6388 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 27 / Wednesday, February 9, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute on Deafness and

Other Communication Disorders;

Notice of Closed Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

meeting.

The meeting will be closed to the

public in accordance with the

provisions set forth in sections

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,

as amended. The contract proposals and

the discussions could disclose

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material,

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the contract

proposals, the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: National Institute on

Deafness and Other Communications

Disorders Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: March 9, 2000.

Time: 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM.

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract

proposals.

Place: Executive Plaza South, Room 400C,

6120 Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD 20852,

(Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Melissa Stick, PhD, MPH,

Scientific Review Administrator, Scientific

Review Branch, Division of Extramural

Research, NIDCD/NIH, 6120 Executive Blvd.,

Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–496–8683.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.173, Biological Research

Related to Deafness and Communicative

Disorders, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: February 2, 2000.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory

Committee Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences; Notice of Closed

Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

meeting.

The meeting will be closed to the

public in accordance with the

provisions set forth in sections

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,

as amended. The grant applications and

the discussions could disclose

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material,

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the grant

applications, the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: National Institute of

Environmental Health Sciences Special

Emphasis Panel RFA ES00–002: The Role of

the Environment in Parkinson’s Disease.

Date: March 1–3, 2000.

Time: 7 PM to 5 PM.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: NIEHS-South Campus, Building 101,

Conference Room B, Research Triangle Park,

NC 27709.

Contact Person: Linda K. Bass, PHD,

Scientific Review Administrator, NIEHS, PO

Box 12233 EC–24, Research Triangle Park,

NC 27709, (919) 541–1307.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.113, Biological Response to

Environmental Health Hazards; 93.114,

Applied Toxicological Research and Testing;

93.115, Biometry and Risk Estimation—

Health Risks from Environmental Exposures;

93.141, NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker

Health and Safety Training; 93.143, NIEHS

Superfund Hazardous Substances—Basic

Research and Education; 93.894, Resources

and Manpower Development in the

Environmental Health Sciences, National

Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: February 2, 2000.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory

Committee Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to Pub. L. 92–463, notice is

hereby given of the meeting of the Drug

Testing Advisory Board of the Center for

Substance Abuse Prevention in March

2000.

The Drug Testing Advisory Board

meeting will be open from 8:30 a.m.

until 10:15 a.m. on March 13, 2000. The

open session will include a roll call, an

HHS update, a DOT update, and a brief

review of alternative specimen testing.

A public comment period will be

scheduled during the open session. If

anyone needs special accommodations

for persons with disabilities please

notify the Contact listed below.

The Drug Testing Advisory Board

meeting will be closed from 10:15 a.m.

on March 13, 2000, until 3:30 p.m. on

March 14, 2000, because it involves the

review of sensitive National Laboratory

Certification Program (NLCP) internal

operating procedures and program

development issues. Therefore, this

portion of the meeting will be closed to

the public as determined by the

Administrator, SAMHSA, in accordance

with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (4), and (6) and

5 U.S.C. App.2, § 10(d).

An agenda for the open session of this

meeting and a roster of board members

may be obtained from: Mrs. Giselle

Hersh, Division of Workplace Programs,

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II, Suite

815, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone:

(301) 443–6014.

Substantive program information may

be obtained from the contact whose

name and telephone number is listed

below.

Committee Name: Drug Testing

Advisory Board

Meeting Date: March 13–14, 2000

Place: Holiday Inn, 5520 Wisconsin

Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815

Open: March 13, 2000; 8:30 a.m.–

10:15 a.m.

Closed: March 13, 2000; 10:15 a.m.–

4:30 p.m.

Closed: March 14, 2000; 8:30 a.m.–

3:30 p.m.

Contact: Donna M. Bush, PhD.,

Executive Secretary, Telephone: (301)

443–6014 and FAX: (301) 443–3031.

Dated: February 2, 2000.

Toian Vaughn,

Committee Management Officer, Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Information Collection To Be

Submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget for Approval Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: We will submit the collection

of information listed below to OMB for

approval under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act. We have

included a copy of the information

collection requirement in this notice. If

you wish to obtain copies of the

proposed information collection

requirement, related forms, and

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explanatory material, contact the

Service Information Collection

Clearance Officer at the address listed

below.

