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and at the WWAMI (Washington, 

Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, & Idaho) 

Rural Health Research Center’s Web 

site, http://depts.washington.edu/ 

uwruca/. 

In the past, ORHP has issued a list of 

eligible, rural ZIP codes in Metropolitan 

counties based on the RUCAs rather 

than eligible census tracts due to 

potential applicants for Rural Health 

grants being able to easily ascertain 

whether they lived in an eligible ZIP 

code area. However, with the advent of 

the World Wide Web, applicants are 

now able to easily access information 

about census tracts, and to identify the 

tract identifying number of any 

address—(http://www.ffiec.gov/geocode/ 

default.htm). Further information on the 

ZIP code approximation of the census 

tract-based RUCA codes is available at 

http://depts.washington.edu/uwruca/ 

approx.html. 

HRSA believes that the use of RUCAs 

allows more accurate targeting of 

resources intended for the rural 

population. Both ORHP and CMS have 

been using RUCAs for several years to 

determine programmatic eligibility for 

rural areas inside of Metropolitan 

counties. 

ORHP currently considers all census 

tracts with RUCA codes 4–10 to be 

rural. While use of the RUCA codes has 

allowed identification of rural census 

tracts in Metropolitan counties, among 

the more than 60,000 tracts in the U.S. 

there are some that are extremely large 

and where use of RUCA codes alone 

fails to account for distance to services 

and sparse population. In response to 

these concerns, ORHP has designated 

132 large area census tracts with RUCA 

codes 2 or 3 as rural. These tracts are at 

least 400 square miles in area with a 

population density of no more than 35 

people. 

ORHP will continue to seek 

refinements in the use of RUCAs. This 

may include further data on travel times 

so that areas with heavy commuting to 

urbanized areas, but which are too 

distant from the urbanized area for the 

residents to be able to easily access 

health care services, can also be 

designated as rural. 

HRSA is now seeking public 

comments on: 

1. The use of census tract RUCA codes 

to determine eligibility rather than 

RUCA codes which have been crosswalked to ZIP code areas, 

2. The possible use of RUCA subcodes, to more accurately identify rural 

areas inside Metropolitan counties, and 

3. The possible use of travel times 

along with RUCAs to identify census 

tracts inside Metropolitan counties as 

rural rather than using tract size and 

population density. 

DATES: The public is encouraged to 

submit written comments on the report 

and its recommendations July 2, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The following mailing 

address should be used: Office of Rural 

Health Policy, Health Resources and 

Services Administration, 5600 Fishers 

Lane, Parklawn Building, 9A–55, 

Rockville, MD 20857. HRSA/ORHP’s 

facsimile number is (301) 443–2803. 

Comments can also be sent via e-mail to 

shirsch@hrsa.hhs.gov. All public 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection at ORHP/HRSA’s 

office between the hours of 8:30 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about this request for public 

comment can be directed to Steven 

Hirsch, by e-mail 

(shirsch@hrsa.hhs.gov) or at the address 

above. 

Dated: April 25, 2007. 

Elizabeth M. Duke, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–8492 Filed 5–2–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995 concerning 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed collections of information, the 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA) 

will publish periodic summaries of 

proposed projects. To request more 

information on the proposed projects or 

to obtain a copy of the information 

collection plans, call the SAMHSA 

Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276– 

1243. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collections of information 

are 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 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. 

Proposed Project: Substance Abuse 

Prevention and Treatment Block Grant 

Synar Report Format, FFY 2005–2007— 

(OMB No. 0930–0222)—Revision 

Section 1926 of the Public Health 

Service Act [42 U.S.C. 300x–26] 

stipulates that funding Substance Abuse 

Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block 

Grant agreements for alcohol and drug 

abuse programs for fiscal year 1994 and 

subsequent fiscal years require States to 

have in effect a law providing that it is 

unlawful for any manufacturer, retailer, 

or distributor of tobacco products to sell 

or distribute any such product to any 

individual under the age of 18. This 

section further requires that States 

conduct annual, random, unannounced 

inspections to ensure compliance with 

the law; that the State submit annually 

a report describing the results of the 

inspections, describing the activities 

carried out by the State to enforce the 

required law, describing the success the 

State has achieved in reducing the 

availability of tobacco products to 

individuals under the age of 18, and 

describing the strategies to be utilized 

by the State for enforcing such law 

during the fiscal year for which the 

grant is sought. 

Before making an award to a State 

under the SAPT Block Grant, the 

Secretary must make a determination 

that the State has maintained 

compliance with these requirements. If 

a determination is made that the State 

is not in compliance, penalties shall be 

applied. Penalties ranged from 10 

percent of the Block Grant in applicable 

year 1 (FFY 1997 SAPT Block Grant 

Applications) to 40 percent in 

applicable year 4 (FFY 2000 SAPT 

Block Grant Applications) and 

subsequent years. Respondents include 

the 50 States, the District of Columbia, 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American 

Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, 

Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands. 

