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application process of Grants.gov, 

which was deployed in October 2003 

and is part of the implementation of the 

Federal Financial Assistance 

Management Improvement Act of 1999 

(Public Law 106–107). The standard 

data set replaces numerous agency data 

sets and reduces the administrative 

burden placed on the grants community. 

Federal agencies are not required to 

collect all of the information included 

in the proposed data set. The agency 

will identify the data that must be 

provided by applicants through 

instructions that will accompany the 

application package. 

Comments sent to OMB by the public, 

questioned the need to collect the Social 

Security Number (SSN) for the Project 

Director and/or the Primary Contact/ 

Grants Administrator. Grants.gov 

responded to this comment by revising 

the application cover page to indicate 

that SSN is optional and adding the 

following statement, ‘‘Disclosure of SSN 

is voluntary. Please see the application 

package instructions for the agency’s 

authority and routine uses of the data.’’

In addition, OMB has also requested 

that Grants.gov, in consultation with 

other agencies, investigate options for a 

unique identifier other than SSN. 

Grants.gov plans to address this 

condition through its newly formed 

Agency User Group. 

The estimate of the total burden of the 

collection information has been updated 

based on the Paperwork Reduction Act 

Worksheets (OMB 83–C) received from 

the agencies. Currently, six agencies 

plan to use the SF–424 (Short) in lieu 

of the SF–424 for eligible grant 

programs. Collectively, the agencies 

plan to receive 8,549 applications 

annually and estimate that it takes 

applicants 25 minutes on average to 

complete each application. 

Cumulatively, these organizations report 

the total burden to applicants to be 

3,652 hours. 

Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting, 

on occasion. 

Affected: Federal, State, Local and 

Tribal governments; farms; non-profit 

institutions, and other for-profit. 

Total Annual Respondents: 8,276. 

Total Annual Responses: 8,549. 

Average Burden Per Response: 25 

minutes. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access the HHS Web 

site address at http://www.hhs.gov/ 

oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your 

request, including your address, phone 

number, OMB number, and OS 

document identifier, to 

naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports 

Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be mailed 

within 60 days of this notice directly to 

the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

designated at the following address: 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Assistant Secretary for Budget, 

Technology, and Finance, Office of 

Information and Resource Management, 

Attention: Naomi Cook (4040–0003), 

Room 531–H, 200 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201. 

Dated: August 18, 2005. 

Robert E. Polson, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–17429 Filed 8–31–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

[Document Identifier: OS–4040–0005] 

Grants.gov Program Management 

Office; Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Grants.gov Program Management Office, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed requirement 

to establish Government-wide standard 

data elements for use by all Federal 

grant making agencies—SF–424 

Individual. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

the Grants.gov Program Management 

Office, one of the 26 E-Government 

initiatives, managed by the Department 

of Health and Human Services is 

publishing the following summary of 

proposed collection for public 

comment. Interested individuals are 

invited to send comments regarding any 

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, 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 Collection 

Request: Regular; 

Title of Information Collection: SF–

424 Individual; 

Form/OMB No.: OS–4040–0005; 

Use: On March 24, 2005, the 

Grants.gov Program Management Office, 

one of the 26 E-Government initiatives, 

managed by HHS, published the 

proposed SF–424 Application for 

Federal Assistance, Individual (SF–424 

I) collection for public comment in the 

Federal Register (70 FR 15090). 

Interested individuals were invited to 

send comments regarding any aspect of 

this collection of information. This 

notice indicates request for extension of 

OMB clearance for the SF–424 (I), and 

also responds to comments received on 

the March 24, 2005, Federal Register 

notice. 

The SF–424 (I) is the governmentwide data set and application cover 

page for use by Federal grant-making 

agencies that award grants to 

individuals. The SF–424 (I) is currently 

available for use as part of the electronic 

application process of Grants.gov, 

which was deployed in October 2003 

and is part of the implementation of the 

Federal Financial Assistance 

Management Improvement Act of 1999 

(Public Law 106–107). The standard 

data set replaces numerous agency data 

sets and reduces the administrative 

burden placed on the grants community. 

Federal agencies are not required to 

collect all of the information included 

in the proposed data set. The agency 

will identify the data that must be 

provided by applicants through 

instructions that will accompany the 

application package. 

Comments sent to OMB by the public, 

questioned the need to collect the Social 

Security Number (SSN). Grants.gov 

responded to this comment by revising 

the application cover page to indicate 

that SSN is optional and adding the 

following statement, ‘‘Disclosure of SSN 

is voluntary. Please see the application 

package instructions for the agency’s 

authority and routine uses of the data’’. 

In addition, OMB has also requested 

that Grants.gov, in consultation with 

other agencies, investigate options for a 

unique identifier other than SSN. 

