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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: January 16, 1998.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue

Debts

Section 30.13 of the Department of

Health and Human Services’ claims

collection regulations (45 CFR Part 30)

provides that the Secretary shall charge

an annual rate of interest as fixed by the

Secretary of the Treasury after taking

into consideration private consumer

rates of interest prevailing on the date

that HHS becomes entitled to recovery.

The rate generally cannot be lower than

the Department of Treasury’s current

value of funds rate or the applicable rate

determined from the ‘‘Schedule of

Certified Interest Rates with Range of

Maturities.’’ This rate may be revised

quarterly by the Secretary of the

Treasury and shall be published

quarterly by the Department of Health

and Human Services in the Federal

Register.

The Secretary of the Treasury has

certified a rate of 141⁄2% for the quarter

ended December 31, 1997. This interest

rate will remain in effect until such time

as the Secretary of the Treasury notifies

HHS of any change.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

George Strader,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Finance.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Committee on Vital and Health

Statistics: Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, the Department of

Health and Human Services announces

the following advisory committee

meeting.

Name: National Committee on Vital and

Health Statistics (NCVHS), Subcommittee on

Population-Specific Issues.

Times and Dates: 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.,

February 9, 1998; 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.,

February 10, 1998.

Place: Wyndam Metro Center Hotel, 10220

North Metro Parkway East, Phoenix, Arizona.

Status: Open.

Purpose: The Subcommittee is in the

process of examining a number of data needs

and issues associated with Medicaid

managed care. The purpose of this site visit

to Arizona is to obtain information on one

State’s Medicaid managed care program, with

special attention to data needs, data systems,

data uses and data issues. Presentations are

planned involving representatives of State

agencies, providers, plans, and patient

advocacy groups who will describe their data

needs and issues relating to Medicaid

managed care. A subsequent site visit to

Massachusetts also is planned.

Contact Person for more Information:

Substantive program information as well as

a roster of committee members may be

obtained from Carolyn Rimes, lead

Subcommittee staff, Health Care Financing

Administration, DHHS, 7500 Security

Boulevard, C–3–21–06, Baltimore, Maryland

21244–1850, telephone (410) 786–6620, or

Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary,

NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100,

Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road,

Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 301/

436–7050. Additional information about the

full Committee is available on the NCVHS

website, where the tentative agenda for the

Subcommittee meeting will also be posted

when available: http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/

ncvhs

Dated: January 20, 1998.

James Scanlon,

Director, Division of Data Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 97N–0535]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Institutional Review Boards:

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing an

opportunity for public comment on the

proposed collection of certain

information by the agency. Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the

PRA), Federal agencies are required to

publish notice in the Federal Register

concerning each proposed collection of

information, including each proposed

extension of an existing collection of

information, and to allow 60 days for

public comment in response to the

notice. This notice solicits comments on

FDA’s protection of human subjects

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements for institutional review

boards (IRB’s). IRB’s are groups

composed of members of varying

backgrounds which are charged with

reviewing the ethics and risk/benefit

aspects of clinical studies involving

human subjects to assure that the rights

and welfare of human subjects are

adequately protected.

DATES: Submit written comments on the

collection of information by March 30,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

on the collection of information to the

Dockets Management Branch (HFA–

305), Food and Drug Administration,

12420 Parklawn Dr., rm. 1–23,

Rockville, MD 20857. All comments

should be identified with the docket

number found in brackets in the

heading of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

JonnaLynn P. Capezzuto, Office of

Information Resources Management

(HFA–250), Food and Drug

Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, MD 20857, 301–827–4659.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal

agencies must obtain approval from the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for each collection of

information they conduct or sponsor.

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests

or requirements that members of the

public submit reports, keep records, or

provide information to a third party.

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal

agencies to provide a 60-day notice in

the Federal Register concerning each

proposed collection of information,

including each proposed extension of an

existing collection of information,

before submitting the collection to OMB

for approval. To comply with this

requirement, FDA is publishing notice

of the proposed collection of

information listed below.