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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) 

Office for State, Tribal, Local and 

Territorial Support (OSTLTS) 

In accordance with Presidential 

Executive Order No. 13175, November 

6, 2000, and the Presidential 

Memorandum of November 5, 2009 and 

September 23, 2004, Consultation and 

Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments, CDC, OSTLTS announces 

the following meeting and Tribal 

Consultation Session: 

Name: Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) 

Meeting and 8th Biannual Tribal 

Consultation Session. 

Times and Dates: 

8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., January 31 and February 1, 

2012 (TAC Meeting). 

8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., February 2, 2012 (8th 

Biannual Tribal Consultation Session). 

Place: The TAC Meeting will be held at the 

Marriott Century Center, 2000 Century 

Boulevard, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30345. 

The 8th Biannual Tribal Consultation 

Session will be held at the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention’s Global 

Communication Center, Auditorium B, 1600 

Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30329. 

Status: The meetings are being hosted by 

CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and are open 

to the public. 

Purpose: CDC released its Tribal 

Consultation Policy in October of 2005 with 

the primary purpose of providing guidance 

across the agency to work effectively with 

American Indian/Alaska Native (AII/AN) 

tribes, communities, and organizations to 

enhance AI/AN access to CDC resources and 

programs. In November of 2006, an Agency 

Advisory Committee (the CDC/ATSDR Tribal 

Advisory Committee or TAC) was established 

to provide a complementary venue wherein 

tribal representatives and CDC staff will 

exchange information about public health 

issues in Indian Country, identify urgent 

public health needs in AI/AN communities, 

and discuss collaborative approaches to these 

issues and needs. Within the CDC 

Consultation Policy, it is stated that CDC will 

conduct government-to-government 

consultation with elected tribal officials or 

their designated representatives and confer 

with AI/AN community-based organizations 

and AI/AN urban and rural communities 

before taking actions and/or making 

decisions that affect them. Consultation is an 

enhanced form of communication that 

emphasizes trust, respect, and shared 

responsibility. It is an open and free 

exchange of information and opinion among 

parties that leads to mutual understanding 

and comprehension. CDC believes that 

consultation is integral to a deliberative 

process that results in effective collaboration 

and informed decision making with the 

ultimate goal of reaching consensus on 

issues. Although formal responsibility for the 

agency’s overall government-to-government 

consultation activities rests within the CDC 

Office of the Director (OD), other CDC Center, 

Institute, and Office leadership shall actively 

participate in TAC meetings and HHSsponsored regional and national tribal 

consultation sessions as frequently as 

possible. 

Matters To Be Discussed: The TAC will 

convene their advisory committee meeting 

with discussions and presentations from 

various CDC senior leaders on activities and 

areas identified by TAC members and other 

tribal leaders as priority public health issues. 

The following sessions are currently 

scheduled topics for presentation and 

discussion during the TAC Meeting; 

however, discussion is not limited to these 

topics: the CDC annual budget report, social 

determinants of health, social media, health 

care reform, the CDC Traditional Foods 

Program, and opportunities at CDC for Native 

participation. 

The 8th Biannual Tribal Consultation 

Session will engage CDC Senior leadership 

from the CDC Office of the Director and 

various CDC Centers, Institute, and Offices 

including OSTLTS, the National Center for 

Environmental Health and the Agency for 

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 

(NCEH/ATSDR), the National Center for 

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP), as well as others. 

Sessions that will be held during the Tribal 

Consultation include the following: 

• National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) for 

the United States: CDC, the Indian Health 

Service and Department of Health and 

Human Services’ Office of the Secretary are 

directed to consult with tribes to develop and 

implement scalable approaches for effective 

prevention interventions targeting American 

Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) 

populations at greatest risk for HIV and 

AIDS. To assist with fulfilling this 

requirement, (1) a brief presentation on the 

epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in and 

current prevention strategy targeting AI/AN 

communities, and (2) an interactive 

discussion on prevention needs for the 

population will be provided. 

• Environmental Public Health: CDC’s 

National Center for Environmental Health 

(NCEH) and ATSDR, will provide a brief 

update and summary of activities, including 

NCEH/ATSDR’s reorganization, ongoing 

environmental health (EH) activities, as well 

as efforts to promote engagement between 

Tribes, states, and local agencies. 