DATES: You must submit comments on

or before April 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the

requirement to the Information

Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Room 222 ARLSQ,

1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC

20204.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request a copy of the information

collection request, explanatory

information, and related forms, contact

Rebecca A. Mullin at (703) 358–2287 or

electronically to rmullin@fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which

implement provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–

13), require that interested members of

the public and affected agencies have an

opportunity to comment on information

collection and recordkeeping activities

(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). We plan to

submit a request to OMB to renew

approval of the collection of information

for special use permit applications on

national wildlife refuges in Alaska. We

are requesting a 3-year term of approval

for this information collection activity.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor,

and a person is not required to respond

to a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

Title: Special Use Permit Applications

on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska.

Approval Number: 1018–0014.

Service Form Number: 3–2001.

Description and use: The National

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement

Act of 1997 that amends the National

Wildlife Refuge Administration Act of

1966 (16 U.S.C. 668 dd–ee) requires that

we authorize economic privileges on

any national wildlife refuge by permit

only when the activity will not be

incompatible with the purposes for

which the refuge was established. The

Alaska National Interest Lands

Conservation Act (ANILCA) provides for

the disposition and use of a variety of

federally owned lands in Alaska.

Section 1307 of ANILCA contains two

provisions concerning persons and

entities who we are to give special rights

and preferences with respect to

providing ‘‘visitor services’’ on certain

lands under the administration of the

Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), in

this context, units of the National

Wildlife Refuge System. The term,

‘‘visitor services,’’ is defined in section

1307 as ‘‘* * * any service made

available for a fee or charge to persons

who visit a conservation system unit,

including such services as providing

food, accommodations, transportation,

tours and guides, excepting the guiding

of sport hunting and fishing.’’ Other

sections of ANILCA allow the Secretary

to permit uses on national wildlife

refuges in Alaska under certain

conditions. Specifically, section 1303 of

ANILCA states that we will issue no

special use permits unless the permit

applicant provides certain items of

information.

We will provide the permit

applications as requested by interested

Alaska citizens. We will use information

provided on the required written forms

and/or verbal applications to ensure that

the applicant is eligible for noncompetitively awarded permits, or in

the case of competitively awarded

permits, the most qualified applicant to

receive benefits of a refuge permit. In

the case of ‘‘1307’’ permits, we will use

the information to determine whether

the applicant is: a member of a Native

Corporation; a local resident; engaged in

adequately providing visitors services

on or before January 1, 1979; or eligible

to receive Cook Inlet Region rights.

We make provision in our general

refuge regulations for public entry for

specialized purposes, including

economic activities such as the

operation of guiding and other visitor

services on refuges by concessionaires

or cooperators under appropriate

contracts or legal agreements (found in

50 CFR 25.61) or special use permits

(found in 50 CFR parts 26.22(b) and

26.25). These rules provide the

authorities and procedures for selecting

permittees on Alaska refuges, the vast

majority of which are providers of

services and facilities to the public. We

will issue permits for a specific period

as determined by the type and location

of the use or visitor service provided.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals and households; Business

and other for-profit; Not-for-profit

institutions; Farms; and State, local or

Tribal governments.

Total Annual Burden Hours: (see

table below).

INFORMATION COLLECTION BURDEN ESTIMATE

Type of permit Competitive respondents Non-competitive

respondents

Visitor Services:

Hunting and Fishing ............................................................................................... 50 ....................................... 160

Completion time ...................................................................................................... 30 hours ............................. 1.5 hours

Annual burden hours .............................................................................................. 1,500 hour .......................... 240 hours

Total annual burden hours: 1,740.

Visitor Services:

General ................................................................................................................... 2.

Completion time ...................................................................................................... 40 hours.

Annual burden hours: 80.

Combined Annual Burden:

Number of responses: 212.

Average burden per response: 8.6 hours.

Annual burden: 1,820 hours.

We invite comments concerning this

renewal on (1) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of our migratory bird

management functions, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) The accuracy of our

estimate of the burden of the collection

of information; (3) Ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

Ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents. The information

collections in this program are part of a

system of record covered by the Privacy

Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)).

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Dated: February 1, 2000.

Paul R. Schmidt,

Acting Assitant Director for Refuges and

Wildlife.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Information Collection To Be

Submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for Approval

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice, information collection.

