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includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise

noted, nonbanking activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Additional information on all bank

holding companies may be obtained

from the National Information Center

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than May 25, 2001.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Cynthia C. Goodwin, Vice President)

104 Marietta Street, NW., Atlanta,

Georgia 30303–2713:

1. Georgia Banking Company, Inc.,

Atlanta, Georgia; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Georgia

Banking Company, Atlanta, Georgia.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 26, 2001.

Jennifer J. Johnson

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 01–10899 Filed 5–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collections;

Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary will

periodically publish summaries of

proposed information collections

projects and solicit public comments in

compliance with the requirements of

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

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more

information on the project or to obtain

a copy of the information collection

plans and instruments, call the OS

Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690–

6207.

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; (c)

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 Projects 1. HHS

Procurement: Solicitations and

Contracts—Extension—0990–0115—

This clearance request covers the

general information collection

requirements of the procurement

process such as technical proposals and

statements of work. Respondents: State

or local governments, businesses or

other for-profit, non-profit institutions,

small businesses. Annual Number of

Respondents: 5,660; Frequency of

Response: one time; Average Burden per

Response: 253.41 hours; Estimated

Annual Burden: 1,434,300 hours.

Please send comments to Cynthia

Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance

Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey

Building, 200 Independence Avenue

SW., Washington, DC 20201. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Dated: April 24, 2001.

Kerry Weems,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 01–10902 Filed 5–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4150–24–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Clinical Laboratory Improvement

Advisory Committee (CLIAC): Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463), the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

announces the following committee

meeting.

Name: Clinical Laboratory

Improvement Advisory Committee

(CLIAC).

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.—5 p.m.,

May 30, 2001; 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m.,

May 31, 2001.

Place: CDC, Koger Center, Williams

Building, Conference Rooms 1802 and

1805, 2877 Brandywine Road, Atlanta,

Georgia 30341.

Status: Open to the public, limited

only by the space available. The meeting

room accommodates approximately 100

people.

Purpose: This committee is charged

with providing scientific and technical

advice and guidance to the Secretary of

Health and Human Services, the Acting

Assistant Secretary for Health, and the

Director, CDC, regarding the need for,

and the nature of, revisions to the

standards under which clinical

laboratories are regulated; the impact on

medical and laboratory practices of

proposed revisions to the standards; and

the modification of the standards to

accommodate technological advances.

Matters to Be Discussed: The agenda

will include the waiver workgroup

report on criteria for waiver approval

and updates from CDC, Food and Drug

Administration and Health Care

Financing Administration.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: Rhonda Whalen, Chief,

Laboratory Practice Standards Branch,

Division of Laboratory Systems, Public

Health Practice Program Office, CDC,

4770 Buford Highway, NE, m/s F–11,

Atlanta, Georgia 30341–3724, telephone

770/488–8042, fax 770/488–8279.

The Director, Management Analysis

and Services Office, has been delegated

the authority to sign Federal Register

Notices pertaining to announcements of

meetings and other committee

management activities, for both the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: April 26, 2001.

John Burckhardt,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

[FR Doc. 01–10936 Filed 5–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–R–231]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

In compliance with the requirement

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, is publishing the

following summary of proposed

collections for public comment.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding this burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including any

of the following subjects: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

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utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology to

minimize the information collection

burden.

Type of Information Request:

Extension of a currently approved

collection; Title of Information

Collection: Medicare+Choice (M+C)

Provider Sponsored Organization (PSO)

Waiver Request Form and Supporting

Regulations in 42 CFR 422.370–422.378;

Form Number: HCFA–R–231 (0938–

0722); Use: The PSO waiver request

form is for use by PSO’s that do not

have a State risk-bearing entity licence

and that wish to enter into a M+C

contract with HCFA to provide prepaid

health care services to eligible Medicare

beneficiaries. HCFA will use the

information requested on this form to

determine whether the applicant is

eligible for a waiver of the state

licensure requirement for M+C

organizations as allowed under section

1855(a)(2) of the Social Security Act.;

Frequency: One-time.; Affected Public:

Business or other for-profit, Not-forprofit institutions, and Federal

Government.; Annual Number of

Respondents: 10.; Total Annual

Responses: 10.; Total Annual Hours

Requested: 100.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, access HCFA’s Web

Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/

regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail your

request, including your address, phone

number, OMB number, and HCFA

document identifier, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

within 60 days of this notice directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Information Services,

Security and Standards Group, Division

of HCFA Enterprise Standards,

Attention: Dawn Willinghan, HCFA–R–

231, Room N2–14–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850.

Dated: April 23, 2001.

John P. Burke, III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

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BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Institute: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; The Framingham

Study

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the

National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Institute (NHLBI), the National

Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish

periodic summaries of proposed

projects to be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (MB) for

review and approval.

Proposed Collection: Title: The

Framingham Study. Type of Information

Collection Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection (OMB No.

0925–0216). Need and Use of

Information Collection: The

Framingham Study will conduct

examinations and morbidity and

mortality follow-up in original,

offspring, and third generation

participants for the purpose of studying

the determinants of cardiovascular

disease. Frequency of Response: The

participants will be contacted annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Businesses or other for

profit; Small businesses or

organizations. Type of Respondents:

Adult men and women; doctors and

staff of hospitals and nursing homes.

The annual reporting burden is as

follows; Estimated Number of

Respondents: 2,833: Estimated Number

of Responses per Respondent: 3.78;

Average Burden Hours Per Response:

0.806; and Estimated Total Annual

Burden Hours Requested: 8,639. The

annualized cost to respondents is

estimated at $44,080, assuming

respondents time at the rate of $10 per

hour for participant and $55 per hour

for physicians and other professional

health care respondents.

There are no Capital Costs to report.

There are no Operating or Maintenance

Costs to report.

ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL HOUR BURDEN

Type of respondents Number of

respondents

Estimated

number of

responses

per

respondent

Average

burden

hours per

response

Estimated

total

annual

burden

hours

requested

Participant examination ................................................................................................... 2,133 4.69 0.836 8,376.5 1Physician, hospital, nursing home staff ......................................................................... 350 1.0 0.6700 234.5 1Participant’s next-of-kin .................................................................................................. 350 1.0 0.0800 28

Total .......................................................................................................................... 2,833 3,78 0.806 8639

1Annual burden is placed on doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, and respondent relatives/informants through requests for information which will

help in the compilation of the number and nature of new fatal and nonfatal events.

Request for Comments

Written comments and/or suggestions

from the public and affected agencies

are invited on one or more of the

following points: (1) 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) 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)

Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) Ways to 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request

more information on the proposed

project or to obtain a copy of the data

collection plans and instruments,

contact Dr. Paul Sorlie, Project Officer,

NIH, NHLBI, 6701 Rockledge Drive,