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previously issued guidance and experts

throughout government, private sector,

and academic communities to develop

and issue ‘‘Standards for Internal

Controls in the Federal Government’’ to

facilitate implementation of FMFIA.

Although those standards remain

conceptually sound and are used

throughout the federal government, this

update enhances the standards by

recognizing recent internal control

evaluation guidance developed by the

private sector with assistance from GAO

and others, as well as to giving greater

recognition to the increasing use of

information technology.

The internal control standards

contained in the proposed standards

follow the COSO guidance closely and

refer to portions of OMB Circular A–123

that provide guidance for evaluating

internal control. However, two of the

standards concerning management

reporting on internal control and

resolution of audit findings are

standards not addressed by COSO but

reflect the public’s demand for a high

level of accountability for government

stewardship of resources. These two

standards are currently required by law

and by the existing internal control

standards. Appendix II cross-references

the existing standards with those

proposed in the document.

Comments received will be reviewed

and the proposed standards will be

revised as necessary. Publication of the

final standards will be announced in the

Federal Register.

Gene L. Dodaro,

Assistant Comptroller General for Accounting

and Information Management.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Cooperative Agreement With the

National Academy of Sciences

AGENCY: Office of Public Health and

Science.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On behalf of the Public Health

Service agencies (PHS), the Office of

Public Health and Science has entered

into a cooperative agreement with the

National Academy of Sciences to

provide core support for activities in a

number of health areas, including health

promotion and disease prevention;

health care services; neuroscience and

behavioral health; health sciences

policy; food and nutrition; international

health; radiation effects research;

environmental studies and toxicology;

and children, youth and families. The

purpose of this cooperative agreement is

to provide access to expertise regarding

matters of interest to PHS, including

independent advice on how complex

issues might be defined and addressed

in discrete studies and on planning to

address the problems and issues

identified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cindy Oswald, Contract Specialist,

Program Support Center, AOS/Division

of Acquisition Management, 5600

Fishers Lane, Room 5–101, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, for information about

this program, and Linda Meyers, Ph.D.,

Office of Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion, Office of Public Health and

Science, Room 738–G, 200

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20201, for

programmatic technical assistance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Approximately $450,000 will be

available in FY 1998 to support this

project. This award was effective

December 1, 1997, for a 12-month

budget period with a project period of

5 years. Funding estimates may vary

and are subject to change. Continuation

awards within the project period will be

made if progress is satisfactory and

funds are available.

The PHS is committed to achieving

the health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of Healthy People

2000, an HHS-led national activity to

reduce morbidity and mortality and

improve the quality of life. This

announcement is related to objectives in

nearly all priority areas. (To order a

copy of ‘‘Healthy People 2000:

Midcourse Review and Revisions,’’

contact the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA

15250–7954; Telephone (202) 512–1800;

Internet address: http://

www.access.gpo.gov/index.html.)

Authority

This program is authorized under

Sections 301 and 1701 of the Public

Health Act.

Smoke-free Workplace

The PHS strongly encourages all

funding recipients to provide a smokefree workplace and promote the non-use

of all tobacco products, and Public Law

103–227, the Pro-Children’s Act of 1994,

prohibits smoking in certain facilities

that receive Federal funds in which

education, library, day care, health care,

and early childhood development

services are provided to the children.

Eligible Applicant

Assistance was provided only to the

National Academy of Sciences,

Washington, D.C. No other applications

were solicited. The National Academy

of Sciences (NAS) is the only

organization that has the ability to

assemble such National scientific

expertise in a range of health-related

fields to furnish independent advice

and guidance of the highest quality with

an unparalleled level of objectivity. This

combination of advice and objectivity is

a distinct asset to the PHS in carrying

out its mission.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number

A Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number is not required

because the project is the only one

funded in this activity.

Executive Order 12372 Review

This application is not subject to

Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs as governed by Executive

Order 12372.

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

This program is not subject to the

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements.

Dated: December 17, 1997.

Susanne A. Stoiber,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health

(Disease Prevention and Health Promotion).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention

and Health Promotion, Office of Public

Health and Science.

ACTION: Commission on Dietary

Supplement Labels: Notice of

Availability of Final Report.

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS) is providing

notice of the availability of the Report

of the Commission on Dietary

Supplement Labels.

DATES: The final report of the

Commission on Dietary Supplement

Labels was delivered to the Secretary,

Health and Human Services, the

President, and Congress on November

24, 1997.

