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of only three producers of chelants in

the United States, with a combined

market share of over 70 percent. With

only one competitor, the acquisition

would likely lead to an unilateral price

increase, 1992 Horizontal Merger

Guidelines § 2.22.

Entry into the chelant market would

not be timely, likely, or sufficient to

deter or offset the adverse effects of the

acquisition on competition because a

new entrant would have to build both

a chelant production plant and a plant

to produce hydrogen cyanide (‘‘HCN’’),

a key input in the production of

chelants, which would take over two

years and entail large fixed, and mostly

sunk, costs. In order to recoup its

investment, a new entrant would need

to obtain a market share at least as large

as that held by any of the current

domestic producers, which would be

difficult because of the significant

amount of chelant sales that are subject

to long term supply agreements.

The proposed Order would remedy

the alleged violation by preserving the

competition that would otherwise be

lost as a result of Dow’s acquisition. The

proposed Order requires Dow,

simultaneously with its acquisition of

Sentrachem, to divest Hampshire’s

Chelant Business to Akzo Nobel N.V., a

Dutch chemical company that is a

leading European producer of chelants

with strong chelant technology. Dow

must divest, among other things, all

rights of Hampshire relating to the

research, development and manufacture

of chelants in the United States and the

distribution and sale of chelants in

North America, including Hampshire’s

Lima, Ohio facility and its contract for

the supply of HCN at Lima. Once it

acquires the Hampshire Chelant

Business, Akzo will build additional

chelant capacity at the Lima, Ohio

facility, which will curtail the need for

inefficient, hazardous HCN shipments

from the site.

The proposed Order sets certain

Milestones that must be met to

accomplish the construction of the

additional chelant capacity at Lima. The

Milestones include the submission of

complete permits for the additional

capacity within one year after the Order

becomes final, and the installation of

the structural steel within one year after

the additional capacity is permitted. In

the event any of the Milestones has not

been achieved, Dow must reacquire the

Hampshire Chelant Business from Akzo.

The proposed Order further requires

that upon its reacquisition of the

business, Dow or a trustee will divest

the Hampshire Business Unit, which, in

addition to the Hampshire Chelant

Business, includes other Hampshire

businesses and Hampshire facilities at

Nashua, New Hampshire and Deer Park,

Texas. The proposed Order requires

Dow to maintain the viability and

marketability of the Hampshire Business

Unit in the interim. This crown jewel

provision provides an incentive for

realizing the additional chelant capacity

at the Lima, Ohio facility in a timely

manner. The crown jewel also ensures

that the Order will result in effective

relief by requiring a divestiture of all of

Hampshire in the event that any

Milestone is not achieved.

The proposed Order requires Dow to

toll manufacture chelants for Akzo from

Hampshire’s Nashua and Deer Park

facilities while Akzo builds additional

chelant capacity at Lima. The proposed

Order also contains a firewall provision

that requires Dow to maintain the

confidentiality of the Hampshire

Chelant Business form Dow’s

Competing Chelant Business.

The purpose of this analysis is to

facilitate public comment on the

proposed Order. This analysis is not

intended to constitute an official

interpretation of the Agreement or the

proposed Order or in any way to modify

the terms of the Agreement of the

proposed Order.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32033 Filed 12–5–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Title: 45 CFR Part 303.72—Request for

collection of past-due support by

Federal tax refund offset and

administrative offset.

OMB No.: 0970–0161.

Description: The Office of Child

Support Enforcement (OCSE) operates

the Tax refund offset TROP. The TROP

was enacted by Congress on August 13,

1981 (Pub. L. 97–35, section 2331). This

is a computerized system operated by

the Office of Child Support Enforcement

(OCSE) within the Administration for

Children and Families (ACF) of the U.S.

Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS) and State child support

agencies. The TROP was established to

recover delinquent AFDC child support

debts with ongoing cooperation of states

and local child support agencies.

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation

Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–508) signed by

the President in November 1990,

expanded the Program to include a

provision for non-AFDC cases.

In 1996 the Debt Collection

Improvement Act (Pub. L. 104–134)

further expanded the program to

increase the collection of nontax debts

owed to the Federal Government and to

assist families in collecting past-due

child support. It required the

development and implementation of

procedures necessary to collect past-due

support by administrative offset by

agencies. As a result, this program is

now known as the Tax Refund and

Administrative Offset Program (TROP/

ADOP).

Purpose: Pursuant to Public Laws 97–

35 enacted by Congress on August 13,

1981, Pub. L. 101–508 signed by the

President in November 1990 and Pub. L.

104–134 enacted into law on April 26,

1996, the Debt Collection Improvement

Act of 1996, and pursuant to the

Executive Order 13019 dated September

28, 1996, the OCSE will match the tax

refund records against Federal payment

certification records and Federal

financial assistance records. The

purpose is to facilitate the collection of

delinquent child support obligations

from persons who may be entitled or

eligible to receive certain Federal

payments or Federal assistance. State

child support agencies submit cases of

delinquent child support claims to the

OCSE for submission to the Financial

Management Service (FMS). These cases

are sent by on-line dial-up access via

personal computer, tape and cartridge

via mail, Mitron tape, file transfer, or

electronic data transmission. The Office

of Child Support Enforcement serves as

a conduit between state child support

enforcement agencies and the FMS by

processing weekly updates of collection

data and distributing the information

back to the appropriate State child

support agency. The information will be

disclosed by OCSE to state child

support agencies for use in the

collection of child support debts,

through locate action wage withholding

or other enforcement actions.

