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of antimicrobical drugs and to identify

areas for more detailed investigation.

The NARMS program is designed as

two nearly identical parts: an animal

arm and a human arm. Animal-origin

enteric isolate susceptibility testing is

conducted at the USDA, Agricultural

Research Service’s (ARS) Russell

Research Center in Athens, Georgia.

Sources of nationwide animal-origin

isolates are: (1) Raw product collected

from federally inspected slaughter and

processing plants, (2) clinical specimens

from the National Veterinary Sevices

Laboratory and Veterinary Diagnostic

Laboratory Sentinel Sites, (3) healthy

farm-animal isolates from USDA

National Animal Health Monitoring

System (NAHMS) studies, and (4) onfarm studies conducted by ARS.

Human-origin isolates are submitted by

17 State and local Departments of

Health for testing that is conducted at

the National Center for Infectious

Disease, CDC, in Atlanta, Georgia. The

participating human sites currently

include: California (CA); Colorado;

Connecticut; Florida; Georgia; Kansas;

Los Angeles, CA; Maryland; Minnesota;

Massachusetts; New Jersey; New York

City; New York State; Oregon;

Tennessee; Washington; and West

Virginia. Animal and human isolates

currently monitored in NARMS are nontyphoid Salmonella, Campylobacter,

Escherichia coli, and Enterococci.

Human isolates also include Salmonella

typhi and Shigella. Listeria andVibrio

will be added to the list of human

isolates in 2001.

The CDC/NCID and USDA/ARS

provide the NARMS results annually in

comprehensive summary reports. These

reports are available on the CDC and

FDA/CVM web sites. Additionally

periodic public meetings are held to

present NARMS results and provide a

forum for presentation of other related

antimicrobial resistance research.

II. Submission of Comments

Interested persons may submit to the

Dockets Management Branch (address

above) written comments regarding this

meeting by January 29, 2001. Two

copies of any comments are to be

submitted, except that individuals may

submit one copy, or by fax to 301–827–

6870. Comments are to be identified

with the docket number found in the

brackets in the heading of this

document. Received comments may be

seen in the Dockets Management Branch

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday.

Dated: November 17, 2000.

Margaret M. Dotzel,

Associate Commissioner for Policy.

[FR Doc. 00–30155 Filed 11–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

Food Safety Risk Analysis

Clearinghouse; Data Quality

Objectives; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing a

public meeting cosponsored by the

interagency Risk Assessment

Consortium (RAC) and the Joint

Institute for Food Safety and Applied

Nutrition (JIFSAN). The purpose of this

public meeting is to encourage

discussion and gain input from the

public and professionals on data quality

issues as they relate to the Food Safety

Risk Analysis Clearinghouse

(Clearinghouse).

Date and Time: The public meeting

will be held on December 5, 2000, 6:30

p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Location: The public meeting will be

held at the Marriott Crystal Gateway

Hotel, Grand Ballroom Salons F and G,

1700 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington,

VA 22202.

Contact: Wesley R. Long, Center for

Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

(HFS–6), Food and Drug

Administration, 200 C St. SW.,

Washington, DC 20204, 202–205–4024,

FAX 301–935–0149, or email:

wlong@cfsan.fda.gov.

Registration: None required.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Risk

assessment generally characterizes the

nature and magnitude of the risks

associated with hazards to human

health. A risk assessment provides an

opportunity to organize scientific

information and helps to clarify the

necessary assumptions and degree of

scientific certainty of the data used in

the risk assessment. Risk assessments

require specific information on the

hazard and on the exposed populations

to provide meaningful information to

public health officials; a risk assessment

may be considered in the development

of risk-management decisions. Although

data quality objectives have been

developed for assessments of chemical

risk, quality objectives for data

addressing foodborne microbial

pathogens are far less developed.

RAC, which includes members from

Federal agencies that have

responsibilities for food safety risk

analysis, was established under the

President’s Food Safety Initiative to

advance the science of food safety risk

assessment and to assist agencies in

fulfilling their specific food safety

regulatory mandates. The RAC also

advises the Clearinghouse, an Internet

based resource of food safety risk data

and risk assessments.

The Clearinghouse has been

developed by JIFSAN, which is a major

component of the FDA food safety

program’s integration with academic

institutions to create intellectual

partnerships. JIFSAN includes research

and outreach components from the

Center for Food Safety and Applied

Nutrition, the Center for Veterinary

Medicine, the University of Maryland

(UMD), the Virginia-Maryland Regional

College of Veterinary Medicine at UMD,

and others. JIFSAN provides a neutral

environment in which experts from

industry, consumer and trade groups,

international organizations, government,

and academia can pool their resources

and ideas to provide the scientific base

for the development of sound public

health policy.