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The final report of the Commission is

available from the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA

15250–7954 (202–512–1800) (Stock

Number 017–001–00531–2). The final

report is also available on the

INTERNET at http://web.health.gov/

dietsupp/. For additional information,

contact Kenneth D. Fisher, Ph.D.,

Executive Director, Commission on

Dietary Supplement Labels, Office of

Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion, Room 738G, Hubert H.

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201,

(202) 690–5526 or facsimile (202–205–

0463).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public

Law 103–417, Section 12, authorized

the establishment of a Commission on

Dietary Supplement Labels whose seven

members were appointed by the

President in November, 1995. The

appointments to the Commission by the

President and the establishment of the

Commission by the Secretary of Health

and Human Services reflect the

commitment of the President and the

Secretary to the development of a sound

and consistent regulatory policy on

labeling of dietary supplements.

The Commission has conducted a

study that provides recommendations

for regulation of label claims and

statements for dietary supplements,

including the use of supplemental

literature in connection with their sale

and, in addition, procedures for

evaluation of label claims. The

Commission has also considered how

best to provide truthful, scientifically

valid, and non-misleading information

to consumers in order that they may

make informed health care choices for

themselves and their families.

In accordance with the provisions of

its Charter, dated February 13, 1997,

delivery of the Commission’s final

report constitutes completion of the

function of the Commission.

Accordingly, the Commission has been

discharged.

Dated: December 11, 1997.

Susanne A. Stoiber,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health

(Disease Prevention and Health Promotion),

U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

[ATSDR–131]

Availability of Final Toxicological

Profiles

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances

and Disease Registry (ATSDR),

Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of three new final and eight

updated final toxicological profiles of

priority hazardous substances

comprising the ninth set prepared by

ATSDR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Loretta Norman, Division of Toxicology,

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry, Mailstop E–29, 1600

Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia

30333, telephone (404) 639–6322.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act (SARA) (Pub. L.

99–499) amends the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA or Superfund) (42 U.S.C. 9601

et seq.) by establishing certain

requirements for ATSDR and the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

with regard to hazardous substances

which are most commonly found at

facilities on the CERCLA National

Priorities List (NPL). Among these

statutory requirements is a mandate for

the Administrator of ATSDR to prepare

toxicological profiles for each substance

included on the priority lists of

hazardous substances. These lists

identified 275 hazardous substances

that ATSDR and EPA determined pose

the most significant potential threat to

human health. The availability of the

revised list of the 275 most hazardous

substances was announced in the

Federal Register on November 17, 1997

(62 FR 61332). For prior versions of the

list of substances see Federal Register

notices dated April 29, 1996 (61 FR

18744); April 17, 1987 (52 FR 12866);

October 20, 1988 (53 FR 41280); October

26, 1989 (54 FR 43619); October 17,

1990 (55 FR 42067); October 17, 1991

(56 FR 52166); October 28, 1992 (57 FR

48801); and February 28, 1994 (59 FR

9486).

Notice of the availability of drafts of

the ninth set of toxicological profiles for

public review and comment was

published in the Federal Register on

October 30, 1995 (60 FR 55272), with

notice of a 90-day public comment

period for each profile, starting from the

actual release date. Following the close

of each comment period, chemicalspecific comments were addressed, and

where appropriate, changes were

incorporated into each profile. The

public comments and other data

submitted in response to the Federal

Register notice bear the docket control

number ATSDR–102. This material is

available for public inspection at the

Division of Toxicology, Agency for

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,

Building 4, Suite 2400, Executive Park

Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, (not a mailing

address) between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except legal

holidays.

Availability

This notice announces the availability

of three new final and eight updated

final toxicological profiles comprising

the ninth set prepared by ATSDR. The

following toxicological profiles are now

available through the U.S. Department

of Commerce, National Technical

Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port

Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161,

telephone 1–800–553–6847. There is a

charge for these profiles as determined

by NTIS.

Toxicological profile NTIS order No. CAS No.

Ninth Set:

1. BENZENE (UPDATE) .................................................................................................... PB98–101157 000071–43–2

2. CHLORFENVINPHOS .................................................................................................... PB98–101116 000470–90–6

3. CHLOROFORM (UPDATE) ........................................................................................... PB98–101140 000067–66–3

4. CHLORPYRIFOS ........................................................................................................... PB98–103088 002921–88–2

5. CYANIDE (UPDATE) ..................................................................................................... PB98–101207 000057–12–5

AMMONIUM THIOCYANATE ......................................................................................... 001762–95–4

CYANAZINE .................................................................................................................... 021725–46–2

HYDROGEN CYANIDE .................................................................................................. 000074–90–8

SODIUM CYANIDE ......................................................................................................... 000143–33–9