Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 83 /Thursday, April 30, 1998 / Notices 23789

225.28(b)(4)(ii) of the Board’s Regulation

Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 24, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–11484 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[30DAY–14–98]

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

Officer at (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 Projects

1. Long-Term Health Effects of Methyl

Parathion in Children—A Follow-Up

Study—New—The Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry

(ATSDR) is mandated pursuant to the

1980 Comprehensive Environmental

Response Compensation and Liability

Act (CERCLA), and its 1986

Amendments, The Superfund

Amendments and Reauthorization Act

(SARA), to prevent or mitigate adverse

human health effects and diminished

quality of life resulting from the

exposure to hazardous substances into

the environment. Children were

exposed to Methyl Parathion (MP) via

illegal indoor residential spraying of MP

for pest control in nine states. All of

these sprayed areas have been

designated as CERCLA sites and placed

on the National Priorities List (NPL) for

conducting remedial actions. The MP

sites consist of contaminated residences

and businesses spread over several

counties and states, intermingled with

other building structures that were

never sprayed with MP, making targeted

remedial actions more challenging.

This study of children exposed to MP

and children not exposed, but matched

on age, sex, and race will provide

critical public health information for the

gap in data regarding the effects of lower

dose, sub-acute exposure on

neurobehavioral and respiratory

development. The study population will

consist of children under 6 years of age

at the time of exposure (exposed group),

whose residences in Ohio and

Mississippi were illegally sprayed with

MP since 1994, and matched with

unexposed children (unexposed group).

No data exist regarding low dose, subacute exposure to MP in children. The

goal of this study is to examine the

association between lower dose, subacute MP exposure in children,

specifically from indoor spraying, and

the risk of adversely affecting normal

neurobehavioral and respiratory

development.

The questionnaire will be

administered in person by trained

interviewers to the mothers (fathers or

other guardians, if the mother is not

available) of the exposed and unexposed

children. The Pediatric Environmental

Neurobehavioral Test Battery (PENTB)

will be administered by personnel

trained in the neurobehavioral

assessment of children at annual

intervals for the three study years. The

total annual burden hours are 1,208.

Respondent questionnaire Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Average burden/response

(in hours)

Total annual

burden

(in hours)

Parent/Child (general) .................................................................................................... 537 1 1 537

(PENTB) Test Battery Questionnaires ........................................................................... 537 1 1.25 671

2. Survey of Assisted Reproductive

Technology Embryo Laboratory

Procedures and Practices—New—Public

Health Practice Program Office—In

October 1992, Congress passed the

Fertility Clinic Success Rate and

Certification Act of 1992 (FCSRCA). In

accordance with this statute, the CDC

has been tasked with developing a

model certification program for assisted

reproductive technologies (ART)

embryo laboratories that are providing

services to human fertility specialists in

the U.S. This model certification

program is to be voluntarily

implemented by States or by

independent certifying agencies such as

the College of American Pathologists

(CAP), which are approved by the State.

The model certification program is to

include a set of quality standards for the

performance of laboratory procedures,

maintenance of records, qualifications

of laboratory personnel, and criteria for

the inspection and certification of

embryo laboratories. Other than a

General Accounting Office Survey

conducted in 1988, no current survey of

ART laboratory procedures and

practices is available. The proposed

information collection will use a paper

survey to provide an enumeration of

these ART laboratory procedures,

equipment maintenance practices, and

personnel qualifications. This

information is required to finalize the

development of the model certification

program and also provide a baseline

study for evaluating its impact and

effectiveness.

The intended population is ART

laboratory directors at all facilities with

human embryo laboratories in the U.S.

The estimated time for completion of

this survey is expected to be

approximately one hour per response.

This estimate includes the time needed

to review instructions, gather the

relevant information, complete the form,

and review the collected data. The total

annual burden hours are 488.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Average

burden/response

(in hours)

Total burden (hours)

ART Laboratory Directors ................................................................................................. 325 1 1.5 488
23790 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 83 /Thursday, April 30, 1998 / Notices

Dated: April 24, 1998.

Kathy Cahill,

Associate Director for Policy Planning and

Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 98–11479 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

[Program Announcement No. 98–CB–02–1]

Announcement of the Availability of

Financial Assistance and Request for

Applications to Support a National

Resource Center for Programs Serving

Abandoned Infants and Infants at Risk

of Abandonment and Their Families; a

National Resource Center for

Community-based Family Resource

and Support Programs; and Grants to

Tribes, Tribal Organizations and

Migrant Programs for Communitybased Family Resources and Support

Programs

AGENCY: Administration on Children,

Youth and Families (ACYF), ACF,

DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of correction.

