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the costs of processing requests for

disclosure and of providing such

information.

Final regulations at 45 CFR part 60 set

forth the criteria and procedures for

information to be reported to and

disclosed by the Data Bank. Section 60.3

of these regulations should be consulted

for the definition of terms used in this

announcement.

A reassessment of the full operating

costs related to processing requests for

disclosure of Data Bank information, as

required by the DHHS Appropriations

Act of 1994 (title II of Pub. L. 103–112,

dated October 21, 1993), as well as the

comparative costs of the various

methods for filing and paying for

queries, has resulted in a decision to

offer a further discount to users when

they both query pay via the

telecommunications network as well as

pay query fees by credit card, electronic

funds transfer or such other electronic

transfer options as may be offered in the

future. The options to query and pay

user fees by these means facilitate the

querying process and make it less costly

to both users and the Data Bank than all

other available options.

Accordingly, the Department is

adjusting the user fee to provide a $2.00

discount from the basic $6.00 fee per

name per query submitted and paid via

the method described above, with

receipt by electronic method. This

change is effective immediately.

The criteria set forth in § 60.12(b) of

the regulations and allowable costs are

required by the Appropriations Act of

1994 were used in determining the

amount of this new fee. The criteria

include such cost factors as: (1)

Electronic data processing time,

equipment, materials, computer

programmers and operators or other

employees; and (2) preparation of

reports—materials, photocopying,

postage, and administrative personnel.

When a request is for information on

one or more physician, dentist, or other

health care practitioner, the appropriate

total fee will be $6.00 (minus a $2.00

discount for submission and payment as

described above; or, plus a $4.00

surcharge for queries filed on paper

forms) times the number of individuals

about whom information is being

requested. For examples, see the table

below.

The fee charged will be reviewed

periodically, and revised as necessary,

based upon experience. Any changes in

the fee, and the effective date of the

change, will be announced in the

Federal Register.

Query method Fee per name in query, by method of payment Examples

Paper ................................................................. $10.00 (irrespective of payment method) ............................................... 10 names in query.

10×10=$100.00.

Electronic (Diskette) ........................................... $6.00 (irrespective of payment method) ................................................. 10 names in query.

10×$6=$60.00.

Electronic (Telecom network) ............................ $6.00 (if not paid via credit card or other electronic means or if paper

response received).

10 names in query.

10×$6.00=$60.00.

Electronic (Telecom network) ............................ $4.00 (if paid electronically via credit card or other electronic means

and response received electronically).

10 names in query.

10×$4=$40.00.

Dated: February 23, 1995.

Ciro V. Symaya,

Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Assistant Secretary of Health

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory

Council: Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: The National Nutrition

Monitoring Advisory Council will hold

its sixth meeting on March 15 from 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. e.s.t., and March 16 from

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. e.s.t., at the Hotel

Sofitel, 1914 Connecticut Avenue N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20009. The meeting

will be open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Meyers, HHS Co-Executive

Secretary to the Council, U.S.

Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Health, Office of Disease

Prevention and Health Promotion, Room

2132, Switzer Building, 330 C Street

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, (202)

205–9007; or Debra Reed, USDA CoExecutive Secretary to the Council, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Agricultural

Research Service, Building 005, Room

215, BARC West, Beltsville, Maryland

20705, (301) 504–6964.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

responsibilities of the National

Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council

are to evaluate the scientific and

technical quality of the Ten-Year

Comprehensive Plan for the National

Nutrition Monitoring and Related

Research Program and the effectiveness

of the coordinated program and to

provide guidance to the Secretaries of

USDA and HHS. This Council is also

required by Public Law 101–445 to

prepare annual reports to the Secretaries

of USDA and HHS that include

recommendations for strengthening the

Program.

The Council is chaired by Shiriki K.

Kumanyika, Pennsylvania State College

of Medicine, Hershey Pennsylvania.

Other members are Cutberto Garza,

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York;

Sue Greig, Manhattan, Kansas; Suzanne

Harris, International Life Sciences

Institute, Washington, D.C.; Shirley J.

Humphrey, Department of Education,

Cheyenne, Wyoming; Sheryl Lee,

Arizona Department of Health Services,

Phoenix, Arizona; Kailash Mathur,

South Carolina State University,

Orangeburg, South Carolina; Suzanne P.

Murphy, University of California,

Berkeley, California; and Lynn Parker,

Food Research and Action Center,

Washington, D.C.

The Council meeting agenda will

include updates on progress on the TenYear Comprehensive Plan for the

National Nutrition Monitoring and

Related Research Program, on data

release and future plans for the

Program’s cornerstone surveys—the

HHS National Health and Nutrition

Examination Surveys and the USDA

Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by

Individuals, and on related ongoing

nutrition monitoring projects.

The public may file statements with

the Council before or after the meeting

by addressing them to either of the

contact persons listed above. Please call

Linda Meyers (202/205–9007) by March

5 if you will require a sign language

interpreter.

Done at Washington, D.C. this 22d day of

February, 1995.

James A. Harrell,

Acting Director, Office of Disease Prevention

and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services.

[FR Doc. 95–4930 Filed 2–28–95; 8:45 am]

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