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DC 20008. Telephone number: 202–452–

3939

B. For the Food and Drug Administration:

Director, International Activities Staff,

(Currently, Mr. Charles W. Cooper), Center

for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition,

Food and Drug Administration, 200 C

Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20204.

Telephone number: 202–205–5042, Telefax

number: 202– 205–0165

VIII. Administrative Procedures

The participants mutually consent on the

ways and means of giving instructions and

guidance for the practical implementation

and application of this Memorandum of

Understanding.

The obligations under this MOU are

intended to be non-binding.

IX. Period of MOU

Activities under this Memorandum of

Understanding commence upon signature by

both participants for a period of five (5) years

and may, at the conclusion of that period,

with the consent of both participants, be

extended for an additional five (5) years. The

participants plan to evaluate the MOU

sometime during each five (5) year period.

The MOU may be extended or revised by

mutual consent, or terminated by either

participant, upon a thirty (30) day advance

written notice to the other.

For the Department of Agriculture, Food

and Forestry of Ireland

By: K. Slattery

Title: First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland

Date: November 5, 1996

Place: Rockville, Maryland

For the Food and Drug Administration,

Department of Health and Human Services of

the United States of America

By: M. A. Friedman

Title: Deputy Commissioner for Operations,

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Date: November 5, 1996

Place: Rockville, Maryland

[FR Doc. 97–23451 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

National Vaccine Injury Compensation

Program; List of Petitions Received

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and

Services Administration (HRSA) is

publishing this notice of petitions

received under the National Vaccine

Injury Compensation Program (‘‘the

Program’’), as required by section

2112(b)(2) of the Public Health Service

(PHS) Act, as amended. While the

Secretary of Health and Human Services

is named as the respondent in all

proceedings brought by the filing of

petitions for compensation under the

Program, the United States Court of

Federal Claims is charged by statute

with responsibility for considering and

acting upon the petitions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information about requirements for

filing petitions, and the Program

generally, contact the Clerk, United

States Court of Federal Claims, 717

Madison Place, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20005, (202) 219–9657. For information

on HRSA’s role in the Program, contact

the Director, National Vaccine Injury

Compensation Program, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Room 8A35, Rockville, MD 20857,

(301) 443–6593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Program provides a system of no-fault

compensation for certain individuals

who have been injured by specified

childhood vaccines. Subtitle 2 of title

XXI of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa–

10 et seq., provides that those seeking

compensation are to file a petition with

the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and to

serve a copy of the petition on the

Secretary of Health and Human

Services, who is named as the

respondent in each proceeding. The

Secretary has delegated her

responsibility under the Program to

HRSA. The Court is directed by statute

to appoint special masters who take

evidence, conduct hearings as

appropriate, and make initial decisions

as to eligibility for, and amount of,

compensation.

A petition may be filed with respect

to injuries, disabilities, illnesses,

conditions, and deaths resulting from

vaccines described in the Vaccine Injury

Table (the Table) set forth at section

2114 of the PHS Act or as set forth at

42 CFR 100.3, as applicable. This Table

lists for each covered childhood vaccine

the conditions which will lead to

compensation and, for each condition,

the time period for occurrence of the

first symptom or manifestation of onset

or of significant aggravation after

vaccine administration. Compensation

may also be awarded for conditions not

listed in the Table and for conditions

that are manifested after the time

periods specified in the Table, but only

if the petitioner shows that the

condition was caused by one of the

listed vaccines.

Section 2112(b)(2) of the PHS Act, 42

U.S.C. 300aa–12(b)(2), requires that the

Secretary publish in the Federal

Register a notice of each petition filed.

Set forth below is a list of petitions

received by HRSA on April 10, 1997,

through June 24, 1997.