Consistent with the goals of RAC and

JIFSAN, an open public meeting will be

held on data quality issues. The RAC

and JIFSAN are seeking input to further

the ability of the Clearinghouse to serve

as a reliable data resource for use by

researchers, industry, and international,

Federal and State agencies. The main

topic at this meeting will be data quality

for microbiological and antimicrobial

risk analyses. The draft agenda includes

brief presentations on the RAC and the

Clearinghouse followed by speakers

from the Society of Risk Analysis (SRA)

and international organizations. Public

comment and discussion will follow the

presentations.

This public meeting is being held in

conjunction with the annual SRA

meeting to leverage access by the RAC

to an audience of risk analysis

professionals. The meeting is also open

to the public, and opportunity for public

comment will be provided.

More information about the meeting

site is available on the Internet at http:/

/www.sra.org. The meeting agenda and

summary will be posted at http://

www.foodriskclearinghouse.umd.edu.

The agenda posted on this Internet site

will identify the specific time set aside

for public comment.

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Dated: November 22, 2000.

Margaret M. Dotzel,

Associate Commissioner for Policy.

[FR Doc. 00–30449 Filed 11–24–00; 2:36 pm]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–R–250]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

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.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Skilled Nursing

Facility (SNF) Resident Assessment

MDS Data and Supporting Regulations

in 42 CFR 413.343 and 424.32; Form

No.: HCFA–R–250 (OMB# 0938–0739);

Use: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)

are required to submit Resident

Assessment Data as described at 42 CFR

483.20 in the manner necessary to

administer the payment rate

methodology described in 42 CFR

413.337. The current requirements

related to the submission and retention

of resident assessment data for specified

days following admission, necessary to

administer the payment rate

methodology described in 413.337, are

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act;

Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public:

Business or other for-profit, and Not-forprofit; Number of Respondents: 17,000;

Total Annual Responses: 204,000; Total

Annual Hours: 5,551,298.

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.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

within 60 days of this notice directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Information Services,

Security and Standards Group, Division

of HCFA Enterprise Standards,

Attention: Julie Brown, Room N2–14–

26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.

Dated: October 13, 2000.

John P. Burke, III,

Reports Clearance Officer, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–30182 Filed 11–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

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

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463), announcement is

made of the following National

Advisory body scheduled to meet

during the month of December 2000.

Name: Advisory Committee on Training in

Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry.

Date and Time: December 7, 2000, 8 a.m.–

5 p.m.; December 8, 2000; 8 a.m.–2 p.m.

Place: The Madison Hotel, 15th and M

Streets, NW., Washington, D.C. 20005.

The meeting is open to the public.

Purpose: The Advisory Committee shall (1)

provide advice and recommendations to the

Secretary concerning policy and program

development and other matters of

significance concerning activities under

section 747 of the Public Health Service Act;

and (2) prepare and submit to the Secretary,

the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,

and Pensions (formerly the Committee on

Labor and Human Resources) of the Senate,

and the Committee on Commerce of the

House of Representatives a report describing

the activities of the Advisory Committee,

including findings and recommendations

made by the Committee concerning the

activities under section 747 of the PHS Act.

The Advisory Committee will meet twice

each year and submit its first report to the

Secretary and the Congress by November

2001.

Agenda: Discussion of the focus of the

programs and activities authorized under

section 747 of the Public Health Service Act.

Review the work completed to date by the

two workgroups. Address funding issues and

recommendations for the future. Finalization

of an outline and specific content areas to be

included in the Committee’s first report.

Anyone interested in obtaining a roster of

members, minutes of the meeting, or other

relevant information should write or contact

Dr. Stan Bastacky, Deputy Executive

Secretary, Advisory Committee on Training

in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry,

Parklawn Building, Room 9A–21, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,

phone (301) 443–6326, e-mail

sbastacky@hrsa.gov. The web address for the

Advisory Committee is http://158.72.83.3/

bhpr/dm/newladvisory lcommitteelon

lprimar.htm.

Dated: November 21, 2000.

James J. Corrigan,

Associate Administrator for Management and

Program Support.

[FR Doc. 00–30237 Filed 11–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Office of the Director; Notice of

Meeting

Pursuant to Pub. Law 92–463, notice

is hereby given of a meeting of the

Advisory Committee to the Director,

NIH.

The entire meeting will be open to the

public as indicated below,with

attendance limited to space available.

Individuals who plan to attend and

need special assistance, such as sign

language interpretation or other

reasonable accommodations, should

inform the Contact Person listed below

in advance of the meeting.

Name of Committee: Advisory Committee

to the Director, NIH.

Date: December 7, 2000.

Time: 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Agenda: The topics proposed for

discussion include but are not limited to: (1)

sharing biomedical research resources; (2) a

status of guidelines on research using stem

cells; (3) implementation of recommendation

of ACD on the Office of Medical Applications

of Research; and (4) a report of the Working

Group on Extramural Construction.

Place: National Institutes of Health, 31

Center Drive, Building 31, Conference Room

10, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Contact: Ms. Janice C. Ramsden, Special

Assistant to the Principal Deputy Director,

NIH, National Institutes of Health, Building

1, Room 333, Bethesda, Maryland 20892,

jr52h@nih.gov, Telephone: (301) 496–0959.