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accommodations should notify the

listed contact person by June 15, 1998.

This will be an informal meeting

conducted in accordance with 21 CFR

10.65.

Appendix

Center for Food Safety and Applied

Nutrition—List of Major Activities

(Italics indicates FSI activity)

I. Application Review

• Food and Color Additive Petitions

• GRAS Determinations

• Threshold of Regulation

Determinations (food packaging)

• Product Notification (consultation

with biotechnology firms)

• Food Additive Regulatory

Management (FARM) System

(automated workflow)

• Review of Scientific Data and

Research (nonlab) (to support petition

review/biotech)

• Notification Program for Infant

Formula

• Notification Program for Dietary

Supplements

• Notification for Nutrient Content

and Health Claims Based on

Authoritative Statements

• Nutrient Content and Health Claim

Petitions

• Small Business Notifications

• Approval of Data Bases for Nutrition

Labeling

• Temporary Marketing Permits

• Certificates of Free Sale

II. Injury Reporting

• Adverse Event Reporting/

Monitoring

• Foodborne Active Surveillance

Network (FoodNet)

• Coordination on Foodborne Disease

Outbreaks

• DNA Fingerprinting (PulseNet)

III. Product Safety Assurance

Monitoring

• Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)/

Bioresearch Monitoring

• Preventive Measures for Eggs

• Safety of Dietary Supplements/

Herbal Products

• Monitoring of Prohibited Ingredients

(cosmetics) and Adherence to GMP’s

• Food Labeling and Packaging Survey

(FLAPS)

• Priority-Based Assessment of Food

Additives (PAFA)

• Monitoring the Safety of Imported

Foods and Cosmetics

• Monitoring of Adverse Reactions to

Food Products Reported by the Field

• Produce Initiative

• Seafood Decomposition—

Investigation of Problems

• Epidemiological Support

• Monitoring Pesticide Residues

• Monitoring Microbial Pathogens

• Monitoring Chemical and Industrial

Contaminants

• Monitoring Seafood Toxins

• Safety of Medical Foods

Compliance

• Lab Accreditation (e.g., milk labs)

• Low-Acid Canned Food and

Acidified Food Regulations and

Establishment Registration

• Development of GAP’s and GMP’s

for Fresh Produce

• Electronic Inspection System (EIS)

• Import and Domestic Seafood

Compliance Program Development and

Evaluation

• Economic Fraud

• Regulation and Policy Development

(centerwide)

• Economic Cost Benefit Analysis

Studies (regulations)

• Nutrient Content Analyses

• Food Standards (including petitions

to modify or establish)

HACCP

• International Shellfish Program

• Implementation of Seafood HACCP

• Juice HACCP and Warning Label

Proposed Regulations

• HACCP at Retail (pilot)

Product Testing—This category

includes laboratory testing of

components/ingredients of foods and

cosmetic products for safety.

• Indirect and Direct Food Additives

• Sample Analyses

• Infant Formula Samples

• Testing for Harmful Ingredients and

Contaminants in Cosmetic Products

IV. Research

• Methods Development—This is

research to develop new analytical

methods or investigate known analytical

methods for detecting and identifying

microbial pathogens, chemical

contaminants, and toxins in foods and

cosmetics that can be potentially

harmful to the public’s health. Most of

the research conducted in CFSAN falls

into this category.

— Analytical Methods Development to

Detect Microbial Pathogens

• Risk Assessment—Developing or

applying analytical methods to

quantify exposure to or determine if a

pathogen, chemical contaminant, or

toxin poses a public health risk. This is

the second largest category of research

conducted in CFSAN.

— Risk Assessment for the Food Safety

Initiative: Interagency Consortium;

Improve Modeling Techniques

— Mathematical and Statistical

Support

— Pathology Data Analyses

— Pharmacokinetic and

Pharmcodynamic Modeling

• Other Research— Laboratory

studies to obtain knowledge/data

necessary for application in methods

development and/or risk assessment.

