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This rule revises and updates the

procedures governing the imposition

and adjudication of program sanctions

predicated on recommendations of State

Utilization and Quality Control Peer

Review Organizations (PROs). These

changes are being made as a result of

statutory revisions designed to address

health care fraud and abuse issues and

the Office of Inspector General sanction

process; Frequency: On Occasion;

Affected Public: Business or other for

profit; Number of Respondents: 53;

Total Annual Hours: 22,684.

2. Type of Information Collection

Request: Reinstatement, without change,

of a previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Title of

Information Collection: PostCertification Revisit Form; Form No.:

HCFA–2567B; Use: This form is used to

collect deficiency correction status

information pursuant to the Clinical

Laboratory Improvement Amendments

of 1988 and the Medicare/Medicaid

certification requirements of P.L.100–

578 and sections 1864 and 1902 of the

Social Security Act; Frequency:

Annually; Affected Public: Business or

other for profit, State, Local, or Tribal

Governments; Number of Respondents:

72,000; Total Annual Hours: 61,000.

3. Type of Information Collection

Request: Reinstatement, without change,

of a previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Title of

Information Collection: State Survey

Agency List of Positions and Schedule

of Equipment Purchases; Form No.:

HCFA–1465, HCFA–1466; Use: The

information collected is used by HCFA

to determine the types of equipment

being purchased and the need for such

equipment, the information also

provides HCFA with the types and skill

levels of surveyor positions that are

being requested by the State; Frequency:

Annually; Affected Public: State, local,

and tribal government; Number of

Respondents: 53; Total Annual Hours:

239.

4. Type of Information Collection

Request: New Collection; Title of

Information Collection: Granting and

Withdrawal of Deeming Authority to

National Accreditation Organizations;

Form No.: HCFA–R–191; Use: The

information collected is used by HCFA

to determine whether a private

accreditation organization’s criteria for

granting accreditation is equal to or

more stringent than the criteria used by

Medicare to determine Ambulatory

Surgical Center eligibility for

participation in the Medicare Program;

Frequency: Other (initial application, as

needed); Affected Public: Not for profit

institutions; Number of Respondents: 2;

Total Annual Hours: 192.

5. Type of Information Collection

Request: Reinstatement, without change,

of a previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Title of

Information Collection: Attending

Physicians Statement and

Documentation Of Medical Emergency;

Form No.: HCFA–1771; Use: This form

is used to document the attending

physician’s statement that the

hospitalization was required due to an

emergency and give support for the

claim; Frequency: On occasion; Affected

Public: Business or other for profit;

Number of Respondents: 1,700; Total

Annual Responses: 1,700; Total Annual

Hours 425.

6. Type of Information Collection

Request: Reinstatement, without change,

of a previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Title of

Information Collection: Video Display

Terminal (VDT) Operators Eye Care

Program; Form No.: HCFA–81; Use: This

form is needed to document gather

information necessary to process

employees’ request to participate in the

VDT Operators’ Eye Care Program. Part

of the form will be completed by HCFA

employees and their supervisors.

Another part of the form is completed

by personal eye care practitioners and

opticians providing services to HCFA

employees; Frequency: On occasion;

Affected Public: Business or other for

profit, individuals or households,

Federal Government; Number of

Respondents: 500; Total Annual

Responses: 500; Total Annual Hours

2,000.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, access

HCFA’s WEB SITE ADDRESS at http://

www.hcfa.gov, or to obtain the

supporting statement and any related

forms, E-mail your request, including

your address and phone number, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections should be sent

within 30 days of this notice directly to

the OMB Desk Officer designated at the

following address:

OMB Human Resources and Housing

Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New

Executive Office Building, Room

10235, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

Kathleen B. Larson,

Director, Management Planning and Analysis

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources, Health Care Financing

Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–16440 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and

Development; Notice of Extension of

Deadline for the; Notice of Funding

Availability (NOFA) for Continuum of

Care Homeless Assistance; Supportive

Housing Program (SHP); Shelter Plus

Care (S+C); Section 8 Moderate

Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy

Program for Homeless Individuals

(SRO)

[Docket No. FR–4042–N–05]

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability

(NOFA); Notice of Extension of

Deadline.

SUMMARY: On March 15, 1996 (61 FR

10866), HUD published a notice

announcing the availability of fiscal

year (FY) 1996 funding for three of its

programs which assist communities in

combatting homelessness. The three

programs are: (1) Supportive Housing;

(2) Shelter Plus Care; and (3) Section 8

Moderate Rehabilitation for Single

Room Occupancy Dwellings for

Homeless Individuals.

The March 15, 1996 NOFA provided

for an application deadline of June 12,

1996. Due to possible ambiguity

concerning timely submission of the

application by the June 12, 1996

application deadline, HUD is extending

the application deadline to July 3, 1996.

All applications that HUD has received

or will receive following publication of

the March 15, 1996 NOFA through and

including the date of the new

application deadline set forth in this

notice will be considered timely filed.

DEADLINE DATES: All applications are

due in HUD Headquarters before

midnight Eastern Time on July 3, 1996.

HUD will treat as ineligible for

consideration applications that are

received after that deadline.

Applications may not be sent by

facsimile (FAX).

Applications Mailed. Applications

that are mailed before will be

considered timely filed if postmarked

before midnight on July 3, 1996.

