Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 210 / Thursday, October 30, 1997 / Notices 58737

Financing Administration (HCFA),

Department of Health and Human

Services, is publishing the following

summary of proposed collections for

public comment. Interested persons are

invited to send comments regarding this

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: Revision of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Title of

Information Collection: Skilled Nursing

Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment

System Cost Report and Supporting

Regulations in 42 CFR 413.20 and

413.24; Form No.: HCFA–2540S (OMB

0938–0511); Use: This cost report is

used by free standing SNFs to achieve

a final accounting adjustment of costs

for health care services rendered to

Medicare beneficiaries. Frequency:

Annually; Affected Public: Business or

other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions and State, Local or Tribal

Government; Number of Respondents:

1,441; Total Annual Responses: 1,441;

Total Annual Hours: 139,410.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, E-mail your request,

including your address, phone number,

OMB number, and HCFA document

identifier, 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: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: October 22, 1997.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 97–28781 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences; 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

National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences Special Emphasis Panel

(SEP) meetings:

Name of SEP: SBIR Phase II Topic 48—

Automated System for Aneuploidy Detection

in Sperm (Telephone Conference Call).

Date: November 17, 1997.

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Place: National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences, East Campus, Building

4401, Conference Room 3446, Research

Triangle Park, NC 27709.

Contact Person: Dr. Carol Shreffler,

National Institute of Environmental Health

Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle

Park, NC 27709, (919) 541–1445.

Purpose/Agenda: To review and evaluate

contract proposals.

Name of SEP: Risk Factors for Uterine

Fibroids: A Case Control Study (Telephone

Conference Call).

Date: November 25, 1997.

Time: 2:30 p.m.

Place: National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences, East Campus, Building

4401, Conference Room 3446, Research

Triangle, NC 27709.

Contact Person: Dr. Carol Shreffler,

National Institute of Environmental Health

Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle,

NC 27709, (919) 541–1445.

Purpose/Agenda: To review and evaluate

contract proposals.

These 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.

Grant 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

Programs Nos. 93.113, Biological Response to

Environmental Agents; 93.114, Applied

Toxicological Research and Testing; 93.115,

Biometry and Risk Estimation; 93.894,

Resource and Manpower Development,

National Institutes of Health)

Dated: October 23, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield.

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–28690 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Allergy and

Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed

Meeting

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

National Institute of Allergy and

infectious Diseases Special Emphasis

Panel (SEP) meeting:

Name of SEP: Integrated Preclinical/

Clinical AIDS Vaccine Development.

Date: November 19–21, 1997.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to Adjournment.

Place: Holiday Inn Chevy Chase, Chase

Room, 5520 Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy

Chase, MD 20815, (301) 656–1500

Contact Person: Dr. Vassil Georgiev,

Scientific Review Adm., 6003 Executive

Boulevard, Solar Bldg., Room 4C04,

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496–2550.

Purpose/Agenda: To evaluate grant

applications.

The meeting 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

Programs No. 93.855, Immunology, Allergic

and Immunologic Disease Research; 93.856,

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Research, National Institutes of Health)

Dated: October 23, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–28691 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Mental Health;

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

meetings of the National Institute of

Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel:

Agenda Purpose: To review and evaluate

grant applications.

Committee Name: National Institute of

Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: November 21, 1997.

Time: 1:30 p.m.