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cold storage shelf life 2.5 times longer 

than current market products. 

This Notice is in accordance with 35 

U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404. 

NIH Reference Number: E–013–2021. 

Related Technologies: E–073–2018. 

Product Type: Medical/Research Tool. 

Therapeutic Area(s): Eye, Ear, Nose or 

Throat. 

Potential Commercial Applications: 

• Corneal biobanks. 

• Transplantation to remedy a wide 

range of corneal disorders. 

• Improved method of cryopreserving 

corneal cells and other cell types. 

Competitive Advantages: 

• Superior corneal shelf life: 16-day 

compared to 12-day maximum shelf-life 

of current market products. 

• Better meets requirement for larger 

eye bank cryopreservation. 

• 95% endothelial cell survival after 

4 weeks in cold storage. 

Patent Status: National Stage Filings 

in the US, CA, AU, CN, EP. 

Development Stage: Discovery. 

Dated: November 12, 2024. 

Richard U. Rodriguez, 

Associate Director, Technology Transfer 

Center, National Cancer Institute. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

In compliance with section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 concerning 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed collections of information, the 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA) 

will publish periodic summaries of 

proposed projects. To request more 

information on the proposed projects or 

to obtain a copy of the information 

collection plans, call the SAMHSA 

Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276– 

0361. 

Comments are invited on: (a) whether 

the proposed collections of information 

are necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Proposed Project: Regulations To 

Implement SAMHSA’s Charitable 

Choice Statutory Provisions—42 CFR 

Parts 54 and 54a (OMB No. 0930– 

0242)—Revision 

Section 1955 of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–65), as 

amended by the Children’s Health Act 

of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–310) and sections 

581–584 of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 290kk et seq., as added 

by the Consolidated Appropriations Act 

(Pub. L. 106–554)), set forth various 

provisions which aim to ensure that 

religious organizations are able to 

compete on an equal footing for federal 

funds to provide substance use services. 

These provisions allow religious 

organizations to offer substance use 

services to individuals without 

impairing the religious character of the 

organizations or the religious freedom of 

the individuals who receive the 

services. The provisions apply to the 

Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, 

and Recovery Services Block Grant 

(SUBG), to the Projects for Assistance in 

Transition from Homelessness (PATH) 

formula grant program, and to certain 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA) 

discretionary grant programs (programs 

that pay for substance use treatment and 

prevention services, not for certain 

infrastructure and technical assistance 

activities). Every effort has been made to 

assure that the reporting, recordkeeping 

and disclosure requirements of the 

proposed regulations allow maximum 

flexibility in implementation and 

impose minimum burden. 

No changes are being made to the 

regulations or the information collection 

provisions. A minor change reflecting 

current state reporting has been made to 

the annual burden estimates in 

54.8(c)(4) resulting in total burden costs 

reported decreasing. 

Information on how states comply 

with the requirements of 42 CFR part 54 

was approved by OMB as part of the 

Substance Use Prevention and 

Treatment Block Grant FY 2019–2021 

annual application and reporting 

requirements approved under OMB 

control number 0930–0168. 

42 CFR citation and purpose Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Hours per 

response Total hours 

Part 54—States Receiving SUBG and/or Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness 

Reporting: 

96.122(f)(5) Annual report of activities the state undertook to comply with 42 CFR part 54 .................... 60 1 60 1 60 

54.8(c)(4) Total number of referrals to alternative 

service providers reported by program participants 

to States (respondents). 

SUBG ..................................................................... 7 7 (avg.) 47 1 47 

PATH ..................................................................... 10 5 50 1 50 

54.8 (e) Annual report by PATH grantees on activities 

undertaken to comply with 42 CFR part 54 .............. 56 1 56 1 56 

Disclosure: 

54.8(b) Program participant notice to program beneficiaries of rights to referral to an alternative service 

provider. 

