55146 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 20, 2005 / Notices 

NIHB is a non-profit organization as 

described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

Internal Revenue Code. The mission of 

the IHS is to work in partnership with 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

people to raise their health to the 

highest level. Under the original 

cooperative agreement published in the 

Federal Register, 69 FR 11447, on 

March 10, 2004, the NIHB assists the 

IHS in carrying out its mission through 

access to a broad based consumer 

network involving the Areas Health 

Boards or Health Board representatives 

from each of the 12 IHS Areas. The 

NIHB communicates with these boards 

and with Tribes and Tribal 

organizations in order to raise health of 

AI/AN people to the highest level. NIHB 

also disseminates health care 

information which serves to improve 

and expand access for American Indians 

and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) Tribal 

Governments to all available health 

programs in the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). The NIHB 

assists in the coordination of the Tribal 

consultation activities associated with 

formulating the IHS annual budget 

request. 

The program supplement to the 

single-source cooperative agreement is 

for $321,800 of non-recurring funding 

for use during the current budget period 

in effect from 01/01/2005 to 12/31/2005. 

The annual funding level of this singlesource cooperative agreement is 

approximately $230,000, subject to the 

availability of appropriations. 

Justification for Program Supplement 

The program supplement is issued 

under the authority of the Public Health 

Service Act, section 301(a) and is 

included under the Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance number 93.933. 

This supplement funding is related to 

the original goals of the cooperative 

agreement and does not represent an 

expansion of activities outside of the 

present scope of work. The Federal 

Register Notice for the sole-source 

cooperative agreement award can be 

found in 69 FR 11447, published on 

March 10, 2004. The specific objectives 

and justifications for this program 

supplement are as follows: 

1. Outreach and Education Within the 

AI/AN Community Concerning the 

Programs of the Centers for Medicare 

and Medicaid Services (CMS) 

We anticipate funding will be 

transferred through an inter-agency 

agreement between CMS and the IHS to 

supplement the NIHB cooperative 

agreement. the NIHB will inform and 

educated AI/AN beneficiaries on 

programs and opportunities that can be 

accessed in CMS. The NIHB will 

dedicate one full day of its upcoming 

annual health conference (i.e., the 22nd 

Annual NIHB Consumer Conference in 

October 2005) to familiarize the 

anticipated 800 attendees with CMS and 

its programs. In addition the NIHB will 

provide expertise and assistance to he 

Tribal Technical Advisory Group 

(TTAG) with consultation efforts to 

ensure that Tribes have input in the 

development of both the CMS Tribal 

strategic plan and the CMS consultation 

policy for AI/AN’s. This supplement 

will benefit AI/AN’s by informing a AI/ 

AN’s of CMS programs established 

address health care needs of which they 

may not otherwise be aware. The benefit 

to the IHS is increased funding 

resources to the AI/AN beneficiaries. 

This effort is consistent with the NIHB’s 

goals of expanding the access to other 

programs of the HHS for AI/AN. 

2. Enumeration of the Public Health 

Infrastructure in AI/AN Communities 

We anticipate funding will be 

transferred to the IHS from the CDC to 

conduct a study of the status of Tribal 

public health capacity in areas such as 

epidemiology disease surveillance, 

public health nursing, community 

environmental health, health education 

and promotion, and other preventative 

health capacities. A paucity of 

information exists about the prevention 

capacity available throughout the Tribal 

Public Health System (TPHS) which 

broadly includes Tribal health 

departments, health committees, service 

units, and services provided by Indian 

Health Boards. The study, which will be 

undertaken by the NIHB, will provide 

current and accurate date on the Tribal 

Public Health System and will serve as 

a foundation for public health workforce 

research, workforce development efforts 

and demonstration programs and 

discussions on the training needs of 

public health workers. This effort is 

consistent with the NIHB’s goal of 

providing advice and assistance in the 

areas of health care policy analysis and 

program development. 

3. Support of the Activities of the Tribal 

Leader’s Diabetes Committee 

Efforts to prevent and combat diabetes 

and its complications have been major 

activities for the IHS over the last 

several years that have resulted in 

numerous positive accomplishments. A 

major reason for this success had been 

the active involvement of AI/AN Tribal 

Leadership in determining, with the 

IHS, how resources should be targeted, 

and ‘‘best practices’’ that can be 

replicated throughout the Indian 

Country. Funding through the 

supplement will enable the NIHB to 

provide support to the Tribal Leaders 

Diabetes Committees (TLDC), which 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the NIHB on the public health effort to 

prevent and control diabetes. This effort 

is consistent with the NIHB goals of 

providing advice and assistance in the 

areas of policy analysis and program 

development and in ensuring that 

health care advocacy is based on input 

from Tribal Government. 

Justification for Single Source: This 

project has been awarded on a noncompetitive, single-source basis. The 

NIHB is the only national AI/AN 

organization with health expertise that 

represents the interest of all federally 

recognized Tribes. 