The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320,

which implement provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Public Law 104–13), require that

interested members of the public and

affected agencies have an opportunity to

comment on information collection and

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR

1320.8(d)). We will submit a request to

OMB to renew its approval of the

collection of information for the Federal

Subsistence Hunt Application and

Permit, Designated Hunter Permit

Application and Report, and Federal

Subsistence Fish/Shellfish Harvest/

Designated Harvester Application. We

are requesting a 3-year term of approval

of this new information collection

activity. Pursuant to our request for

OMB approval of this new information

collection, we invite comments on (1)

whether the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

our functions, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of our estimate of

burden, including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used,

and (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information,

including through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before April 10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Harvest Data Coordinator,

Alaska Subsistence Office, 1011 East

Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503.

Service Information Collection

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, MS 224–ARLSQ, 1849

C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles Miller, Alaska Subsistence

Office, 907/786–3888 or Rebecca

Mullin, Service Information Collection

Clearance Officer 703/358–2287.

Title: Federal Subsistence Hunt

Application and Permit and Designated

Hunter Permit Application and Permit.

OMB Approval Number: 1018–0075.

Service Form Number(s): 7–FW 1 and

7–FW 2.

Abstract: The Alaska National Interest

Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) and

Fish and Wildlife Service regulations,

found in 50 CFR 100, require that

persons engaged in taking fish and

wildlife must comply with reporting

provisions of the Federal Subsistence

Board. The harvest activity must be

reported. In many cases, a special

permit is required for the rural resident

to be able to participate in special hunts.

The harvest information is needed in

order to evaluate subsistence harvest

success; the effectiveness of season

lengths, harvest quotas, and harvest

restrictions; hunting patterns and

practices; and hunter use. Once harvest

success information is evaluated, the

Federal Subsistence Board utilizes this

information, along with other

information, to set future seasons and

harvest limits for Federal subsistence

resource users. These seasons and

harvest limits are set in order to meet

the needs of subsistence hunters

without adversely impacting the health

of existing wildlife populations. The

Federal Subsistence Hunt Application

and Permit also provides a mechanism

to allow Federal subsistence users the

opportunity to participate in special

hunts that are not available to the

general public but are provided for by

Title VIII of ANILCA. Both reports

provide for the collection of the

necessary information; however, the

Designated Hunter Report is unique in

that it allows the reporting of the

harvest of multiple animals by a single

hunter who is acting for others. The

Designated Hunter Application and

Permit also serves as a special permit

allowing qualified subsistence users to

harvest fish or wildlife for others. The

collection of information is needed prior

to the expiration of time periods

established under 5 CFR 1320, and is

essential to the missions of the Fish and

Wildlife Service and the Federal

Subsistence Board. Without this

information public harm would occur as

a result of the Service’s inability to set

subsistence seasons and harvest limits

to meet users’ needs without adversely

impacting the health and the animal

population.

Frequency: On occasion.

Title: Federal Subsistence Fish/

Shellfish Harvest/Designated Harvester

Application.

OMB Approval Number: (not yet

assigned).

Service Form Number(s): 7–FW3.

Abstract: Under the Alaska National

Interest Lands Conservation Act

(ANILCA) allows the taking of fish and

wildlife on public lands in Alaska for

subsistence use. In order to take fish and

wildlife in public lands for subsistence

uses, users must possess and comply

with the provisions of any pertinent

permit, harvest tickets, or tags required

by the State, or Federal permits, harvest

tickets or tags as required by the Federal

subsistence board (Board). All Alaskans

who are residents of rural areas or

communities are eligible to participate

in subsistence taking of that stock or

population under the regulations in 50

CFR 100. Information on the fisherman,

qualified subsistence users fished for,

the fish/shellfish harvested, and the

location of harvest is needed by the

board in making recommendations on

subsistence use. Once harvest success

information is evaluated, the Federal

Subsistence Board utilizes this

information, along with other

information, to set future seasons and

harvest limits for Federal subsistence

resource users. These seasons and

harvest limits are set in order to meet

the needs of subsistence fisherman

without adversely impacting the health

of existing fish/shellfish populations.

The Federal Subsistence Hunt

Application and Permit also provides a

mechanism to allow Federal subsistence

users the opportunity to participate in

special fishing opportunities that are not

available to the general public but are

provided for by Title VIII of ANILCA.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals and households.

Estimated Completion Time: The

reporting burden is estimated to be .25

hours or 15 minutes each.

Annual Responses: 5,200 (Federal

Subsistence Hunt Application and

Permit); 700 (Designated Hunter Permit

Application and Report); 1,000 (Federal

Subsistence Fish/Shellfish Harvest/

Designated Harvester Application).

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,725

hours.

Dated: February 2, 2000.

Thomas H. Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Federal Subsistence Board.

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AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

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