness of RFCCs is 

essential for determining whether these 

centers are the best vehicles for 

coordinating and leveraging new and 

existing resources for women’s health in 

rural and frontier communities. The 

OWH is seeking to evaluate all eleven 

RFCCs. This evaluation will also enable 

the OWH to determine how well RFCCs 

are facilitating access to integrated and 

comprehensive primary care services to 

women and their families residing in 

rural and frontier regions of the U.S. 

Frequency: Report on Occasion. 


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