63552 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 230 / Monday, December 1, 1997 / Notices

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Information Services,

Information Technology Investment

Management Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards, Attention: Louis

Blank, Room C2–26–17 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850.

Dated: November 19, 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. 97–31316 Filed 11–28–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–R–170 and R–108]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

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, 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.

1. Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Criteria for

Medicare Coverage of Lung Transplants;

Form No.: HCFA–R–170 (OMB# 0938–

0670); Use: Medicare participating

hospitals must file an application to be

approved for coverage and payment of

lung transplants performed on Medicare

beneficiaries; Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Number of Respondents: 16;

Total Annual Responses: 16; Total

Annual Hours: 1,910.

2. Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Criteria for

Medicare Coverage of Liver Transplants;

Form No.: HCFA–R–108 (OMB# 0938–

0580); Use: Medicare participating

hospitals must file an application to be

approved for coverage and payment of

liver transplants performed on Medicare

beneficiaries; Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Number of Respondents: 12;

Total Annual Responses: 12; Total

Annual Hours: 1,880.

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 60 days of this notice directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Information Services,

Information Technology Investment

Management Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards, Attention: Louis

Blank, Room C2–26–17, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850.

Dated: November 20, 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. 97–31317 Filed 11–28–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse

and Alcoholism; 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

meeting:

Purpose/Agenda: To review and evaluate

grant applications.

Name of Committee: National Institute on

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Special

Emphasis Panel.

Date of Meeting: December 5, 1997

(Telephone Conference).

Time: 11:30 a.m. to adjournment.

Place of Meeting: Willco Building, 6000

Executive Boulevard, Suite 409, Rockville

MD 20892–7003.

Contact Person: Elsie Taylor, 6000

Executive Boulevard, Suite 409, Rockville

MD 20892–7003, 301–443–9787.

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. The

proposal and discussions could reveal

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material, and

personal information concerning individuals

associated with the proposal, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the urgent

need to meet timing limitations imposed by

the review and funding cycle.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance,

Program Nos. 93.271, Alcohol Research

Career Development Awards for Scientists

and Clinicians; 93.272, Alcohol National

Research Service Awards for Research

Training; 93.273, Alcohol Research Programs;

and 93.891, Alcohol Research Center Grants;

National Institutes of Health.)

Dated: November 24, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–31416 Filed 11–28–97; 8:45 am]

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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: Therapeutic Strategies for

Papillomavirus (Telephone Conference Call).

Date: December 17, 1997.

Time: 2:00 p.m. to Adjournment.

Place: Teleconference, 6003 Executive

Blvd., Solar Building, Room 1A1, Bethesda,

MD 20892, (301) 402–0747.

Contact Person: Rosemary McCabe Hamill,

Technical Evaluation Admin., 6003

Executive Boulevard, Solar Bldg., Room

3C03, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496–0384.

Purpose/Agenda: To evaluate contract

proposal.

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