Grants.gov plans to address this 

condition through its newly formed 

Agency User Group. 

The estimate of the total burden of the 

collection information has been updated 

based on the Paperwork Reduction Act 

Worksheets (OMB 83–C) received from 

the agencies. Currently, five agencies 

plan to use the SF–424 (I) instead of the 

SF–424 for eligible grant programs. 

Collectively, the agencies plan to 

receive 6,949 applications annually and 

estimate that it takes applicants 25 

minutes on average to complete each 

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application. Cumulatively, these 

organizations report the total burden to 

applicants to be 2,863 hours. 

Frequency: Recordkeeping, Reporting, 

on occasion. 

Affected: Individuals. 

Total Annual Respondents: 5,827. 

Total Annual Responses: 6,949. 

Average Burden Per Response: 25 

minutes. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access the HHS Web 

site address at http://www.hhs.gov/ 

oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your 

request, including your address, phone 

number, OMB number, and OS 

document identifier, to 

naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports 

Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be mailed 

within 60 days of this notice directly to 

the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

designated at the following address: 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Assistant Secretary for Budget, 

Technology, and Finance, Office of 

Information and Resource Management, 

Attention: Naomi Cook (4040–0005), 

Room 531–H, 200 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201. 

Dated: August 18, 2005. 

Robert E. Polson, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–17430 Filed 8–31–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

National Center for Injury Prevention 

and Control Initial Review Group: 

Notice of Charter Renewal 

This gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463) of October 6, 1972, that the 

National Center for Injury Prevention 

and Control Initial Review Group, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention of the Department of Health 

and Human Services, has been renewed 

for a 2-year period extending through 

August 20, 2007. 

For further information, contact Gwen 

Cattledge, Executive Secretary, National 

Center for Injury Prevention and Control 

Initial Review Group, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., M/ 

S K02, Atlanta, Georgia 30341–3717, 

telephone 770–488–4655. 

The Director, Management and 

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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: August 26, 2005. 

B. Kathy Skipper, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 05–17399 Filed 8–31–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel: Epidemiologic Study 

of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 

Request for Applications Number DP–

05–130; Correction 

Correction: This notice was published 

in the Federal Register on August 18, 

2005, Volume 70, Number 159, page 

48574. The meeting time and date has 

been changed. 

Time and Date: 2:30 p.m.–4 p.m., 

September 27, 2005 (Closed). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. 

Felix Rogers, PhD, MPH, Scientific 

Review Administrator, National Center 

for Chronic Disease Prevention and 

Health Promotion, 4770 Buford 

Highway, MS–K92, Atlanta, GA 30341, 

Telephone 404.639.6101. 

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 CDC 

and the Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry. 

Dated: August 26, 2005. 

B. Kathy Skipper, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

[FR Doc. 05–17410 Filed 8–31–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–1308–NC] 

RIN 0938–AN94 

Medicare Program; Withdrawal of 

Ambulance Fee Schedule Issued in 

Accordance With Federal District Court 

Order in Lifestar Ambulance, Inc. v. 

United States, No. 4:02-CV–127–1 (M.D. 

Ga., Jan. 16, 2003)—Medicare Covered 

Ambulance Services 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: This notice with comment 

period withdraws the fee schedule that 

was put in place in 2003 to effect 

compliance with the Order in Lifestar 

Ambulance, Inc. v. United States. [211 

F.R.D. 688 (M.D. Ga. 2003)] That Order 

was vacated on January 10, 2005 by the 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh 

Circuit and is no longer in force. 

DATES: To be assured consideration, 

comments must be received at one of 

the addresses provided below, no later 

than 5 p.m. on October 31, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: In commenting, please refer 

to file code CMS–1308–NC. Because of 

staff and resource limitations, we cannot 

accept comments by facsimile (FAX) 

transmission. 

You may submit comments in one of 

four ways (no duplicates, please): 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

electronic comments to http:// 

www.cms.hhs.gov/regulations/ 

ecomments or to http:// 

www.regulations.gov (attachments 

should be in Microsoft Word, 

WordPerfect, or Excel; however, we 

prefer Microsoft Word). 

2. By mail. You may mail written 

comments (one original and two copies) 

to the following address ONLY: Centers 

for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Attention: CMS–1308–NC, 

P.O. Box 8011, Baltimore, MD 21244–

1850. 

Please allow sufficient time for mailed 

comments to be received before the 

close of the comment period. 

3. By express or overnight mail. You 

may send written comments (one 

original and two copies) to the following 

address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Department of 

Health and Human Services, Attention: 

CMS–1308–NC, Mail Stop C4–26–05, 

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 

21244–1850.