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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ariel Winter, Executive Director,

Technical Review Panel on the

Medicare Trustees Reports, Department

of Health and Human Services, Room

442E, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC, 20201, (202) 690–6860,

medpanel@osaspe.dhhs.gov. Additional

information is also available on the

Panel’s web site: http://aspe.hhs.gov/

health/medpanel.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board

of Trustees of the Medicare Trust Funds

(the Hospital Insurance (HI) and

Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI)

Trust Funds) report annually on the

funds’ financial condition. The reports

describe the trust funds’ current and

projected financial condition, within the

next 10 years (the short term) and over

the subsequent 65 years (the long term).

The Medicare Board of Trustees has

directed the Secretary of Health and

Human Services (who is one of the

Trustees) to establish a panel of

technical experts to review the

assumptions and methods underlying

the HI and SMI annual reports.

The panel’s review includes the

following four topics:

1. Medicare assumptions (e.g.,

utilization rates, medical price

increases).

2. Projection methodology (how

assumptions are used to make cost

projections).

3. Long-range growth assumptions for

HI and SMI.

4. Use of stochastic forecasting

techniques.

The Panel will issue its findings in a

report to the Secretary and the other

Trustees.

The Panel consists of six members

who are experts in the fields of

economics and actuarial science: Dale

Yamamoto, F.S.A., M.A.A.A., F.C.C.A,

E.A., B.S.—Chair; Len Nichols, Ph.D.;

David Cutler, Ph.D.; Michael Chernew,

Ph.D.; James Robinson, F.S.A.,

M.A.A.A., Ph.D.; and Alice Rosenblatt,

F.S.A., M.A.A.A., M.A. The members’

terms will end August 12, 2001. Sam

Gutterman, F.S.A., F.C.A.S., M.A.A.A.,

M.A., is a consultant to the Panel.

The Panel’s next meeting will be held

on November 15, 2000 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

At this meeting, the Panel will edit and

approve its final report to the Trustees.

The meeting will be held at the Health

Care Financing Administration (HCFA)

Headquarters, Conference Center, Room

C–112, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, Maryland. The meeting is

open to the public, but attendance is

limited to the space available.

Individuals or organizations that wish

to make 5-minute oral presentations on

the issues covered by the Panel should

contact the Executive Director by 5 p.m.

on November 1, 2000. The number of

oral presentations may be limited to the

time available. A written copy of the

presenters’ oral remarks should be

submitted to the Executive Director no

later than 5 p.m. on November 7, 2000,

for distribution to the Panel members.

Any interested member of the public

may submit written comments to the

Executive Director and Panel members

for review. Comments should be

received by the Executive Director by 5

p.m. on November 7, 2000, for

distribution to the Panel members.

Individuals requiring sign language

interpretation for the hearing impaired

and/or other special accommodation,

should contact Ariel Winter at (202)

690–6860 by November 1, 2000.

Dated: October 18, 2000.

Margaret A. Hamburg,

Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

Solicitation of Volunteers To Serve as

Special Consultants on the Community

and Tribal Subcommittee of the ATSDR

Board of Scientific Counselors

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances

and Disease Registry (ATSDR),

Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

This notice announces ATSDR’s need

for special consultants to provide

citizens’ input on the Community and

Tribal Subcommittee (CTS) of ATSDR’s

Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC).

DATES: Applications should be

completed and returned by Friday,

November 17, 2000.

BACKGROUND: The CTS provides the

BSC with input, recommendations, and

advice on ATSDR’s community/tribal

community involvement practices,

programs, and policies from

community/tribal members who live

near hazardous waste sites or are

otherwise affected by hazardous

substances in the community

environment. The subcommittee was

established, at the request of the

Assistant Administrator, ATSDR, to

provide the agency, through its Board of

Scientific Counselors, with a formal

vehicle for citizen input.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

express interest in serving as a special

consultant and obtain additional

information, contact: Sandee

Coulberson, Designated Federal Official,

CTS, ATSDR (E–56), 1600 Clifton Road,

NE, Atlanta, GA 30033 (404) 639–6002

(Direct Line) Toll-free 1–888–422–8737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ATSDR

conducts public health-related activities

at hazardous waste sites and releases,

pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

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

et seq.). ATSDR established a BSC

which is chartered under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app.).

In 1994, the chair of the BSC, ATSDR,

appointed three community/tribal

representatives as consultants to ensure

that its deliberations included the views

of community and tribal members who

live around Superfund and other

hazardous waste sites and are

representatives of groups that work at

local, regional, or national locations

with these affected communities. To

supplement the work of these

consultants, nine additional community

and tribal representatives were added.

Four members of the BSC serve on this

Subcommittee, one of which was

appointed as chair.

The Community Tribal

Subcommittee’s objective is to provide

the BSC, ATSDR, with the views and

recommendations of community and

tribal representatives on ATSDR’s

community involvement programs,

practices, policies, and other relevant

issues impacting communities and

tribes who live near Superfund and

hazardous waste sites. The

Subcommittee will review ATSDR’s

community involvement programs, and

policies; provide advice, findings, and

recommendations to the Board on these

issues; and bring broad-based

community and tribal involvement

issues to the attention of the Board of

Scientific Counselors.