Section 2112(b)(2) also provides that

the special master ‘‘shall afford all

interested persons an opportunity to

submit relevant, written information’’

relating to the following:

1. The existence of evidence ‘‘that

there is not a preponderance of the

evidence that the illness, disability,

injury, condition, or death described in

the petition is due to factors unrelated

to the administration of the vaccine

described in the petition,’’ and

2. Any allegation in a petition that the

petitioner either:

(a) ‘‘Sustained, or had significantly

aggravated, any illness, disability,

injury, or condition not set forth in the

Table but which was caused by’’ one of

the vaccines referred to in the Table, or

(b) ‘‘Sustained, or had significantly

aggravated, any illness, disability,

injury, or condition set forth in the

Table the first symptom or

manifestation of the onset or significant

aggravation of which did not occur

within the time period set forth in the

Table but which was caused by a

vaccine’’ referred to in the Table.

This notice will also serve as the

special master’s invitation to all

interested persons to submit written

information relevant to the issues

described above in the case of the

petitions listed below. Any person

choosing to do so should file an original

and three (3) copies of the information

with the Clerk of the U.S. Court of

Federal Claims at the address listed

above (under the heading ‘‘For Further

Information Contact’’), with a copy to

HRSA addressed to Director, Bureau of

Health Professions, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Room 8–05, Rockville, MD 20857. The

Court’s caption (Petitioner’s Name v.

Secretary of Health and Human

Services) and the docket number

assigned to the petition should be used

as the caption for the written

submission.

Chapter 35 of title 44, United States

Code, related to paperwork reduction,

does not apply to information required

for purposes of carrying out the

Program.

List of Petitions

1. Laurie Duplease on behalf of Alexis

Duplease, New Haven, Connecticut,

Court of Federal Claims Number

97–0270 V

2. James Gimesky on behalf of Jenna

Lynn Gimesky, Ann Arbor,

Michigan, Court of Federal Claims

Number 97–0280 V

3. Shari M. and John G. Lawlor on

behalf of Brooke D. Lawlor, Omaha,

Nebraska, Court of Federal Claims

Number 97–0285 V
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4. Marylin and Lawrence Cutler on

