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7This estimate incorporates any additional time

needed to reproduce copies of audit reports for

consumers upon their request. Inasmuch as

consumers request such copies in only a minority

of cases, this estimate is likely an overstatement.

8The industry source did not break down this

estimate by cost item. Staff conservatively included

the entire $100,000 in its estimate of capital and

other non-labor costs, even though some of this

burden is likely already accounted for as labor

costs.

annual audit.7 Thus, the IDSMs

currently operating under the Rule

would have a total estimated burden of

about 9,235 hours (36,936 × 15 min. 60

min./hr.).

Total annual labor cost: $461,725.

Assuming that IDSMs use skilled

clerical or technical support staff to

compile and maintain the records

required by the Rule at an hourly rate

of $15, the labor cost associated with the

24,625 recordkeeping burden hours

would be $369,375. If IDSMs use

clerical support at an hourly rate of $10

to reproduce records, the labor costs of

the 9,235 disclosure burden hours is

approximately $92,350. The combined

total labor cost for recordkeeping and

disclosures is $461,725.

Total annual capital or other nonlabor costs: $300,000.

Total capital and start-up costs: The

Rule imposes no appreciable current

capital or start-up costs. The vast

majority of warrantors have already

developed systems to retain the records

and provide the disclosures required by

the Rule. Rule compliance does not

require the use of any capital goods,

other than ordinary office equipment, to

which providers would already have

access.

The only additional cost imposed on

IDSMs operating under the Rule that

would not be incurred for other IDSMs

is the annual audit requirement. One of

the IDSMs currently operating under the

Rule estimates the total annual costs of

this requirement to be under $100,000.

Since there are three IDSMs operating

under the Rule (Toyota and Chrysler

share the same IDSM, though each

company is reported separately), staff

estimates the total non-labor costs

associated with the Rule to be three

times that amount, or $300,000.8 This

extrapolated total, however, also reflects

an estimated $120,000 for copying costs,

which is accounted for separately under

the category below. Thus, estimated

costs attribute solely to capital or startup expenditures is $180,000.

Other non-labor costs: $120,000 in

copying costs. This total is based on

estimated copying costs of 5 cents per

page and several conservative

assumptions or estimates. Staff

estimates that the ‘‘average’’ disputerelated file is about 25 pages long and

that a typical annual audit file is about

200 pages in length. For purposes of

estimating copying costs, staff assumes

that every consumer complainant (or

approximately 36,938 consumers)

requests a copy of the file relating to his

or her dispute. Staff also assumes that,

for about 7,388 (20%) of the estimated

36,938 disputes each year, consumers

request copies of warrantors’ annual

audit reports (although, based on

requests for audit reports made directly

to the FTC, the indications are that

considerably fewer requests are actually

made). Thus, the estimated total annual

copying costs for avarage-sized files

would be approximately $46,173 (25

pages/file ×.05×36,938 requests) and

$73,880 for copies of annual audits (200

pages/audit report×.05×7,388 requests),

for total copying costs of $120,053,

rounded to $120,000).

John D. Graubert,

Acting General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–13646 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

Office of Communications;

Cancellation of an Optional Form by

the Department of Defense

AGENCY: General Services

Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense

canceled the following Optional Form

because of low usage: OF 80, 999 (Label)

(Small)

DATES: Effective May 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Barbara Williams, General Services

Administration, (202) 501–0581.

Dated: April 6, 2001.

Barbara M. Williams,

Deputy Standard and Optional Forms

Management Officer, General Services

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–13686 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–34–M

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

Public Buildings Service; Availability

of Draft Environmental Impact

Statement: United States Mission to

the United Nations

Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, as

implemented by the Council on

Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts

1500–1508), the General Services

Administration (GSA) has filed with the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

and made available to other government

agencies and interested private parties,

the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (DEIS) for the demolition of

the Federal building currently housing

the United States Mission to the United

Nations (USUN) and the subsequent

construction of a new facility on the

same site.

The DEIS is on file at GSA offices in

Manhattan. Copies of the DEIS

Executive Summary or additional

information may be obtained from:

General Services Administration, Public

Buildings Service—2PT, 26 Federal

Plaza, Room 1609, New York, New

York, 10278, ATTN: Peter Sneed.