Use of Cooperative Agreement: The 

program supplement to the original 

cooperative agreement has been 

awarded because of anticipated 

substantial programmatic involvement 

by IHS staff in the project. The 

substantial programmatic involvement 

includes the following: 

1. The IHS staff will have approval 

over the hiring of key personnel as 

defined by regulation or provisions in 

the cooperative agreement. 

2. The IHS will provide technical 

assistance to the NIHB as requested and 

attend and participate in all NIHB board 

meetings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Douglas Black, Director, Office of Tribal 

Programs, Office of the Director, Indian 

Health Service, 801 Thompson Avenue, 

Reyes Building, Suite 220, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852, (301) 443–1104. For 

grants information, contact Ms. Sylvia 

Ryan, Grants Management Specialist, 

Division of Grants Policy, 12300 

Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 100, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852, (301) 443–

5204. 

Dated: September 13, 2005. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 

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ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) has 

submitted the following information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). The submission describes 

the nature of the information collection, 

the categories of respondents, the 

estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort 

and resources used by respondents to 

respond) and cost, and includes the 

actual data collection instruments 

FEMA will use. 

Title: Standard Flood Hazard 

Determination Form. 

OMB Number: 1660–0040. 

Abstract: On September 23, 1994, the 

President signed the Riegle Community 

Development and Regulatory 

Improvement Act of 1994. Title V of this 

Act is the National Flood Insurance 

Reform Act (NFIRA). Section 528 of the 

NFIRA requires that FEMA develop a 

standard hazard determination form for 

recording the determination of whether 

a structure is located within an 

identified Special Flood Hazard Area 

available. Section 528 of the NFIRA also 

requires the use of this form by 

regulated lending institutions, Federal 

agency lending institutions, Federal 

agency lenders, the Federal National 

Mortgage Association, the Federal Home 

Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the 

Government National Mortgage 

Association for any loan made, 

increased, extended, renewed or 

purchased by these entities. The form 

developed to comply with the above 

requirements is the Standard Flood 

Hazard Determination form (FEMA 

Form 83–93, dated October 2002). This 

form will be completed by federally 

regulated lending institutions when 

making, increasing, extending, renewing 

or purchasing each loan for the purpose 

of documenting the factors considered 

as to whether flood insurance is 

required and available. An estimated 

33,000,000 such uses are made each 

year. This number is entirely driven by 

the volume of mortgage transactions, of 

which fluctuations in interest rates is a 

principal factor. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 33,000,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.33 

hours (20 minutes). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 10,890,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Comments: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer 

for the Department of Homeland 

Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 

10102, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile 

number (202) 395–7285. Comments 

must be submitted on or before October 

20, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Section Chief, 

Records Management, FEMA at 500 C 

Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 

20472, facsimile number (202) 646–

3347, or e-mail address FEMAInformation-Collections@dhs.gov. 

Dated: September 13, 2005. 

Darcy Bingham, 

Branch Chief, Information Resources 

Management Branch, Information 

Technology Services Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) has 

submitted the following information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). The submission describes 

the nature of the information collection, 

the categories of respondents, the 

estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort 

and resources used by respondents to 

respond) and cost, and includes the 

actual data collection instruments 

FEMA will use. 

Title: Public Assistance Progress 

Report and Program Forms. 

OMB Number: 1660–0017. 

Abstract: This collection serves as the 

mechanism to administer the Public 

Assistance (PA) Program. The 

application process contains 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements via mandatory and 

optional completion of several forms 

and timeframes. The Progress Report 

and related forms ensure that FEMA and 

the State have up-to-date information on 

PA program grants. The report describes 

the status of project completion dates, 

and circumstances that could delay a 

project. States are responsible for 

determining reporting requirements for 

applicants and must submit reports 

quarterly to FEMA Regional Directors. 

The date of the report is determined 

jointly by the State and the Disaster 

Recovery Manager. 

Affected Public: State, local or tribal 

government, and Not-for-Profit 

Organizations. 

Number of Respondents: 5,070 

respondents from State, local or tribal 

governments and Not-for Profit 

Organizations. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 134 

hours per respondent allocated as 

follows: Progress Report = 100 hours, 

Mandatory Audit = 30 hours; Mandatory 

forms = 3 hours; and Optional forms = 

1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 134,562 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly or 

Yearly. 

Comments: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer 

for the Department of Homeland 

Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 

10102, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile 

number (202) 395–7285. Comments 

must be submitted on or before October 

20, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Chief, Records 

Management, FEMA at 500 C Street, 

SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472, 

facsimile number (202) 646–3347, or email address FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov. 

Dated: September 13, 2005. 

Darcy Bingham, 

Branch Chief, Information Resources 

Management Branch, Information 

Technology Services Division. 

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