SUBG ..................................................................... 60 1 60 .05 3 

PATH ..................................................................... 56 1 56 .05 3 

Recordkeeping: 


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42 CFR citation and purpose Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Hours per 

response Total hours 

54.6(b) Documentation must be maintained to demonstrate significant burden for program participants 

under 42 U.S.C. 300x–57 or 42 U.S.C. 290cc– 

33(a)(2) ...................................................................... 60 1 60 1 60 

Part 54—Subtotal .................................................. 116 ........................ 389 ........................ 279 

Part 54a—States, local governments and religious organizations receiving funding under Title V of the PHS Act for substance use prevention, 

treatment and recovery services 

Reporting: 

54a.8(c)(1)(iv) Program participant notification to state 

or local government of a referral to an alternative 

provider ..................................................................... 25 4 100 .083 8 

54a(8)(d) Program participant notification to SAMHSA 

of referrals. (NOTE: This notification will occur during the course of the regular reports that may be 

required under the terms of the funding award) ....... 20 2 40 .25 10 

Disclosure: 

54a.8(b) Program participant notice to program beneficiaries of rights to referral to an alternative service 

provider ..................................................................... 1,460 1 1,460 1 1,460 

Part 54a—Subtotal ....................................................... 1,505 ........................ 1,600 ........................ 1,478 

Total ....................................................................... 1,621 ........................ 1,989 1 1,757 

Send comments to SAMHSA Reports 

Clearance Officer, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Room 15E57–A, Rockville, Maryland 

20857, OR email a copy to samhsapra@

samhsa.hhs.gov. Written comments 

should be received by January 14, 2025. 

Krishna Palipudi, 

Social Science Analyst. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket Number USCG–2021–0183] 

Final Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Expansion 

and Modernization of Base Seattle 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Final Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement Expansion and 

Modernization of Base Seattle. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard (Coast 

Guard) announces the availability of the 

Final Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (PEIS) for the 

Expansion and Modernization of Base 

Seattle. In accordance with National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations, 

the Final PEIS analyzes the potential 

environmental and socioeconomic 

impacts, and identifies related 

mitigation measures, associated with 

land acquisition, facility and 

infrastructure modernization, and 

continued operation to support current 

and future Coast Guard missions at Base 

Seattle. 

DATES: The Coast Guard will not issue 

a final decision on the proposed action 

until at least December 16, 2024, or at 

least 30 days after the Environmental 

Protection Agency publishes its Notice 

of Availability of this Final PEIS in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: The complete text of the 

Final PEIS is available in the docket, 

which can be found by searching the 

docket number USCG–2021–0183 using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

https://www.regulations.gov or at 

https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/NEPA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be sent to U.S. Coast Guard, 

Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center, 

Environmental Management Division, 

ATTN: Dean Amundson, 1301 Clay 

Street, Suite 700N, Oakland, CA 94612– 

5203. ; phone 510–637–5541; email 

BaseSeattlePEIS@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final 

PEIS was prepared in accordance with 

the requirements of NEPA, the CEQ 

regulations implementing NEPA (40 

CFR 1500–1508), DHS procedures for 

implementing NEPA (DHS Instruction 

Manual 023–01–001–01 (series)), Coast 

Guard Environmental Planning Policy 

(Commandant Instruction 

[COMDTINST] 5090.1), and other 

applicable DHS and Coast Guard 

policies and guidance. A Notice of 

Intent (NOI) to prepare the PEIS was 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 7, 2021 (86 FR 24637). On October 

11, 2022, the Coast Guard published a 

Notice of Availability (NOA) and a 

request for comments on the Draft PEIS 

(87 FR 61344). In response to a 

comment in the docket the Coast Guard 

extended the public comment period 

until December 16, 2022, which was 

announced in the Federal Register (87 

FR 73011) and in local newspapers on 

November 28, 2022. 

The purpose of the proposed action is 

to provide adequate and efficient shore 

facilities and infrastructure at Base 

Seattle to support the Coast Guard’s 

execution of its current and future 

statutory missions, pursuant to 14 

United States Code (U.S.C.) 102. Base 

Seattle is the largest Coast Guard 

installation in the Pacific Northwest and 

is an essential facility to support Coast 

Guard missions in the Pacific Northwest 

and polar (the Arctic and Antarctica) 

areas of responsibility (AOR), now and 

for the foreseeable future. 

The Coast Guard identified three 

reasonable alternatives that would meet 

the purpose and need of the proposed 

action. The PEIS analyzed the potential 

environmental and socioeconomic 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action, action alternatives and the no 

action alternative; including direct, 

indirect, and cumulative effects, and 


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