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1.4(b)(1) of the Commission’s rules (47

CFR 1.4(b)(1)). Replies to an opposition

must be filed within 10 days after the

time for filing oppositions has expired.

Subject: Regulation of International

Accounting Rates. (CC Docket No. 90–

337, Phase II).

Number of Petitions Filed: 4.

Subject: Streamlining the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations for

Satellite Application and Licensing

Procedures. (IB Docket No. 95–117).

Number of Petitions Filed: 3.

Subject: Implementation of Section

402(a)(1)(A) of the Telecommunications

Act of 1996. (CC Docket No. 96–187).

Number of Petitions Filed: 3.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7707 Filed 3–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

FEDERAL DEFENSE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Monday,

March 31, 1997.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, C Street

entrance between 20th and 2lst Streets,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Guidance on international financial and

supervisory coordination issues.

2. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments, reassignments, and

salary actions) involving individual Federal

Reserve System employees.

3. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the

Board; (202) 452–3204. You may call

(202) 452–3207, beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before this meeting, for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting.

Dated: March 21, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–7767 Filed 3–21–97; 4:33 pm]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Request for Comments on the

Development of Minimum Tribal Child

Care Standards

AGENCY: Administration on Children,

Youth and Families, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Request for comments on the

development of minimum child care

standards applicable to Indian Tribes

and tribal organizations receiving

Federal assistance under the Child Care

and Development Fund.

SUMMARY: the Personal Responsibility

and Work Opportunity Reconciliation

Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–193) requires

the Secretary of Health and Human

Services to develop minimum child care

standards for Tribes and tribal

organizations receiving funds under the

Child Care and Development Fund. The

Act requires that the standards be

developed in consultation with Indian

Tribes and tribal organizations and

appropriately reflect the Tribes needs

and available resources.

The Child Care Bureau has the

responsibility to implement this

legislation. As part of the consultation

process, the Child Care Bureau is

requesting comments on the

development of minimum tribal child

care standards.

This process provides an opportunity

for Tribes to provide comment on areas

that reflect the unique situations

relevant to Tribes and tribal

organizations. Tribal input will enable

the Department to identify resources or

standards that may be helpful to

consider in developing tribal standards;

identify challenges that Tribes face in

meeting the existing health and safety

requirements and to identify procedures

for Tribes to assure that children are

properly immunized. In addition, Tribes

can be a source of information regarding

tribal child care licensing processes and

identifying any barriers that Tribes

encounter in implementing and/or

enforcing child care standards.

DATES: The Department invites

comments from Indian Tribes and tribal

organizations on the development of

minimum Tribal child care standards.

Written comments must be received on

or before May 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

mailed (facsimile transmissions will not

be accepted) to the Assistant Secretary

for Children and Families, Attention:

Child Care Bureau, Hubert Humphrey

Building, Room 320–F, 200

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201 or delivered to

that address between 8 a.m. and 4:30

p.m. on regular business days.

Comments received may be inspected

during the same hours by making

arrangements with the contact person

shown below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Moniquin Huggins, Child Care Bureau,

Hubert Humphrey Building, Room

320F, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201, telephone (202)

690–8490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act (the

Act) of 1996 made major changes to the

Federal child care assistance program.

The Act repealed three title IV–A

programs of the Social Security Act:

AFDC Child Care, Transitional Child

Care and At-Risk Child Care and

amended the Child Care and

Development Block Grant. In addition,

the Act amended section 418 of the

Social Security Act to provide new

Federal child care funds and transfers

these funds to the Lead Agency under

the amended Child Care and

Development Block Grant Act. The

combined funds under the CCDBG have

been renamed the Child Care and

Development Fund.

The Child Care and Development

Fund assists States, Territories and

Tribes in providing child care services

to children from low-income families

who need child care either because a

parent is working or attending a training

or educational program.

The Act amended the CCDBG to

require Grantees to certify that they

have in effect licensing requirements

applicable to child care services

provided within the State, and to

provide a detailed description of those

requirements and of how they are

effectively enforced.

