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3. Publication for comment of

proposed amendments to Regulation Z

(Truth in Lending) concerning lenders’

liability for disclosure errors in real

estate-secured loans and new disclosure

rules for debt cancellation contracts.

4. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

Discussion Agenda: Please note that

no discussion items are scheduled for

this meeting.

Note: If an item is moved from the

Summary Agenda to the Discussion Agenda,

discussion of the item will be recorded.

Cassettes will then be available for listening

in the Board’s Freedom of Information Office,

and copies can be ordered for $5 per cassette

by calling (202) 452–3684 or by writing to:

Freedom of Information Office, Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve System,

Washington, D.C. 20551.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the

Board; (202) 452–3204.

Dated: May 8, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–11869 Filed 5–8–96; 12:28 pm]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

Government in the Sunshine; Meeting

Notice

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: Approximately 10:15

a.m., Wednesday, May 15, 1996,

following a recess at the conclusion of

the open meeting.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, C Street

entrance between 20th and 2lst Streets,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

2. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the

Board; (202) 452–3204. You may call

(202) 452–3207, beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before this meeting, for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting.

Dated: May 8, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–11870 Filed 5–8–96; 12:28 pm]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

Under the authority of Section 6 of

Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 and

Section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 3

of 1966, and pursuant to the authorities

vested in me as Secretary of Health and

Human Services, I hereby make the

following changes within the

Department of Health and Human

Services that affects the U.S. Public

Health Service. This Notice amends Part

A, Office of the Secretary, Chapter AC,

Office of Public Health and Science, as

last amended at 60 FR 56605–06. The

change is to include the Regional Health

Administrator (Regions I–X) and

associated staff as part of the Public

Health Service. The change follows:

Delete paragraph ‘‘VI. Continuation of

the Public Health Service,’’ in its

entirety and replace with the following:

VI. Continuation of the Public Health

Service. The newly established Operating

Divisions, the Office of Public Health and

Science, and the Regional Health

Administrator (Regions I–X) and associated

staff shall constitute the Public Health

Service.

Dated: April 30, 1996.

Donna E. Shalala,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–11703 Filed 5–9–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4150–04–M

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Announcement Number 617]

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health; Occupational

Radiation and Energy-Related Health

Research Grants; Notice of Availability

of Funds for Fiscal Year 1996

Introduction

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH), announces that applications

are being accepted for research projects

relating to occupational safety and

health concerns associated with

occupational exposures to radiation and

other hazardous agents at nuclear

facilities and in other energy-related

industries. Studies in the nuclear power

industry and deliberate exposure of

human subjects in radiation

experiments are outside the scope of

this announcement.

CDC is committed to achieving the

health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of ‘‘Healthy

People 2000,’’ a national activity to

reduce morbidity and mortality and

improve the quality of life. This

announcement is related to the priority

area of Occupational Safety and Health.

(For ordering a copy of ‘‘Healthy People

2000,’’ see the section ‘‘Where to Obtain

Additional Information.’’)

Authority

This program is authorized under the

Public Health Service Act, as amended,

Section 301(a) (42 U.S.C. 241(a)); the

Occupational Safety and Health Act of

1970, Section 20 (a) (29 U.S.C. 669(a)).

The applicable program regulations

include 42 CFR Parts 52 and 74.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants include domestic

and foreign non-profit and for-profit

organizations, universities, colleges,

research institutions, and other public

and private organizations, including

State and local governments and small,

minority and/or woman-owned

businesses.

Smoke-Free Workplace

CDC strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and promote the nonuse of

all tobacco products, and Public Law

103–227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994,

prohibits smoking in certain facilities

that receive Federal funds in which

education, library, day care, health care,

and early childhood development

services are provided to children.

Availability of Funds

Approximately $500,000 is available

in fiscal year (FY) 1996 to fund

approximately 3 to 5 research project

grants. The amount of funding available

may vary and is subject to change.

