Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 100 /Tuesday, May 26, 1998 / Notices 28513

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information:

Gloria A. Kovach, Committee Management

Specialist, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/

S D50, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone

404/639–7250.

Dated: May 19, 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

Health Care Financing Administration

Statement of Organization, Functions

and Delegations of Authority

Part F, of the Statement of

Organization, Functions, and

Delegations of Authority of the

Department of Health and Human

Services, Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), 49 FR 34247,

dated September 6, 1984, is amended to

include the following delegation of

authority from the Secretary to the

Administrator, HCFA, for the Federal

Technology Transfer Act of 1986.

• Section F.30., Delegations of

Authority is amended by adding the

following paragraph:

TT. The authorities vested in the

Secretary by the Stevenson-Wydler

Technology Innovation Act of 1980, as

amended by the Federal Technology

Transfer Act of 1986, the National

Technology Transfer and Advancement

Act of 1995 and subsequent

amendments.

This delegation shall be exercised

under the Department’s existing

delegation of authority and policy on

regulations. In addition, I hereby affirm

and ratify any actions taken by the

HCFA Administrator or other HCFA

officials which, in effect, involved the

exercise of this authority prior to the

effective date of this delegation.

This delegation is effective

immediately.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

Donna E. Shalala,

Secretary, Department of Health and Human

Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of General Medical

Sciences; Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Application for the Pharmacology

Research Associate Program

Summary: Under the provisions of

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the National

Institute of General Medical Sciences

(NIGMS), the National Institutes of

Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) a

request to review and approve the

information collection listed below.

This proposed information collection

was previously published in the Federal

Register on March 3, 1998, page 10404,

and allowed 60 days for public

comment. No public comments were

received. The purpose of this notice is

to allow an additional 30 days for public

comment. The National Institutes of

Health may not conduct or sponsor, and

the respondent is not required to

respond to, an information collection

that has been extended, revised, or

implemented on or after October 1,

1995, unless it displays a currently valid

OMB control number.

Proposed Collection

Title: Application for the

Pharmacology Research Associate

Program. Type of Information Collection

Request: Revision of a currently

approved collection. Need and Use of

Information Collection: The

Pharmacology Research Associate

(PRAT) Program will use the applicant

and referee information to award

opportunities for training and

experience in laboratory or clinical

investigation to individuals with a Ph.D

degree in pharmacology or a related

science, M.D., or other professional

degree through appointments as PRAT

Fellows at the National Institutes of

Health or the Food and Drug

Administration. The goal of the program

is to develop leaders in pharmacological

research for key positions in academic,

industrial, and Federal research

laboratories. Frequency of Response:

Once a year. Affected Public:

Individuals or households; businesses

or other for-profit.

The annual reporting burden is as

follows:

Type and number of respondents

Estimated

number of responses per

respondent

Estimated total

responses

Average burden hours per

responses

Estimated total

annual burden

hours requested

Applicants: 50 ................................................................................................... 1 50 2.00 100

Referees: 150 ................................................................................................... 1 150 0.167 25

Total Number of Respondents: 200.

Total Number of Responses: 200.

Total Hours: 125.

The annualized cost to respondents is

estimated at:

Applicants: $5,500.00.

Referees: $1,250.00.

Request for Comments

Written comments and/or suggestions

from the public and affected agencies

should address one or more of the

following points: (1) Evaluate whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the function of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of

information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) Minimize the burden

of the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including the use

of appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Direct Comments To OMB

Written comments and/or suggestions

regarding the item(s) contained in this

notice, especially regarding the

estimated public burden and associated

response time, should be directed to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Regulatory Affairs, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention:

Desk Officer for NIH. To request more

information on the proposed project or

to obtain a copy of the data collection

plans and instruments, contact: Ms.

Sally Lee, NIGMS, NIH, Natcher

Building Room 3AS–13, 45 Center