Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 176 / Thursday, September 11, 1997 / Notices 47871

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Treasury Advisory Committee on

Commercial Operations of the U.S.

Customs Service; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

date and location of the next meeting

and the agenda for consideration by the

Treasury Advisory Committee on

Commercial Operations of the U.S.

Customs Service.

DATES: The next meeting of the Treasury

Advisory Committee on Commercial

Operations of the U.S. Customs Service

will be held on September 26, 1997. The

session will be held from approximately

9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hilton

Hotel, 1301 6th Avenue (6th Avenue at

University Street), Seattle, Washington.

Tel.: 206–624–0500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis M. O’Connell, Director, Office of

Tariff and Trade Affairs, Office of the

Under Secretary for Enforcement, Room

4004, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20220. Tel.: (202)

622–0220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the

fourth meeting of the current two-year

term of the Committee. The provisional

agenda to be considered at the meeting

is as follows:

1. Automation issues.

a. Year 2000 preparations and

resources.

b. Future of the Automated

Commercial Environment (ACE)

(including planned internal allocation

of automation resources.)

c. The Automated Export System:

Advisory Committee role in

coordinating industry consultations and

recommendations.

2. Preview of the FY 1998 Annual

Plan.

3. The Reconciliation Prototype (time

permitting).

4. Other new business.

The provisional agenda may be

modified prior to the meeting. Meeting

time is based on this agenda. Members

of the public wishing to confirm the

precise hours of the meeting and the

final content of the agenda may do so

by calling the information number one

week prior to the meeting. The

Committee, in its discretion, may take

up other matters, time permitting.

The meeting is open to the public.

However, participation in the

discussion is limited to Committee

members and Treasury and Customs

staff. It is necessary for any person other

than an Advisory Committee member

who wishes to attend the meeting to

give notice by contacting Ms. Theresa

Manning no later than September 19,

1997 at 202–622–0220.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

John P. Simpson,

Deputy Assistant Secretary (Regulatory, Tariff

and Trade Enforcement).

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UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

USIA Seeks Private Sector Partners for

Hannover Expo 2000

AGENCY: United States Information

Agency.

ACTION: Seeking Private Sector Partners

for Hannover Expo 2000.

SUMMARY: The United States Information

Agency announces that the United

States intends to participate at

Hannover Expo 2000, a World Fair

officially sanctioned by the Bureau of

International Expositions, to be held in

Hannover, Germany, from June 1–

October 31, 2000. Participation will

entail the design, fabrication and

operation of a 40,000 square foot U.S.

Pavilion focusing on the expo theme,

‘‘Mankind-Nature-Technology.’’

Financing is being sought through cash

and ‘‘in kind’’ contributions from the

private sector, as well as state and local

governments and other organizations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Organizations wishing to contribute to,

or participate in, this project should

contact the United States Information

Agency’s Hannover Expo 2000

Coordinator, Mr. James E. Ogul, by mail

at U.S. Information Agency, E/SP, 301

Fourth St., S.W., Rm. 314, Washington,

DC 20547; Telephone: 202–260–6511,

Fax: 202–401–5618, or the Internet:

JOGUL@USIA.GOV. All correspondence

will be considered.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

John G. Busch,

Senior Contracting Officer, Office of

Contracts.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0260]

Proposed Information Collection

Activity: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Reinstatement

AGENCY: Veterans Health

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Veterans Health

Administration (VHA) is announcing an

opportunity for public comment on the

proposed collection of certain

information by the agency. Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of

1995, Federal agencies are required to

publish notice in the Federal Register

concerning each proposed collection of

information, including each proposed

reinstatement, without change, of a

previously approved collection for

which approval has expired, and allow

60 days for public comment in response

to the notice. This notice solicits

comments on requirements relating to

VA Form 10–5345(R), Request for

Consent to Release of Medical Records

Protected by 38 U.S.C. 7332.

DATES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

collection of information should be

received on or before November 10,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

on the collection of information to Ann

Bickoff, Veterans Health Administration

(161A4), Department of Veterans

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20420. Please refer to

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0260’’ in any

correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann

Bickoff at (202) 273–8310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

PRA of 1995 (Public Law 104–13; 44

U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies

must obtain approval from the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for each

collection of information they conduct

or sponsor. This request for comment is

being made pursuant to Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.

With respect to the following

collection of information, VHA invites

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of VHA’s

functions, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of VHA’s estimate of

the burden of the proposed collection of

information; (3) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4) way