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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement concerning 

Transportation Requirements. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary; whether it will 

have practical utility; whether our 

estimate of the public burden of this 

collection of information is accurate, 

and based on valid assumptions and 

methodology; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways in 

which we can minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, through the use of 

appropriate technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

June 25, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

9000–0061, Transportation 

Requirements, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching the OMB control number. 

Select the link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ 

that corresponds with ‘‘Information 

Collection 9000–0061, Transportation 

Requirements’’. Follow the instructions 

provided at the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ 

screen. Please include your name, 

company name (if any), and 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0061, 

Transportation Requirements’’ on your 

attached document. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada 

Flowers/IC 9000–0061, Transportation 

Requirements. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0061, Transportation 

Requirements, in all correspondence 

related to this collection. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal and/or business 

confidential information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Procurement 

Analyst, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501–1448 

or via email at curtis.glover@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

FAR Part 47 contains policies and 

procedures for applying transportation 

and traffic management considerations 

in the acquisition of supplies. The FAR 

part also contains policies and 

procedures when acquiring 

transportation or transportation-related 

services. Generally, contracts involving 

transportation require information 

regarding the nature of the supplies, 

method of shipment, place and time of 

shipment, applicable charges, marking 

of shipments, shipping documents and 

other related items. Contractors are 

required to provide the information in 

accordance with the following FAR Part 

47 clauses: 52.247–29 through 52.247– 

44, 52.247–48, 52.247–52, 52.247–57 

and 52.247–64. The information is used 

to ensure that: (1) acquisitions are made 

on the basis most advantageous to the 

Government and; (2) supplies arrive in 

good order and condition, and on time 

at the required place. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 65,000. 

Responses Per Respondent: 22. 

Annual Responses: 1,430,000. 

Hours Per Response: .05. 

Total Burden Hours: 71,500. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 

1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20417, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please 

cite OMB Control No. 9000–0061, 

Transportation Requirements, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: 

Laura Auletta, 

Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9829 Filed 4–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the National Toxicology 

Program (NTP) Board of Scientific 

Counselors 

AGENCY: National Toxicology Program 

(NTP), National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences 

(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Meeting announcement and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92– 

463, notice is hereby given of a meeting 

of the NTP Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BSC). The BSC is a 

federally chartered, external advisory 

group composed of scientists from the 

public and private sectors that provides 

primary scientific oversight to the NTP 

and evaluates the scientific merit of the 

NTP’s intramural and collaborative 

programs. 

DATES: The BSC meeting will be held on 

June 21 and 22, 2012. The deadline for 

submission of written comments is June 

7, 2012, and for pre-registration to 

attend the meeting, including registering 

to present oral comments, is June 14, 

2012. Individuals with disabilities who 

need accommodation to participate in 

this event should contact Dr. Lori White 

at voice telephone: 919–541–9834 or 

email: whiteld@niehs.nih.gov. TTY 

users should contact the Federal TTY 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339. 

Requests should be made at least 5 

business days in advance of the event. 

ADDRESSES: The BSC meeting will be 

held in the Rodbell Auditorium, Rall 

Building at the NIEHS, 111 T.W. 

Alexander Drive, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27709. Public comments on all 

agenda topics and any other 

correspondence should be submitted to 

Dr. Lori White, Designated Federal 

Officer for the BSC, Office of Liaison, 

Policy and Review, Division of NTP, 

NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, K2–03, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; 

telephone: 919–541–9834; fax: 919– 

541–0295; whiteld@niehs.nih.gov. 

Courier address: NIEHS, 530 Davis 

Drive, Room K2136, Morrisville, NC 

27560. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Lori White (telephone: 919–541–9834 or 

whiteld@niehs.nih.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Preliminary Agenda and Other Meeting 

Information 

The BSC will provide input to the 

NTP on programmatic activities and 

issues. A preliminary agenda, roster of 

BSC members, background materials, 

public comments, and any additional 

information, when available, will be 

posted on the BSC meeting Web site 

(http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165) or may 

be requested in hardcopy from the 

Designated Federal Officer for the BSC 

(see ADDRESSES above). Following the 

meeting, summary minutes will be 

prepared and made available on the BSC 

meeting Web site. 

Attendance and Registration 

The meeting is scheduled for June 21 

and 22, 2012, beginning at 8:30 a.m. 

EDT and continuing to approximately 

4:30 p.m. on June 21 and until 


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adjournment on June 22. This meeting 

is open to the public with attendance 

limited only by the space available. 

Individuals who plan to attend are 

encouraged to register online at the BSC 

meeting Web site (http:// 

ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/165) by June 14, 

2012, to facilitate planning for the 

meeting. Registered attendees are 

encouraged to access this Web site to 

stay abreast of the most current 

information regarding the meeting. The 

NTP is making plans to videocast the 

meeting through the Internet at http:// 

www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/live. 

Request for Comments 

Written comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

received by June 7, 2012. Comments 

will be posted on the BSC meeting Web 

site and persons submitting them will 

be identified by their name and 

affiliation and/or sponsoring 

organization, if applicable. Persons 

submitting written comments should 

include their name, affiliation (if 

applicable), phone, email, and 

sponsoring organization (if any) with 

the document. 