The Subcommittee will present

findings, advice, and recommendations

to the full Board. The BSC will discuss

and review reports of the Subcommittee

and may forward recommendations to

ATSDR for action. The Community/

Tribal Subcommittee will periodically

meet and/or hold conference calls.

A group consisting of special

consultants, CTS Chair and the DFO

will review the applications and

develop a short list to be recommended

for consideration. The Agency, in

consultation with the BSC chair, will

then select the four community

representatives to serve as special

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consultants to the CTS, with special

consideration given to the

recommended slate. The special

consultants are not members of the CTS,

and therefore, do not have voting

privileges.

Accordingly, any person who lives in

a community affected by an NPL or

other hazardous waste site, or is a

representative of a group that works at

local, regional, or national locations

with these communities, who wishes to

be considered for serving as a special

consultant on this Subcommittee should

write or call the ATSDR contact person

listed above to express interest and

obtain additional information.

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: October 17, 2000.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

Application

Community and Tribal Subcommittee,

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry (ATSDR), October, 2000

Please fill out this form as legibly as

possible to ensure that photocopies of it are

readable. Applications must be received by

Friday, November 17, 2000. Please send to:

Sandee Coulberson, Designated Federal

Official, CTS, ATSDR (E–56), 1600 Clifton

Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30033, Phone: (404)

639–6002 (Direct Line), Toll-free 1–888–

422–8737, Fax: (404) 639–4699

Name: lllllllllllllllll

Street Address: lllllllllllll

City, State, Zip: lllllllllllll

Telephone: lllllllllllllll

Fax: llllllllllllllllll

E-mail: lllllllllllllllll

Employment and employer(s) for last five

years: llllllllllllllllll

lllllllllllllllllllll

Please check the corresponding box

for your response to the following

questions; please keep any written

responses brief.

(1) Do you live in a community or on

a reservation that contains a site

contaminated with toxic substances or

are you a member of an organization

that works on environmental health/

toxic substance issues with such

affected communities/tribes? Check all

that apply

llyes, live in such a community/

reservation

llyes, member of such an

organization

llno

If you checked no, please skip to

question # 9.

ATSDR Community and Tribal

Subcommittee Application, continued:

(2) What type of site is it?

llNational Priorities List (Superfund

NPL)

llDepartment of Defense

llNot sure/don’t know

llDepartment of Energy

llDepartment of Defense

llState

llOther

(3) What is the status of site cleanup?

llCleanup underway

llCleanup completed

llNo work done

llNot sure/don’t know

(4) How would you characterize your

community/tribe?

llRural

llSuburban

llUrban

llTribal Lands

llNot sure/don’t know

(5) How would you characterize the

racial/ethnic makeup of your

community/tribe?

llWhite

llAsian

llAfrican-American

llNative American

llHispanic

llMixed/no group predominate

llNot sure/don’t know

(6) How would you characterize the

economic status of your community/

tribe?

llLower income

llMiddle income

llUpper income

llNot sure/don’t know

(7) Do you believe your personal/

family health has been harmed due to

exposure to toxic substances in the

environment?

llYes

llPossibly

llNo

(7a) If you are a trial member, is

contamination of traditional food

supply thought to be a problem?

ll Yes ll Possibly ll No

ATSDR Community and Tribal

Subcommittee Application, continued:

(8) Are you a member of a

community/tribal organization focused

on the site?

ll Yes ll No

(8a) If yes, please describe llllllll

lllllllllllllllllllll

(9) Are you familiar with the Agency

for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry (ATSDR)?

ll Yes ll No

(10) Have you either sought assistance

from, or previously been involved with

ATSDR?

ll Yes ll No

(11) Has ATSDR sponsored a health

assessment or health study in your

community?

ll Yes ll No ll Not sure/don’t

know

(12) Have you attended other national

or regional ATSDR meetings in the last

5 years?

ll Yes ll No

(13) Are you a member of an

organization—other than the one you

may have noted in question 8—focused

on toxic substances/environmental

health?

ll Yes ll No

(13a) If yes, what is the scope of the

organization?

ll Local ll Regional ll National

(13b) Please describe the organization lll

lllllllllllllllllllll

(14) How many years have you been

involved in toxic substance/

environmental health issues?

ll Years

(15) How many hours per month on

average can you make available for

telephone calls, periodic meetings, and

review of materials?

ll Hours per month

(16) Have you in the past or are you

now participating in an advisory group

similar in structure to the Community

Tribal Subcommittee?

ll Yes ll No

(16a) If yes, please describe the group and

your role llllllllllllllll

lllllllllllllllllllll

(17) QUALIFICATIONS/

BACKGROUND: Please briefly note your

knowledge of/experience with toxic

substance/environmental health issues.

