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MPEP number used to report testing

results and survey questionnaire

responses, allowing the individual

responses of each laboratory participant

to be treated in confidence. When

participants respond to the surveys by

sending CDC completed questionnaires,

the collected information is developed

into aggregate reports. A copy of the

completed report is provided to each

participating laboratory. Total annual

burden hours are 668.

Type of respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

respondents/

response

Average burden/response

(in hrs)

Total burden

(in hrs)

Enrollments (new) ........................................................................................... 100 1 0.05 5

Retroviral Survey ............................................................................................ 1,000 1 0.5 500

TLI Survey ...................................................................................................... 350 1 0.5 163

3. Evaluation of Educational

Brochures on Opportunistic Infections

Affecting People with HIV/AIDS—

New—The National Center for HIV, STD

and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/

AIDS Prevention, Intervention Research

and Support proposes to conduct

research to assure that intended

audiences (persons living with HIV/

AIDS) find the brochures clear,

informative and useful. Specifically, the

research will examine perceptions of the

appearance, quality, value, readability,

and clarity of the information provided.

Attention will be focused on identifying

information, language and/or formatting

issues which are confusing or unclear.

Further, although the intended audience

of the brochure series is all persons

living with HIV/AIDS, we propose to

use the limited resources available to

target those who are lower income. This

is warranted given their often more

restricted access to reliable information

sources, making the brochures a more

valuable resource for them. In addition,

the correlations between low socioeconomic status (SES) and low literacy

warrant attention to assuring the

readability and comprehension of the

materials among this group.

The information generated from this

research will enable NCHSTP to tailor

materials to the needs, wants and

preferences of individuals living with

HIV/AIDS. Additionally, the center is

committed to developing a standardized

process for including such audience

testing in subsequent materials

development projects. The proposed

process will provide the foundation for

establishing a standardized process for

such assessment. Total annual burden

hours are 275.

Form name Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Average burden/response

(in hrs.)

Total burden

(in hrs.)

Form A1 ............................................................................................................ 550 1 0.5 275

1Estimated time includes 10–15 minutes for reading one of the 11 information brochures and 10–15 minutes to complete the survey which will

be administered orally.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Kathy Cahill,

Associate Director for Policy Planning and

Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

National Vaccine Advisory Committee,

Subcommittee on Future Vaccines,

Subcommittee on Immunization

Coverage, and Subcommittee on

Vaccine Safety: Meetings

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)

announces the following Federal

advisory committee meetings.

Name: National Vaccine Advisory

Committee (NVAC).

Times and Dates: 9 a.m.–2 p.m., May 7,

1998. 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., May 8, 1998.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Notice: In the interest of security, the

Department has instituted stringent

procedures for entrance to the Hubert H.

Humphrey Building by non-government

employees. Thus, persons without a

government identification card should plan

to arrive at the building each day either

between 8 and 8:30 a.m. or 12:30 and 1 p.m.

so they can be escorted to the meeting.

Entrance to the meeting at other times during

the day cannot be assured.

Purpose: This committee advises and

makes recommendations to the Director of

the National Vaccine Program on matters

related to the Program responsibilities.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

include updates on the National Vaccine

Program Office (NVPO) activities and nontraditional sites for adult immunization:

NVAC recommendations and guidelines and

a presentation on a model system in San

Antonio, Texas. David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.,

the Assistant Secretary for Health and

Surgeon General, will discuss his new role

and immunization as a key component in

enhancing the health of the Nation.

Committee discussions on the following:

initiatives in vaccine communication,

strategies for promoting travel vaccines, the

impact and effects of welfare reform on

immunization, vaccines as a response to

bioterrorism, the status of influenza

pandemic preparedness, joint vaccine

acquisition program—limited use vaccines;

reports from the Immunization Registries

Workgroup, Subcommittee on Immunization

Coverage, Subcommittee on Future Vaccines,

and Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety; and a

review of fiscal year 98 unmet needs.

Name: Subcommittee on Immunization

Coverage.

Time and Date: 2 p.m.–5 p.m., May 7,

1998.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: This subcommittee identifies and

proposes solutions that provide a

multifaceted and holistic approach to

reducing barriers that result in low

immunization coverage for children.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

include a review of recommendations from

the document, ‘‘Strategies to Sustain

Immunization Coverage,’’ and how to sustain

immunization coverage rates in children.

Name: Subcommittee on Future Vaccines.

Time and Date: 2 p.m.–5 p.m., May 7,

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Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 317B, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: This subcommittee develops

policy options and guides national activities

that lead to accelerated development,

licensure, and the best use of new vaccines

in the simplest possible immunization

schedules.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

include discussions on the continued

evaluation of methods to remove barriers to

development, licensure, and use of safe and

effective new vaccines; combination

vaccines, strategic options; and defining

future vaccines policy issues for travelers’

vaccines.