This category also includes

collaborative research efforts with

academia and other food safety research

concerns.

V. Outreach

• Technical Assistance and Education

(consumers/industry/retail/foreign

countries)

• Codex Activities

• Guideline Development

• Voluntary Registration Program

• Mutual Recognition Agreements

• Federal/State Cooperative Programs

(milk, shellfish, retail)

• Education on Food Safety

— Develop educational messages and

materials

— Educate general public about safe

food handling

— Educate children about safe food

handling

— Educate vulnerable populations

about safe food handling

VI. Enforcement

• Case Processing

• Recalls of Foods and Cosmetics

Dated: May 28, 1998.

William K. Hubbard,

Associate Commissioner for Policy

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98–14720 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Request for Nominations of

Candidates to Serve on the National

Vaccine Advisory Committee,

Department of Health and Human

Services

The Public Health Service (PHS) is

soliciting nominations for possible

membership on the National Vaccine

Advisory Committee (NVAC). This

committee studies and recommends

ways to encourage the availability of an

adequate supply of safe and effective

vaccination products in the States;

recommends research priorities and

other measures the Director of the

National Vaccine Program should take

to enhance the safety and efficacy of

vaccines; advises the Director of the

Program in the implementation of

sections 2102, 2103, and 2104, of the

PHS Act; and identifies annually, for the

Director of the Program, the most
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important areas of government and nongovernment cooperation that should be

considered in implementing sections

2102, 2103, and 2104, of the PHS Act.

Nominations are being sought for

individuals engaged in vaccine research

or the manufacture of vaccines or who

are physicians, members of parent

organizations concerned with

immunizations, or representatives of

state or local health agencies or public

health organizations. Federal employees

will not be considered for membership.

Members may be invited to serve a fouryear term.

Close attention will be given to

minority and female representation;

therefore nominations from these groups

are encouraged.

The following information is

requested: name, affiliation, address,

telephone number, and a current

curriculum vitae. Nominations should

be sent, in writing, and postmarked by

June 30, 1998, to: Felecia D. Pearson,

Committee Management Specialist,

NVAC, National Vaccine Program

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/

S D50, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

Telephone and facsimile submission

cannot be accepted.

Dated: May 27, 1998.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 98–14670 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

In compliance with Section

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

Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity

for public comment on proposed data

collection projects, the Substance Abuse

and Mental Health Services

Administration will publish periodic

summaries of proposed projects. To

request more information on the

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and

instruments, contact the SAMHSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443–

7978.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Proposed Project

1999 National Household Survey on

Drug Abuse —(0930–0110)— Revision—

The National Household Survey on

Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is a survey of the

civilian, noninstitutionalized

population of the United States, age 12

and over. The data are used to

determine the prevalence of use of

cigarettes, alcohol, illicit substances,

and illicit use of prescription drugs. The

results are used by SAMHSA, ONDCP,

Federal government agencies, and other

organizations and researchers to

establish policy, direct program

activities, and better allocate resources.

For 1999, both the core and modular

components of the NHSDA

questionnaire will remain essentially

unchanged. However, the sample size

will be expanded to permit prevalence

estimates for each of the fifty states. The

total annual burden estimate is 94,918

hours as shown below:

No. of respondents

No. of responses per

respondent

Average burden hours per

response

Total burden

hours

Household Screener ......................................................................................... 254,563 1 0.05 12,728

NHSDA Questionnaire ...................................................................................... 67,500 1 1.20 81,000

Total ........................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 93,728

Send comments to Nancy Pearce,

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16–105, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: May 27, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 98–14660 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4355–N–04]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Lead Hazard

Control, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due date: August 3,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Ruth Wright, Reports Liaison Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW,

Room B–133, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen L. Williams, Grant Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

development, 451 Seventh Street, SW,

room B–133, Washington, DC 20410,

telephone number (202) 755–1785 (this

is not a toll-free number) for copies of

the proposed forms and other available

documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting the proposed

information collection to OMB for