Regulations that implement this 

legislation are at 45 CFR 96.130, are 

approved by OMB under control 

number 0930–0163, and require that 

each State submit an annual Synar 

report to the Secretary describing their 

progress in complying with section 1926 

of the PHS Act. The Synar report, due 

December 31 following the fiscal year 

for which the State is reporting, 

describes the results of the inspections 

and the activities carried out by the 

State to enforce the required law; the 

success the State has achieved in 

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reducing the availability of tobacco 

products to individuals under the age of 

18; and the strategies to be utilized by 

the State for enforcing such law during 

the fiscal year for which the grant is 

sought. 

SAMHSA’s Center for Substance 

Abuse Prevention will request OMB 

approval of revisions to the current 

report format associated with Section 

1926 (42 U.S.C. 300x–26). The report 

format is changing significantly. Any 

changes in either formatting or content 

are being made to simplify the reporting 

process for the States and to clarify the 

information as the States report it; both 

outcomes will facilitate consistent, 

credible, and efficient monitoring of 

Synar compliance across the States and 

will reduce the reporting burden by the 

States. All of the information required 

in the new report format is already 

being collected by the States. 

ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

45 CFR Citation Number of 

respondents 1

Responses 

per 

respondents 

Hours per 

response 

Total hour 

burden 

Annual Report (Section 1—States and Territories) 96.130(e)(1–3) ................ 59 1 15 885 

State Plan (Section II—States and Territories) 96.130(e)(4,5)96.130(g) ........ 59 1 3 177 

Total .......................................................................................................... 59 ........................ ........................ 1,062 

1 Red Lake Indian Tribe is not subject to tobacco requirements. 

Send comments to Summer King, 

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 

Room 7–1044, One Choke Cherry Road, 

Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments 

should be received within 60 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: April 27, 2007. 

Elaine Parry, 

Acting Director, Office of Program Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–8450 Filed 5–2–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995 concerning 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed collections of information, the 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA) 

will publish periodic summaries of 

proposed projects. To request more 

information on the proposed projects or 

to obtain a copy of the information 

collection plans, call the SAMHSA 

Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276– 

1243. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collections of information 

are 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 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. 

Proposed Project: 2008 National Survey 

on Drug Use and Health—(OMB No. 

0930–0110)—Revision 

The National Survey on Drug Use and 

Health (NSDUH), formerly the National 

Household Survey on Drug Abuse 

(NHSDA), is a survey of the civilian, 

non-institutionalized population of the 

United States 12 years old and older. 

The data are used to determine the 

prevalence of use of tobacco products, 

alcohol, illicit substances, and illicit use 

of prescription drugs. The results are 

used by SAMHSA, ONDCP, Federal 

government agencies, and other 

organizations and researchers to 

establish policy, direct program 

activities, and better allocate resources. 

For the 2008 NSDUH, additional 

questions are being planned regarding 

suicide ideation and impairment from 

mental health issues. An embedded 

split-sample study is being planned to 

determine which one of two mental 

health disability scales to include in 

future NSDUH survey years. The two 

disability scales will be evaluated by 

using the SCID–I/NP as a follow-up 

interview with a subsample of 

respondents. 

Other questionnaire changes include 

deletion of questions about Hurricanes 

Katrina and Rita, adoption of a reduced 

set of income questions which were 

tested in 2006 and 2007, and routing of 

Adderall, Ambien, Ketamine, DMT, 

AMT, ‘‘Foxy’’ and salvia divinorum 

users into the questions on drug 

dependence and abuse. For half of the 

adult population, the respondent 

burden will remain at 60 minutes per 

interview. However, due to the length of 

one of the disability scales, the other 

half of the adult population may have 

respondent burden of up to 61 minutes. 

As with all NSDUH/NHSDA surveys 

conducted since 1999, the sample size 

of the survey for 2008 will be sufficient 

to permit prevalence estimates for each 

of the fifty states and the District of 

Columbia. The total annual burden 

estimate is shown below: 

Activity Number of respondents 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per respondent 

Total burden 

hours 

Household Screening .................................................................................... 182,250 1 .083 15,127 

Interview ......................................................................................................... 67,500 1 1 .0 67,500 

Clinical Follow-up ........................................................................................... 1,500 1 1 .0 1,500 

Screening Verification .................................................................................... 5,494 1 .067 368 

Interview Verification ...................................................................................... 10,125 1 .067 678 

TOTAL .................................................................................................... 182,250 ........................ .......................... 853,173 

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