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for the separate portions of each

committee meeting are listed above.

The open public hearing portion of

the meeting(s) shall be at least 1 hour

long unless public participation does

not last that long. It is emphasized,

however, that the 1 hour time limit for

an open public hearing represents a

minimum rather than a maximum time

for public participation, and an open

public hearing may last for whatever

longer period the committee

chairperson determines will facilitate

the committee’s work.

Public hearings are subject to FDA’s

guideline (subpart C of 21 CFR part 10)

concerning the policy and procedures

for electronic media coverage of FDA’s

public administrative proceedings,

including hearings before public

advisory committees under 21 CFR part

14. Under 21 CFR 10.205,

representatives of the electronic media

may be permitted, subject to certain

limitations, to videotape, film, or

otherwise record FDA’s public

administrative proceedings, including

presentations by participants.

Meetings of advisory committees shall

be conducted, insofar as is practical, in

accordance with the agenda published

in this Federal Register notice. Changes

in the agenda will be announced at the

beginning of the open portion of a

meeting.

Any interested person who wishes to

be assured of the right to make an oral

presentation at the open public hearing

portion of a meeting shall inform the

contact person listed above, either orally

or in writing, prior to the meeting. Any

person attending the hearing who does

not in advance of the meeting request an

opportunity to speak will be allowed to

make an oral presentation at the

hearing’s conclusion, if time permits, at

the chairperson’s discretion.

The agenda, the questions to be

addressed by the committee, and a

current list of committee members will

be available at the meeting location on

the day of the meeting.

Transcripts of the open portion of the

meeting may be requested in writing

from the Freedom of Information Office

(HFI–35), Food and Drug

Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, rm.

12A–16, Rockville, MD 20857,

approximately 15 working days after the

meeting, at a cost of 10 cents per page.

The transcript may be viewed at the

Dockets Management Branch (HFA–

305), Food and Drug Administration,

12420 Parklawn Dr., rm. 1–23,

Rockville, MD 20857, approximately 15

working days after the meeting, between

the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday. Summary minutes of

the open portion of the meeting may be

requested in writing from the Freedom

of Information Office (address above)

beginning approximately 90 days after

the meeting.

The Commissioner has determined for

the reasons stated that those portions of

the advisory committee meetings so

designated in this notice shall be closed.

The Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. app. 2, 10(d)), permits

such closed advisory committee

meetings in certain circumstances.

Those portions of a meeting designated

as closed, however, shall be closed for

the shortest possible time, consistent

with the intent of the cited statutes.

The FACA, as amended, provides that

a portion of a meeting may be closed

where the matter for discussion involves

a trade secret; commercial or financial

information that is privileged or

confidential; information of a personal

nature, disclosure of which would be a

clearly unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy; investigatory files

compiled for law enforcement purposes;

information the premature disclosure of

which would be likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of a proposed

agency action; and information in

certain other instances not generally

relevant to FDA matters.

Examples of portions of FDA advisory

committee meetings that ordinarily may

be closed, where necessary and in

accordance with FACA criteria, include

the review, discussion, and evaluation

of drafts of regulations or guidelines or

similar preexisting internal agency

documents, but only if their premature

disclosure is likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of proposed

agency action; review of trade secrets

and confidential commercial or

financial information submitted to the

agency; consideration of matters

involving investigatory files compiled

for law enforcement purposes; and

review of matters, such as personnel

records or individual patient records,

where disclosure would constitute a

clearly unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy.

Examples of portions of FDA advisory

committee meetings that ordinarily shall

not be closed include the review,

discussion, and evaluation of general

preclinical and clinical test protocols

and procedures for a class of drugs or

devices; consideration of labeling

requirements for a class of marketed

drugs or devices; review of data and

information on specific investigational

or marketed drugs and devices that have

previously been made public;

presentation of any other data or

information that is not exempt from

public disclosure pursuant to the FACA,

as amended; and, deliberation to

formulate advice and recommendations

to the agency on matters that do not

independently justify closing.

This notice is issued under section

10(a)(1) and (a)(2) of the Federal

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

2), and FDA’s regulations (21 CFR part

14) on advisory committees.

Dated: March 18, 1997.

Michael A. Friedman,

Deputy Commissioner for Operations.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. RF–4120–N–05]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comments

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due May 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Mildred M. Hamman, Reports Liaison

Officer, Public and Indian Housing,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, S.W.,

Room 4238, Washington, D.C. 20410–

5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708–3642,

extension 4128, for copies of the

proposed forms and other available

documents. (This is not a toll-free

number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the
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information will have practical utility;

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information; (3) enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, including through the use of

appropriate automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Standards, Viability,

and Removal Plan for Conversion of

Certain Public Housing to Tenant-Based

Section 8 Vouchers and Certificates.

OMB Control Number: 2577–0210.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: To

implement Section 202 of the Omnibus

Consolidated Rescissions and

Appropriations Act of 1996, (Pub. L.

104–134, approved April 26, 1996),

Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) will

identify certain distressed public

housing developments that will be

required to be converted to that their

households in occupancy can be given

tenant-based assistance or relocated.

PHAs will be required to submit a

Viability Plan, tenant-based assistance

plan and a plan to remove units from

the public housing inventory to HUD.

PHAs will conduct an annual review

and certify that their Comprehensive

Plan Annual Updates that they have

reviewed updated information regarding

the applicability of the standards on

their developments. HUD will review

and evaluate the information to ensure

compliance with the statutory criteria

(standards), that plans have been

developed in consultation with the

residents, timeframes met and Section

202 is implemented.

Member of affected public: State or

Local Government (PHAs).

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: 50 respondents, onetime response, nine hours average per

response, 21,645 total reporting burden

hours.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Reinstatement.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: March 18, 1997.

Michael B. Janis,

General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Public

and Indian Housing.

[FR Doc. 97–7569 Filed 3–25–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. FR–4131–N–02]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comments

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: May 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Mildred M. Hamman, Reports Liaison

Officer, Public and Indian Housing,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, S.W.,

Room 4238, Washington, D.C. 20410–

5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708–3642,

extension 4128, for copies of the

proposed forms and other available

documents. (This is not a toll-free

number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information; (3) enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, including through the use of

appropriate automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Public Housing

Agencies Plan for Exception Request,

Site-Based Waiting Lists.

OMB Control Number: 2577–0214.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: Each

Public Housing Agency (PHA) may

request an exception to establish sitebased waiting lists by submitting its

plan and the rationale for it to the local

HUD office. The plan must include all

of the PHA’s general occupancy

developments and/or all of the PHA’s

mixed-population and elderlydesignated developments. The request

must also include: Accurate statistics for

the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

and the PHA’s jurisdiction; each

development’s name, number,

occupancy type and number of units,

date site was developed, racial

composition by bedroom size and

waiting list composition. For the

Section 8 program: the number of

certificates and vouchers currently in

use by race and bedroom size; and the

length and composition of the waiting

list by race and bedroom size. PHA’s

must provide current and proposed

public housing tenant selection and

assignment procedures along with any

Consent Decrees, Voluntary Compliance

Agreements, or other documentation

related to current occupancy problems

along with measures being taken to

correct such problems. HUD needs the

information to assure statutory and

regulatory compliance and to approve

the PHA’s plan for exception to

establish site-based waiting lists.

Agency Form Numbers, if applicable.

None.

Members of affected public: PHAs.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: An average 52

respondents submit the plan one-time,

for a total burden of 3,744 hours.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Extension.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: March 18, 1997.

Michael B. Janis,

General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Public

and Indian Housing.

[FR Doc. 97–7510 Filed 3–25–97; 8:45 am]

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