Time will be allotted during the 

meeting for the public to present oral 

comments to the BSC on the agenda 

topics. In addition to in-person oral 

comments at the meeting at the NIEHS, 

public comments can be presented by 

teleconference line. There will be 50 

lines for this call; availability will be on 

a first-come, first-served basis. The 

available lines will be open from 8:30 

a.m. until adjournment, although public 

comments will be received only during 

the formal public comment periods, 

which are indicated on the preliminary 

agenda. Each organization is allowed 

one time slot per agenda topic. At least 

7 minutes will be allotted to each 

speaker, and if time permits, may be 

extended to 10 minutes at the discretion 

of the BSC chair. Persons wishing to 

present oral comments are encouraged 

to pre-register on the NTP meeting Web 

site, indicate whether they will present 

comments in-person or via the 

teleconference line, and list the topic(s) 

on which they plan to comment. The 

access number for the teleconference 

line will be provided to registrants by 

email prior to the meeting. Registration 

for oral comments will also be available 

on both meeting days, although time 

allowed for presentation by these 

registrants may be less than that for preregistered speakers and will be 

determined by the number of persons 

who register at the meeting. 

Persons registering to make oral 

comments are asked to send a copy of 

their statement or PowerPoint slides to 

the Designated Federal Officer for the 

BSC (see ADDRESSES above) by June 14, 

2012. Written statements can 

supplement and may expand upon the 

oral presentation. If registering on-site 

and reading from written text, please 

bring 40 copies of the statement for 

distribution to the BSC and NTP staff 

and to supplement the record. 

Background Information on the NTP 

BSC 

The BSC is a technical advisory body 

comprised of scientists from the public 

and private sectors that provides 

primary scientific oversight to the NTP. 

Specifically, the BSC advises the NTP 

on matters of scientific program content, 

both present and future, and conducts 

periodic review of the program for the 

purpose of determining and advising on 

the scientific merit of its activities and 

their overall scientific quality. Its 

members are selected from recognized 

authorities knowledgeable in fields such 

as toxicology, pharmacology, pathology, 

biochemistry, epidemiology, risk 

assessment, carcinogenesis, 

mutagenesis, molecular biology, 

behavioral toxicology, neurotoxicology, 

immunotoxicology, reproductive 

toxicology or teratology, and 

biostatistics. Members serve overlapping 

terms of up to four years. The BSC 

usually meets biannually. 

Dated: April 11, 2012. 

John R. Bucher, 

Associate Director, National Toxicology 

Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9913 Filed 4–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Solicitation of Written Comments on 

Draft: National Action Plan To Prevent 

Healthcare-Associated Infections: 

Roadmap to Elimination 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, Office of 

Healthcare Quality. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Healthcare 

Quality is soliciting public comment on 

the revised draft National Action Plan to 

Prevent Healthcare-Associated 

Infections: Roadmap to Elimination. 

DATES: Comments on the revised draft 

National Action Plan to Prevent 

Healthcare-Associated Infections: 

Roadmap to Elimination should be 

received no later than 5 p.m. on June 25, 

2012. This document reflects a 

significant update and expansion from 

the initial version issued in 2009, ‘‘HHS 

Action Plan to Prevent HealthcareAssociated Infections.’’ It includes new 

sections specific to infection reduction 

in ambulatory surgical centers and endstage renal disease facilities, as well as 

a new section on increasing influenza 

vaccination of health care personnel. 

The Action Plan reflects the work of 

many offices across the Department of 

Health and Human Services, 

Department of Defense, and Department 

of Veterans Affairs. The plan also 

reflects input from national experts and 

stakeholder organizations. 

ADDRESSES: The revised draft National 

Action Plan to Prevent HealthcareAssociated Infections: Roadmap to 

Elimination can be found at http:// 

www.hhs.gov/ash/initiatives/hai/ 

actionplan/index.html. Comments are 

preferred electronically and may be 

addressed to OHQ@hhs.gov. Written 

responses should be addressed to the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Office of Healthcare Quality, 

200 Independence Ave, SW., Room 

711G, Washington, DC 20201, Attention: 

Draft National HAI AP. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Gallardo, (202) 690–2470 or 

OHQ@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Background 

Healthcare-associated infections, or 

HAIs, are a serious public health issue; 

at any given time, about 1 in every 20 

patients has an infection related to their 

hospital care, which cost the U.S. 

healthcare system billions of dollars 

each year. For these reasons, the 

prevention and reduction of healthcareassociated infections is a top priority for 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). Multiple Operating and 

Staff Divisions within HHS have been 

working to reduce the incidence and 

prevalence of healthcare-associated 

infections for decades. To further 

efforts, the HHS Steering Committee for 

the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated 

Infections was established in July 2008 

and charged with developing a 

comprehensive strategy to progress 

toward the elimination of healthcareassociated infections. 

In 2009, the Steering Committee 

issued the initial version of the ‘‘HHS 

Action Plan to Prevent HealthcareAssociated Infections.’’ The initial 

strategy (Phase One) focused on the 

prevention of infections in the acute 

care hospital setting and includes: a 

prioritized research agenda; an 

integrated information systems and 

technology strategy; policy options for 

linking payment incentives or 


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