Written comments regarding the DEIS

may be submitted until Friday July 13th,

2001 and should be addressed to

General Services Administration in care

of the above noted individual. A public

hearing is scheduled for Wednesday

June 13th, 2001, at the New York

University Medical College Classroom

A, 550 First Avenue (between 31st and

32nd Streets), New York, New York at

7 PM.

Dated: May 14, 2001.

Steve Ruggiero,

Acting Regional Administrator (2A).

[FR Doc. 01–13587 Filed 5–30–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[60-Day–01–45]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted

for Public Comment and

Recommendations

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

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) 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, call the CDC Reports

Clearance Officer on (404) 639–7090.

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

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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. Send comments to Anne

O’Connor, CDC Assistant Reports

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,

MS–D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Proposed Project: 2002 National

Health Interview Survey Basic

Module—Revision—OMB. No. 0920–

0214, National Center for Health

Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC). The

annual National Health Interview

Survey (NHIS) is a basic source of

general statistics on the health of the

U.S. population. In accordance with the

1995 initiative to increase the

integration of surveys within the

Department of Health and Human

Services, respondents to the NHIS serve

as the sampling frame for the Medical

Expenditure Panel Survey. This survey

is conducted by the Agency for

Healthcare Research and Quality. The

NHIS has long been used by

government, university, and private

researchers to evaluate both general

health and specific issues, such as

cancer, AIDS, and childhood

immunizations. Journalists use its data

to inform the general public. It will

continue to be a leading source of data

for the Congressionally-mandated

‘‘Health US’’ and related publications,

as well as the single most important

source of statistics to track progress

toward the National Health Promotion

and Disease Prevention Objectives,

‘‘Healthy People 2010.’’

Because of survey integration and

changes in the health and health care of

the U.S. population, demands on the

NHIS have changed and increased,

leading to a major redesign of the

annual core questionnaire, or Basic

Module, and a redesign of the data

collection system from paper

questionnaires to computer assisted

personal interviews (CAPI). Those

redesigned elements were partially

implemented in 1996 and fully

implemented in 1997. This clearance is

for the sixth full year of data collection

using the Basic Module on CAPI and for

the implementation of Topical Modules

(or supplements) on asthma, hearing,

vision, disability, environmental health,

arthritis, and alternative medicine. The

supplements will help track many of the

Health People 2010 objectives. This data

collection, planned for January—

December 2002, will result in

publication of new national estimates of

health statistics, release of public use

micro data files, and a sampling frame

for other integrated surveys. There is no

cost to the respondents other than their

time.

Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

Respondent

Avg. burden/

response

(in hours)

Total burden

(in hours)

Family .............................................................................................................. 42,000 1 0.35 14,700

Sample adult .................................................................................................... 42,000 1 0.70 29,400

Sample child .................................................................................................... 18,000 1 0.25 4,500

Total ...................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 48,600

Dated: May 22, 2001.

Nancy Cheal,

Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning

and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[60Day–01–46]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted

for Public Comment and

Recommendations

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

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) 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, call the CDC Reports

Clearance Officer on (404) 639–7090.

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. Send comments to Seleda

Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports

Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road,

MS–D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Proposed Project: Willingness to Pay

Project—NEW—Epidemiology Program

Office (EPO), Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC). The

mission of the Prevention Effectiveness

Branch is to provide information and

training to build internal and external

capacity in economic and decision

sciences.

This project will use qualitative and

quantitative research to develop and test

informational approaches (educational

materials or product labeling) to educate

consumers about food safety issues,

develop and test survey instruments and

test experimental protocols to be used in

the main quantitative data collection;

provide a nationally-representative

estimate of consumer willingness to pay

for (a) publicly-provided reductions in

the probability of contracting foodborne

illnesses; (b) reductions in severity of

symptoms associated with foodborne

illnesses, and (c) materials that facilitate

private, defensive precautions against

foodborne illness during home food

preparation (e.g., meat thermometers,

antibacterial soaps and cutting boards).

Estimate the effect of education

programs and product labeling on

willingness to pay for the reductions;

compare the empirical estimates of the

above mentioned consumer willingness

to pay derived from a conjoint analysis

instrument and a simulated marketplace

experiment.

Public awareness and stated concern

regarding foodborne illnesses have