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additional 30 days for public comment.

The National Institutes of Health may

not conduct or sponsor, and the

respondent is not required to respond to

an information collection that has been

extended, revised, or implemented on or

after October 1, 1995, unless it displays

a currently valid OMB control number.

Proposed Collection: Title: Special

Volunteer and Guest Researcher

Assignment. Type of Information

Collection Request: Revision of OMB

No. 0925–0177; 4/30/97. Need and Use

of Information Collection. Form NIH–

590 records, names, address, employer,

education, and other information on

prospective Special Volunteers and

Guest Researchers, and is used by the

responsible NIH approving official to

determine the individual’s

qualifications and eligibility for such

assignments. The form is the only

official record of approved assignments.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households. Type of Respondents: Guest

Researcher and Special Volunteer

candidates. Estimated Number of

Respondents: 1,560. Estimated Number

of Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Hours Per Response:

.08. Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours Requested: 125. There are no

Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or

Maintenance Costs to report.

Type of respondents

Estimated

number of respondents

Estimated

number of responses per

respondent

Average burden hours per

response

Estimated total

annual burden

hours requested

Guest researcher ............................................................................................ 370 1 .08 29.6

Special Volunteer ........................................................................................... 1190 1 .08 95.2

Total ..................................................................................................... 1560 1 .08 125

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written

comments and/or suggestions from the

public and affected agencies are invited

on one or more of the following points:

(1) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and the clarity of

information to be collected; and (4)

Ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO: Written comments

and/or suggestions regarding the items

contained in this notice, especially

regarding the estimated public burden

and associated response time, should be

directed to the: Office of Management

and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs,

New Executive Office Building, Room

10235, Washington, D.C. 20503,

Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To

request more information on the

proposed project or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and

instruments, contact: Ms. Yetta L.

Patterson, Personnel Management

Specialist, Office of Human Resource

Management, OD, NIH, Building 31,

Room 1C39, 31 Center Drive MSC 2272,

Bethesda, MD 20892–2272.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request

more information on the proposed

project or to obtain a copy of the data

collection plans and instruments,

contact: Ms. Yetta L. Patterson,

Personnel Management Specialist,

Office of Human Resource Management,

OD, NIH, Building 31, Room 1C39, 31

Center Drive MSC 2272, Bethesda, MD

20892–2272.

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received on or before April 28, 1997.

Dated: March 21, 1997.

Stephen C. Benowitz,

Director, Office of Human Resource

Management.

[FR Doc. 97–7828 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

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National Institute of Allergy and

Infectious Diseases; 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

National Institute of Allergy and

Infectious Diseases Special Emphasis

Panel (SEP) meeting:

Name of SEP: Women and Infants

Transmission Study.

Date: March 25, 1997.

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Place: Solar Building, Room 1A–1, 6003

Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20892,

(301) 496–2550.

Contact Person: Dr. Sayeed Quraishi,

Scientific Review Adm., 6003 Executive

Boulevard, Solar Building, Room 4C22,

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496–7465.

Purpose/Agenda: To evaluate grant

applications.

The meeting will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

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

Applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the above meetings due to the

urgent need to meet timing limitations

imposed by the review and funding cycle.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Programs Nos. 93.855, Immunology, Allergic

and Immunologic Diseases Research; 93.856,

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Research, National Institutes of Health)

Dated: March 21, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–7829 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

National Institute on Deafness and

Other Communication Disorders;

Notice of Closed Meetings

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 United States Code,

Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of

the following meetings:

Name of Committee: National Institute on

Deafness and Other Communication

Disorders Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: March 27, 1997.

Time: 4 p.m.

Place: 6120 Executive Blvd., Bethesda, MD

20892 (telephone conference call).

Contact Person: Melissa Stick, Ph.D.,

M.P.H., Scientific Review Administrator,

NIDCD/DEA/SRB, EPS Room 400C, 6120

Executive Boulevard, MSC 7180, Bethesda

MD 20892–7180, 301–496–8683.

Purpose/Agenda: To review and evaluate a

Small Grant application.

Name of Committee: National Institute on

Deafness and Other Communication

Disorders Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: March 28, 1997.

Time: 11 a.m.