Awards will range from $25,000 to

$200,000 in total costs (direct and

indirect) per year. Awards are expected

to begin on or about September 1, 1996.

Awards will be made for a 12-month

budget period within a project period

not to exceed 3 years. Continuation

awards within the project period will be

made on the basis of satisfactory

progress and availability of funds.

Purpose

NIOSH will support hypothesistesting research projects to identify and
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investigate the relationships between

health outcomes and occupational

exposure to radiation and other

hazardous agents, epidemiologic

methods research relevant to energyrelated occupational health research,

and research related to assessing

occupational exposures.

Programmatic Interest

The focus of grants should emphasize

field research in the following topical

areas: (1) Retrospective exposure

assessment, (2) radiation measurement

issues, (3) non-cancer morbidity and

mortality outcomes, (4) meta-analysis

and combined analysis methodologies,

(5) uncertainty analysis, and (6) studies

of current workers.

(1) Retrospective Exposure Assessment

Epidemiologic studies of occupational

cohorts frequently involve, and can

generally benefit from, retrospective

exposure assessment to provide

estimates of exposure or categorize

groups of workers by common exposure.

Exposure assessment in energy-related

occupational epidemiology requires

evaluating exposures to various hazards

including ionizing and non-ionizing

radiation, metals, acids, and solvents.

Grant opportunities encompass the

fields of industrial hygiene and

retrospective exposure assessment of

health physics dosimetry. Research

areas of general interest include

investigations of: Methods to use

limited data to best advantage, how to

treat censored data in retrospective

exposure assessment, uncertainty

analysis techniques for industrial

hygiene exposure data and health

physics dosimetry, sampling strategy

design to yield a representative

understanding of exposed groups,

decision logic to select and use the most

appropriate exposure metric for

epidemiologic and risk assessment use,

and, development approaches of

‘‘Homogeneous Exposed Groupings’’

and the advantages and limitations for

epidemiologic use. Research

opportunities of specific interest

include: reconstruction and dose

adjustment of historic film badges;

exposure assessment for acid mists,

carcinogenic solvents, exotic metals,

and leukemogens; assessment of

electromagnetic field exposure; and

evaluation of biomarkers of exposure.

(2) Radiation Measurement Issues

This topic will focus on the

applicability and utility of both internal

and external radiation dose data in

epidemiologic research. Examples of

such issues include how to use

nondetectable values, missing dose data

in historical radiation exposure

measurements, and the accuracy of

historical external dosimetry techniques

(film and pocket dosimeters).

Additional issues of interest include the

use, utility and limitations of internal

dosimetry data (historical bioassay and

radiochemistry techniques) in

epidemiologic studies.

(3) Non-Cancer Morbidity and Mortality

Outcomes

The majority of analytical

epidemiologic research of health effects

of energy-related occupational and

environmental exposures has focused

historically on the assessment of the

association between cancer mortality

and exposure to ionizing radiation.

Although the importance of this

research should not be underestimated,

it is essential that other potential

adverse health effects, as well as other

possible energy-related exposures, be

thoroughly evaluated as well. Among

these are the possible effects of radiation

on the reproductive, neurologic, and

immune systems. Chemical exposures

highly prevalent in Department of

Energy facilities, such as exposures to

beryllium and mercury, have also been

associated with a variety of disease

outcomes, particularly respiratory and

neurologic in nature.

(4) Meta-Analysis and Combined

Analysis Methodologies

Many of the cohorts at nuclear

facilities are not individually large

enough to detect statistically significant

increases in mortality or incidence for

rare cancer types. Methods and analyses

for combining data across studies,

whether in summary form or as

individual data, are valuable to the

NIOSH research effort involving energyrelated health research.

