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grant supported sites in completing the

UDS:

Type of instrument No. Of

Respondents

Responses

per

Respondent

Hours per

Response

Total Hour

Burden

Modified UDS ................................................................................................... 312 1 5.6 1,747

The annual burden estimates shown

above for the non-grant supported sites

to complete the required six Tables will

be refined through field testing at nine

randomly selected sites.

Send comments to Patricia Royston,

HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room

14–36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this Notice.

Dated: July 25, 1997.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review

and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97–20453 Filed 8–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Request for Public Comment: 60-Day

Proposed Collection; IHS Contract

Health Service Report

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section

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

Reduction Act of 1995, to provide a 60-

day advance opportunity for public

comment on proposed data collection

projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS)

is publishing for comment a summary of

a proposed information collection

project to be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review.

Proposed Collection

Title: 09–17–0002, ‘‘IHS Contract

Health Service Report.’’

Type of Information Collection

Request: 3-year reinstatement, with

change, of previously approved

information collection, 09–17–0002,

‘‘IHS Contract Health Service Report’’

which expire 09/30/97.

Form Number: IHS–843–1A,

‘‘Purchase-Delivery Order for Health

Services.’’

Needs and Use of Information

Collection: The Contract Health Service

health care providers complete form

IHS–843–1A to certify that they have

performed the health services

authorized by the IHS. The information

is used to manage, administer, and plan

for the provision of health services to

eligible American Indian patients,

process payments to providers, obtain

program data, provide program

statistics, and, serves as a legal

document for health care services

rendered.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit, Individuals, not-for-profit

institutions and State, local or Tribal

Government.

Type of Respondents: Health care

providers.

Table 1 below provides: Type(s) of

Data Collection Instruments, Estimated

Number of Respondents, Number of

Responses per Respondent, Average

Burden Hour per Response, and Total

Annual Burden Hour.

TABLE 1

Data collection

instrument

Estimated

number of

respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Annual

number of

responses

Average

Burden hr per

response*

Total annual

burden hours

IHS–843–1A .......................................................................... 9,115 43 393,416 0.05 (3 mins) 19,670

IDS** ..................................................................................... 21,797 1 21,797 0.05 (3 mins) 3,175

* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

**Inpatient Discharge Summary (IDS).

There are no Capital Costs, Operating

Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to

report.

Request for Comments

Your written comments and/or

suggestions are invited on one or more

of the following points: (a) Whether the

information collection activity is

necessary to carry out an agency

function; (b) whether the agency

processes the information collected in a

useful and timely fashion; (c) the

accuracy of public burden estimate (the

estimated amount of time needed for

individual respondents to provide the

requested information); (d) whether the

methodology and assumptions used to

determine the estimate are logical; (e)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information being

collected; and (f) ways to minimize the

public burden through the use of

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Send Comments and Requests for

Further Information

Send your written comments, requests

for more information on the proposed

project, or requests to obtain a copy of

the data collection instrument and

instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen,

Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports Clearance

Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway,

Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852, 1601,

call non-toll free (301) 443–0461, fax

(301) 443–1522, or send your E-mail

requests, comments, and return address

to: lhodahkw@.ihs.gov.

Comment Due Date

Your comments regarding this

information collection are best assured

of having their full effect if received

within 60-days of the date of this

publications.
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Dated: July 23, 1997.

Michael H. Trujillo,

Assistant Surgeon General, Director.

[FR Doc. 97–20432 Filed 8–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Information Collection Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for Approval Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The collection of information

listed below has been submitted to OMB

for approval under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act. A copy of the

information collection requirement is

included in this notice. Copies of the

proposed information collection

requirement, related forms, and

explanatory material may be obtained

by contacting the Service Information

Collection Clearance Officer at the

address listed below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before September 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Commens and suggestions

on the requirement should be sent

directly to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs; Office of

Management and Budget; Attention:

Interior Desk Officer, Washington, DC

20503; and a copy of the comments

should be sent to the Information

Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, MS 224–ARLSQ;

1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC

20204.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Phyllis H. Cook, Service Information

Collection Clearance Officer, (703) 358–

1943; (703) 358–2269 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments

are invited on: (1) Whether the

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

collection of information; (3) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and,

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents.

