4772 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 21 / Friday, January 31, 1997 / Notices

Dated: January 27, 1997.

Georgi Jones,

Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs,

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry.

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Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Citizens Advisory Committee on Public

Health Service Activities and Research

at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites:

Fernald Health Effects Subcommittee

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry

(ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) announce

the following meeting.

Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on

Public Health Service Activities and

Research at DOE Sites: Fernald Health Effects

Subcommittee.

Times and Dates: 1 p.m.–9 p.m., February

12, 1997. 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., February 13,

1997.

Place: The Plantation, 9660 Dry Fork Road,

Harrison, Ohio 45020, telephone 513/367–

5610.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available. The meeting room

accommodates approximately 50 people.

Background: Under a Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) signed in December

1990 with DOE, the Department of Health

and Human Services (HHS) has been given

the responsibility and resources for

conducting analytic epidemiologic

investigations of residents of communities in

the vicinity of DOE facilities, workers at DOE

facilities, and other persons potentially

exposed to radiation or to potential hazards

from non-nuclear energy production use.

HHS delegated program responsibility to

CDC.

In addition, an MOU was signed in October

1990 and renewed in November 1992

between ATSDR and DOE. The MOU

delineates the responsibilities and

procedures for ATSDR’s public health

activities at DOE sites required under

sections 104, 105, 107, and 120 of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or

‘‘Superfund’’). These activities include health

consultation and public health assessments

at DOE sites listed on, or proposed for, the

Superfund National Priorities List and at

sites that are the subject of petitions from the

public; and other health-related activities

such as epidemiologic studies, health

surveillance, exposure and disease registries,

health education, substance-specific applied

research, emergency response, and

preparation of toxicological profiles.

Purpose: This subcommittee is charged

with providing advice and recommendations

to the Director, CDC, and the Administrator,

ATSDR, regarding community, American

Indian Tribes, and labor concerns pertaining

to CDC’s and ATSDR’s public health

activities and research at this DOE site. The

purpose of this meeting is to provide a forum

for community, and labor interaction and

serve as a vehicle for community concern to

be expressed as advice and recommendations

to CDC and ATSDR.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items

include: Presentations from the National

Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)

regarding current activities; the National

Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

and ATSDR will provide updates on the

progress of current studies.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

An unavoidable administrative delay

prevented meeting the 15-day publication

requirement.

Contact Persons for More Information:

Steven A. Adams, or Nadine Dickerson,

Radiation Studies Branch, Division of

Environmental Hazards and Health, NCEH,

CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, (M/S F–35),

Atlanta, Georgia 30341–3724, telephone 770/

488–7040, FAX 770/488–7044.

Dated: January 28, 1997.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA R–143]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) the following proposal for the

collection of information. Interested

persons are invited to send comments

regarding the 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.

1. HCFA–R–143 Type of Information

Collection Request: Reinstatement,

without change, of previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired; Title of Information Collection:

Analysis of Malpractice Premium Data;

Form No.: HCFA–R–143; Use: The

Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1989

section 1848 (e) (Pub. L. 101–239)

requires the Secretary of Health and

Human Services (HHS) to develop and

update geographic adjustment factors

for existing payment localities used in

calculating the Medicare Economic

Index in setting the Medicare physician

fee schedule update; Frequency:

Annually; Affected Public: State, local

or tribal govt., business or other forprofit, or not-for-profit institutions;

Number of Respondents: 50; Total

Annual Responses: 50; Total Annual

Hours: 150.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, E-mail

your request, including your address

and phone number, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

within 30 days of this notice directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

OMB Human Resources and Housing

Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: January 24, 1997.

Edwin J. Glatzel

Director, Management Analysis and Planning

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources, Health Care Financing

Administration.

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Medicaid Program; Preliminary

Limitations on Aggregate Payments to

Disproportionate Share Hospitals:

Federal Fiscal Year 1997

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

preliminary Federal fiscal year (FFY)

1997 national target and individual

State allotments for Medicaid payment

adjustments made to hospitals that serve

a disproportionate number of Medicaid

recipients and low-income patients with

special needs. We are publishing this

notice in accordance with the

provisions of section 1923(f)(1)(C) of the

Social Security Act and implementing

regulations at 42 CFR 447.297 through

447.299. The preliminary FFY 1997