(5) Uncertainty Analysis

Measures of occupational exposure

are inherently uncertain. Even when

measures of external radiation exposure

are generally available, the models used

to estimate organ dose, shallow versus

deep dose, neutron dose, etc., are

subject to error. Measures of dose

derived from biological monitoring of

urine, feces, blood, etc., are even less

precise. Methods for assessing the

degree of error in various estimates of

exposure to both ionizing radiation as

well as other toxic agents (chemicals,

EMF, etc.) are desirable.

(6) Studies of Current Workers

Much of the epidemiologic research

on nuclear workers conducted at

nuclear facilities and other sites has

emphasized retrospective studies. More

recently new activities involve

environmental restoration, waste

management and other work that is not

related to the design and production of

nuclear weapons. Workers are being

exposed to radiation and other

hazardous agents under conditions and

in processes not previously

encountered. Hypothesis-testing

research in the areas of exposure

assessment, epidemiologic and related

studies are needed to evaluate these

new conditions and processes and the

impact on worker health.

Women and Minority Inclusion Policy

It is the policy of the CDC to ensure

that women and racial and ethnic

groups will be included in CDC

supported research projects involving

human subjects, whenever feasible and

appropriate. Racial and ethnic groups

are those defined in OMB Directive No.

15 and include American Indian,

Alaskan Native, Asian, Pacific Islander,

Black and Hispanic. Applicants shall

ensure that women and racial and

ethnic minority populations are

appropriately represented in

applications for research involving

human subjects. Where clear and

compelling rationale exist that inclusion

is not feasible, this situation must be

explained as part of the application. In

conducting the review of applications

for scientific merit, review groups will

evaluate proposed plans for inclusion of

minorities and both sexes as part of the

scientific assessment and assigned

score. This policy does not apply to

research studies when the investigator

cannot control the race, ethnicity and/

or sex of subjects. Further guidance to

this policy is contained in the Federal

Register, Vol. 60, No. 179, Friday,

September 15, 1995, pages 47947–

47951.

Evaluation Criteria

Upon receipt, applications will be

reviewed by CDC for completeness and

responsiveness. Applications

determined to be incomplete or

unresponsive to this announcement will

be returned to the applicant without

further consideration. If the proposed

project involves organizations or

persons other than those affiliated with

the applicant organization, letters of

support and/or cooperation must be

included.

Applications that are complete and

responsive to the announcement will be

evaluated for scientific and technical

merit by an appropriate peer review

group convened by CDC in accordance

with the review criteria stated below. As

part of the initial merit review, a process

may be used by the initial review group
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in which applications will be

determined to be competitive or noncompetitive based on their scientific

merit relative to other applications

received in response to this

announcement. Applications judged to

be competitive will be discussed and

assigned a priority score. Applications

determined to be non-competitive will

be withdrawn from further

consideration and the principal

investigator/program director and the

official signing for the applicant

organization will be promptly notified.

Review criteria for this announcement

are as follows:

—Scientific, technical, or medical

significance and originality of

proposed research;

—Appropriateness and adequacy of the

experimental approach and

methodology proposed to carry out

the research;

—Qualifications and research

experience of the Principal

Investigator and staff, particularly but

not exclusively in the area of the

proposed research;

—Availability of resources necessary to

perform the research;

—Adequacy of plans to include both

sexes and minorities and their

subgroups as appropriate for the

scientific goals of the research. Plans

for the recruitment and retention of

subjects will also be evaluated.

The review group will critically

examine the submitted budget and will

recommend an appropriate budget and

period of support for each scored

application.

In the secondary (programmatic

importance) review, the following

factors will be considered:

1. Results of the initial review;

2. Magnitude of the problem in terms

of numbers of workers affected;

3. Severity of the disease or injury in

the worker population; and

4. Usefulness to applied technical

knowledge in the identification,

evaluation, and/or control of

occupational safety and health hazards.

Applicants will compete for available

funds with all other approved

applications. The following will be

considered in making funding

decisions:

1. Quality of the proposed project as

determined by peer review;

2. Availability of funds; and

3. Program balance among research

areas of the announcement.

