Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 208 / Thursday, October 26, 2000 / Notices 64229

Dated: October 17, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

Reports Clearance Officer, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–27527 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–10019]

Emergency Clearance: Public

Information Collection Requirements

Submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB)

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.

We are, however, requesting an

emergency review of the information

collections referenced below. In

compliance with the requirement of

section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, we have

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) the following

requirements for emergency review. We

are requesting an emergency review

because the collection of this

information is needed before the

expiration of the normal time limits

under OMB’s regulations at 5 CFR part

1320. This is necessary to ensure

compliance with section 1847 of the

Social Security Act. We cannot

reasonably comply with the normal

clearance procedures because public

harm would result. In order to

determine the best way to let competitve

bids to the most efficient/effective

bidder and as soon as possible, we must

conduct the demonstration on as recent

data as possible; we also need the data

as soon as possible in order to include

our findings in a report to Congress in

January 2002.

HCFA is requesting OMB review and

approval of this collection by November

21, 2000 with a 180-day approval

period. Written comments and

recommendations will be accepted from

the public if received by the individuals

designated below by November 21,

2000. During this 180-day period, we

will publish a separate Federal Register

notice announcing the initiation of an

extensive 60-day agency review and

public comment period on these

requirements. We will submit the

requirements for OMB review and an

extension of this emergency approval.

Type of Information Request: New

collection; Title of Information

Collection: Durable Medical Equipment

and Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies

(DMEPOS) Supplier Survey; HCFA

Form Number: HCFA–10019 (OMB

approval #: 0938–NEW); Use: This

survey is necessary to collect access,

quality, and financial performance

information from suppliers of durable

medical equipment (hospital beds,

oxygen, urologic supplies, enteral

nutrition, or wound care). The

information will be presented to HCFA

and to Congress, who will use the

results to determine whether the

demonstration should be extended to

other sites; Frequency: Once; Affected

Public: Business or other for-profit;

Number of Respondents: 340; Total

Annual Responses: 340; Total Annual

Burden Hours: 620.

We have submitted a copy of this

notice to OMB for its review of these

information collections. A notice will be

published in the Federal Register when

approval is obtained.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, access HCFA’s Web

Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/

regs/prdact95.htm, or 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.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding the burden or any

other aspect of these collections of

information requirements. However, as

noted above, comments on these

information collection and

recordkeeping requirements must be

mailed and/or faxed to the designees

referenced below, by November 20,

2000.

Health Care Financing Administration, Office

of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards, Room N2–14–26,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850. Fax Number: (410) 786–0262.

Attn: Julie Brown, HCFA 10019

and,

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, Room

10235, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503, Fax Number: (202)

395–6974 or (202) 395–5167. Attn: Wendy

Taylor, HCFA Desk Officer.

Dated: October 21, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards

[FR Doc. 00–27626 Filed 10–24–00; 12:28

pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Public Health Service; Notice of Listing

of Members of the Substance Abuse

and Mental Health Services

Administration’s Senior Executive

Service Performance Review Board

(PRB)

The Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) announces the persons who

will serve on the Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services

Administration’s Performance Review

Board. This action is being taken in

accordance with Title 5, U.S.C., section

4314(c)(4), which requires that members

of performance review boards be

appointed in a manner to ensure

consistency, stability, and objectivity in

performance appraisals, and requires

that notice of the appointment of an

individual to serve as a member be

published in the Federal Register.

The following persons will serve on

the SAMHSA Performance Review

Board, which oversees the evaluation of

performance appraisals of SAMHSA’s

Senior Executive Service (SES)

members: Joseph Autry, M.D.,

Chairperson; H. Westley Clark, M.D.,

J.D., M.P.H; Ruth Sanchez-Way, Ph.D.;

Randolph Wykoff, M.D., M.P.H., T.M.

For further information about the

SAMHSA Performance Review Board,

contact the Division of Human

Resources Management, Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration, 5600 Fishers Land,

Room 14 C–24, Rockville, Maryland

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20857, telephone (301) 443–5030 (not a

toll-free number).

Dated: October 18, 2000.

Nelba Chavez,

Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–27451 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application.