Grantee must certify that there are in

effect within the State, under State or

local law, requirements designed to

protect the health and safety of children

that are applicable to child care

providers that provide services for

which assistance is made available

under the Child Care and Development

Fund. Such requirements shall include:

(1) The prevention and control of

infectious disease (including

immunizations);

(2) Building and physical premises

safety; and

(3) Minimum health and safety

training appropriate to the provider

setting.
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In addition, for Indian Tribes and

tribal organizations the Act requires that

‘‘in lieu of any licensing and regulatory

requirements applicable under State and

local law, the Secretary, in consultation

with Indian Tribes and tribal

organizations, shall develop minimum

child care standards (that appropriately

reflect tribal needs and available

resources) that shall be applicable to

Indian Tribes and tribal organizations

receiving assistance under the Child

Care and Development Fund’’.

Purpose

The purpose of this Federal Register

Notice is to seek input on the

development of minimum tribal child

care standards. This Federal Register

Notice will serve as one means of

consulting with the Tribes and tribal

organizations on the development of

such standards.

Tribes for the most part have been

faced with the challenge of using a

variety of methods to address the health

and safety of children in their child care

programs. These methods have

including adopting State standards and/

or using a combination of State and

Tribal standards. With the number of

children in tribal child care programs

expected to increase as more parents

enter the workforce, the need for

minimum standards that reflect the

particular needs and situations of Tribes

is vital.

The development of minimum Tribal

child care standards will enhance the

Tribes’ ability to implement standards

that address the varying needs and

available resources of tribal

communities and to assure that children

are healthy and safe.

Dated: March 20, 1997.

Bob Sargis,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–7618 Filed 3–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 97N–0097]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing an

opportunity for public comment on the

proposed collection of certain

information by the agency. Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Federal agencies are required to publish

notice in the Federal Register

concerning each proposed collection of

information, and to allow 60 days for

public comment in response to the

notice. This notice solicits comments on

a voluntary consumer survey about food

safety.

DATES: Submit written comments on the

collection of information by May 27,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

on the collection of information to the

Dockets Management Branch (HFA–

305), Food and Drug Administration,

12420 Parklawn Dr., rm. 1–23,

Rockville, MD 20857. All comments

should be identified with the docket

number found in brackets in the

heading of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margaret R. Wolff, Office of Information

Resources Management (HFA–250),

Food and Drug Administration, 5600

Fishers Lane, rm. 16B–19, Rockville,

MD 20857, 301–827–1223.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the

PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal

agencies must obtain approval from the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for each collection of

information they conduct or sponsor.

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests

or requirements that members of the

public submit reports, keep records, or

provide information to a third party.

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal

agencies to provide a 60-day notice in

the Federal Register concerning each

proposed collection of information

before submitting the collection to OMB

for approval. To comply with this

requirement, FDA is publishing notice

of the proposed collection of

information listed below.

With respect to the following

collection of information, FDA invites

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of FDA’s

functions, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of FDA’s estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of

information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques,

when appropriate, and other forms of

information technology.

Food Safety Survey—New Collection

Under section 903(b)(2) of the Federal

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.

393(b)(2)), FDA is authorized to conduct

research relating to foods and to

conduct educational and public

information programs relating to the

safety of the nation’s food supply. FDA

is planning to conduct a consumer

survey about food safety under this

authority. The food safety survey will

provide information about consumers’

food safety awareness, knowledge,

concerns, and practices. A nationally

representative sample of 2,000 adults in

households with telephones and

cooking facilities will be selected at

random and interviewed by telephone.

Participation will be voluntary. Detailed

information will be obtained about risk

perception, perceived sources of food

contamination, knowledge of particular

microorganisms, safe care label use,

food handling practices, consumption of

raw foods from animals, information

sources, and perceived foodborne

illness experience. Most of the questions

asked are identical to ones asked in a

1992–1993 survey so that changes over

this time period can be assessed.

FDA estimates the burden of this

collection of information as follows:

ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN

No. of Respondents

Annual

Frequency per

Response

Total Annual

Responses

Hours per

Response Total Hours

2,000 1 2,000 .5 1,000

There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection.