Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 200 / Thursday, October 16, 1997 / Notices 53805

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (97–150)]

NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Space

Science Advisory Committee (SScAC),

Solar System Exploration

Subcommittee; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub.

L. 92–463, as amended, the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

announces a meeting of the NASA

Advisory Council, Space Science

Advisory Committee, Solar System

Exploration Subcommittee.

DATES: Wednesday, November 19, 1997,

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Thursday,

November 20, 1997, 8:30–5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, Program Review

Center, Room 9H44, 300 E Street, SW,

Washington, DC 205446.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl

Pilcher, Code S, National Aeronautics

and Space Administration, Washington,

DC 20546, (202) 358–2470.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to the public up

to the capacity of the room. The agenda

for the meeting is as follows:

—Revisit issues from April

—OSS update

—Breckenridge review and strategic

plans status

—Process for outer planet mission

sequence decisions

—Launch year sensitivities

—Mars program issues

It is imperative that the meeting be

held on these dates to accommodate the

scheduling priorities of the key

participants. Visitors will be requested

to sign a visitor’s register.

Dated: October 7, 1997.

Alan M. Ladwig,

Associate Administrator for Policy and Plans,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–27301 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 97–087–1]

Notice of Request for Extension of

Approval of an Information Collection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Extension of approval of an

information collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service’s intention to

request approval for additional hours

associated with a currently approved

information collection in support of the

National Animal Health Monitoring

System’s Beef ’97 and Equine ’98

national studies.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by December 15, 1997 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the accuracy of burden estimate, ways to

minimize the burden (such as through

the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology), or any other aspect of this

collection of information to: Docket No.

97–087–1, Regulatory Analysis and

Development, PPD, APHIS, suite 3C03,

4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale,

MD 20737–1238. Please send an original

and three copies, and state that your

comments refer to Docket 97–087–1.

Comments received may be inspected at

USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th

Street and Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays. Persons wishing to

inspect comments are requested to call

ahead on (202) 690–2817 to facilitate

entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For

information regarding the National

Animal Health Monitoring System,

contact Ms. Marj Swanson, Program

Specialist, Centers for Epidemiology

and Animal Health, VS, APHIS, 555 S.

Howes, Suite 100, Fort Collins, CO

80521; (970) 490–7978. For copies of

more detailed information on the

information collection, contact Ms.

Cheryl Jenkins, APHIS’’ Information

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734–

5360.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: National Animal Health

Monitoring System (Beef 1997 and

Equine 1998).

OMB Number: 0579–0079.

Expiration Date of Approval:

September 30, 1999.

Type of Request: Addendum to

increase hours of a currently approved

information collection.

Abstract: The primary objective of the

National Animal Health Monitoring

System (NAHMS) program of the

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service (APHIS) is to deliver

statistically-valid and scientificallysound animal health information to

consumers, animal health officials,

private practitioners, animal industry

groups, policy makers, public health

officials, media, educational

institutions, and others.

Information for the NAHMS Equine

’98 study will be derived from data

voluntarily collected on a national basis

from people involved in the equine

(horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules)

industry. The information collected will

be used to estimate risk factors for

regional and national prevalence of

specific pathogens; support the industry

goal of providing optimal health care for

equids by determining current practices

in health management; provide baseline

estimates of equine health conditions;

provide information on mortality and

morbidity as it relates to body system

categories such as respiratory disease,

colic, and lameness; and determine the

cost of the disease.

Information for the NAHMS Beef ’97

study will be derived from data

voluntarily collected on a national basis

from producers in the beef cow/calf

industry. The information collected is

used to identify baseline trends in

health management practices and

disease, determine risks for new and

emerging animal health issues, and

assess the economic importance of beef

cow/calf health and disease.

After pretesting the Beef ’97 forms, it

was determined that the actual amount

of time needed to complete one of the

forms was greater than expected and

that five new forms were needed to

collect additional data on breeding, herd

management, and biosecurity practices.

Eleven new forms were identified

through the needs assessment phase for

Equine ’98. These forms will be used to

collect biological samples and data on

management practices, biosecurity,

general health, and cost of disease. The

figures below represent the recalculated

burden.

We are asking the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) to

approve the use of this information

collection activity.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit

comments from the public (as well as

affected agencies) concerning our