The following applicant has applied

for a permit to conduct certain activities

with endangered species. This notice is

provided pursuant to section 10(c) of

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

Permit Number TE034594

Applicant: M. Brent McClane, St.

Louis, Missouri.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (capture, handle and release) all

federally listed unionid mussel species

within U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Regions 3 and 4, in particular Clubshell

(Pleurobema clava), Curtis’

pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina

curtisi), Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria),

Fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax),

Higgins’ eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis

higginsi), Orange-foot pimpleback

pearlymussel (Plethobasus

cooperianus), Pink mucket

pearlymussel (Lampsilis abrupta),

Scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon),

White wartyback pearlymussel

(Plethobasus cicatricosus), and Winged

mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa).

The applicant requests the permit to

collect the threatened and endangered

mussel species in all streams located

throughout U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service Region 3 ( Iowa, Illinios,

Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,

Ohio, and Wisconsin) and portions of

Region 4 (Arkansas, Kentucky,

Tennessee, and West Virginia).

Activities are proposed for studies to

identify populations of listed mussel

species, develop methods to minimize

or avoid project related impacts to those

populations, and to identify new

populations of listed unionid species.

The scientific research is aimed at

enhancement of survival of the species

in the wild.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Regional Director, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological

Services Operations, 1 Federal Drive,

Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111–4056,

and must be received within 30 days of

the date of this publication.

Documents and other information

submitted with this application are

available for review by any party who

requests a copy of such documents from

the following office within 30 days of

the date of publication of this notice:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Ecological Services Operations, 1

Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota

55111–4056, peter_fasbender@fws.gov,

telephone (612/713–5343), or FAX (612/

713–5292).

Dated: October 20, 2000.

T.J. Miller,

Acting, Assistant Regional Director,

Ecological Services, Region 3, Fort Snelling,

Minnesota.

[FR Doc. 00–27505 Filed 10–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

Endangered Species

The following applicants have

applied for a permit to conduct certain

activities with endangered species. This

notice is provided pursuant to Section

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et

seq.):

Applicant: Harry (Sonny) L. Evans, Jr.

San Antonio, TX, PRT–032508.

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Applicant: Daniel Brunner, San

Antonio, TX, PRT–032500.

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Applicant: Smithsonian National

Zoological Park, Washington, DC 20008,

PRT–700309.

The applicant seeks to renew their

permit to take, import, export, re-export,

and purchase in interstate and foreign

commerce blood, hair, and other tissue

samples and salvaged carcasses from

any endangered wildlife exotic to the

United States for the purpose of

scientific research to enhance the

survival of endangered species in the

wild. Samples are to be obtained from

wild, captive held, or captive born

animals. Samples collected from

animals in the wild are to be done so

opportunistically during immobilization

of the animals by local wildlife

management officials. Wild animals

may be immobilized, but not harmed,

for collection of samples. This

notification covers activities conducted

by the applicant over a five year period.

Applicant: The Peregrine Fund, Boise,

ID, PRT–819573.

The applicant requests a permit to

import live harpy eagle (Harpia harpja),

blood, tissue, and DNA samples and to

export/re-export live birds as part of an

on-going conservation project which

enhances the survival and propagation

of this species. This notice covers

activities conducted by the applicant

over a five year period.

Marine Mammals

The public is invited to comment on

the following application for a permit to

conduct certain activities with marine

mammals. The application was

submitted to satisfy requirements of the

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and

the regulations governing marine

mammals (50 CFR 18).

Applicant: Phil Mancuso, Staten

Island, NY, PRT–034958.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Cambridge Bay

polar bear population, Northwest

Territories, Canada for personal use.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Division of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203 and must be received by

the Director within 30 days of the date

of this publication.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has

information collection approval from

OMB through February 28, 2001. OMB

Control Number 1018–0093. Federal

Agencies may not conduct or sponsor

and a person is not required to respond

to a collection of information unless it

displays a current valid OMB control

number.

Documents and other information

submitted with these applications are

available for review, subject to the

requirements of the Privacy Act and

Freedom of Information Act, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents to the

following office within 30 days of the

date of publication of this notice: U.S.