54952 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 180 / Monday, September 19, 2005 / Notices 

ehp.niehs.nih.gov/) as EHP-in-Press 

articles. These articles are completely 

citable using CrossRef’s Digital Object 

Identifier system. The Web site is 

visited by approximately 150,000 

unique visitors every month. The timeto-print after publication on the website 

is about 3 months. The EHP Web site 

(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/) contains all 

current issues, all archival issues, 

foreign language articles, and the 

Student Edition plus teacher lesson 

plans and has a search-by-topic feature. 

The journal publishes monthly issues 

with sections devoted to environmental 

news, environmental medicine, and 

children’s environmental health. On a 

periodic basis, an issue may contain a 

mini-monograph (a group of up to six 

papers that address a single topic). EHP 

also publishes one or two special topical 

issues each year. In total, this full-color 

journal publishes approximately 3,000 

pages annually. 

The journal’s Environews section 

provides balanced and objective 

analyses of topical issues. These articles 

take the form of long, investigative 

features (Focus articles) or brief reports 

(Forum articles). Other articles provide 

balanced analyses of legal, regulatory, 

public policy, and social aspects of 

environmental health (Spheres of 

Influence) and new discoveries or 

approaches in environmental health 

research, remediation, monitoring, and 

public health policy (Innovations). 

Science Selection articles summarize 

selected research articles appearing in 

the same issue, putting current EHP 

research findings into perspective. 

Other services include book reviews of 

important current publications, a 

calendar of events, position 

announcements, and updates on the 

latest news from the NIEHS grants 

division. EHP also publishes a highly 

successful monthly Student Edition and 

sponsors development of teacher lesson 

plans based on environmental news 

articles published within the Student 

Edition. These materials are available in 

print (currently, approximately 5,000 

copies distributed) and on the EHP Web 

site (http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/). 

EHP’s global health initiatives are 

ongoing on four continents (Africa, 

Asia, North America, and South 

America). These programs include 

providing complimentary print 

subscriptions to readers in developing 

countries, publishing a quarterly 

Chinese-language edition (35,000 

distribution), and translating the ‘‘In 

This Issue’’ section of EHP (which 

encapsulates each issue’s news and 

research content) into five languages: 

Chinese, French, Japanese, Russian, and 

Spanish. EHP cooperates with nonEnglish language journals for translation 

and publication of EHP news content in 

EHP sections within their journals. The 

journal works with the University of 

Iowa to provide EHP journal content to 

their eGranary Digital Library WiderNet 

Project. EHP and the Journal of 

Environmental and Occupational 

Medicine have an agreement to copublish selected research articles both 

in English and Chinese. EHP also hosts 

the website for the francophone journal, 

Mali Medical. 

Request for Comment 

The NIEHS invites public input on 

the issue of potential privatization of 

EHP. Please note that the NIEHS has not 

reached a final decision about potential 

privatization of EHP. If the Institute 

decides to move forward with 

privatization, then an implementation 

plan would need to be developed. This 

implementation plan will need to 

address several core topics listed below. 

The NIEHS seeks public input on the 

questions identified for each topic to 

facilitate reaching a decision on 

potential privatization and, if 

appropriate, development of an 

implementation plan. The NIEHS is 

interested in maintaining and enhancing 

the capacity of EHP to be a significant 

resource for researchers, clinicians, 

patients, family members, and the 

general public. We similarly seek to 

maintain and enhance EHP’s reputation, 

credibility, accessibility, and value to 

the scientific and lay communities 

interested in environmental health and 

disease. 

1. Feasibility of privatizing EHP. 

Q1a. Are there likely to be private 

sector commercial or noncommercial 

entities interested in publishing EHP? 

Q1b. Are there any difficulties that 

would be created by transferring 

publication of EHP from a government 

agency to the private sector? If so, please 

elaborate. 

2. A business plan for continuation of 

the journal. 

Q2. What issues should NIEHS 

consider in developing an 

implementation plan for privatizing 

EHP? 

3. A timeline and plan for transfer of 

responsibility. 

Q3. Are there ways to ensure an 

efficient transfer of functions such as 

editorial oversight, subscriber lists, 

archives, and digital content? 

4. An editorial policy plan. 

Q4. How should the scope of EHP’s 

coverage, from news to peer-reviewed 

research, be considered in executing a 

potential privatization? 

5. Online access. 

Q5. How should EHP’s current open 

access policy and commitments to 

provide content to public archives be 

addressed in a potential privatization? 

6. Other considerations. 

Q6. Overall, how would a 

privatization of EHP be an advantage or 

disadvantage to the NIEHS and to 

environmental health science? 

Q7. What other suggestions do you 

have for facilitating communication 

activities at NIEHS? 

Dated: September 8, 2005. 

Samuel Wilson, 

Deputy Director, National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Office for Women’s Services; Notice of 

a Meeting 

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463, 

notice is hereby given of a SAMHSA 

Advisory Committee for Women’s 

Services meeting to be held in 

September 2005. 

