63836 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 25, 2000 / Proposed Rules

manner other than as prescribed by the

Commander.

Janet A. Long,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

45 CFR Part 309

RIN 0970–AB73

Tribal Child Support Enforcement

Programs

AGENCY: Office of Child Support

Enforcement, Administration for

Children and Families, Department of

Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking;

open consultations.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given for the

dates, locations and hotel sites for the

final two Tribal consultations on the

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)

for direct Federal funding of Tribal

child support enforcement (CSE)

programs which was published in the

Federal Register on August 21, 2000 (65

FR 50800). In the interest of providing

Tribes and Tribal organizations and the

public adequate time to review and

comment on the NPRM, we modified

the standard 60-day comment period by

extending it to 120-days. The Federal

Office of Child Support Enforcement is

sponsoring a total of four consultations

with federally recognized Indian Tribes,

the general public, and Tribal

organizations during the 120-day notice

and comment period to receive public

comment on the proposed rule. The

notice for the first two consultations

was published September 13, 2000 in

the Federal Register (65 FR 55261). The

initial consultation was held October 3–

5, 2000 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and

the second consultation will be held

October 24–26, 2000 in Anchorage,

Alaska. This notification provides

specific information for the final two

consultations.

DATES: The final two consultations will

be held November 1–3, 2000 in

Washington, DC and November 28–30,

2000 in Phoenix, Arizona. The

consultations will begin promptly at

9:00 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. on the

first two days. The final half-day session

will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. and

end at 12 noon.

ADDRESSES: The third consultation,

November 1–3, 2000, will be held at the

Monarch Hotel, 2401 M Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20037. The telephone

number for reservations is (202) 429–

2400. The fourth consultation,

November 28–39, 2000, will be held at

the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 100 North 1st

Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004. The

telephone number for reservations is

(602) 333–0000. All interested parties

are invited to attend these public

consultations. Seating may be limited

and will be available on a first-come,

first-serve basis. Persons needing special

assistance, such as sign language

interpretation or other special

accommodation, should contact the

Deputy Director of the Native American

Child Support Enforcement Program,

Office of Child Support Enforcement, at

the address listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Virginia Apodaca, Deputy Director,

Native American Child Support

Enforcement Program, Office of Child

Support Enforcement, Fourth Floor East,

370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW,

Washington, DC 20447 (telephone (202)

401–9376; fax (202) 401–5559; e-mail:

vapodaca@acf.dhhs.gov). These are not

toll-free numbers. It is expected that

there will be only four consultations.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of these consultations will be to

provide an overview of the proposed

regulations and the interim final rule to

attendees. In addition, public comment

will be elicited on the proposed

regulation and interim final rule.

Federal officials will explain both the

proposed rules and interim final rules.

Persons who attend the consultations

may make oral presentations and/or

provide written comments for the record

at the consultations, at their option. We

encourage persons who make oral

presentations at the consultations to

submit written comments in support of

their presentations.

Agenda

In order to obtain the broadest public

participation possible on these proposed

rules, the Office of Child Enforcement

plans to conduct four public

consultations during the 120-day

comment period. These consultations

are intended to further solicit public

comment, Native American and Tribal

input on the Native American child

support enforcement direct Federal

funding proposed rule. The agenda for

these consultations consists of two full

days where public comments on the

proposed rule will be elicited. There

will also be a one-half day review of the

interim funding application process for

those Tribes and Tribal organizations

with currently existing comprehensive

child support enforcement programs

wishing to submit applications for

interim funding of these programs.

Public Participation

Members of the public wishing to

present oral statements at the

consultations should send their requests

to Ms. Virginia Apodaca, Deputy

Director of the Native American Child

Support Enforcement Program, as soon

as possible or they may register on site

at the beginning of each consultation.

Such requests should be made by

telephone, fax machine, or mail, as

shown above. The Deputy Director of

the Native American Program will

accommodate all such requests on site

by reserving time for presentations. The

order of persons making such

presentations will be assigned in the

order in which the requests are

received. Members of the public are

encouraged to limit oral statements to

five minutes, but extended written

statements may be submitted for the

record. Members of the public also may

submit written statements for inclusion

in the public record without presenting

oral statements. Such written statements

should be sent to the Native American

Child Support Enforcement Program

Deputy Director, as shown above, by

mail or fax at least five business days

before each meeting. Minutes of all

public meeting and other documents

will be available for public inspection

and copying at the Department of Health

and Human Services (DHHS) fourteen

days after the conclusion of each

consultation. At DHHS, these

documents will be available at the

Deputy Director, Native American Child

Support Enforcement Program, Office of

Child Support Enforcement (OCSE),

Administration for Children and

Families, U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services, Aerospace Building,

Fourth Floor—East, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, SW, Washington, DC from 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. Questions regarding the

availability of documents from DHHS

should be directed to Virginia Apodaca,

OCSE (telephone (202) 401–9376). This

is not a toll-free number. Any written

comments on the minutes should be

directed to Ms. Virginia Apodaca,

Deputy Director of the Native American

Child Support Enforcement Program, as

shown above.

Dated: October 18, 2000.

David Gray Ross,

Commissioner, Office of Child Support

Enforcement.

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