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biology, recombinant DNA research, or

other scientific fields. At least 4

members of the RAC shall be persons

knowledgeable in applicable law,

standards of professional conduct and

practice, public attitudes, the

environment, public health,

occupational health, or related fields.

Representatives from Federal agencies

shall serve as non-voting members.

Nominations for the RAC may be

submitted to the Office of Recombinant

DNA Activities, National Institutes of

Health/MSC 7010, 6000 Executive

Boulevard, Suite 302, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892–7010, (301) 496–9838.

OMB’s ‘‘Mandatory Information

Requirements for Federal Assistance

Program Announcements’’ (45 FR

39592, June 11, 1980) requires a

statement concerning the official

government programs contained in the

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.

Normally, NIH lists in its

announcements the number and title of

affected individual programs for the

guidance of the public. Because the

guidance in this notice covers not only

virtually every NIH program but also

essentially every Federal research

program in which DNA recombinant

molecule techniques could be used, it

has been determined not to be cost

effective or in the public interest to

attempt to list these programs. Such a

list would likely require several

additional pages. In addition, NIH could

not be certain that every Federal

program would be included as many

Federal agencies, as well as private

organizations, both national and

international, have elected to follow the

NIH Guidelines. In lieu of the

individual program listing, NIH invites

readers to direct questions to the

information address above about

whether individual programs listed in

the Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance are affected.

Effective Date: January 23, 1997.

Harold Varmus,

Director, National Institutes of Health.

[FR Doc. 97–2485 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

Public Health Service

National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences; National Toxicology

Program; Fiscal Year 1996 Annual Plan

Now Available

The National Toxicology Program

(NTP) announces the availability of

National Toxicology Program; Fiscal

Year 1996 Annual Plan, solicits

comments on it, and urges all interested

persons to propose chemicals for

possible toxicological evaluation.

The eighteenth edition consists of two

parts. First, the National Toxicology

Program; Fiscal Year 1996 Annual Plan

describes FY 1996 NTP plans in

research, applied studies, methods

development and validation efforts, as

well as resources and FY 1995 program

accomplishments. Second, the Review

of Current DHHS, DOE, and EPA

Research Related to Toxicology FY 1996

lists chemicals being studied by the

various Department of Health and

Human Services (DHHS) agencies, the

Department of Energy (DOE), and the

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), and describes toxicology research

and toxicology methods currently being

developed by these agencies.

The format for the FY 1996 Annual

Plan differs somewhat from previous

years in that there are two versions.

New is the Fiscal Year 1996 Annual

Plan Summary which was prepared in

response to a perceived need for a

briefer and simpler version. The

summary version is being sent to the

larger mailing list and in response to

general requests for information about

the National Toxicology Program. The

full version is similar to previous

Annual Plans in length and detail and

will be sent with the companion

document, the Review of Current DHHS,

DOE, and EPA Research Related to

Toxicology FY 1996.

Background

The National Toxicology Program was

established within the Public Health

Service of the Department of Health and

Human Services in November 1978. The

continuing broad goals of the NTP are

to coordinate and strengthen DHHS

basic and applied toxicology research

and methods development and

validation, and to provide toxicological

information for use by health research

and regulatory agencies and others in

protecting the public health. Overall

objectives are to:

• broaden the spectrum of toxicological

information obtained on selected

chemicals;

• develop and validate more sensitive

and specific test methods;

• develop improved strategies for

generating scientific data that

strengthen the scientific foundation

for risk assessments; and

• communicate NTP plans and results

to government agencies, the medical

and scientific communities, and the

public.

To achieve these objectives, a

balanced program, which uses chronic

bioassays, short-term tests, collection

and application of mechanistic

information, model development,

alternative methods, and human

studies, has been created.

The NTP coordinates selected

toxicology activities of the National

Institute of Environmental Health

Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of

Health; the National Center for

Toxicological Research, Food and Drug

Administration; and the National

Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention. The Director of the NTP is

also the Director of the National

Institute of Environmental Health

Sciences.

Primary program oversight is

provided by the NTP Executive

Committee, which links DHHS health

research institutes and centers with

Federal health regulatory agencies to

ensure that the basic and applied

toxicology research and development

activities are responsive to regulatory

and public health needs. Agencies

represented on the Executive Committee

are:

• Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

• Consumer Product Safety Commission

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Food and Drug Administration

• National Cancer Institute

• National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health

• National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences

• National Institutes of Health

• Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

The NTP Board of Scientific

Counselors provides scientific oversight,

advising the NTP Director and the NTP

Executive Committee on scientific

content and evaluating the scientific

merit and overall quality of NTP

science. The Board has two standing

Subcommittees, the Biennial Report on

Carcinogens Subcommittee and the

Technical Reports Review

Subcommittee. The members are

appointed by the Secretary, DHHS.