Executive Order 12372 Review

Applications are not subject to the

review requirements of Executive Order

12372, entitled Intergovernmental

Review of Federal Programs.

Public Health System Reporting

Requirement

This program is not subject to the

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number is 93.262.

Other Requirements

Human Subjects

If the proposed project involves

research on human subjects, the

applicant must comply with the

Department of Health and Human

Services Regulations (45 CFR Part 46)

regarding the protection of human

subjects. Assurance must be provided to

demonstrate that the project will be

subject to initial and continuing review

by an appropriate institutional review

committee. The applicant will be

responsible for providing assurance in

accordance with the appropriate

guidelines and form provided in the

application kit.

Confidentiality Agreement

To comply with the routine uses

allowing access to Department of Energy

(DOE) Privacy Act systems of records,

grantees who will be accessing DOE

records to conduct epidemiologic

studies and/or other public health

activities on behalf of NIOSH will be

asked to sign a written statement that

documents data security procedures to

be maintained by the grantee and an

agreement to comply with the privacy

and confidentiality requirements of the

Privacy Act routine uses and the

Memorandum of Understanding

between the Department of Energy and

the Department of Health and Human

Services.

Application Submission and Deadlines

A. Preapplication Letter of Intent

Although not a prerequisite of

application, a non-binding letter of

intent-to-apply is requested from

potential applicants. The letter should

be submitted to the Grants Management

Officer (whose address is reflected in

section B, ‘‘Applications’’). It should be

postmarked no later than June 10, 1996.

The letter should identify the

announcement number, name of

principal investigator, and specify the

priority area to be addressed by the

proposed project. The letter of intent

does not influence review or funding

decisions, but it will enable CDC to plan

the review more efficiently, and will

ensure that each applicant receives

timely and relevant information prior to

application submission.

B. Applications

Applicants should use Form PHS–398

(OMB Number 0925–0001) and adhere

to the ERRATA Instruction Sheet for

Form PHS–398 contained in the Grant

Application Kit. Please submit an

original and five copies on or before July

10, 1996 to: Ron Van Duyne, Grants

Management Officer, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 300, MS–

E13, Atlanta, GA 30305.

C. Deadlines

1. Applications shall be considered as

meeting a deadline if they are either:

A. Received at the above address on

or before the deadline date, or

B. Sent on or before the deadline date

to the above address, and received in

time for the review process. Applicants

should request a legibly dated U.S.

Postal Service postmark or obtain a

legibly dated receipt from a commercial

carrier or the U.S. Postal Service. Private

metered postmarks shall not be accepted

as proof of timely mailings.

2. Applications which do not meet the

criteria above are considered late

applications and will be returned to the

applicant.

Where To Obtain Additional

Information

To receive additional written

information call (404) 332–4561. You

will be asked your name, address, and

phone number and will need to refer to

Announcement 617. In addition, this

announcement is also available through

the CDC Home Page on the Internet. The

address for the CDC Home Page is http:/

/www.cdc.gov. You will receive a

complete program description,

information on application procedures,

and application forms. If you have

questions after reviewing the contents of

all the documents, business

management technical assistance may

be obtained from Georgia Jang, Grants

Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., MS–E13,

Atlanta, GA 30305, telephone (404)

842–6796; fax: 404–842–6513; internet:

glj2@opspgo1.em.cdc.gov. Programmatic

technical assistance may be obtained

from Roy M. Fleming, Sc.D., Associate

Director for Grants, National Institute

for Occupational Safety and Health,

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), 1600 Clifton Road,
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NE., Building 1, Room 3053, MS–D30,

Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone: 404–639–

3343; fax: 404–639–4616; internet:

rmf2@niood1.em.cdc.gov.

Please Refer to Announcement Number

617 When Requesting Information and

Submitting an Application

Potential applicants may obtain a

copy of ‘‘Healthy People 2000’’ (Full

Report, Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

‘‘Healthy People 2000’’ (Summary

Report, Stock No. 017–001–00473–1)

through the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, Washington, DC 20402–9325,

telephone (202) 512–1800.

