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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 

Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) 

Information, Collection, Reporting, and 

Monitoring (OMB# 0920–0658)—two 

year extension of the currently approved 

collection—National Center for HIV and 

AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually 

Transmitted Disease, Tuberculosis 

Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The purpose of this request is to 

obtain OMB clearance to extend the 

3-year clearance for information 

collection to monitor the HIV 

prevention activities of CBA provider 

grantees funded by CDC to provide HIV 

prevention CBA from April, 1 2004 

through March 31, 2009. Capacity 

building is a key strategy for the 

promotion and sustainability of health 

prevention programs. Capacity building 

generally refers to the skills, 

infrastructure, and resources of 

organizations and communities that are 

necessary to effect and maintain 

behavior change, thus reducing the level 

of risk for disease, disability, and injury. 

CDC is responsible for monitoring and 

evaluating HIV prevention activities 

conducted under these cooperative 

agreement numbers 04019, 05015, and 

06608. Reporting and monitoring forms 

have been used to collect information 

that assists in enhancing and assuring 

quality programming. CDC requires 

current information regarding CBA 

activities and services supported 

through these cooperative agreements. 

Therefore, forms such as the Trimester 

Interim Progress Report, CBA 

Notification Form, CBA Completion 

Form, and the CBA Training Events 

Report are considered a critical 

component of the monitoring/evaluation 

process. Because this program 

encompasses approximately 32 CBA 

provider organizations, there is a 

continued need for a standardized 

system for reporting individual episodes 

of CBA delivered by all CBA provider 

grantees. The information collected 

from the Trimester Progress Report, 

CBA Notification, CBA Completion 

Form, and the CBA Training Events 

Report, will allow CDC to further 

identify problems and technical 

assistance needs of CBO, or CBA 

grantees in a timely fashion and 

subsequently improve the effectiveness 

of CBA program activities and to ensure 

that they are aligned with national 

goals. The data collected using the CBA 

Notification and Completion Forms, and 

the Training Events Report are now 

being collected via a web portal 

(www.cdc.gov/hiv/cba) that has gone 

through a Certification and 

Accreditation process. Continued 

collection of this data in addition to the 

Trimester Progress Report will assist 

CDC, to aggregate data, and to discern 

and refine national goals and objectives 

for HIV prevention capacity building. 

This information collection process is 

also valuable for grantees as a 

management tool to routinely examining 

CBA program performance by assessing 

strengths and weaknesses in line with 

the CBA program, performance 

indicators, and national objectives. 

It is estimated that form A will require 

4 hours of preparation by the 

respondent, form B will require 15 

minutes of preparation by the 

respondent, and form C will require 30 

minutes of preparation by the 

respondent, and form D will require 2 

hours of preparation by the respondent. 

In aggregate, report preparation requires 

approximately 1952 burden hours by 

each respondent. There is no cost to 

respondents other than their time. 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Avgerage 

burden hours 

per 

response 

Response 

burden 

(in hours) 

Form A: CBA Trimester Report ...................... 32 Grantees ................................................... 3 4 384 

Form B: CBA Notification Form ...................... 32 CBA Provider Grantees ............................ 50 15/60 400 

Form C: CBA Completion Form ..................... 32 CBA Provider Grantees ............................ 25 30/60 400 

Form D: CBA Training Events Report ............ 32 CBA Provider Grantees ............................ 12 2 768 

Total ......................................................... ......................................................................... ........................ ........................ 1952 

Dated: May 7, 2007. 

Maryam Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E7–9276 Filed 5–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60 Day–07–0007] 

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 or send 

comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting, CDC Assistant 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 


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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 

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 

prior to 1900, but gradually more states 

submitted monthly and annual 

summaries. In 1912, state and territorial 

health authorities—in conjunction with 

PHS—recommended immediate 

telegraphic reports of five diseases and 

monthly reporting by letter of 10 

additional diseases, but it was not until 

after 1925 that all states reported 

regularly. In 1942, the collection, 

compilation, and publication of 

morbidity statistics, under the direction 

of the Division of Sanitary Reports and 

Statistics, PHS, was transferred to the 

Division of Public Health Methods, 

PHS. 

A PHS study in 1948 led to a revision 

of the morbidity reporting procedures, 

and in 1949 morbidity reporting 

activities were transferred to the 

National Office of Vital Statistics. 

Another committee in PHS presented a 

revised plan to the Association of State 

and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO) 

at its meeting in Washington, DC, 

October 1950. ASTHO authorized a 

Conference of State and Territorial 

Epidemiologists (CSTE) for the purpose 

of determining the diseases that should 

be reported by the states to PHS. 

Beginning in 1951, national meetings of 

CSTE were held every two years until 

1974, then annually thereafter. 

