31482 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 110 /Tuesday, June 9, 1998 / Notices

ELECTRONIC ELEMENTS FOR SF 515—Continued

Item Placement*

Name of Laboratory

Accession No(s)***

Gross Description, Histologic Examination and Diagnoses

Signature of Pathologist

Name of Pathologist

Date****

Hospital or Medical Facility

Records Maintained At

Department/Service of Patient

Relation to Sponsor

Sponsor’s Name (Last, first, middle)

Sponsor’s ID Number (SSN or Other)

Patient’s Name (last, first, middle) ......................................................................................................................................

Patient’s ID No. or SSN ......................................................................................................................................................

Patient’s Sex .......................................................................................................................................................................

Patient’s Date of Birth .........................................................................................................................................................

Patient’s Rank/Grade ..........................................................................................................................................................

Register No.

Ward No.

Bottom left.

Corner of form.

(All items that

start with

‘‘Patient’s’’)

*If no placement indicated, items can appear anywhere on the form.

**Optional title to cover next 6 items in list.

***Date Pathologist signed form.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Interagency Committee for Medical

Records via General Services

Administration (CARM); 1800 F Street,

NW., Room 7136; Washington, DC

20405–0002.

Dated: May 12, 1998.

Capt. Patricia Buss, MC, USN,

Chairperson, Interagency Committee on

Medical Records.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary

publishes a list of information

collections it has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 1320.5.

The following are those information

collections recently submitted to OMB.

1. Applicant Background Survey—

0990–0208—Extension—This form will

be used to ask applicants for

employment how they learned about a

vacancy, to make sure that recruitment

sources yield qualified women, minority

and handicapped applicants in

compliance with EEOC Management

Directives. Respondents: Individuals;

Annual Number of Respondents:

310,000; Annual Frequency of

Response: one time; Average Burden per

Response: 2 minutes; Total Annual

Burden: 10,333 hours.

OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.

Copies of the information collection

packages listed above can be obtained

by calling the OS Reports Clearance

Officer on (202) 690–6207. Written

comments and recommendations for the

proposed information collection should

be sent directly to the OMB desk officer

designated above at the following

address: Human Resources and Housing

Branch, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office Building,

Room 10235, 725 17th Street N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Comments may also be sent to

Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports

Clearance Officer, Room 503H,

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Avenue S.W., Washington DC, 20201.

Written comments should be received

within 30 days of this notice.

Dated: May 29, 1998.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Health Care Policy and

Research

Notice of Meetings

In accordance with section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. Appendix 2) announcement is

made of the following subcommittees

scheduled to meet during the month of

June 1998:

Name: Health Care Technology and

Decision Sciences.

Date and Time: June 12, 1998, 1:00 p.m.

Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and

Research, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite

400, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

Open June 12, 1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Closed for remainder of meeting.

Name: Health Systems Research.

Date and Time: June 17, 1998, 8:00 a.m.

Place: Radisson Barcelo, 2121 P Street,

NW, Room TBD, Washington, DC 20037.

Open June 17, 8:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.

Closed for remainder of meeting.

Name: Health Care Quality and

Effectiveness Research.

Date and Time: June 19, 1998 8:00 a.m.

Place: Radisson Barcelo, 2121 P Street,

NW, Room TBD, Washington, DC 20037.

Open June 19, 8:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.

Closed for remainder of meeting.

Purpose: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Agenda: The open session of the meetings

will be devoted to business covering

administrative matters and reports. During

the closed sessions, the Subcommittees will

be reviewing and discussing grant

applications dealing with health services

research issues. In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, section

10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2 and 5 U.S.C.,

552b(c)(6), the Administrator, Agency for

Health Care Policy and Research, has made

a formal determination that these latter

sessions will be closed because the

discussions are likely to reveal personal

information concerning individuals

associated with the applications. This

information is exempt from mandatory

disclosure.

Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of

members, minutes of the meetings, or other
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relevant information should contact Ms.

Jenny Griffith, Committee Management

Officer, Office of Scientific Affairs, Agency

for Health Care Policy and Research, 2101

East Jefferson Street, Suite 400, Rockville,

Maryland 20852, Telephone (301) 594–1455

x 1036.

Agenda items for these meetings are

subject to change as priorities dictate.

Dated: June 2, 1998.

John M. Eisenberg,

Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

[Program Announcement 98074]

The Great Lakes Human Health Effects

Research Program Notice of

Availability of Funds for Fiscal Year

1998

Introduction

The Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces

the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1998

funds for the continuation of a grant

program to conduct research on the

impact on human health of fish

consumption from the Great Lakes.