Name: Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety.

Time and Date: 2 p.m.–5 p.m., May 7,

1998.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: This subcommittee reviews issues

relevant to vaccine safety and adverse

reactions to vaccines.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

include discussion on various vaccine

causation hypotheses.

All agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate. Due to programmatic issues

that had to be resolved, this Federal Register

notice is being published less than 15 days

before the date of the meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE

INFORMATION: Felecia D. Pearson,

Committee Management Specialist, NVPO,

CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S A11,

Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639–

4450.

Dated: April 17, 1998.

Nancy C. Hirsch,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Citizens Advisory Committee on Public

Health Service Activities and Research

at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites:

Fernald Health Effects Subcommittee

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry

(ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) announce

the following meeting.

Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on

Public Health Service Activities and

Research at DOE Sites: Fernald Health Effects

Subcommittee.

Times and Dates: 1 p.m.–9 p.m., May 6,

1998; 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., May 7, 1998.

Place: The Plantation, 9660 Dry Fork Road,

Harrison, Ohio 45020, telephone 513/367–

5610.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available. The meeting room

accommodates approximately 50 people.

Background: Under a Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) signed in December

1990 with DOE and replaced by an MOU

signed in 1996, the Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS) was given the

responsibility and resources for conducting

analytic epidemiologic investigations of

residents of communities in the vicinity of

DOE facilities, workers at DOE facilities, and

other persons potentially exposed to

radiation or to potential hazards from nonnuclear energy production use. HHS

delegated program responsibility to CDC.

In addition, a memo was signed in October

1990 and renewed in November 1992

between ATSDR and DOE. The MOU

delineates the responsibilities and

procedures for ATSDR’s public health

activities at DOE sites required under

sections 104, 105, 107, and 120 of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or

‘‘Superfund’’). These activities include health

consultations and public health assessments

at DOE sites listed on, or proposed for, the

Superfund National Priorities List and at

sites that are the subject of petitions from the

public; and other health-related activities

such as epidemiologic studies, health

surveillance, exposure and disease registries,

health education, substance-specific applied

research, emergency response, and

preparation of toxicological profiles.

Purpose: This subcommittee is charged

with providing advice and recommendations

to the Director, CDC, and the Administrator,

ATSDR, regarding community, American

Indian Tribes, and labor concerns pertaining

to CDC’s and ATSDR’s public health

activities and research at this DOE site. The

purpose of this meeting is to provide a forum

for community, American Indian Tribal, and

labor interaction and serve as a vehicle for

community concern to be expressed as

advice and recommendations to CDC and

ATSDR.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

include presentations from the National

Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), the

National Institute for Occupational Safety

and Health and ATSDR on updates regarding

the progress of current studies.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSONS FOR MORE

INFORMATION: Steven A. Adams, Radiation

Studies Branch, Division of Environmental

Hazards and Health, NCEH, CDC, 4770

Buford Highway, NE, M/S F–35, Atlanta,

Georgia 30341–3724, telephone 770/488–

7040, FAX 770/488–7044.

Dated: April 15, 1998.

Nancy C. Hirsch,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Citizens Advisory Committee on Public

Health Service Activities and Research

at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites:

Savannah River Site Health Effects

Subcommittee

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry

(ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) announce

the following meeting.

Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on

Public Health Services Activities and

Research at DOE Sites: Savannah River Site

Health Effects Subcommittee (SRS).

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., May

13, 1998. 8:30 a.m.–12 noon, May 15, 1998.

Place: Radisson Riverfront Hotel, Two

Tenth Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901,

telephone 706/722–8900, fax 706/724–0044.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available. The meeting room

accommodates approximately 50 people.

Background: Under a Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) signed in December

1990 with DOE and replaced by an MOU

signed in 1996, the Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS) was given the

responsibility and resources for conducting

analytic epidemiologic investigations of

residents of communities in the vicinity of

DOE facilities, workers at DOE facilities, and

other persons potentially exposed to

radiation or to potential hazards from nonnuclear energy production use. HHS has

delegated program responsibility to CDC.

In addition, a memo was signed in October

1990 and renewed in November 1992

between ATSDR and DOE. The MOU

delineates the responsibilities and

procedures for ATSDR’s public health

activities at DOE sites required under

sections 104, 105, 107, and 120 of the

Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or

‘‘Superfund’’). These activities include health

consultations and public health assessments

at DOE sites listed on, or proposed for, the

Superfund National Priorities List and at

sites that are the subject of petitions from the

public; and other health-related activities

such as epidemiologic studies, health

surveillance, exposure and disease registries,

health education, substance-specific applied

research, emergency response, and

preparation of toxicological profiles.