SUMMARY: This notice corrects the

Program Announcement published in

the Federal Register on April 1, 1998,

(62 FR 15847) by extending the due date

to June 22, 1998; by correcting the

address to which completed

applications are to be sent; and by

amending the dollar amount available

for the National Resource Center for

Community-based Family Resource and

Support Programs. The correct address

for the submission of proposals is ACYF

Operations Center, 1225 Jefferson David

Highway, Suite 415, Arlington, Virginia

22201. The amount of funding available

for the National Resource Center for

Community-based Family Resource and

Support Programs is $675,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Administration on Children, Youth and

Families (ACYF) Operations Center,

1225 Jefferson David Highway, Suite

415, Arlington, Virginia 22201. The

telephone number is 1–800–351–2293.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

1, 1998, the Administration on

Children, Youth and Families published

Program Announcement Number: CB–

98–02 in the Federal Register soliciting

proposals to conduct a National

Resource Center for Programs Serving

Abandoned Infants and Infants at Risk

of Abandonment and Their Families; a

National Resource Center for

Community-Based Family Resources

and Support Programs; and Grants to

Tribes, Tribal Organizations and

Migrant Programs for Community-based

Family Resource and Support Programs.

Due to delays in reprinting and in

mailing out the application packages,

potential applicants may not have

sufficient time to prepare an application

and this amendment extends the due

date. All other requirements for mailed

applications/overnight/express mail

service and hand-delivered

applications/applicant couriers remain

the same as in the original

announcement.

The address to which these proposals

were to be sent was mistyped in the

announcement and the dollar amount

for the National Resource Center for

Community-Based Family Resource and

Support Programs was incorrectly given;

and therefore, this amendment corrects

those errors.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Numbers 93.551, Abandoned Infants

Assistance Program; 93.590, Child Abuse

Prevention and Treatment Act)

Dated: April 21, 1998.

James A. Harrell,

Deputy Commissioner, Administration on

Children, Youth and Families.

[FR Doc. 98–11492 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–2008–PN]

RIN 0938–AI90

Medicare and Medicaid Programs;

Recognition of the American

Association for Accreditation of

Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. for

Ambulatory Surgical Centers Program

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Proposed notice.

SUMMARY: In this notice we announce

the receipt of an application from the

American Association for Accreditation

of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc.

(AAAASF) for recognition as a national

accreditation program for ambulatory

surgical centers that wish to participate

in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.

The Social Security Act requires that the

Secretary publish a notice identifying

the national accreditation body making

the request, describing the nature of the

request, and providing a 30 day public

comment period.

DATES: Comments will be considered if

we receive them at the appropriate

address, as provided below, no later

than 5:00 pm on June 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments (1

original and 3 copies) to the following

address: Health Care Financing

Administration, Department of Health

and Human Services, Attention: HCFA–

2008–PN, P.O. Box 26688, Baltimore,

MD 21207–5178.

If you prefer, you may deliver your

written comments (1 original and 3

copies) to one of the following

addresses:

Room 309–G, Hubert H. Humphrey

Building, 200 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20201, or

Room C5–09–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–

1850.

Because of staffing and resource

limitations, we cannot accept comments

by facsimile (FAX) transmission. In

commenting, please refer to file code

HCFA–1885–P. Comments received

timely will be available for public

inspection as they are received,

generally beginning approximately 3

weeks after publication of a document,

in Room 309–G of the Department’s

offices at 200 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC, on Monday

through Friday of each week from 8:30

a.m. to 5 p.m. (phone: (202) 690–7890).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan

C. Berry (410) 786–7233.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Under the Medicare program, eligible

beneficiaries may receive covered

services in an ambulatory surgical

center (ASC) provided certain

requirements are met. Section 1832

(a)(2)(F) of the Social Security Act (the

Act) includes the requirements that an

ASC have an agreement in effect with

the Secretary and meet health, safety,

and other standards specified by the

Secretary in regulations. Regulations

concerning supplier agreements are at

42 CFR part 489 and those pertaining to

activities relating to the survey and

certification of facilities are at 42 CFR

part 488. Our regulations at 42 CFR Part

416 specify the conditions that an ASC

must meet in order to participate in the

Medicare program, the scope of covered

services, and the conditions for

Medicare payment for facility services.

Generally, in order to enter into an

agreement, an ASC must first be

certified by a State survey agency as

complying with the conditions or

requirements set forth in part 416 of our

regulations. Then, the ASC is subject to

regular surveys by a State survey agency