47820 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 176 / Thursday, September 11, 1997 / Notices

Because of low usage the above

mentioned Standard Forms are

cancelled.

SF 114C is authorized for local

reproduction. You can obtain the

updated camera copy in two ways:

On the internet. Address: http://

www.gsa.gov/forms, or;

From CARM, Attn.: Barbara Williams,

(202) 501–0581.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Robert Goulet, Property Management

Division, (703) 305–7240.

DATES: Effective September 11, 1997.

Dated: June 27, 1997.

Deidre Huber,

Director, Property Management Division.

[FR Doc. 97–24120 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Proposed Information Collection;

Indian Health Service, Community

Health Representative Activity

Reporting Sample

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section

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

Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity

for public comment on proposed

information collection projects, the

Indian Health Service (IHS) has

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) a request to review

and approve the information collection

listed below. This proposed information

collection project was previously

published in the Federal Register (62

FR 16594, April 7, 1997) and allowed 60

days for public comment.

One public comment was received in

response to the notice. The comment

came from the attendees at the May

1997, Indian Health Service Aberdeen

Area CHR Coordinator meeting. They

commented on each point (a-f) listed in

the ‘‘Request for Comments’’, section of

the notice. Agency response is limited

to the comments concerning these

points. Overall, they support continued

use of the CHR Information System

(CHRIS) reporting form (IHS–826,

Report of CHR Activities) and its

associated manual. However, on point

(e), ‘‘Ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information

being collected’’; they recommended

that Arthritis, Physical Therapy, ENT,

and Accidents should be added to the

list of Health Area Codes and that ‘‘nonspecific’’ should be defined and used on

a limited basis. After discussion with

other CHR managers, the Agency CHR

Program Director determined that a

majority of the managers do not favor

adding any categories to the current list

of Health Area Codes and that most

believe that the current categories are

adequate. The ‘‘non-specific’’ category

was originally defined to be used for all

administrative activities, Tribal or

community functions, and when

representing the Tribe or the CHR

program at meetings with other local or

national agencies or groups, and it was

supposed to be used on a limited basis.

The CHR Program shall instruct the

CHR staff accordingly. Based on the

above, no changes will be made to the

current health area codes and the nonspecific category will remain as is. The

purpose of this notice is to allow 30

days for public comment to be

submitted to OMB.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: 0917–0010

‘‘IHS Community Health Representative

Activity Reporting Sample’’. Type of

Information Collection Request: Threeyear Reinstatement of 0917–0010 and

associated form IHS–826, ‘‘Report of

Community Health Representative

Activities’’, which expired 02/28/97.

Need and Use of Information Collection:

Section 107 ‘‘Community Health

Representative Program’’ of Public Law

100–713, the Indian Health Care

Improvement Act Amendments

authorizes the IHS to develop a system

to review and evaluate the CHR

program. The information collected is

used to revew and evaluate contract

performance (e.g., the number and types

of health servicess being provided); to

prepare program reports; to develop

program training plans and performance

and accreditation standards; to increase

the efficiency and effectiveness of the

program; and, to meet the management

and administrative needs of the CHR

program. Affected Public: Individuals.

See Table 1 below for Types 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 Average burden hour per

response * Total annual burden hours

IHS–826 1100 4 0.10 6,600

*Provided in decimal unit values of an hour and in actual minutes. There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to

report for this information collection.

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 and whether the

IHS processes the information collected

in a useful and timely fashion; (b) the

accuracy of the public burden estimate

(this is the amount of time needed for

individual respondents to provide the

requested information) and the

methodology and assumptions used to

determine the estimate; (c) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information being collected; and

(d) ways to minimize the public burden

through the use of automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Send your

written comments and suggestions

regarding the proposed information

collection contained in this notice,

especially regarding the estimated

public burden and associated response

time, to: Office of Management and

Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs,

New Executive Office Building, Room

10235, Washington, DC 20503,

Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.

To request more information on the

proposed collection or to obtain a copy

of the data collection plan(s) and/or

instruction(s), contact: Mr. Lance

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

Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook

Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD

20852–1601, or call non-toll free (301)

443–0461, or send via facsimile to (301)

443–1522, or send your E-mail requests,

comments, and return address to:

lhodahkw@ihs.gov.

COMMENT DUE DATE: Comments regarding

this information collection are best

assured of having their full effect if

received on or before October 14, 1997.
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Dated: September 5, 1997.

Michael H. Trujillo,

Assistant Surgeon General, Director.