Scientific activities are divided into

several major program areas:

Carcinogenesis; genetic toxicology; risk

assessment research; alternative

methods; and toxicology. The latter area

covers activities in immunologic,

neurobehavioral, and respiratory

toxicologies, as well as reproductive and

developmental toxicology. There are

special projects on studying toxicities of

AIDS therapeutics and toxicity of

Superfund chemicals. Program and

project leaders, along with addresses

and telephone numbers, are identified

in the Annual Plan.
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The chemical nomination and

selection process is integral to the

effective long-term operation of the NTP

with respect to toxicological studies of

chemicals using modern techniques and

to the development and validation of

new assay methods. Thus, the NTP

welcomes nominations of chemicals for

study from everyone. At a minimum,

the nominator should give the name of

the chemical or substance, the rationale

for the nomination, and recommend the

type study(s) to be considered. In

addition, it is desirable, but not

essential, to supplement each

nomination with the following

information, if known:

• chemical and physical properties;

• production, use, occurrence, and

analysis data;

• toxicology information, including

human data;

• chemical disposition and structureactivity relationships; and

• planned, ongoing, or recently

completed toxicological and

environmental studies.

To receive the National Toxicology

Program Fiscal Year 1996 Annual Plan

and the accompanying Review of

Current DHHS, DOE, and EPA Research

Related to Toxicology FY 1996, or the

Fiscal Year 1996 Annual Plan Summary

version, please contact the NTP Central

Data Management, NIEHS, P.O. Box

12233, MD E1–02, Research Triangle

Park, NC 27709, (telephone 919/541–

3419, fax 919/541–3687, Internet e-mail

CDM@NIEHS.NIH.GOV.

Comments on the above documents

are requested and welcomed and should

be addressed to Dr. Larry Hart, NTP,

P.O. Box 12233, MD A3–07, Research

Triangle Park, NC 27709, (telephone

919/541–3971, fax 919/541–0295,

Internet e-mail hart@niehs.nih.gov).

Kenneth Olden,

Director, National Toxicology Program.

[FR Doc. 97–2486 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4200–N–15]

Subsmission for OMB Review:

Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due date: March 3,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments must be

received within thirty (30) days from the

date of this Notice. Comments should

refer to the proposal by name and/or

OMB approval number should be sent

to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk

Officer, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410,

telephone (202) 708–0050. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

The Notice lists the following

information: (1) The title of the

information collection proposal; (2) the

office of the agency to collect the

information; (3) the OMB approval

number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (9)

whether the proposal is new, an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (10) names and telephone numbers

of an agency official familiar with the

proposal and of the OMB Desk Officer

for the Department.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as

amended.

Dated: January 22, 1997.

David S. Cristy,

Acting Director, Information Resources

Management Policy and Management

Division.

Title of Proposal: Pet Ownership in

Assisted Rental Housing for the Elderly

or Handicapped.

Office: Housing.

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0342.

Description of the Need for the

Information and its Proposed Use:

Section 227 of the Housing and UrbanRural Recovery Act of 1983 provides

that no owner or manager of Federally

assisted rental housing for the elderly or

handicapped may prohibit a tenant from

having common household pets in the

tenant’s dwelling unit, or discriminate

against any person regarding admission

to such housing because of ownership

or presence of a pet in the person’s

dwelling unit.

Form Number: None.

Respondents: Individuals or

Households, State, Local, or Tribal

Government, Business or Other ForProfit, and Not-For Profit Institutions.

Frequency of Submission: On

Occasion.

Reporting burden: Number of

respondents × Frequency ofresponse × Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

Notice of Tenants ..................................................................... 6,000 1 .167 1,004

Registration of Pets .................................................................. 20,000 1 .25 5,000

Consultation ............................................................................. 500 1 1.63 815

Violation/Removals ................................................................... 2,000 1 .167 334

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 7,153.

Status: Reinstatement, without

changes.

Contact: Barbara D. Hunter, HUD,

(202) 708–3944, Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB, (202) 395–7316.

Dated: January 22, 1997.

[FR Doc. 97–2454 Filed 1–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

[Docket No. FR–4200–N–16]

Submission for OMB Review:

Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.