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legal differences or a dominant market

position deriving from such legal

differences exist, then the Board must

further evaluate the proposal to assess

its benefits—such as its contributions to

payment system efficiency, payment

system integrity, or other Board

objectives—and to determine whether

the proposal’s objectives could be

achieved with a lesser or no adverse

impact.

The Board has determined that

volume-based fees are not a significant

departure from the multi-part fee

structures currently used by the Reserve

Banks. Nevertheless, it is important to

assess their use in the context of the

service for which the fee structure is

being proposed.

The Board has determined that

adoption of a volume-based fee

structure for electronic services would

not have a direct and material adverse

effect on the ability of other service

providers to compete effectively with

the Federal Reserve in providing

electronic check products and ACH

services.

In the check service, the Reserve

Bank’s dominant market position is

likely due, in part, to legal advantages,

such as the ability to present checks

later in the day and the ability to control

the timing and manner of settlement.

The use of volume-based fees for

Reserve Bank electronic check products,

however, should not significantly

change the Reserve Banks’ competitive

position relative to private-sector

service providers. Volume-based fees

are used by a number of private-sector

service providers and would not

represent a significant departure from

the multi-part fees that are currently

assessed by the Reserve Banks.

In the case of the ACH service, the

Federal Reserve’s dominant market

position does not derive from legal

differences. The Federal Reserve

generally abides by the rules of the

National Automated Clearing House

Association (NACHA), which also

govern the processing of ACH payments

by private-sector operators.

By order of the Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System, March 19, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–7396 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[INFO–97–07]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted

for Public Comment and

Recommendations

In compliance with the requirement

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for

opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic

summaries of proposed projects. To

request more information on the

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and

instruments, call the CDC Reports

Clearance Officer on (404) 639–7090.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is 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

for other forms of information

technology. Send comments to Wilma

Johnson, CDC Reports Clearance Officer,

1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA

30333. Written comments should be

received within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

1. Sun Protection for Children—

New—Skin cancer is of increasing

public health concern because of its

increasing incidence. Ultraviolet

radiation is the primary risk factor for

skin cancers, and the risk of skin cancer

appears to be increased with early life

exposures to ultraviolet radiation.

However, little information is available

on sun protection for children.

Therefore, the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, National Center

for Chronic Disease Prevention and

Control, Division of Cancer Prevention

and Control, intends to conduct a

survey on sun protection for children to

monitor sun protection behaviors,

develop health messages, and target

populations for health education as part

of the National Skin Cancer Prevention

Education Program.

A representative sample of parents of

children aged 6 months to 10 years,

selected by random digit dialing, will be

interviewed over the telephone. The

information collected will include

demographic information, parental

knowledge and attitudes about skin

cancer and sun protection, and sun

protection for their children. There is no

cost to respondents.

Respondents Number of respondents

Number of responses/respondentAvg. burden/

response

(in hrs.)

Total burden

(in hrs.)

Parents ............................................................................................................. 900 1 0.5 450

2. Evaluation of the Skills-Building

Workshop and Peer Outreach

Components of the CDC’s Prevention

Marketing Initiative Local

Demonstration Site Project—New—The

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention, National Center for HIV,

STD, and TB Prevention, Division of

HIV/AIDS Prevention, Behavioral

Intervention Research Branch is

planning to conduct a series of studies

as part of the evaluation of a five-city

HIV prevention demonstration program.

The program involves the integration of

social marketing strategies and

community participation in an effort to

develop and implement HIV prevention

activities. Charged with developing

programs for those 25 years of age and

younger, community groups in the local

demonstration sites chose to segment

the target audience even further, and to

mount a variety of types of

interventions. Decisions about

segmentation and the nature of local

interventions were based on formative

research conducted in each community.

It is hoped that this demonstration

project will result in reductions in HIV

risk behavior among members of the

target audiences, as well as in enhanced

collaboration among individuals and

organizations in the participating

communities.