[FR Doc. 97–24118 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Child Health and

Human Development; Notice of

Meeting

Pursuant to Pub. L. 92–463, notice is

hereby given of the meeting of the

Alternative Medicine Program Advisory

Council on September 22–23, 1997,

Natcher Conference Center, 45 Center

Drive, 9000 Rockville Pike, Conference

Room D, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

The two-day meeting will be open to

the public from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

on September 22 and 8:30 a.m. to 3:30

p.m. on September 23. Attendance by

the public will be limited to space

available. The purpose of the meeting

will be to update and review the

progress of the Office of Alternative

Medicine and obtain Council’s advise

on research activities. Additional

agenda items include: (1) Orientation

and introduction of new members; (2) a

presentation on ‘‘Homeopathic

Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury’’;

(3) a presentation on ‘‘Protopine from

Corydalis Ternata’’ has Anticholinesterase and Anti-Amnesic

Activities; (4) discussion of the strategic

plan; and (5) other activities of the

Council.

Ms. Mary Plummer, Committee

Management Officer, Office of

Alternative Medicine, 6100 Executive

Boulevard, 6100 Building, Room 5E01,

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892–7510, Area Code 301–

594–7232, will provide a summary of

the meeting and a roster of Council

members as well as substantive program

information. Individuals who plan to

attend and need special assistance, such

as sign language interpretation or other

reasonable accommodations, should

contact Ms. Plummer no later than

September 15, 1997.

Dated: September 4, 1997.

LaVerne Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–24051 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Division of Research Grants; Notice of

Closed Meetings

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following Division

of Research Grants Special Emphasis

Panel (SEP) meetings:

Purpose/Agenda: To review individual

grant applications.

Name of SEP: Biological and Physiological

Sciences.

Date: October 13–15, 1997.

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Place: Sheraton Bradley International

Hotel, Hartford, CT.

Contact Person: Dr. Harish Chopra,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 5112, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1169.

Name of SEP: Biological and Physiological

Sciences.

Date: November 6–7, 1997.

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Place: Holiday Inn, Bethesda, MD.

Contact Person: Dr. Syed Amir, Scientific

Review Administrator, 6701 Rockledge Drive,

Room 6168, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, (301)

435–1043.

Purpose/Agenda: To review Small

Business Innovation Research.

Name of SEP: Chemistry and Related

Sciences.

Date: November 12–13, 1997.

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Place: Georgetown Holiday Inn,

Washington, DC.

Contact Person: Dr. Donald Schneider,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4172, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1727.

The meetings will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C.

Applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.306, 93.333, 93.337, 93.393–

93.396, 93.837–93.844, 93.846–93.878,

93.892, 93.893, National Institutes of Health,

HIS.

Dated: September 4, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Springfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–24050 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences; National Toxiology

Program Request for Comments on

Chemicals Nominated to the National

Toxicology Program (NTP) for

Toxicological Studies—

Recommendations by the Interagency

Committee for Chemical Evaluations

and Coordination (ICCEC) for Study,

No Studies, or Deferral To Obtain

Further Supporting Information

Background

As part of an effort to earlier inform

and obtain public input into the

selection of chemicals for evaluation,

the National Toxicology Program (NPT)

routinely seeks public input on (1)

chemicals nominated to the Program for

toxicological studies, and (2) the testing

recommendations made by the

Interagency Committee for Chemical

Evaluation and Coordination (ICCEC).

Summaries of the ICCEC’s

recommendations and public comments

received on the nominated chemicals

are next presented to the NTP Board of

Scientific Counselors for their review

and comment in an open, public

session. ICCEC recommendations, Board

recommendations, and public

comments are incorporated into

recommendations that are then

submitted to the NTP Executive

Committee. The Executive Committee

reviews and approves action to move

forward to test, defer, or delete each of

the nominated chemicals for the various

types of study, and recommends

priorities.

Request for Comment

Interested parties are encouraged to

comment and provide information on

the chemicals listed below. The Program

would welcome receiving toxicology

and carcinogenesis information from

completed or ongoing studies, and

information on planned studies, as well

as current production data, human

exposure information, use patterns, and

environmental occurrence for any of the

chemicals listed in this announcement.

To provide comments or information,

please contact Dr. William Eastin at the

address given below within 60 days of

the appearance of this announcement.

At its meeting on August 15, 1997, the

ICCEC reviewed and recommended 4

chemicals or substances for toxicity

and/or carcinogenicity studies,

recommended that no studies be

performed on 5 chemicals, and deferred

4 chemicals pending receipt of test data