• Traditional Foods and Sustainable 

Ecological Approaches to Promote Health 

and Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in American 

Indian and Alaska Native Communities: This 

program within the National Center for 

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion will be seeking input on future 

planning scenarios related to the current 5- 

year cooperative agreement with 17 tribes, 

which ends in 2013. 

Additional opportunities will be provided 

during the Consultation Session for tribal 

testimony. Tribal Leaders are encouraged to 

submit written testimony by 12 a.m., EST on 

January 18, 2012, to Kimberly Cantrell, 

Deputy, Tribal Support Unit, OSTLTS, via 

mail to 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS K–70, 

Atlanta, Georgia, 30329 or email to 

klw6@cdc.gov. Depending on the time 

available, it may be necessary to limit the 

time of each presenter. 

The agenda is subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

Information about TAC and CDC’s Tribal 

Consultation Policy and previous meetings 

may be referenced on the following web link: 

http://www.cdc.gov/ostlts/tribal_public_

health/announcements.html. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Kimberly Cantrell, Deputy, Tribal Support 

Unit, OSTLTS, via mail to 1600 Clifton Road, 

NE., MS K–70, Atlanta, Georgia 30329 or 

email to klw6@cdc.gov. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities, for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: January 10, 2012. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2012–829 Filed 1–17–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Title: Subsidized and Transitional 

Employment Demonstration (STED) and 

Enhanced Transitional Jobs 

Demonstration (ETJD). 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) within the 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) has launched a national 

evaluation called the Subsidized and 

Transitional Employment 

Demonstration (STED). At the same 

time, the Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) within the 

Department of Labor (DOL) is 

conducting an evaluation of the 

Enhanced Transitional Jobs 

Demonstration (ETJD). These 

evaluations will inform the Federal 

government about the effectiveness of 

subsidized and transitional employment 

programs in helping vulnerable 

populations secure unsubsidized jobs in 

the labor market and achieve selfsufficiency. The projects will evaluate 

up to twelve subsidized and transitional 

employment programs nationwide. 

ACF and ETA are collaborating on the 

two evaluations. In 2011, ETA awarded 

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programs as part of the ETJD, which is 

testing the effect of combining 

transitional jobs with enhanced services 

to assist ex-offenders and noncustodial 

parents improve labor market outcomes, 

reduce criminal recidivism, comply 

with child support orders and improve 

family engagement. 

The STED and ETJD projects have 

complementary goals and are focusing 

on related program models and target 

populations. Thus, ACF and ETA have 

agreed to collaborate on the design of 

data collection instruments to promote 

consistency across the projects. In 

addition, two of the seven DOL-funded 

ETJD programs will be evaluated as part 

of the STED project. 

The proposed information collection 

described here will be used for both the 

STED and ETJD projects. It is being 

submitted by ACF on behalf of both 

collaborating agencies. 

There will be a total of twelve sites in 

the two projects combined. ACF and 

ETA estimate that 1,000 individuals will 

be randomly assigned at each site, for a 

total of 12,000 study participants across 

the two projects. In each site, 500 of 

these individuals will be assigned to the 

treatment group and 500 will be 

assigned to the control group. 

Data for the study will be collected 

from the following three major sources: 

1. Baseline Forms. Each subject will 

be asked to complete three forms upon 

entry into the study: (1) An informed 

consent form, which will require 

signature; (2) a contact sheet, which will 

obtain contact information for people 

who may help locate the subject for 

follow-up surveys; and (3) a baseline 

information form, which will collect 

demographic data and information on 

the subject’s work and education 

history. 

2. Follow-Up Surveys. Follow-up 

telephone surveys will be conducted 

with all participants. There will be three 

follow-up surveys in each of the seven 

STED sites (including the two sites that 

are also part of ETJD), approximately 6, 

12, and 24 months after study entry. 

There will be up to three follow-up 

surveys, at approximately 6, 12 and 30 

months, in the five ETJD sites that are 

not part of STED. 

The 6-month survey is intended to 

gather information from treatment and 

control group members while treatment 

group members are still participating 

in—or have very recently completed—a 

subsidized job. It will focus on self 

efficacy, well-being, worksite 

experiences, and other domains that are 

most likely to be directly affected by 

employment. The 12-month survey will 

collect data on study participants’ 

receipt of services and attainment of 

education credentials, labor market 

status, material hardship, household 

income, criminal justice, self-sufficiency 

and family engagement, including, child 

support payments and parent-child 

contact. Participants will again be 

contacted 24 or 30 months after random 

assignment to follow-up and measure 

progress on similar domains as were 

measured at the 12-month point. In 

addition to the surveys, each respondent 

will be contacted once by mail and 

asked to provide updated contact 

information. 