List relevant self-education/research,

workshops attended, and/or formal

training.

lllllllllllllllllllll

(18) CURRENT ISSUES: What are

your views on ATSDR’s current

approach to working with communities/

tribes?

lllllllllllllllllllll

(19) EXPECTATIONS: What type of

input, recommendations, and advice do

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you envision the Subcommittee

providing, and what type of outreach

would you intend to do in order to

formulate your recommendations to the

Board of Scientific Counselors?

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

Community/Tribal Subcommittee and

the Board of Scientific Counselors,

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry: Meetings.

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry

(ATSDR) announces the following

subcommittee and committee meetings.

Name: Community/Tribal Subcommittee

(CTS).

Times and Dates:

8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., November 28, 2000

8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., November 29, 2000

Place: The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel,

210 Peachtree Street, NW., Atlanta, Georgia

30303.

Status: Open to the public, limited by the

available space. The meeting room

accommodates approximately 60 people.

Purpose: This subcommittee brings to the

Board advice, citizen input, and

recommendations on community and tribal

programs, practices, and policies of the

Agency.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

include an update on Action Items and

Recommendations from previous meeting;

CTS update on Cultural Sensitivity Training;

discussion on implementation of task forces;

discussion of Freedom of Information Act

(FOIA) process at Department of Defense and

Department of Energy sites; update on the

Office of Urban Affairs health intervention

and health care activities at sites; and, an

update on Research Agenda Building

activities.

Name: Board of Scientific Counselors,

ATSDR.

Times and Dates:

8:30 a.m.–5:05 p.m., November 30, 2000.

8:30 a.m.–12:10 p.m., December 1, 2000.

Place: The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel,

210 Peachtree Street, NW., Atlanta, Georgia

30303.

Status: Open to the public, limited by the

available space. The meeting room

accommodates approximately 60 people.

Purpose: The Board of Scientific

Counselors, ATSDR, advises the Secretary;

the Assistant Secretary for Health; and the

Administrator, ATSDR, on ATSDR programs

to ensure scientific quality, timeliness,

utility, and dissemination of results.

Specifically, the Board advises on the

adequacy of science in ATSDR-supported

research, emerging problems that require

scientific investigations, accuracy and

currency of the science in ATSDR reports,

and program areas to emphasize or deemphasize. In addition, the Board

recommends research programs and

conference support for which the Agency

awards grants to universities, colleges,

research institutions, hospitals, and other

public and private organizations.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

will include ATSDR updates; review of the

ATSDR Research Agenda, and a review of the

public comments and implementation plans;

discussion on exposure investigations and

biomarkers; discussion on current events

impacting ATSDR; an overview of

Community and Tribal Subcommittee

meeting issues and recommendations;

discussion of activities related to Libby,

Montana, growth of environmental pediatric

units, and Minority Health Program; and, an

overview on ATSDR new directions. Written

comments are welcomed and should be

received by the contact person listed below

prior to the opening of the meeting.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information:

Robert Spengler, Sc.D., Executive Secretary,

BSC, ATSDR, M/S E–28, 1600 Clifton Road,

NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/

639–0708.

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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: October 17, 2000.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

ICD–9–CM Coordination and

Maintenance Committee; Meeting

National Center for Health Statistics

(NCHS), Data Policy and Standards

Staff, announces the following meeting.

Name: ICD–9–CM Coordination and

Maintenance Committee meeting.

Time and Date: 9 a.m.–5 p.m., November

17, 2000.

Place: The Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), Multi-purpose

Room, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: The ICD–9–CM Coordination and

Maintenance (C&M) Committee will hold its

final meeting of the calendar year 2000 cycle

on Friday November 17, 2000. The C&M

meeting is a public forum for the

presentation of proposed modifications to the

International Classification of Diseases,

Ninth-Revision, Clinical Modification.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items

include:

Hemophilia carrier status

Developmental hip dislocation

Heart failure

Constipation

Urologic conditions

Clinical trial participant

Dental caries

Implementation of the ICD–10–PCS coding

system

Removal of Intra-aortic balloon pump

Transcervical fetal oxygen saturation

Abdominal cerclage (FspOs) monitoring

Addenda

Contact Person for Additional Information:

Amy Blum, Medical Classification Specialist,

Data Policy and Standards Staff, NCHS, 6526

Belcrest Road, Room 1100, Hyattsville,

Maryland 20782, telephone 301/458–4106

(diagnosis), Amy Gruber, Health Insurance

Specialist, Division of Acute Care, HCFA,

7500 Security Blvd., Room C4–07–07,

Baltimore, Maryland, 21244 telephone 410–

786–1542 (procedures).

Notice: In the interest of security, HCFA

has instituted stringent procedures for

entrance into the building by nongovernment employees. Persons without a

government I.D. must show a photo I.D. and

sign-in at the security desk upon entering the

building.

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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: October 17, 2000.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Government-Owned Invention;

Availability for Licensing: Tissue

Microarrays for Rapid Molecular

Profiling

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health,

Public Health Service, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are owned by agencies of the U.S.