Applications Sent by Overnight

Delivery. Overnight delivery items

received after July 3, 1996 will be

deemed to have been received by that

date upon submission of documentary

evidence that they were placed in

transit with the overnight delivery

service by no later than July 2, 1996.

Applications Hand-Delivered. Before

close of business on the deadline date
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shown above completed applications

will be accepted at the following

address: Special Needs Assistance

Programs, Room 7270, Office of

Community Planning and Development,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20410, Attention:

Continuum of Care Funding. On the

deadline date, hand-carried applications

will be received at the South lobby of

the Department of Housing and Urban

Development at the above address.

Copies of Applications to Field

Offices. Two copies of the application

must also be sent to the HUD Field

Office serving the State in which the

applicant’s projects are located. A list of

Field Offices appears in an appendix of

the March 15, 1996 NOFA (61 FR

10866). Field Office copies must be

received by the application deadline as

well, but a determination that an

application was received on time will be

made solely on receipt of the

application at HUD Headquarters in

Washington.

ADDRESSES: For a copy of the

application package and supplemental

information please call the Community

Connections information center at 1–

800–998–9999 (voice) or 1–800–483–

2209 (TTY), or contact by internet at

gopher://amcom.aspensys.com:75/11/

funding. Also, you can purchase, for a

nominal fee, a video that walks you

through the application package and

provides general background that can be

useful in preparing your application.

The fee for the video may be waived in

cases of financial hardship. For copies

of the relevant portions of your

community’s Consolidated Plan, please

contact the local or State official

responsible for that Plan. If you need

assistance in identifying this person,

please call your local HUD Field Office.

Electronic Submission. In addition to

submitting the application narratives

and forms in the traditional manner,

you may also include an electronic

version of your materials on a 31⁄2’’

computer diskette. The inclusion of the

computer version this year is strictly an

optional supplement to the standard

application.

If you use HUD’s Consolidated

Planning software to generate

supplemental maps, charts, or project

lists, please include these files on the

diskette as well.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Community Connections information

center at 1–800–998–9999 (voice) or 1–

800–483–2209 (TTY), or by internet at

gopher://amcom.aspensys.com:75/11/

funding.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

15, 1996 (61 FR 10866), HUD published

a notice announcing the availability of

fiscal year (FY) 1996 funding for three

of its programs which assist

communities in combatting

homelessness. The three programs are:

(1) Supportive Housing; (2) Shelter Plus

Care; and (3) Section 8 Moderate

Rehabilitation for Single Room

Occupancy Dwellings for Homeless

Individuals.

The March 15, 1996 NOFA provided

for an application deadline of midnight

Eastern Time on June 12, 1996, and

designated certain submission

procedures if the application was

mailed through the U.S. Postal Service

or submitted by overnight delivery

service. The application kit issued with

this NOFA also provided for a June 12,

1996 application deadline, but did not

contain the special procedures to be

followed if the application was to be

mailed or submitted by overnight

delivery service.

Due to possible ambiguity concerning

timely submission of the application by

the June 12, 1996 application deadline,

HUD is extending the application

deadline to July 3, 1996. All

applications that HUD has received or

will receive following publication of the

March 15, 1996 NOFA through and

including the date of the new

application deadline set forth in this

notice will be considered timely filed.

The new deadline is set forth in the

‘‘Deadline Dates’’ section of this

document.

Dated: June 25, 1996.

Andrew Cuomo,

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning

and Development.

[FR Doc. 96–16592 Filed 6–25–96; 1:53 pm]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Issuance of Permit for Incidental Take

of Threatened Species

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On February 13, 1996, a

notice was published in the Federal

Register (61 FR 5568), that an

application had been filed with the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service by the

Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and

Wildlife, for a permit to incidentally

take, pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of

the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

USC 1539), as amended, piping plovers

(Charadrius melodus) on Massachusetts

beaches pursuant to the implementation

of the Conservation Plan for piping

plovers in Massachusetts.

Notice is hereby given that on April

12, 1996, as authorized by the

provisions of the Act, the Service issued

a permit (PRT–813653), to the above

named party subject to certain

conditions set forth therein. The permit

was granted only after it was

determined that it was applied for in

good faith, that by granting the permit

it will not be to the disadvantage of the

threatened species; and that it will be

consistent with the purposes and policy

set forth in the Endangered Species Act,

as amended.

Additional information on this permit

action may be requested by contacting

the New England Field Office, 22 Bridge

Street, Concord, New Hampshire,

03301, (603) 225–1411 between the

hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

weekdays.

Dated: June 14, 1996.

Cathy Short,

Deputy Regional Director, Region 5, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 96–16362 Filed 6–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Notice of Intent To Retract 1979

Decision of the Deputy Commissioner

of Indian Affairs To Deal With the

Delaware Tribe of Eastern Oklahoma

Only for Claims Purposes

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed decision.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs has determined that the

position of the Department of the

Interior since 1979 with the Delaware

Tribe of Eastern Oklahoma merits

reconsideration. In 1979 the Bureau of

Indian Affairs through the Acting

Deputy Commissioner determined, by

letter of May 24, 1979, that the

Department of the Interior would engage

in government-to-government relations

with the Delaware Tribe only through

the Cherokee Nation and that the

Department would deal directly with

the Delaware Tribe only for purposes of

their claims against the United States.

The Delaware Tribe of Eastern

Oklahoma requested that the Assistant

Secretary review the 1979

determination.

A comprehensive legal review

conducted by the Division of Indian

Affairs, Office of the Solicitor,

concludes that the 1979 determination