behalf of Lawrence Cutler, New

Brunswick, New Jersey, Court of

Federal Claims Number 97–0302 V

5. Iris Maldonado on behalf of Ruben

Anibal Felipe Maldonado, Orlando,

Florida, Court of Federal Claims

Number 97–0314 V

6. Mark Harrington, Belzoni,

Mississippi, Court of Federal

Claims Number 97–0316 V

7. Michelle and Richard Emmons on

behalf of Lauren C. Emmons, Vista,

California, Court of Federal Claims

Number 97–0327 V

8. Tina and Shawn Saladiner on behalf

of Somer Saladiner, Culpeper,

Virginia, Court of Federal Claims

Number 97–0331 V

9. Aida Miucin on behalf of Marko

Miucin, San Diego, California,

Court of Federal Claims Number

97–0336 V

10. Thomas J. Sansone, Sr. on behalf of

Thomas J. Sansone, Jr., Mount

Kisco, New York, Court of Federal

Claims Number 97–0337 V

11. Thomas James Owens, Jr.,

Covington, Louisiana, Court of

Federal Claims Number 97–0360 V

12. John Franklin Rowe, Jr., Hagerstown,

Maryland, Court of Federal Claims

Number 97–0366 V

13. Betsy and Michael Cuthbertson on

behalf of Nicole Cuthbertson,

Frisco, Colorado, Court of Federal

Claims Number 97–0367 V

14. Patton and Richard Carter on behalf

of Rebecca Carter, Deceased,

Ashland, New Hampshire, Court of

Federal Claims Number 97–0387 V

15. Tara Davis on behalf of Shayna

Adams, Overland Park, Kansas,

Court of Federal Claims Number

97–0392 V

16. Deborah Hartkopf, on behalf of

Lindsey Hartkopf, Cherry Hill, New

Jersey, Court of Federal Claims

Number 97–0403 V

17. Wendy and Steven Jarvis on behalf

of Philip Thomas Jarvis,

Thomasville, North Carolina, Court

of Federal Claims Number 97–

0405V

18. Julie and David A. Ryan on behalf

of Emilee Ryan, Indiana,

Pennsylvania, Court of Federal

Claims Number 97–0412 V

19. Thuy Bui Cung and Thach Bui Kim

on behalf of Diane Cung, Deceased,

Westminster, California, Court of

Federal Claims Number 97–0420 V

20. Christina and James Michener on

behalf of Barak Ross Michener, Las

Cruces, New Mexico, Court of

Federal Claims Number 97–0421 V

21. Margaret Reed, Vienna, Virginia,

Court of Federal Claims Number

97–0427 V

22. Danielle Deidun on behalf of Jalyn

Deidun, Grosse Pointe, Michigan,

Court of Federal Claims Number

97–0430 V

23. Debra Valois on behalf of Alvin Cole

Valois, Hammond, Louisiana, Court

of Federal Claims Number 97–0433

V

24. Carlene T. Giuffrida on behalf of

Megan-Rose Giuffrida, Stony Brook,

New York, Court of Federal Claims

Number 97–0436 V

25. Paula and Rick Rohl on behalf of

Samuel Rohl, Lihue, Hawaii, Court

of Federal Claims Number 97–0440

V

Dated: August 28, 1997.

Claude Earl Fox,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–23374 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Availability of Funds for Loan

Repayment Program for Repayment of

Health Professions Educational Loans

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Administration’s budget

request for fiscal year (FY) 1998

includes $11,706,000 for the Indian

Health Service Loan Repayment

Program for health professions

educational loans (undergraduate and

graduate) in return for full-time clinical

service in Indian health programs. It is

anticipated that $11,706,000 will be

available to support approximately 250

competing awards averaging $50,000

per award.

This program announcement is

subject to the appropriation of funds.

This notice is being published early to

coincide with the recruitment activity of

the IHS which competes with other

Government and private health

management organizations to employ

qualified health professionals. Funds

are required to be expended by

September 30 of the fiscal year. This

program is authorized by section 108 of

the Indian Health Care Improvement

Act (IHCIA) as amended, 25 U.S.C. 1601

et seq. The IHS invites potential

applicants to request an application for

participation in the Loan Repayment

Program.

DATES: Applications for the FY 1998

Loan Repayment Program will be

accepted and evaluated monthly

beginning January 2, 1998 and will

continue each month thereafter until all

funds are exhausted. Subsequent

monthly deadline dates are scheduled

for Friday of the second full week of

each month. Notice of awards will be

mailed on the last working day of each

month.

Applicants selected for participation

in the FY 1998 program cycle will be

expected to begin their service period

no later than September 30, 1998.

Applications shall be considered as

meeting the deadline if they are either:

1. Received on or before the deadline

date; or

2. Sent on or before the deadline date.

(Applicants should request a legibly

dated U.S. Postal Service postmark or

obtain a legibly dated receipt from a

commercial carrier or U.S. Postal

Service. Private metered postmarks shall

not be acceptable as proof of timely

mailing.)

Applications received after the

monthly closing date will be held for

consideration in the next monthly

funding cycle. Applicants who do not

receive funding by September 30, 1998

will be notified in writing.

FORM TO BE USED FOR APPLICATION:

Applications will be accepted only if

they are submitted on the form entitled

‘‘Application for the Indian Health

Service Loan Repayment Program,’’

identified with the Office of

Management and Budget approval

number of OMB #0917–0014 (expires

11/30/99).

ADDRESSES: Application materials may

be obtained by calling or writing to the

address below. In addition, completed

applications should be returned to: IHS

Loan Repayment Program, 12300

Twinbrook Parkway—Suite 100,

Rockville, Maryland 20852, PH: 301/

443–3396 [between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00

p.m. (EST) Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please address inquiries to Mr. Charles

Yepa, Chief, IHS Loan Repayment

Program, Twinbrook Metro Plaza—Suite

100, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway,

Rockville, Maryland 20852, PH: 301/

443–3396 (between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

(EST) Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

108 of the INCIA as amended by Public

Laws 100–713 and 102–573, authorizes

the IHS Loan Repayment Program and

provides in pertinent part as follows:

The Secretary, acting through the Service,

shall establish a program to be known as the

Indian Health Service Loan Repayment

Program (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Loan

Repayment Program’’) in order to assure an

adequate supply of trained health

professionals necessary to maintain