To evaluate the effectiveness of two

components of the intervention,

questionnaire data will be collected

from people under 25 years old and

from some parents in the demonstration

communities. These data will be

collected immediately before and after

the Skills-Building Workshops, one
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month later, and six months later. In

addition, questionnaire data will be

collected once from individuals

contacted through Outreach programs.

The cost to respondents is estimated at

$32,300.00. These data will supplement

a survey (announced in the Federal

Register on 8/27/96) designed to assess

the full program’s coverage of the target

population.

Respondents Number of respondents

Number of responses/respondentsAvg. burden/response

(in hrs.)

Total burden

(in hrs.)

Young people under 25 years of age in targeted prevention program communities:

Skills-Building Workshops ....................................................................... 3,000 1 2 6,000

Peer Outreach ......................................................................................... 1,000 1 0.5 500

Parents:

Consent ................................................................................................... 3,000 1 0.05 150

Parent-Outreach ...................................................................................... 250 1 0.50 125

Organization Outreach ............................................................................ 50 1 0.5 25

Total ..................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ .......................... 6,800

Dated: March 19, 1997.

Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning

And Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 97–7465 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork

Reduction Act Review

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of

information collection requests under

review by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance

Office on (404) 639–7090. Send written

comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235;

Washington, DC 20503. Written

comments should be received within 30

days of this notice.

Proposed Project

1. National Nosocomial Infections

Surveillance (NNIS) System—(0920–

0012)—Reinstatement—The National

Nosocomial Infections Surveillance

(NNIS) system is currently the only

source for national data on nosocomial

(hospital-associated) infections in the

United States. It first began collecting

data in 1970. It is a collaborative project

between the Hospital Infections Program

of the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) and voluntarily

participating hospitals in the United

States. The goals of the system are to: (1)

Develop comparative nosocomial

infection rates that can be used by

hospitals to assess quality of care, (2)

describe the scope and magnitude,

including trends, of the nosocomial

infection problem in the U.S., (3)

identify risk factors associated with

these infections, (4) assist hospitals in

the effective use of surveillance data to

improve the quality of patient care, and

(5) conduct collaborative research

studies. Data are collected using

protocols developed by CDC that define

the specific populations of patients at

risk, risk factors, and outcomes. The

decision about which component(s) to

use is made by each hospital depending

on its own needs for surveillance data.

The data are collected by trained

surveillance personnel, assisted by

hospital personnel, and are entered into

IDEAS, a surveillance software which

makes the data available for analysis at

the hospital’s convenience. The data are

currently transmitted to CDC by floppy

disk, then aggregated into a national

database. During 1996, it will become

possible for some hospitals to transmit

the data to CDC through the NNIS

telecommunications system. This

system is expected to be used by all

participating hospitals by 1997,

resulting in reduced response time.

NNIS methodology, which has been

published, is the standard nosocomial

infection surveillance methodology and

is used at least in part by most U.S.

hospitals. The total annual burden

hours are 338.

Respondents Number of respondents

Number of responses/respondentAvg. burden/

response

(in hours)

Hospitals ....................................................................................................................................... 319 14 0.0756

Dated: March 19, 1997.

Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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Administration For Children and

Families

Office of Child Support Enforcement

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

This Notice amends Part K, Chapter K

of the Statement of Organization,

Functions, and Delegations of Authority

of the Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS), Administration for

Children and Families (ACF) as follows:

Chapter KF, The Office of Child Support

Enforcement (OCSE) (61 FR 32443) as

last amended, June 24, 1996. This

Notice reflects the Office of Child

Support Enforcement’s realignment of

functions and the incorporation of new

functional responsibilities due to new

legislation.

Amend Chapter KF as follows:

1. KF.00 Mission. Delete in its

entirety and replace with the following:

KF.00 Mission. The Office of Child

Support Enforcement (OCSE) advises

the Secretary, through the Assistant