16594 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 66 / Monday, April 7, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request; IHS, Community Health

Representative Activity Reporting

Sample

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section

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

Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity

for 60-day public comment period on

proposed data collection projects, the

Indian Health Service (IHS) is

publishing a summary of a proposed

information collection project to be

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval.

Proposed Collection

Title: 0917–0010, ‘‘IHS, Community

Health Representative Activity

Reporting Sample’’. Type of Information

Collection Request: A 3 year approval

for reinstatement, without change, of

previously approved information

collection, 0917–0010, ‘‘IHS,

Community Health Representative

Activity Reporting Sample’’, which

expired 02/28/97. Need and Use of

Information Collection: Section 107

‘‘Community Health Representative

(CHR) Program’’ of the Indian Health

Care Improvement Act, Public Law 100–

713 authorizes the IHS to develop a

system to review and evaluate the CHR

program. The information collected is

used to review and evaluate contract

performance (e.g., the number and types

of health services being provided); to

prepare program reports; to develop

program training plans and,

performance and accreditation

standards; to increase the efficiency and

effectiveness of the program; and, to

meet the management and

administrative needs of the CHR

program.

See Table 1 below for; Type(s) of Data

Collection Instruments, Estimated

Number of Respondents, Number of

Responses per Respondent, Average

Burden Hour per Response, and Total

Annual Burden Hours.

TABLE 1

Data collection instrument

Estimated

No. of respondents

Responses

per respondentAverage burden hour per response * Total annual

burden hours

Report of CHR Activities .................................... 1,100 4 0.10 hours (6 minutes) ...................................... 6,600

* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

Request for Comments

Your written comments and/or

suggestions are invited on one or more

of the following points: (a) Whether the

information collection activity is

necessary to carry out an agency

function; (b) whether the agency

processes the information collected in a

useful and timely fashion; (c) the

accuracy of public burden estimate (the

estimated amount of time needed for

individual respondents to provide the

requested information); (d) whether the

methodology and assumptions used to

determine the estimate are logical; (e)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information being

collected; and (f) ways to minimize the

public burden through the use of

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Send Comments and Requests For

Further Information: Send your written

comments, requests for more

information on the proposed project, or

requests to obtain a copy of the data

collection instrument and instructions

to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., IHS

Reports Clearance Officer, 12300

Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450,

Rockville, MD 20852–1601, or call nontoll free (301) 443–0461, fax (301) 443–

1522, or send your E-mail requests,

comments, and return address to

lhodahkw@smtp.ihs.gov.

Comment Due Date: Your comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received on or before June 6, 1997.

Dated: March 31, 1997.

Michael H. Trujillo,

Assistant Surgeon General Director.

[FR Doc. 97–8706 Filed 4–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Institute on Aging; Notice of

Meeting of the Board of Scientific

Counselors, National Institute on

Aging

Pursuant to Pub. L. 92–463, notice is

hereby given of the meeting of the Board

of Scientific Counselors, National

Institute on Aging, May 5–7, 1997 to be

held at the Gerontology Research

Center, Baltimore, Maryland. On

Tuesday, May 6, the meeting will be

open to the public for the review of the

Laboratory of Molecular Genetics from

8:20 a.m. until 12:00 noon; and from

1:00 until 4:00 p.m. On Wednesday,

May 7, the meeting will be open to the

public for the review of the Laboratory

of Personality and Cognition from 8:30

until 11:40 a.m. and from 12:30 to 3:40

p.m. Attendance by the public will be

limited to space available.

In accordance with the provisions set

forth in sec. 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C.

and sec. 10(d) of Pub. L. 92–463, the

meeting will be closed to the public on

Monday, May 5, from 8:00 p.m. to

recess; Tuesday, May 6, from 4:00 to

5:00 p.m.; and Wednesday, May 7, from

3:40 p.m. until adjournment for the

review, discussion, and evaluation of

individual programs and projects

conducted by the National Institute on

Aging, (NIA), including consideration of

personnel qualifications and

performance, and the competence of

individual investigators, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal

privacy.

Ms. June McCann, Committee

Management Officer, NIA, Gateway

Building, Room 2C218, National

Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

20892, (301/496–9322), will provide a

summary of the meeting and a roster of

committee members upon request.

Dr. Dan L. Longo, Scientific Director,

NIA, Gerontology Research Center, 4940

Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland

21224, will furnish substantive program

information.

Individuals who plan to attend and

need special assistance, such as sign

language interpretation or other

reasonable accommodations, should

contact the Scientific Director in

advance of the meeting.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.866, Aging Research,

National Institutes of Health.)