Congressionally mandated funds are

provided to the ATSDR to conduct

studies of the human health impact of

consuming contaminated fish from the

Great Lakes, as amended and authorized

by the Great Lakes Critical Programs Act

of 1990. ATSDR’s mission includes the

prevention of adverse health effects

resulting from human exposure to

hazardous substances in the

environment. The ATSDR Great Lakes

Human Health Effects Research Program

will focus on identified populations that

have a potentially higher risk of longterm adverse health effects from

exposure to contaminants in Great Lakes

fish, i.e., Native Americans, sport

anglers, urban poor, the elderly, Asian

Americans and other non-English

speaking populations, and fetuses and

nursing infants of mothers who

consume contaminated Great Lakes fish.

ATSDR is committed to achieving the

health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of Healthy People

2000, a national activity to reduce

morbidity and mortality and improve

the quality of life. This announcement

is related to the priority area of

Environmental Health. (For ordering a

copy of Healthy People 2000, see the

Section WHERE TO OBTAIN

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.)

Authority

This program is authorized in

Sections 104(i)(5)(A) and (15) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by

the Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) [42

U.S.C. 9604(i)(5)(A) and (15)]; and

section 106, subsection 118(e) of the

Great Lakes Critical Programs Act of

1990 [33 U.S.C. 1268(e)].

Smoke-Free Workplace

ATSDR strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and to promote the non-use

of all tobacco products, and Public Law

103–227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994,

prohibits smoking in certain facilities

that receive Federal funds in which

education, library, day care, health care,

and early childhood development

services are provided to children.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants are the Great Lake

States and political subdivisions

thereof, including federally recognized

Indian tribal governments. State

organizations, including State

universities, State colleges, and State

research institutions, must affirmatively

establish that they meet their respective

State’s legislative definition of a State

entity or political subdivision to be

considered an eligible applicant. The

Great Lake States include Illinois,

Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,

Pennsylvania, New York, and

Wisconsin, consistent with Section 106,

subsection 118(e) of the Great Lakes

Critical Programs Act of 1990 [33 U.S.C.

1268(e)]. ATSDR encourages

collaborative efforts among these

potential applicants.

Availability of Funds

Approximately $2.4 million is

available in FY 1998 to fund

approximately 10 re-competing awards.

It is expected that the average award

will be $250,000, ranging from $200,000

to $300,000. It is expected that the recompeting awards will be made on or

about September 30, 1998, for a 12-

month budget period and a project

period of up to 3 years. Funding

estimates may vary and are subject to

change. This program is available only

to the ten currently funded grantees.

Continuation awards within the project

period will be made on the basis of

satisfactory progress and the availability

of funds.

Use of Funds

Funds may be expended for

reasonable program purposes, such as

personnel, travel, supplies and services.

Funds for contractual services may be

requested; however, the grantee, as the

direct and primary recipient of ATSDR

grant funds, must perform a substantive

role in carrying out project activities

and not merely serve as a conduit for an

award to another party or provide funds

to an ineligible party. Equipment may

be purchased with grant funds.

However, the equipment proposed

should be appropriate and reasonable

for the research activity to be

conducted. Property may be acquired

only when authorized in the grant. The

grantee, as part of the application

process, should provide a justification

of need to acquire property, the

description, and the cost of purchase

versus lease.

Background

The Great Lakes basin comprises onefifth of the total freshwater on the

earth’s surface and is the historical

heartland for American industrial and

agricultural activity. The physical

nature of the basin and the long

retention time of the chemicals in the

Lakes combine to make this huge

freshwater resource a repository for

chemical byproducts of these

production activities. Through the

process of bioaccumulation, these

pollutants are taken up by aquatic life

and become especially concentrated in

Great Lakes game fish, and other

wildlife. The presence of toxic

substances in the Great Lakes continues

to be a significant concern in the 1990s.

Eleven of the most persistent and

widespread toxic substances were

identified as ‘‘critical Great Lakes

pollutants’’ by the International Joint

Commission (IJC). The critical

pollutants are polychlorinated

biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyl

trichloroethane (DDT and its

metabolites), dieldrin, toxaphene,

mirex, methylmercury, benzo[a]pyrene,

hexachlorobenzene, furans, dioxins, and

alkylated lead. Associations between the

consumption of contaminated Great

Lakes fish and long-term adverse health

effects have been demonstrated in

certain susceptible populations.

Research conducted as part of this

program may also serve to fill priority

data needs identified in ATSDR’s

Substance-Specific Applied Research

Program. PCB’s, DDT, dieldrin, mercury,

PAHs and lead are members of the first

set of 38 substances selected by ATSDR

for initiation of this Superfund

mandated program (56 FR 52178). This

research may also provide information

for the assessment of human risk from

simultaneous exposure to chemical

mixtures in the Great Lakes basin; and