55820 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 208 / Tuesday, October 28, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Citizens Advisory Committee on Public

Health Service Activities and Research

at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites:

Savannah River Site 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: Savannah River Site

Health Effects Subcommittee (SRS).

Times and Dates: 8 a.m.–4:15 p.m.,

November 13, 1997.

8 a.m.–11:45 a.m., November 14, 1997.

Place: Holiday Inn Midtown, 7100

Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia 31406,

telephone 912/352–7100.

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 and replaced by an MOU

signed in 1996, the Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS) was 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 nonnuclear energy production use. HHS has

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

consultations 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.

Activities shall focus on providing a forum

for community, American Indian Tribal, 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 and 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.

Contact Person for More Information: Paul

G. Renard, Radiation Studies Branch,

Division of Environmental Hazards and

Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford

Highway, NE, (F–35), Atlanta, Georgia

30341–3724, telephone 770/488–7040, FAX

770/488–7044.

Dated: October 22, 1997.

Julia M. Fuller,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–P–15A]

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.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Medicare

Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)

Rounds: 20–28; Form No.: HCFA–P–

15A (OMB# 0938–0568); Use: The

MCBS is a continuous, multipurpose

survey of a nationally representative

sample of aged and disabled persons

enrolled in Medicare. The survey

provides a comprehensive source of

information on beneficiary

characteristics, needs, utilization, and

satisfaction with Medicare-related

activities; Frequency: Other (3 times a

year per respondent); Affected Public:

Individuals and households; Number of

Respondents: 16,500; Total Annual

Responses: 49,500; Total Annual Hours:

50,490.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, or to

obtain the supporting statement and any

related forms, 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 OMB Desk 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: October 15, 1997.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

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BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4263–N–46]

Environmental Review Procedures for

Entities Assuming HUD Environmental

Responsibilities; Notice of Proposed

Information Collection for Public

Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary, Community Planning and

Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be 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: Comment due date: December

29, 1997.