3. Implementation Research and Site 

Visits. Data on the context for the 

programs and their implementation will 

be collected during two rounds of site 

visits to each of the twelve sites, 

including interviews, focus groups, and 

observations. These data will be 

supplemented by short questionnaires 

for program staff, clients, worksite 

supervisors, and participating 

employers, as well as a time study for 

program staff. 

The purpose of this Federal Register 

notice is to request approval of the 

baseline forms, the 6- and 12-month 

surveys, the implementation research 

protocols, and to request a waiver for 

subsequent 60-day notices for the other 

instruments listed above. 

Under a related submission (OMB 

Number 0970–0384), a descriptive study 

of American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-funded 

subsidized employment programs has 

been released. The report can be found 

at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ 

opre/welfare_employ/stedep/reports/ 

tanf_emer_fund.pdf. 

Respondents 

The respondents to the baseline and 

follow-up surveys will be the study 

participants in the treatment and control 

groups. The respondents to the 

implementation research interviews and 

questionnaires will be program staff or 

employers who work with the 

subsidized employment programs, as 

well as clients participating in 

subsidized or transitional employment 

programs. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hour 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 1

Participant Burden 

Baseline forms ................................................................................................... 1,667 1 .17 283 

Updated contact information .............................................................................. 4,000 1 .03 120 

6-month survey .................................................................................................. 1,867 1 .5 934 

12-month survey ................................................................................................ 3,200 1 .75 2,400 

Focus Group Discussion Guide ......................................................................... 40 2 .75 60 

Client Implementation Questionnaire ................................................................ 80 2 .33 53 

Staff and Employer Burden 

Staff implementation Questionnaire .................................................................. 40 2 .33 26 

Employer implementation Questionnaire ........................................................... 40 2 .33 26 

Worksite Supervisor Implementation Questionnaire ......................................... 40 2 .33 26 

Staff Time Study ................................................................................................ 40 1 1 40 

Program Staff Interview Guide .......................................................................... 40 2 1 80 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,048. 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families and the Employment and 

Training Administration are e soliciting 

public comment on the specific aspects 

of the information collection described 

above. Copies of the proposed collection 

of information can be obtained and 


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comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance 

Officer. Email address: 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All 

requests should be identified by the title 

of the information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments on (a) whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agencies, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agencies’ estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Administration for 

Children and Families. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Child Care and Development 

Fund Annual Aggregate Report—ACF– 

800. 

OMB No.: 0970–0150. 

Description: Section 658K of the Child 

Care and Development Block Grant Act 

of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–508, 42 U.S.C. 

9858) requires that States and 

Territories submit annual aggregate data 

on the children and families receiving 

direct services under the Child Care and 

Development Fund. The implementing 

regulations for the statutorily required 

reporting are at 45 CFR 98.70. Annual 

aggregate reports include data elements 

represented in the ACF–800 reflecting 

the scope, type, and methods of child 

care delivery. This provides ACF with 

the information necessary to make 

reports to Congress, address national 

child care needs, offer technical 

assistance to grantees, meet performance 

measures, and conduct research. 

Consistent with the statute and 

regulations, ACF requests extension of 

the ACF–800. 

Respondents: States, the District of 

Columbia, and Territories including 

Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, 

American Samoa, and the Northern 

Marianna Islands. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

ACF–800 .......................................................................................................... 56 1 40 2,240 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,240 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. Email address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–737 Filed 1–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2012–N–0021] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Substances 

Generally Recognized as Safe: 

Notification Procedure 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the Agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the 

PRA), Federal Agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment in response to the 

notice. This notice solicits comments on 

the information collection provisions of 

the Notification Procedure for 

Substances Generally Recognized as 

Safe (GRAS) and new Form FDA 3667, 

which may be submitted electronically 

via the Electronic Submission Gateway 

(ESG). 

DATES: Submit either electronic or 

written comments on the collection of 

information by March 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit written 

comments on the collection of 

information to the Division of Dockets 

Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. All 

comments should be identified with the 


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