Dated: May 2, 1996.

Donald L. Holderman,

Acting Director, National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 96–11670 Filed 5–9–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–19–P

Administration for Children and

Families

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Title: Welfare Reform Demonstration:

Special Application Form.

OMB No.: 0970–0134.

Description: The form will be used by

State welfare agencies to apply for

federal waivers under the 30-day waiver

approval process proposed by the

President in his July 31, 1995, speech to

the National Governors’ Association.

Under the process, requests for waivers

of federal law for welfare demonstration

projects falling within any of five broad

policy areas will be approved by the

federal government within 30 days of

receipt of this request.

Respondents: State governments.

Annual Burden Estimates:

Instrument

Number of

respondents

Number

of responses

per respondent

Average

burden

hours

per response

Total

burden

hours

Form ................................................................................................................................................................ 54 1 .75 40.5

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 40.5.

Additional Information: Copies of the

proposed collection may be obtained by

writing to The Administration for

Children and Families, Office of

Information Services, Division of

Information Resource Management

Services, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: ACF

Reports Clearance Officer.

OMB Comment: OMB is required to

make a decision concerning the

collection of information between 30

and 60 days after publication of this

document in the Federal Register.

Therefore, a comment is best assured of

having its full effect if OMB receives it

within 30 days of publication. Written

comments and recommendations for the

proposed information collection should

be sent directly to the following: Office

of Management and Budget, Paperwork

Reduction Project, 725 17th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, Attn:

Ms. Wendy Taylor.

Dated: April 19, 1996.

Roberta Katson,

Director, Office of Information Resource

Management Services.

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BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 96F–0136]

Johnson Matthey Chemicals; Filing of

Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing

that Johnson Matthey Chemicals has

filed a petition proposing that the food

additive regulations be amended to

provide for the safe use of silver

chloride-coated titanium dioxide as a

preservative in polymeric coatings for

polyolefin films intended for use in

contact with food.

DATES: Written comments on

petitioner’s environmental assessment

by June 10, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Dockets Management Branch

(HFA–305), Food and Drug

Administration, 12420 Parklawn Dr.,

rm. 1–23, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir

D. Anand, Center for Food Safety and

Applied Nutrition (HFS–216), Food and

Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW.,

Washington, DC 20204, 202–418–3081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

(sec. 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))),

notice is given that a food additive

petition (FAP 6B4503) has been filed on

behalf of Johnson Matthey Chemicals, c/

o Technical Assessment Systems, Inc.,

The Flour Mill, 1000 Potomac St. NW.,

Washington, DC 20007. The petition

proposes to amend the food additive

regulations in § 175.320 Resinous and

polymeric coatings for polyolefin films

(21 CFR 175.320) to provide for the safe

use of silver chloride-coated titanium

dioxide as a preservative in polymeric

coatings for polyolefin films intended

for use in contact with food.

The potential environmental impact

of this action is being reviewed. To

encourage public participation

consistent with regulations promulgated

under the National Environmental

Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.4(b)), the

agency is placing the environmental

assessment submitted with the petition

that is the subject of this notice on

display at the Dockets Management

Branch (address above) for public

review and comment. Interested persons

may, on or before June 10, 1996, submit

to the Dockets Management Branch

(address above) written comments. Two

copies of any comments are to be

submitted, except that individuals may

submit one copy. Comments are to be

identified with the docket number

found in brackets in the heading of this

document. Received comments may be

seen in the office above between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FDA will also place on public display

any amendments to, or comments on,

the petitioner’s environmental

assessment without further

announcement in the Federal Register.

If, based on its review, the agency finds

that an environmental impact statement

is not required and this petition results

in a regulation, the notice of availability

of the agency’s finding of no significant

impact and the evidence supporting that

finding will be published with the

regulation in the Federal Register in

accordance with 21 CFR 25.40(c).