Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 95 / Thursday, May 17, 2007 / Notices 27815 

Texas; Newton Delaware Financial 

Corporation, Dover, Delaware; and 

CountyBank, National Association, 

Newton, Texas. 

In connection with this application, 

CBFH, Inc., Beaumont, Texas, also has 

applied to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring 100 percent of 

the voting shares of County Bancshares, 

Inc., Newton, Texas, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of 

Newton Delaware Financial 

Corporation, Dover, Delaware, and 

CountyBank, National Association, 

Newton, Texas. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, May 11, 2007. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–9441 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0000] 

30-Day Notice 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Agency information collection 

activities: proposed collection; comment 

request. 

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: 

Understanding Barriers and Successful 

Strategies for Faith-Based Organizations 

in Accessing Grants. 

Form/OMB No.: OS–0990–0000. 

Use: The Understanding Barriers and 

Successful Strategies for Faith-Based 

Organizations (FBOs) in Accessing 

Grants study will identify perceived or 

underlying barriers faith-based 

organizations may face in applying for 

federal discretionary grants, as well as 

identify the strategies and approaches 

used by successful applicants. The data 

gathered will help Health and Human 

Services understand the effectiveness of 

its past internal efforts to ensure that 

FBOs had equal access to grants, and 

whether additional steps should be 

considered. Additionally, this study 

should provide future FBO grant 

applicants, as well as other nonprofit 

organizations, information that could be 

used to improve the quality of their 

grant applications and their capacity to 

seek federal funding. 

Frequency: Single time. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 290. 

Total Annual Responses: 290. 

Average Burden Per Response: 35.2 

minutes. 

Total Annual Hours: 170. 

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 #0990–0000), 

New Executive Office Building, Room 

10235, Washington DC 20503. 

Dated: May 10, 2007. 

Alice Bettencourt, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–9529 Filed 5–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4154–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Toxicology Program (NTP) 

Interagency Center for the Evaluation 

of Alternative Toxicological Methods 

(NICEATM); the Murine Local Lymph 

Node Assay: Request for Comments, 

Nominations of Scientific Experts, and 

Submission of Data 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences 

(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health 

(NIH). 

ACTION: Request for comments, 

submission of relevant data, and 

nominations of scientific experts. 

SUMMARY: The Interagency Coordinating 

Committee on the Validation of 

Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) received 

a nomination from the U.S. Consumer 

Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to 

evaluate the validation status of: (1) The 

murine local lymph node assay (LLNA) 

as a stand-alone assay for determining 

potency (including severity) for the 

purpose of hazard classification; (2) the 

‘‘cut-down’’ or ‘‘limit dose’’ LLNA 

approach; (3) non-radiolabeled LLNA 

methods; (4) the use of the LLNA for 

testing mixtures, aqueous solutions, and 

metals; and (5) the current applicability 

domain (i.e., the types of chemicals and 

substances for which the LLNA has 

been validated). ICCVAM reviewed the 

nomination, assigned it a high priority, 

and proposed that NICEATM and 

ICCVAM carry out the following 

activities in its evaluation: (1) Initiate a 

review of the current literature and 

available data, including the preparation 

of a comprehensive background review 

document, and (2) convene a peer 

review panel to review the various 

proposed LLNA uses and procedures for 

which sufficient data and information 

are available to adequately assess their 

validation status. ICCVAM also 

recommends development of 

performance standards for the LLNA. At 

this time, NICEATM requests: (1) Public 

comments on the appropriateness and 

relative priority of these activities, (2) 

nominations of expert scientists to 

consider as members of a possible peer 

review panel, and (3) submission of data 

for the LLNA and/or modified versions 

of the LLNA. 

DATES: Submit comments, data, and 

nominations by June 15, 2007. Relevant 

data will also be accepted after this date 

and considered when feasible. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. William S. Stokes, 

NICEATM Director, NIEHS, P.O. Box 

12233, MD EC–17, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27709, (fax) 919–541–0947, 

(e-mail) niceatm@niehs.nih.gov. Courier 

address: NICEATM, 79 T.W. Alexander 

Drive, Building 4401, Room 3128, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. 

Responses can be submitted 

electronically at the ICCVAM–

NICEATM Web site: http:// 

iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/contact/ 

FR_pubcomment.htm or by e-mail, mail, 

or fax. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Other correspondence should be 


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