[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10921]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection 
requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call 
the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
    Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Application 
Format: FY 1999-2001--0930-0080 (Revision)--The Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300x21-35 & 51-64) authorizes block grants to States for 
the purpose of providing substance abuse prevention and treatment 
services. Under the provisions of the law, States may receive 
allotments only after an application is submitted and approved by the 
Secretary, DHHS. For the FY 1999 Substance Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant cycle, SAMHSA will provide States with 
slightly modified application forms and instructions. These changes 
affect the portion of the application that asks for information related 
to section 1926 (sales of tobacco to minors). The application no longer 
requires a description of sampling methodologies and procedures for 
identifying and selecting tobacco outlets to be sampled throughout a 
State, unless a change to such methodologies or procedures has occurred 
in the previous year. The application provides for more detailed 
information on the results and validity of the random unannounced 
inspections, and it will request greater detail on the number and 
results of actual enforcement activities that a State has undertaken. 
At the request of the Department, SAMHSA is including an additional 
tobacco-related question in Attachment 6 of the application. This 
question requires States to briefly describe collaboration between each 
State's Tobacco and Health Office (ASTHO representative) and Single 
State Authority for Substance Abuse (NASADAD representative). Because 
Federal funds for tobacco prevention and control efforts are, in most 
cases, awarded to different State-level agencies, it is necessary for 
the Department and SAMHSA to verify and understand interactions at the 
State level on youth tobacco prevention and enforcement. SAMHSA has 
modified the race/ethnicity categories in Form 9 to comply with recent 
revisions to OMB Directive No. 15. These modifications are not expected 
to increase respondent burden.
    The annual burden estimate for the SAPT Block Grant Application 
Format is shown below:

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                                                                   Responses per     Hours per                  
                     Number of  respondents                         respondent       response       Total hours 
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1\1\............................................................               1             530             530
59..............................................................               1             563          33,217
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    Total.......................................................  ..............  ..............          33,747
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\1\ Red Lake Indian Tribe (exempt from Tobacco Regulation requirements).                                        

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: April 17, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-10921 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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