Respondents: State, District of

Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and

Virgin Islands Governments.

Respondents: State and local

governments.
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per respondent

Average

burden

hours per

response

(minutes)

Total burden hours

Sub/test tape & Data Spec ............................................................................................... 1,744 52 5 7,557.3

Sub/test tape & Data Spec ............................................................................................... 54 52 5 234

Withdrawal notice ............................................................................................................. 1,744 5 2 291

Pre-offset notice ............................................................................................................... 54 87,075 2 15,673.5

Case Cert ......................................................................................................................... 54 52 3 140.4

Payment Infor ................................................................................................................... 26 1 10 4.3

Local office contact phone address ................................................................................. 1,744 1 30 872

Request for update ........................................................................................................... 54 52 5 234

Federal Tax Offset contact ............................................................................................... 54 1 2 1.8

Update Spec ..................................................................................................................... 54 1 2 1.8

Issuance of pre-offset notice ............................................................................................ 54 1 2 1.8

Contact point for OCSE Pre-offset notice ........................................................................ 30 1 1 0.9

Non-TANF Tax Refund Offset Information ....................................................................... 1,744 40,735 10 6,789.2

Offset notice address/phone number change .................................................................. 54 1 10 9.0

Personal computer data ................................................................................................... 54 1 5 4.5

Notice of intention ............................................................................................................. 25 1 2 0.8

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 31,816.3.

Additional Information: Copies of the

proposed collection may be obtained by

writing to The Administration for

Children and Families, Office of

Information Services, Division of

Information Resource Management

Services, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: ACF

Reports Clearance Officer.

OMB Comment: OMB is required to

make a decision concerning the

collection of information between 30

and 60 days after publication of this

document in the Federal Register.

Therefore, a comment is best assured of

having its full effect if OMB receives it

within 30 days of publication. Written

comments and recommendations for the

proposed information collection should

be sent directly to the following: Office

of Management and Budget, Paperwork

Reduction Project, 725 17th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, Attn:

Ms. Wendy Taylor.

Dated: December 1, 1997.

Bob Sargis,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–32054 Filed 12–5–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Administration on Children, Youth and

Families; Statement of Organization,

Function, and Delegations of Authority

This Notice amends Part K of the

Statement of Organization, Functions

and Delegations of Authority of the

Department of Health and Human

Services, Administration for Children

and Families (ACF) as follows: Chapter

KB, Administration on Children, Youth

and Families (ACYF) (61 FR 50028), as

last amended September 24, 1996. This

Notice consolidates the child abuse and

neglect functions within the Children’s

Bureau.

I. Amend Chapter KB as follows:

KB.10 Organization. Delete in its

entirety and replace with the following:

KB.10 Organization. The

Administration on Children, Youth and

Families is headed by a Commissioner

who reports directly to the Assistant

Secretary for Children and Families and

consists of:

Office of the Commissioner (KBA)

Division of Program Evaluation (KBB)

Head Start Bureau (KBC)

Program Operations Division (KBC1)

Program Support Division (KBC2)

Children’s Bureau (KBD)

Office of Child Abuse and Neglect

(KBD1)

Division of Policy (KBD2)

Division of Program Implementation

(KBD3)

Division of Data, Research and

Innovation (KBD4)

Division of Child Welfare Capacity

Building (KBD5)

Family and Youth Services Bureau

(KBE)

Child Care Bureau (KBG)

Program Operations Division (KBG1)

Policy Division (KBG2)

II. Delete paragraph D in its entirety

and replace with the following:

D. The Children’s bureau is headed by

an Associate Commissioner who advises

the Commissioner, Administration on

Children, Youth and Families, on

matters related to child welfare,

including child abuse and neglect, child

protective services, family preservation

and support, adoption, foster care and

independent living. It recommends

legislative and budgetary proposals,

operational planning system objectives

and initiatives, and projects and issue

areas for evaluation, research and

demonstration activities. It represent

ACYF in initiating and implementing

interagency activities and projects

affecting children and families, and

provides leadership and coordination

for the programs, activities, and

subordinate components of the Bureau.

1. Office on Child Abuse and Neglect

provides leadership and direction on

the issues of child maltreatment and the

prevention of abuse and neglect under

the Child Abuse Prevention and

Treatment Act (CAPTA). It is the focal

point for interagency collaborative

efforts, national conferences and special

initiatives related to child abuse and

neglect, and for coordinating activities

related to the prevention of abuse and

neglect and the protection of children

at-risk. It supports activities to build

networks of community-based,

prevention-focused family resource and

support programs through the

Community-Based Family Resource and

Support Program. It supports

improvement in the systems which

handle child abuse and neglect cases,

particularly child sexual abuse and

exploitation and maltreatment related

fatalities, and improvement in the

investigation and prosecution of these

cases through the Children’s Justice Act.

2. Division of Policy provides

leadership and direction in policy

development and interpretation under

titles IV–B and IV–E of the Social