In 1961, responsibility for the 

collection of data on nationally 

notifiable diseases and deaths in 122 

U.S. cities was transferred from the 

National Office of Vital Statistics to 

CDC. For over 40 years the Morbidity 

and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 

has consistently served as the CDC 

premier communication channel for 

disease outbreaks and trends in health 

and health behavior. The data collected 

for publication in the MMWR provides 

information which CDC and State 

epidemiologists use to detail and more 

effectively interrupt outbreaks. 

Reporting also provides the timely 

information needed to measure and 

demonstrate the impact of changed 

immunization laws or a new therapeutic 

measure. Users of data include, but are 

not limited to, congressional offices, 

state and local health agencies, health 

care providers, and other health related 

groups. 

The dissemination of public health 

information is accomplished through 

the MMWR series of publications. The 

publications consist of the MMWR, the 

CDC Surveillance Summaries, the 

Recommendations and Reports, and the 

Annual Summary of Notifiable Diseases. 

There are no costs to respondents 

except their time to participate in the 

survey. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

esponses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

respondent 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Weekly Morbidity Report Respondent Burden 

States ............................................................................................................... 50 52 1 2600 

Territories ......................................................................................................... 4 52 1 208 

1 52 30/60 26 

Cities ................................................................................................................ 2 52 1 104 

Subtotals ................................................................................................... 57 ........................ ........................ 2938 

CDC 43.5 Weekly Mortality Report Respondent Burden 

City health officers or vital statistics registrars ................................................ 122 52 12/60 1269 

Summary Respondent Burden 

States ............................................................................................................... 50 1 14 700 

Territories ......................................................................................................... 5 1 14 70 

Cities ................................................................................................................ 2 1 14 28

Subtotals ................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 798 

Totals ................................................................................................. 179 ........................ ........................ 5803 

* Reports. 


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Dated: May 7, 2007. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E7–9279 Filed 5–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Tribal TANF (Temporary 

Assistance for Needy Families) 

Financial Report, Form ACF–196T. 

Description: Authority to collect and 

report this information is found in the 

Personal Responsibility and Work 

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 

(PRWORA), Pub. L. 104–193. Tribal 

entities with approved Tribal plans for 

implementation of the TANF program 

are required by statute to report 

financial data. Form ACF–196T 

provides for collection of Federal 

expenditures data. Failure to collect this 

data would seriously compromise the 

Administration for Children and 

Families’ (ACF) ability to monitor 

expenditures and maintain financial 

management of the Tribal TANF 

program. The financial data collected is 

also used to estimate outlays and may 

be used to prepare ACF budget 

submissions to Congress. Federal policy 

requires the strictest controls on funding 

requirements, which necessitates review 

of documentation in support of Tribal 

expenditures for reimbursement. 

Comments received from a previous 

effort to implement a similar Tribal 

TANF report Form ACR–196T were 

used to guide ACF in the development 

of the updated report form presented 

with this submittal. 

Respondents: All Tribal TANF 

Agencies. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

ACF–196T ................................................................................................ 56 1 8 448 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 448 

In compliance with the requirements 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments 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) 

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. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60-days of this publication. 

Dated: May 9, 2007. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–2369 Filed 5–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG 2007–28091] 

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 

Committee; Vacancies 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Request for applications. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is seeking 

applications for appointment to 

membership on the Merchant Marine 

Personnel Advisory Committee 

(MERPAC). MERPAC provides advice 

and makes recommendations to the 

Coast Guard on matters related to the 

training, qualification, licensing, 

certification, and fitness of seamen 

serving in the U.S. merchant marine. 

DATES: Applications should reach us on 

or before July 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may request an 

application form by writing to 

Commandant (CG–3PSO–1), U.S. Coast 

Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–0001. Please 

submit applications to the same address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mark C. Gould, Assistant to the 

Executive Director, telephone 202–372–

1409, fax 202–372–1926. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is available on the Internet at 

http://dms.dot.gov/search/ 

searchFormSimple.cfm under the 

docket number [USCG–2007–28091]. 

The application form is also available 

on the Internet at http://www.uscg.mil/ 

hq/g-m/advisory/index.htm. You may 

also obtain an application by calling Mr. 

Mark Gould at (202) 372–1409; by emailing him at mark.c.gould@uscg.mil; 

by faxing him at (202) 372–1926; or by 

writing him at the location in 

ADDRESSES above. 

MERPAC is chartered under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App. 2 (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770, as amended). It provides advice 

and makes recommendations to the 

Assistant Commandant for Prevention 

on matters of concern to seamen serving 

in our merchant marine, such as 

implementation of the International 

Convention on Standards of Training, 

Certification and Watchkeeping for 

Seafarers, 1978 (STCW), as amended. 

MERPAC normally meets twice a 

year, once at or near Coast Guard 

Headquarters, Washington, DC, and 

once elsewhere in the country. Its 

subcommittees and working groups may 


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