Title: Sandhll Crane Harvest

Questionnaire.

Approval Number: 1018–0023.

Service Form Number(s): 3–530 and

3–530A.

Description and use: The Migratory

Bird Treaty Act (16 USC 703–711) and

the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16

USC 742d) designates the Department of

the Interior as the key agency

responsible for the wise management of

migratory bird populations frequenting

the United States and for the setting of

hunting regulations that allow

appropriate harvests that are within the

guidelines that will allow for the

populations’ well being. These

responsibilities dictate the gathering of

accurate data on various characteristics

of migratory bird harvest of a temporal

and geographic nature. Knowledge

attained by determining harvest and

harvest rate of cranes is used to regulate

populations (to promulgate hunting

regulations) and to encourage hunting

opportunity, especially where crop

depredations are chronic and/or lightly

harvested flocks occur.

Beginning in 1960 and continuing to

date, hunting seasons have been

allowed for sandhill cranes in portions,

or in all, of eight Midwestern States

(Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North

Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas,

and Wyoming). A sandhill crane

hunting season has been allowed in

Kansas since 1993. The survey is used

by the Fish and Wildlife Service to

annual estimate the magnitude, the

geographical and temporal distribution

of sandhill crane harvest, and the

portion it constitute of the total

population. The information has been

particularly useful in determining the

effects on harvests of daily bag limits

and changes in hunting dates and the

area (counties) of States open to

hunting. Based on information from the

U.S. and Canadian surveys, hunting

regulations can be adjusted as needed to

optimize harvest at levels that provide

a maximum of hunting recreation while

keeping populations at desired levels.

Agencies participating in determining

appropriate sandhill crane hunting

regulations and making use of survey

results include Department of the

Interior, the Canadian Wildlife Service,

State conservation agencies, and various

private conservation organizations.

Service Form Number: 3–530 and 3–

530A.

Frequency of Collection: Annually.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals and households.

Estimated completion time: The

reporting burden is estimated to average

5 minutes per respondent.

Number of respondents: Recent

Service experience indicates that about

3,600 hunters will respond to the

questionnaire each year. This is a

decrease of about 4,400 respondents.

The number of huntings contacted

annually has decreased due to a change

in sampling rates. A recent Service

evaluation of sampling rates indicated

that sampling rates could be reduced

without compromising the utility of

survey results for population

management purposes.

Annual burden hours: 299.

Dated: July 28, 1997.

Robert G. Streeter,

Assistant Director, Refuges and Wildlife.

[FR Doc. 97–20414 Filed 8–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Intent To Prepare a

Comprehensive Management Plan and

Associated Environmental Document

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) intends to gather information

necessary to prepare a comprehensive

management plan (CMP) and an

environmental document

(environmental assessment or

environmental impact statement) for the

proposed Alameda National Wildlife

Refuge, Alameda County, California.

The Service is furnishing this notice in

compliance with the Service CMP

policy and the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) and its implementing

regulations:

(1) To advise other agencies and the

public of our intentions, and

(2) To obtain suggestions and

information on the scope of issues to

include in the environmental document.

DATES: Written comments should be

received by September 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Address comments and

requests for more information to:

Charles J. Houghten, Chief, Planning

Branch, ARW/RE, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 911 NE 11th Avenue,

Portland, Oregon 97232–4181.

See the Supplementary Information

Section for the electronic access and

filing address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background Information

The Service is beginning the

planning/compliance process for the

proposed Alameda National Wildlife

Refuge (NWR). This process includes

preparation of an environmental

document to establish an approved

refuge boundary and to evaluate

management alternatives and

preparation of a comprehensive