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assessing performance and capacity and 

identifying areas for improvement. It is 

anticipated that the updated data 

collection instrument will be 

voluntarily used by states for similar 

purposes. 

From 1998–2002, the CDC National 

Public Health Performance Standards 

Program convened workgroups with the 

National Association of County and City 

Health Officials (NACCHO), The 

Association of State and Territorial 

Health Officials (ASTHO), the National 

Association of Local Boards of Health 

(NALBOH), the American Public Health 

Association (APHA), and the Public 

Health Foundation (PHF) to develop 

performance standards for public health 

systems based on the essential services 

of public health. 

In 2005, CDC reconvened workgroups 

with these same organizations to revise 

the data collection instruments, in order 

to ensure the standards remain current 

and improve user friendliness. 

There is no cost to the respondents 

other than their time. The total 

estimated annualized burden hours are 

96. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden per response 

(in hours) 

State Public Health Systems ....................................................................................................... 8 1 12 

Dated: April 25, 2007. 

Maryam Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E7–8415 Filed 5–2–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel: HIV/AIDS Risk 

Reduction Intervention for 

Heterosexually Active African 

American Men, Funding Opportunity 

Announcement (FOA) Number PS07– 

002 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces a meeting of the 

aforementioned Special Emphasis 

Panel. 

Time and Date: 12 p.m.–4 p.m., May 24, 

2007 (Closed). 

Place: Teleconference. Corporate Square, 

Building 12, Conference Room 3106. 

Status: The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with provisions set 

forth in section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5 

U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, 

Management Analysis and Services Office, 

CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92–463. 

Matters to be Discussed: The meeting will 

include the review, discussion, and 

evaluation of research applications received 

in response to FOA PS07–002, ‘‘HIV/AIDS 

Risk Reduction Intervention for 

Heterosexually Active African American 

Men.’’ 

Contact Person for More Information: J. 

Felix Rogers, PhD, M.P.H., Scientific Review 

Administrator, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS 

E05, Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone 

404.639.6101. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities, for 

both CDC and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: April 27, 2007. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E7–8457 Filed 5–2–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Request for Public Comment on Use of 

Rural Urban Commuting Areas 

(RUCAs) 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration, HHS. 

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and 

Services Administration’s (HRSA) 

Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) 

has sought to identify clear, consistent, 

and data-driven methods of defining 

rural areas in the Metropolitan counties 

of the United States. ORHP has funded 

development of Rural-Urban 

Commuting Area (RUCA) codes as the 

latest version of the Goldsmith 

Modification. HRSA is seeking 

comments on ORHP’s use of RUCAs to 

better target Rural Health funding and 

projects. While other agencies of HHS 

may choose to adopt ORHP’s definition 

of ‘‘rural’’ there is no requirement that 

they do so and they may choose other, 

alternate definitions that best suit their 

program requirements. 

Background 

The Office of Rural Health Policy 

(ORHP) was authorized by Congress in 

December 1987 in Public Law 100–203 

and located in the Health Resources and 

Services Administration (HRSA). 

Congress charged the Office with 

informing and advising the Department 

of Health and Human Services on 

matters affecting rural hospitals and 

health care and coordinating activities 

within the Department that relate to 

rural health care. 

The fiscal year (FY) 1991 

appropriation allocated funds for Health 

Services Outreach Grants in rural areas. 

The FY 1991 Senate Appropriations 

Committee Conference Report stated 

that these grants were intended for 

‘‘outreach to populations in rural areas 

that do not normally seek health or 

mental health services.’’ 

With the creation of the Rural Health 

Outreach Grant Program, HRSA 

assumed the responsibility of 

determining eligibility for the grants. In 

1991, there were two principal 

definitions of ‘‘rural’’ that were in use 

by the Federal Government. The oldest 

was the Census Bureau definition, 

which defined ‘‘rural’’ as all areas that 

were either not part of an urbanized area 

or were not part of an incorporated area 

of at least 2,500 persons. Urbanized 

areas were defined as densely settled 

areas with a total population of at least 

50,000 people. The building block of 

urbanized areas is the census block, a 

sub-unit of census tracts. 

The other major Federal definition in 

use was based on the Office of 

Management and Budget’s (OMB) list of 

counties that are designated as part of a 

Metropolitan Area. All counties that 

were not designated as Metropolitan 

were considered ‘‘rural’’ or, more 

accurately, non-metropolitan. 

Metropolitan Areas, in 1990, had to 

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