The meeting will be open and include 

discussions around the activities of 

SAMHSA’s Matrix and women 

involving women and trauma/violence, 

and developing short reports as they 

relate to mental health and substance 

abuse. Also, there will be updates on 

SAMHSA’s reauthorization and 

legislation to reauthorize the Violence 

Against Women Act, as well as, a 

discussion on SAMHSA’s National 

Registry of Evidenced-based Programs 

and Practices. 

Attendance by the public will be 

limited to space available. Public 

comments are welcome. Please 

communicate with the individual listed 

as contact below to make arrangements 

to comment or to request special 

accommodations for persons with 

disabilities. 

Substantive program information and 

a roster of Committee members may be 

obtained by accessing the SAMHSA 

Advisory Councils’ Web site (http:// 

www.samhsa.gov) as soon as possible 

after the meeting or by communicating 

with the contact whose name and 

telephone number are listed below. The 

transcript for the session will also be 

available on the SAMHSA Advisory 

Councils’ website as soon as possible 

after the meeting. 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 180 / Monday, September 19, 2005 / Notices 54953 

Committee Name: Substance Abuse and 

Mental Health Services Administration 

Advisory Committee for Women’s Services. 

Meeting Dates: Monday, September 26, 

2005 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, September 27, 

2005 9 a.m.–12 Noon. 

Place: 1 Choke Cherry Road, Sugarloaf 

Conference Room, Rockville, MD 20857. 

Contact: Carol Watkins, Executive 

Secretary, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 8–

1002, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (240) 

276–2254, Fax: (240) 276–2252, E-mail: 

carol.watkin2@samhsa.hhs.gov. 

Dated: September 12, 2005. 

Toian Vaughn, 

Committee Management Officer, Substance 

Abuse and Mental Health Services 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–18531 Filed 9–16–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

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, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on a proposed continuing 

information collection. In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), this 

notice seeks comments concerning the 

adequacy of two forms FEMA uses to 

gather certain information about the 

floodplain management activities of 

communities that participate in the 

National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP). The Community Contact Report 

form and the Community Visit Report 

form are used to gather information 

about a community’s floodplain 

management regulations, administrative 

and enforcement procedures, Flood 

Insurance Studies, and basic 

information pertaining to names, 

addresses, and phone numbers of 

individuals responsible for a 

community’s floodplain management 

program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information gathered on the subject 

forms pertain to a community’s 

participation in the NFIP. The NFIP was 

established by the National Flood 

Insurance Act of 1968. Section 1315 of 

the Act requires the adoption of 

permanent land use and control 

measures which are consistent with the 

comprehensive criteria of land 

management and use under Section 

1361. 44 CFR part 59.24 establishes 

requirements for continued eligibility to 

participate in the NFIP based upon 

implementing an adequate community 

based floodplain management program. 

The information gathered with the 

subject forms is used to evaluate the 

adequacy of a community’s floodplain 

management program as it relates to 

continued participation in the NFIP. 

Collection of Information: 

Title: Effectiveness of a Community’s 

Implementation of the NFIP Community 

Assistance Program CAC and CAV 

Reports. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of Currently Approved 

Collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0023. 

Form Numbers: Form 81–68 

(Community Visit Report); Form 81–69 

(Community Contact Report). 

Abstract: The information obtained is 

to provide basic information about a 

community’s floodplain management 

program and contact information such 

as names, addresses, and phone 

numbers pertaining to a NFIP 

participating community. FEMA 

Regional Office staff and staff of an NFIP 

State Coordinating Agency, acting on 

behalf of FEMA, use the forms to record 

information gathered about a 

community following contact and 

discussion with community officials. 

Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal 

and Federal Governments. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,000 hours. 

FEMA forms 

No. of respondents 

(A) 

Frequency of 

response 

(B) 

Hours per response 

(C) 

Annual burden 

hours 

(A x B x C) 

FF 81–68 ......................................................................................................... 1,000 1 2 2,000 

FF 81–69 ......................................................................................................... 2,000 1 1 2,000 

Total .......................................................................................................... 3,000 1 ........................ 4,000 

Estimated Cost: $95, 434 all 

respondents combined with average cost 

per respondent of $47.66 per response. 

Comments: Written comments are 

solicited to (a) evaluate whether the 

proposed data collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of the agency, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; (b) evaluate 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; 

(c) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. Comments should be 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons should 

submit written comments to Chief, 

Records Management Section, 

Information Resources Management 

Branch, Information Technology 

Services Division, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security, 500 

C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, 

DC 20472. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact William Lesser, Lead Program 

Specialist at 202–646–2807 for 

additional information. You may 

contact the Records Management 

Branch for copies of the proposed 

collection of information at facsimile 

number (202) 646–3347 or e-mail 

address: FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov. 

Dated: September 9, 2005. 

Darcy Bingham, 

Branch Chief, Information Resources 

Management Branch, Information 

Technology Services Division. 

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