76646 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 236 / Thursday, December 7, 2000 / Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Meeting of the National Human

Research Protections Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Office of Public Health and

Science, Office for Human Research

Protections, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of first meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

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

is hereby given of a meeting of the

National Human Research Protections

Advisory Committee.

The meeting will be open to the

public, 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

notify the contact person listed below.

Individuals planning on attending the

meeting and who want to ask questions

must submit their questions in writing

in advance of the meeting to the contact

person listed below.

DATES: The Committee will hold its next

meeting on December 20–21, 2000. The

meeting will convene from 8:30 a.m. to

its recess at 4:30 p.m. on December 20th

and resume at 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST on

December 21st.

ADDRESSES: Bethesda Marriott-Pooks

Hill, 515 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda,

Maryland 20814, (301) 897–9400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Garey Rice, Administrative Officer,

Office for Human Research Protections,

6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 310B

(MSC 7507), Rockville, Maryland

20892–7507, (301) 402–6003. The

electronic mail address is:

gr66s@nih.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Human Research Protections

Advisory Committee was established on

June 6, 2000 to provide expert advice

and recommendations to the Secretary

of HHS, Assistant Secretary for Health,

the Director, Office for Human Research

Protections, and other departmental

officials on a broad range of issues and

topics pertaining to or associated with

the protection of human research

subjects.

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Dated: November 30, 2000.

Greg Koski,

Director, Office for Human Research

Protections.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Final PHS Policy for Instruction in the

Responsible Conduct of Research

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of Final ‘‘PHS

Policy for Instruction in the Responsible

Conduct of Research.’’

SUMMARY: The Office of Research

Integrity (ORI) in collaboration with the

Agency Research Integrity Liaison

Officers for each of the Public Health

Service (PHS) Operating Divisions,

announced on July 21, 2000, (65 FR

45381) the availability for public

comment of a Draft PHS Policy for

Instruction in the Responsible Conduct

of Research (RCR) for extramural

institutions receiving PHS funds for

research or research training. The

comment period closed on September

21, 2000.

In response to public comment, ORI

and the PHS agencies have made

substantial revisions to the draft policy

and hereby announce the final ‘‘PHS

Policy on Instruction in the Responsible

Conduct of Research.’’ The final policy,

a summary of comments and revisions

to the policy made in response thereto,

a list of available resources for RCR

education programs, and Frequently

Asked Questions and Answers on the

policy are located at <http://

ori.hhs.gov> or may be obtained from

ORI at 5515 Security Lane, Suite 700,

Rockville, Maryland 20852, Phone: 301–

443–5300. Public comments on the draft

policy are available for public

inspection on ORI’s premises from

Monday-Friday between 9 a.m. and 5

p.m. Please call ORI for an appointment

time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Bullman, J.D., Senior Program

Analyst, Division of Education and

Integrity, Office of Research Integrity,

Rockwall II, Suite 700, 5515 Security

Lane, Rockville, MD 20852, 301–443–

5300.

Chris B. Pascal,

Director, Office of Research Integrity.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 00N–1504]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Announcement of OMB

Approval; Guidance for Industry on

How to Use E–Mail to Submit

Information to the Center for

Veterinary Medicine

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing

that a collection of information entitled

‘‘Guidance for Industry on How to Use

E–Mail to Submit Information to the

Center for Veterinary Medicine’’ has

been approved by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) under

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Denver Presley, Office of Information

Resources Management (HFA–250),

Food and Drug Administration, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,

301–827–1472.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Federal Register of September 21, 2000

(65 FR 57192), the agency announced

that the proposed information collection

had been submitted to OMB for review

and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3507. 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. OMB has now approved the

information collection and has assigned

OMB control number 0910–0454. The

approval expires on November 30, 2003.

A copy of the supporting statement for

this information collection is available

on the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/

ohrms/dockets.

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Margaret M. Dotzel,

Associate Commissioner for Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–667]

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: Alternate

Quality Assessment Survey; Form No.:

HCFA–667 (OMB# 0938–0650); Use:

The HCFA–667 is used in lieu of an

onsite survey for those Clinical

Laboratories Improvement Amendment

(CLIA) laboratories with good

performance as determined by their last

onsite survey. This form is designed to

determine current CLIA compliance as

well as prepare laboratories for future

onsite surveys; Frequency: Biennially;

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions,

Federal Government, State, Local or

Tribal Government; Number of

Respondents: 4,000; Total Annual

Responses: 2,000; Total Annual Hours:

10,000.

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,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards,

Attention: Julie Brown, Room N2–14–

26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.